Altaf Hassan Qureshi, a Pakistani journalist, author and editor-in-chief of monthly Urdu Digest, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on March 3, 1932, in Hisar district, British India, he migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and…
Albert Beckles, a Barbadian bodybuilder, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Barbados on July 14, 1930, he later immigrated to London and became a former IFBB pro bodybuilder and Mr. Universe. In the mid-1960s,…
Cris Derksen, a Canadian Cree cellist and composer, died on May 16, 2026, in a traffic collision. She was 45. Derksen was a Juno Award-nominated musician from Northern Alberta, Canada, known for blending classical music with traditional Indigenous music in…
John Bryan Taylor, a British physicist, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Birmingham on December 26, 1928, he was known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application to fusion energy. Among his…
Mosharraf Hossain, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 13, 2026, at age 83. He served as minister of civil aviation and tourism from 1997 to 2001 and as minister of housing and public works from… · 18 April 2022 · April 2022 · April 18 · Athletes
Ataur Rahman, a Bangladeshi stage and television actor, died on May 12, 2026. He was 84. Rahman was also a director and writer, and was known by the sobriquet Monchosharothi. Born on June 18, 1941, in Noakhali District in what… · Britain · 12 May 2026 · May 2026
Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 29. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 1996, Clarke played college basketball for San Jose State and Gonzaga before…
Ralph Ottey died on May 10, 2026. He was a Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran. His death was reported without a stated cause.
Kevin Ndjomo, a Cameroonian sports journalist with Cameroon Radio Television, died on May 9, 2026. Born in Kumba in British Cameroons, he attended St. Joseph's College, Sasse. He entered journalism shortly after Cameroon’s independence, joining Cameroon Radio Television and helping…
Michael Sefi, a British philatelist and former Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, died on May 9, 2026, aged 82. Born in London on December 11, 1943, Michael Richard Sefi was introduced to stamp collecting by his grandfather as a…
Auroras Encore, the Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2013 Grand National, died on May 8, 2026. He was 23. Bred in Ireland by the Mountarmstrong Stud, the bay gelding raced from February 2007 until January 2014…
Jake Hall, British actor, model and reality television star known for The Only Way Is Essex, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 35 after sustaining a head injury. Born Jake James George Hall on August 20, 1990,… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as lord mayor of Westminster from 1991 to 1992. Born Shirley…
Gary Lydon, an Irish actor, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 61. He was known for his roles in The Banshees of Inisherin, The Clinic and Pure Mule. A British-Irish stage and screen actor, Lydon was born…
Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who represented the Mymensingh-6…
John MacDonald, the British major general and former Royal Corps of Transport officer who also represented Scotland as a rugby union international, died on May 2, 2026, aged 88. Born John Donald MacDonald in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, on April 5,…
Robyn Woodhouse, the Australian Olympic high jumper who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in New South Wales on July 26, 1943, she competed mainly in the high jump…
Gordon Snell, a British children’s author and scriptwriter, died on April 29, 2026. He was 93. Born in Singapore in 1932, he later attended the Geelong College in Victoria after moving to Australia with his mother during the Japanese invasion…
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth, the British Anglican clergyman and life peer who served as Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006 and sat in the House of Lords from 2006, died on April 29, 2026, aged 89. Born…
Ittai Gradel, an Israeli-born British antiques dealer, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 61 from renal cancer. Born in Haifa on January 29, 1965, he was also a historian and was known for exposing thefts of artefacts…
George Dunn, a British Royal Air Force officer, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 103. Born in Whitstable, Kent, on September 21, 1922, he joined the Royal Air Force in June 1941 at the age of 17…
Depinder Singh, Indian army lieutenant general and commander of the IPKF, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Punjab Province, British India, in 1930, he served as the overall commander of the IPKF in Sri…
Brian Wilkinson, the Australian Olympic swimmer who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on April 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, on February 12, 1938, he represented Australia in the men's 200 metre butterfly at…
Beverley Martyn, the British singer-songwriter, died on April 27, 2026, aged 79. Born Beverley Kutner near Coventry, England, on 24 March 1947, she was an English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist whose career ran from 1965 to 2026. While still…
Nigel Dunnett, British horticulturalist and professor, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 63. He was professor of planting design and urban horticulture at the University of Sheffield and worked on naturalistic planting design, sustainable urban drainage landscapes,…
Klaudia Zakrzewska died on April 25, 2026, in a traffic collision. She was a British social media influencer. No further details were provided.
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 chaos magic theory, a cofounder of the Illuminates of Thanateros,…
Kathy Dooley died on April 22, 2026, after living with dementia. She was a British singer with The Dooleys.
N. Bhaskara Rao, Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as the 11th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for a brief period in 1984 and later…
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 key figure in the Cambridge group among its poets. He…
Gregg Foreman, an American musician and DJ, died on April 22, 2026, at age 53. Born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1972, he was the front man of The Delta 72, a band known for a frenetic style drawing on…
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, a British aristocrat, died on April 22, 2026, aged 87. Born on January 19, 1939, he was styled Earl of Burford from 1964 to 1988 before becoming duke. He was a member of…
Robin Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 5th Baron Derwent, died on April 21, 2026. He was a British hereditary peer and a member of the House of Lords from 1986 to 1999.
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 career at IPC Magazines in 1961 after responding to a…
Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton, a British meteorologist and life peer, died on April 20, 2026, aged 84. He was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, British India, on September 5, 1941. Hunt served as Director General and Chief Executive…
Ben Bartlett died on April 19, 2026, of lung cancer. He was a British composer.
Finnian Garbutt died on April 17, 2026, from skin cancer. He was a British actor known for his role in Hope Street.
Billy Knight, the British tennis player, died on April 17, 2026, aged 90. Born William Arthur Knight in Northampton, England, on 12 November 1935, he competed on the amateur tour from 1951 to 1968 and won 47 career singles titles.… · America · 11 July 2018 · July 2018 · July 11
Raza Kazim, a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a lawyer, inventor and former politician in Pakistan. He invented the…
Patrick Ground, a British politician and barrister, died on April 16, 2026, aged 93. Known as Reginald Patrick Ground QC, he served as a Conservative councillor on the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1968 to 1971, representing the Parson's Green…
Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, the British lawyer, judge and life peer who served in the House of Lords from 2009 to 2020, died on April 16, 2026, aged 82. Born Anthony Peter Clarke on 13 May 1943, he…
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 historian and author, he was best known for his three-volume…
Pip Wedge, a British-born Canadian broadcaster, died on April 15, 2026.
Sir Peter Beale, the British Army lieutenant general and military physician, died on April 15, 2026, aged 92. Lieutenant-General Sir Peter John Beale was born on 18 March 1934 in Romford, London, and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School…
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, 1943, he was a British science fiction writer who lived… · Canada · 15 April 2023 · Politicians · April 2023 · April 15
Shafique Ahmed, a Bangladeshi lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as Bangladesh’s minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs from 2009 to 2013. Born… · Britain · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
John Nolan, the British actor known for roles in Dunkirk, The Dark Knight Rises and Batman Begins, died on April 11, 2026. He was 87. Born in Westminster, London, on May 22, 1938, Nolan worked in film and television from… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Brian Rotman, a British academic who worked in the United States, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in London in 1938, he studied mathematics at the University of Nottingham and later taught at Bristol University… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Sir Hayden Phillips, the British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office from 1998 to 2003, died on April 10, 2026, aged 83. Sir Gerald Hayden Phillips was born on February 9, 1943. He was…
Angela Pleasence, an English actress, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 84. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her stage debut in 1964 as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the… · Britain · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, a Pakistani politician who served as governor of Punjab in 1999 and as a senator from 2012 to 2018, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90. Khosa was born on October 20, 1935, in Bahadurgarh, Dera… · Britain · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, a British businessman and politician and member of the House of Lords since 1983, died on April 9, 2026, aged 95. Born Robin John Orlando Bridgeman on December 5, 1930, he was a hereditary peer…
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, a British politician and member of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2021, died on April 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 94. She… · Britain · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Averil Cameron, a British teacher and historian, died on April 7, 2026, aged 86. Born Averil Millicent Sutton in Leek, Staffordshire, on February 8, 1940, she was the only child of Tom Roy Sutton and Millicent Sutton. She read literae… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Nick Pope died on April 6, 2026, of esophageal cancer. He was a British journalist and television personality known for Ancient Aliens and UFOs Declassified. His work on those programs made him a familiar presence to viewers interested in unexplained… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Sir Craig Reedie, the Scottish sports administrator who served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency from 2014 to 2019, died on April 6, 2026, aged 84. He was vice-president of the International Olympic Committee from 2012 to 2016 and… · Britain · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Tim Slessor died on April 5, 2026. He was a British documentarian. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Paul Knapman, the British coroner, died on April 5, 2026, aged 81. Dr. Knapman served as Her Majesty’s coroner for Westminster and Inner West London from 1980 to 2011, having been deputy coroner from 1975 to 1980. In that role,… · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Simon Oxley, a British graphic designer, died on April 4, 2026. He was 56. Born in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England, in 1969, Oxley worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator from 1989 to 2026, operating predominantly under the studio pseudonym…
Olive Howes died on April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Marion Nixon died on April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Ted Read died April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Clare Gittings died on April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Mahinda Wijesekara, a Sri Lankan politician and former minister of fisheries and member of Parliament, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Devinuwara, British Ceylon, on September 21, 1942, he served as a cabinet minister… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Nick Savva, Cypriot-born British greyhound trainer and breeder, died on April 2, 2026, aged 91. Born in British Cyprus in 1934, he later moved to London, where he worked in an engineering factory and then a restaurant before starting to… · England · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter Kuh died on April 1, 2026. · America · Britain · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Mike Chaplin died on April 1, 2026. He was a British artist and died of mesothelioma. · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
L. P. E. Parker, the British classical scholar known especially for her work on the metres of ancient Greek poetry, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in England in 1933 and published under her maiden…
Lionel Fernando, a Sri Lankan-born Australian cricketer, died on March 31, 2026, aged 86. Born in Negombo, British Ceylon, in 1939, he played for Ceylon from 1964 to 1971 as a batsman and slip fielder. He made his first-class debut… · 31 March 2026 · March 2026
Bill Leader, an English recording engineer and record producer, died on March 31, 2026, aged 96. He was particularly associated with the British folk music revival of the 1960s and 1970s, producing records by Paddy Tunney, Davey Graham, Bert Jansch,… · 31 March 2026 · March 2026
Christopher Haskins, the Irish-born businessman and life peer known as Baron Haskins, died on March 30, 2026, aged 88. Born in Dublin on May 30, 1937, he was a member of the British House of Lords from 1998 to 2020.… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
James Stannage, the British radio talk show host, died on March 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Charles James M. Stannage in Norton, County Durham, on February 22, 1950, he presented late-night phone-in shows, including The Late Night James Stannage Talk… · England · 30 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cancer
Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA, a British historian and museum administrator, died on March 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, on January 15, 1939, he studied at the University of Liverpool. He was the first director of… · England · 29 March 2026 · March 2026
Ben Stevenson, British ballet dancer and teacher, died on March 28, 2026. Born in Portsmouth, England, he trained at the Arts Educational Schools in London and received the Adeline Genée Gold Medal upon graduation. He joined the Sadler's Wells Royal… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
Mary Rand, the British track and field athlete and 1964 Olympic champion, died on March 27, 2026, aged 86. Born Mary Denise Bignal in Wells, Somerset, England, she excelled at jumping, hurdles and the pentathlon. She won the long jump… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Michael Sather, a Canadian politician who served as MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in British Columbia, died on March 26, 2026. He was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
Sir Colin Crichton Mackay, a British judge and barrister who served as a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales from 2001 to 2013, died on March 25, 2026. Born on 26 September 1943, he attended Radley College… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Harold Ellis, an English surgeon, died on March 25, 2026, aged 100. Born in Stepney Green on January 13, 1926, he was a professor of surgery at the University of London and professor in the Department of Anatomy and Human… · Britain · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
David Winnick, the British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 1970 and from 1979 to 2017, died on March 25, 2026, aged 92. Born in Brighton on 26 June 1933, he served 42… · 25 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
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
Desmond Barrit, British actor best known for his stage work, died on March 21, 2026, aged 81. Born Desmond Brown in Morriston, near Swansea, Wales, on October 19, 1944, he worked as an actor from 1979 to 2021. His screen… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Aloysius Pieris, a Sri Lankan Jesuit priest and theologian, died on March 21, 2026. He was born in Ampitiya, British Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, on April 9, 1934, and studied at St. Aloysius' College, Galle. He took his Jesuit vows… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Jeff Smith, the English motorcycle racer inducted into the Hall of Fame for his achievements in motocross, died on March 21, 2026, aged 91. Born Jeffrey Vincent Smith in Colne, Lancashire, England, on 14 October 1934, he competed in the… · Scotland · Britain · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Nigel Cayzer, a British businessman, died on March 21, 2026, aged 71. He was chairman of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust and Oryx International Growth Fund, both London-listed funds. Cayzer also served as chairman of the cancer care charity… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Clive Leach, the English cricketer and media executive, died on March 20, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Bombay, British India, on December 4, 1934, he was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Leach made his first-class debut for… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Daphne Selfe, a British model, died on March 20, 2026. From Edmonton, London, she worked for more than 70 years and was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest professional model. Selfe continued working into her 90s and,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Terry Cox, a British drummer best known for his work with Pentangle and The Humblebums, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Terence William Harvey Cox on March 13, 1937, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, he… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Jamal Rayyan, a Palestinian news anchorman with Al Jazeera, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Tulkarm, West Bank, on August 23, 1953, he worked as a news reporter and presenter for the Jordan Radio… · Britain · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Jonathan Tyler, a British political activist and academic, died on March 15, 2026. Born in Reading on June 8, 1940, he was a Green Party activist and academic who had earlier been a transport lecturer at the University of Birmingham.… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
James M. Houston, a British-born Canadian theologian and academic who was professor of spiritual theology and the first principal of Regent College in Vancouver, died on March 15, 2026. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 21, 1922, he studied geography… · 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
Phil Woolas, a British politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 66. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010 and was Minister of… · 14 March 2026 · March 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 Goddard, The Trout and the Fly (1980). His environmental novel… · England · Chest Infection · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Andrew B. Wittkower, a British-born Canadian-American physicist and technology executive known for his contributions to ion implantation technology and the semiconductor industry, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Andrew Benedict Wittkower in London on November… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Jordan Wright, a British television personality known for appearances on Ex on the Beach and The Only Way Is Essex, died on March 14, 2026, aged 33. Born in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, on July 27, 1992, he worked as a firefighter… · England · 14 March 2026 · March 2026 · Unknown
John Alford, the British actor best known for playing Robbie Wright in the BBC series Grange Hill, died on March 13, 2026, aged 54. Born John James Shannon in Glasgow, he also appeared as Billy Ray in ITV’s London's Burning… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, a British life peer and member of the House of Lords from 2005 to 2024, died on March 12, 2026. Born Irene Tordoff Fennell on April 29, 1942, in Fife, Scotland, she was educated at Ribston… · Germany · 12 March 2026 · March 2026