Over 8,000 obituaries of famous dead writers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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, 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, 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,…
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…
Mexican actor and playwright
Died on Monday February 16th 2026
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, 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…
Maria Vagatova, a Russian Khanty poet,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Maria Kuzminichna Voldina on December 28, 1936, near the village of Yuilsk in…
Ivar Bjørklund, a Norwegian anthropologist and writer,
died on February 15, 2026. Born on December 25, 1949, he was professor of cultural studies at the University of Tromsø – The…
Edward L. Deci, an American psychologist and academic,
died on February 14, 2026. He was professor of psychology and Gowen Professor in the social sciences at the University of Rochester,…
Thomas Patrick Noonan, an American actor, director and screenwriter,
died on February 14, 2026, at age 74. He was best known for playing Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter, Frankenstein's Monster in…
Susan George, the American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer,
died on February 14, 2026. Born Susan Vance Akers on June 29, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, she wrote on…
José Álvaro Moisés, a Brazilian political scientist,
died on February 14, 2026, after drowning at Itamambuca Beach in Ubatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo. Born in Campinas on…
Lowell Green, a Canadian radio personality, journalist and author,
died on February 14, 2026. He was 89. Green was best known as the host of The Lowell Green Show, a…
Michael Silverblatt, an American literary critic and broadcaster who hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Bookworm,
died on February 14, 2026, at age 73. He presented the show from 1989…
Lionel Fogarty, an Indigenous Australian poet and political activist,
died on February 13, 2026. Also published as Lionel Lacey, he was born in 1958 on an Aboriginal reserve at Barambah,…
Roy Medvedev, a Russian politician and writer,
died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Tbilisi in 1925, he was known for his human rights activism…
Toshio Motoya, a Japanese hospitality executive,
died on February 13, 2026. He was the president of APA Group, which included APA Hotels & Resorts, one of Japan’s largest hotel chains.…
Xesús Alonso Montero, a Spanish writer and specialist in Galician literature,
died on February 13, 2026. Born in Vigo on November 28, 1928, he authored a number of works focused…
Alex Caldiero, an American poet,
died on February 13, 2026. Born Alissandru Francesco Caldiero in Licodia Eubea, near Catania, Sicily, in 1949, he immigrated to the United States at age…
Paulette Collet, a Belgian essayist and academic,
died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Verviers in 1926, she fled to London at the onset of…
Henric Holmberg, a Swedish actor,
died on February 12, 2026. Born Sven Martin Henric Holmberg in Växjö on January 4, 1946, he had his breakthrough in "Sven Klang's Combo" in…
S. M. Joe Simon, an Indian film director, actor, lyricist, and screenplay and story writer,
died on February 12, 2026, of a heart attack. He was known for his work…
Juhan Habicht, an Estonian translator and writer,
died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 72. He was a member of the Estonian Writers' Union and was best known…
Jacques Gaillard, a French writer and Latinist,
died on February 12, 2026. He was 77–78. Born in 1948, Gaillard graduated from the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud and served as…
Marian Jan Potograbski, a Polish writer,
died on February 12, 2026. He was a researcher of the 1956 Poznań protests and received the Silver Cross of Merit of Poland in…
Nico de Haan, a Dutch birdwatcher and television presenter,
died on February 11, 2026. He was a Dutch conservationist, writer and radio and television presenter known for popularising birdwatching in…
Biodun Jeyifo, a Nigerian literary critic and scholar,
died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 80. He was a Nigerian academic, critic, public intellectual and cultural theorist who…
Cees Nooteboom, the Dutch novelist, poet and journalist,
died on February 11, 2026, at age 92. Born Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom on July 31, 1933, in The Hague, Netherlands,…
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan, a Turkish-Swedish Kurdish writer and translator,
died on February 10, 2026. Born in Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey on 15 September 1934, he moved to Sweden as a…
Des de Moor, English writer, singer, musician and songwriter,
died on February 10, 2026. In 1987, he formed The Irresistible Force with Morris Gould, also known as Mixmaster Morris. Among…
Lina Brockdorff, a Maltese author, playwright and radio broadcaster,
died on February 10, 2026. She was born in Senglea on May 21, 1930, to Patrick and Mary Mahoney. Her early…
Don Nigro, an American playwright,
died on February 9, 2026. Born on September 30, 1949, in Canton, Ohio, he wrote plays including Anima Mundi and The Dark Sonnets of the…
Teresa de Lauretis, an Italian activist, author and academic,
died on February 9, 2026. She was a Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California,…
Enrico Benzing, the Italian journalist and engineer,
died on February 9, 2026. He was 93. Benzing wrote for La Gazzetta dello Sport as motoring editor and Formula One race reporter,…
Assad Ali, a Syrian literary critic and academic,
died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, a prolific writer of contemporary…
Philippe Gaulier, the French clown,
died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of theatre, dramatic theorist, pedagogue and master clown, and founded École Philippe Gaulier, a theatre school…
Milon Kanti Dey, a Bangladeshi Jatra actor, director, writer and cultural activist,
died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on July 15, 1947, in Chhanhara, Bengal…
Daniel Boyd, an American filmmaker and academic,
died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on September 14, 1956, he was also an…
Sondra Gotlieb, a Canadian journalist and novelist,
died on February 6, 2026. Born Sondra Kaufman in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on December 30, 1936, she lived in Toronto, Ontario. She married Allan…
Jeffrey Carver, an American science fiction author,
died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Cleveland on August 25, 1949, he graduated from Brown University and…
British-Bangladeshi community leader and poet
Died on Thursday February 5th 2026
Alan Trustman, an American screenwriter best known for The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!,
died on February 5, 2026, at age 95. Born in Brookline,…
Jorge Ruffinelli, a Uruguayan literary critic and academic,
died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Montevideo on December 16, 1943, he was an associate professor…
Mario Merlino, an Italian neo-fascist activist, historian and writer associated with National Vanguard,
died on February 4, 2026. Born Mario Michele Merlino in Rome on June 2, 1944, he was…
Lorenza Trucchi, an Italian journalist, art critic and curator,
died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 104. Born in Monaco on January 11, 1922, she moved with her…
Thuraya Qabil, a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist,
died on February 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Jeddah in 1940, she earned a degree from the National College in Beirut.…
Zohar Shavit, an Israeli scholar, author and translator,
died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Jaffa on April 14, 1951, she was a professor at…
Fernand Ouellette, a Canadian writer,
died on February 4, 2026. He was a Quebecois writer who wrote in French and was born in Montreal, Quebec, on September 24, 1930. Ouellette…
Allan Massie, a British journalist,
died on February 3, 2026, aged 87. Massie was a Scottish journalist, columnist and sports writer who worked for several newspapers in England and Scotland.…
André Beteille, an Indian sociologist, writer and academician,
died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 91. He was known for his studies of the caste system in South…
Myra MacPherson, an American journalist,
died on February 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C., at age 91. Born Myra Lea MacPherson in Marquette, Michigan, and raised in Belleville, Michigan, she graduated…
Robert W. "Bud" Moore, an American college football player and coach,
died on February 2, 2026, at age 86. Moore played at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant from…
Daryl Hoole, an American author and public speaker,
died on February 2, 2026, at age 91. Born Daryl Van Dam in Salt Lake City, Utah, she wrote on home management…
Gabor Boritt, an American historian and the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College,
died on February 2, 2026. Hungarian-born…
Josefina Castellví, a Spanish oceanographer,
died on February 2, 2026. She was also a biologist and writer. Castellví received her bachelor's degree in 1957 and a PhD in biological sciences…
Maria Rita Parsi, an Italian psychotherapist, writer and television commentator,
died on February 2, 2026. Born in Rome on August 5, 1947, she worked as a teacher, educational psychologist and…
Miroslav Košuta, a Slovenian poet, playwright and translator,
died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on March 11, 1936, in Križ by Trieste, he was a…
Vicki Abt, an American sociologist,
died on February 1, 2026, at age 83. She was a professor of sociology and American studies at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington College. Born Isleen…
Nobuhiko Ochiai, a Japanese journalist and novelist,
died on February 1, 2026. He was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, on January 8, 1942. Ochiai wrote works reporting on international affairs…
American actor (Me and the Kid) and author
Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Burt Wolf, an American journalist and writer,
died on January 31, 2026. Born Burton R. Wolf in New York City on September 28, 1938, he was also a businessman, chef…
Paolo Cristoni, an Italian socialist politician, public administrator and author,
died on January 31, 2026. Born in Castelfranco Emilia, Italy, on September 9, 1945, he began his political career in…
Latvian-American artist and playwright
Died on Friday January 30th 2026
South African writer
Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Christa Lang, the German-American actress and screenwriter known for films including What’s Up, Doc?, Alphaville and The Big Red One,
died on January 30, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Chip Berlet, an American investigative journalist and author,
died on January 30, 2026, of leukemia. Born John Foster Berlet on November 22, 1949, he was known for his work as…
British polar historian and biographer
Died on Friday January 30th 2026
American author and military historian
Died on Friday January 30th 2026
French-Lebanese poet and writer
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Graham E. Fuller, an American political analyst and author,
died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He specialized in Islamic extremism and formerly served as vice-chair of the National…
Peter Ransley, the British screenwriter, playwright and novelist known for work on Tales of the Unexpected,
died on January 29, 2026, of bronchopneumonia. Born in Yorkshire on December 10, 1931,…
Suzannah Lessard, an American writer,
died on January 29, 2026, of complications from endometrial cancer. She was 81. Lessard was a staff writer for The New Yorker and one of…
Eric Cameron, a Canadian artist known for his conceptual art work,
died on January 29, 2026. He lived in Calgary, Alberta, and was also a writer and educator. Born in…
American writer and columnist
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
American children’s author and illustrator (We're Back! A Dinosaur Story)
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
British businessman and maritime history writer
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Chadian political figure and author
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Tunisian novelist and poet
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Josef Dvorak, an Austrian therapist, Catholic theologian and author,
died on January 28, 2026. Born in Vienna on January 28, 1934, he was also a scholar of Karl Rahner and…
Dan McQuade, an American journalist and writer,
died on January 28, 2026. He was 43. A Philadelphia-based writer and community figure, McQuade was best known for recording and reporting on…
Peter Hargitai, a Hungarian-born American poet, novelist and translator of Hungarian literature,
died on January 28, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 28, 1947,…
American educator and author
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
British-born New Zealand poet
Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Frederick King Keller, an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter,
died on January 26, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. He was 75. Born in Buffalo, New York, on…
Spanish politician and writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Samoan writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
British journalist and writer
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
French literary critic and academic
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Portuguese writer and literary critic
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Polish film director and screenwriter
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
