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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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Japanese novelist
Died on Sunday March 15th 2026
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Italian writer
Died on Wednesday March 11th 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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, 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…
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, 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…
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, 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…
Portuguese film director and screenwriter
Died on Wednesday March 4th 2026
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, 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…
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, 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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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, 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,…
Fredric Kroll, an American-German composer and writer,
died on March 2, 2026. Born Fredric Joseph Kroll on February 7, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York, he was the only child of…
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…
Stephen Hibbert, the British-American actor and television writer known for portraying the masked character the Gimp in "Pulp Fiction,"
died on March 2, 2026. He also wrote for "Late Night…
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…
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…
