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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Alfred Slote, an American author and children's writer,
died on April 26, 2026. He was 99. Slote was known for his numerous sports and space novels, including Finding Buck McHenry,…
Marcos Petrillo, a Brazilian promoter, author and music researcher,
died on April 26, 2026. He was identified with work connected to the album "Skylab," a 1999 release by Brazilian musician…
Annette Macarthur-Onslow
died on April 25, 2026. Tags Artists, Writers, 25 April 2026, Annette, Australia, April 2026, April 25, Macarthur-Onslow
Carol Rumens
died on April 25, 2026. Tags Writers, 25 April 2026, Britain, Carol, Rumens, April 2026, April 25
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…
Hirohiko Okano, a Japanese poet,
died on April 24, 2026, at age 101. Born in Misugi, now part of Tsu in Mie Prefecture, on July 7, 1924, he published numerous…
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,…
HavinMotion, an American rapper,
died on April 23, 2026. He was 22. Known professionally as HavinMotion, Dwayne Omar Isaacs Jr. was from Bryans Road, Maryland, and began rapping in 2022.…
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. Musa Akhmadov [ru], 70, Russian…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Georges Benrekassa, the French historian and literary critic,
died on April 19, 2026. He was 93. Born in Marseille in 1932, Benrekassa was a longtime professor at Paris Diderot University.…
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…
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. Vladimir…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dean Schwarz, an American ceramic artist,
died on April 18, 2026. Dean Lester Schwarz was also a painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher, and he co-founded the South Bear School…
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…
John R. Reed, an American academic and writer,
died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born John Robert Reed in Duluth, Minnesota, he earned a bachelor’s degree…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. Gigi Reggi [it], 91,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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. Romano Luperini [it], 85, Italian…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Yōsuke Tamori, the Japanese mangaka and writer behind the PopoloCrois fantasy media franchise,
died on April 10, 2026. PopoloCrois began as a manga series in 1977 in the Asahi Student…
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…
Robert Bagg
died on April 9, 2026. Tags Writers, 09 April 2026, America, Bagg, Robert, April 2026, April 9
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…
Eirwyn George, a Welsh poet,
died on April 9, 2026. Eirwyn George, 89–90, Welsh poet. Tags Writers, 09 April 2026, Eirwyn, George, Wales, 2026-04-09, April 2026, April 9
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…
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,…
Nguyễn Đức Mậu
died on April 8, 2026. He was a Vietnamese poet. Nguyễn Đức Mậu, 78, Vietnamese poet. Tags Writers, 08 April 2026, 2026-04-08, April 2026, April 8, Mậu,…
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…
Rosemary Edghill
died on April 7, 2026. Tags Writers, 07 April 2026, America, Edghill, Rosemary, April 2026, April 7
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,…
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. Michael Patrick, 35, Irish actor…
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…
Michail Belchev
died on April 6, 2026. He was a Bulgarian singer and poet. Michail Belchev, 79, Bulgarian singer and poet. Tags Musicians, Writers, 06 April 2026, Belchev, Bulgaria, Michail,…
Gabriel Rosenstock
died on April 6, 2026. Gabriel Rosenstock, 76, Irish writer, cancer. (death announced on this date) Tags Writers, 06 April 2026, Gabriel, Ireland, Rosenstock, 2026-04-06, April 2026, April…
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…
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…
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…
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić
died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bosnian writer and politician. Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, 77, Bosnian writer and politician. Tags Politicians, Writers, 05 April 2026, Bosnia, Rusmir, 2026-04-05,…
Josep Piera, Spanish poet and author,
died on April 5, 2026. Josep Piera, 78, Spanish poet and author. Tags Writers, 05 April 2026, Josep, Piera, Spain, 2026-04-05, April 2026, April…
Piero Antonio Toma
died on April 5, 2026. He was an Italian journalist, writer and publisher. No further details were provided. Piero Antonio Toma, 91, Italian journalist, writer and publisher.…
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…
Zori Balayan, an Armenian writer,
died on April 5, 2026. Zori Balayan, 91, Armenian writer. Tags Writers, 05 April 2026, Balayan, Zori, 2026-04-05, April 2026, April 5
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…
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…
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…
Roberto Zapperi
died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian historian and writer. Roberto Zapperi [it], 94, Italian historian and writer. Tags Scientists, Writers, 04 April 2026, Italy, Roberto,…
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…
Geoffrey Smith
died on April 2, 2026. He was a radio presenter. Tags Journalists, Musicians, Writers, 02 April 2026, America, Britain, Geoffrey, Smith, April 2, 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.…
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…
Kristian Gerner
died on April 2, 2026. He was a Swedish historian and author. Kristian Gerner, 83, Swedish historian and author. Tags Scientists, Writers, 02 April 2026, Gerner, Kristian, Sweden,…
Robert Pal
died on April 2, 2026. He was a Russian poet, translator and writer. Robert Pal [ru], 87, Russian poet, translator and writer. Tags Writers, 02 April 2026, Pal,…
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…
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…
Justin Panakkal, an Indian Catholic priest and composer,
died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 90. Also known as Fr. Justin, he was a priest of the Discalced…
