Jack Mapanje death at age 82
Jack Mapanje, the Malawian poet and writer known for his 1987–91 imprisonment, died November 4, 2026, aged 82. Born John Alfred Clement Mapanje in Kadango Village, in Mangochi District, he…
Famous Dead People from England
Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from England who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Bernard Cafferty dead at age 92
Bernard Cafferty, the English chess master, writer and editor, died in Hastings, Sussex, on November 4, 2026, aged 92. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, he became one of England’s leading players…
Tinto Brass, died aged 93
Tinto Brass, the Italian film director and screenwriter whose career encompassed avant-garde and erotic cinema, died on November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Giovanni Brass in Milan on March 26,…
Clem Cattini has died at age 89
Clem Cattini, the English rock and roll drummer and member of the Tornados, died November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born Clemente Anselmo Agustino Cattini in Stoke Newington, north London, he…
Carlos Albert has died at age 83
Carlos Albert Llorente, the Mexican footballer and journalist, died November 3, 2026, aged 83. Born in Mexico City on July 10, 1943, he played for Necaxa and represented Mexico in…
Dulcy Singer dies at age 92
Dulcy Singer, an American television producer and executive producer of Sesame Street, died November 3, 2026, aged 92. Born on November 11, 1933, she built a long association with the…
John Evans passes away at age 79
John Evans, an English professional footballer and international bowls player, died on November 2, 2026, aged 79. Born in Torquay on March 24, 1947, John Charles Evans began his football…
John Leeson dies at age 83
John Leeson, the English actor known for voicing K9 in Doctor Who and portraying Bungle in Rainbow, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born John Francis Christopher Ducker in Leicester…
Obituary: Lee Harland, dead at age 53
Lee Harland, an English professional rugby league footballer who represented England and Great Britain Under-21, died on October 30, 2026, aged 53. Born on September 4, 1973, Harland played during…
Steve Ellis passes away at age 76
Stephen John Ellis, the English pop and rock singer whose greatest success came with Love Affair, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. Born in Edgware, Middlesex, on April 7, 1950,…
Geoffrey Richmond passed away at age 85
Geoffrey Richmond, the English football executive who chaired Scarborough F.C. and Bradford City A.F.C., died October 30, 2026, aged 85. He chaired Scarborough from 1988 to 1994 before taking the…
Sandra Kerr passes away at age 84
English folk singer Sandra Kerr died of leukaemia on October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Plaistow, Essex, on February 14, 1942, she sang and played English concertina, guitar, Appalachian…
Sir Patrick Stewart, died aged 86
Sir Patrick Stewart, the English actor known for Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men and Hamlet, died October 29, 2026, aged 86, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Mirfield…
Michael P. Drazin died at age 97
Michael P. Drazin, an English-American mathematician known for the Drazin inverse, died October 29, 2026, aged 97. Born Michael Peter Drazin in London on June 5, 1929, he was a…
Phil McDonald dead, Phil McDonald, English audio engineer
Phil McDonald, an English audio engineer, died on October 27, 2026. A recording-studio engineer at EMI and later Apple Records, he worked during the Beatles’ studio years alongside Geoff Emerick…
Death of Peter Dobing at age 87
Peter Dobing, an English footballer who played as an inside forward, died on October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born in Manchester on December 1, 1938, he played in the Football…
J. M. Ranson death at age 88
John Matthew Ranson (J. M. Ranson), an English rugby union player who represented his country, died October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Durham on July 26, 1938, he was…
Lily Wong Fillmore death at age 92
Lily Wong Fillmore, an American linguist and professor emerita in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, died October 26, 2026, aged 92. Her research focused…
Robin Stubbs dead at age 85
Robin Stubbs, the English professional footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born Robin Gregory Stubbs in Quinton, Birmingham, on April 22, 1941, he played as a centre-forward and made…
Barry Murphy, died aged 86
Barry Murphy, the English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley, died October 24, 2026, aged 86. Born in Consett on February 10, 1940, he was also known…
Albert Childs passed away at age 96
Albert Childs, the English footballer who played as a defender, died October 23, 2026, aged 96. Born in Liverpool on September 25, 1930, he made his Liverpool debut on September…
Richard Green death at age 58
Richard Green, an English professional footballer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 58. Born in Wolverhampton on November 22, 1967, he was also known as Richard Edward Green. His professional…
Peter Horton passed away at age 81
Peter Alan Horton, an Australian rugby union international and sport historian, died October 22, 2026, aged 81. Born in Brixton, London, on July 20, 1945, and raised in England, he…
John Vaughan passes away at age 62
John Vaughan, an English professional footballer and coach who served as Bradford City’s goalkeeping coach, died October 22, 2026, aged 62. Born in Isleworth on June 26, 1964, he was…
Obituary: Jozef Deleu, dead at age 89
Jozef Deleu, the Belgian writer, poet and editor, died October 21, 2026, aged 89. Born in Roeselare, he was also a prose writer, essayist and anthologist, with a career that…
Keith Bailey dies at age 65
Keith Bailey, a Canadian professional soccer player whose clubs included Bradford City and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, died October 21, 2026, aged 65. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, on…
Sir Philip Otton, died aged 93
Sir Philip Otton, the British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1995 to 2001, died October 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on 28 May 1933, he…
Obituary: Barry Swallow, dead at age 84
Ernest Barry Swallow, the English former professional footballer known as Barry Swallow, died on October 20, 2026, aged 84. Born in Arksey, Doncaster, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on…
Death of Andy King at age 78
Andy King, the British Labour politician who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament from 1997 to 2005, died on October 19, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 14, 1948, he…
Yusef Majidzadeh obituary: died at age 90
Yusef Majidzadeh, an Iranian archaeologist, died on October 19, 2026, aged 90. A native of Tabriz, he built his career around the study of Iran’s archaeological past. He directed excavations…
Ronald Lancaster dies at age 95
Ronald Lancaster, the British Anglican clergyman, chemist and businessman who founded Kimbolton Fireworks, died October 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Huddersfield, he became interested in fireworks after the 1937…
Mary Fell dies at age 79
Mary Fell, an American poet and academic, died October 18, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 22, 1947, she graduated from Worcester…
Napoleon Bonaparte passes away at age 60
Napoleon Bonaparte, an Indonesian police officer, died on October 18, 2026, aged 60. Born in South Sumatra on October 26, 1965, he graduated from the Indonesian Police Academy in 1988…
Douglas Dunn passed away at age 83
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, the Scottish poet, academic and critic, died on October 16, 2026, aged 83. Born in Inchinnan on October 23, 1942, he trained at the Scottish School of…
Alan Brown dies at 90
Alan Brown, an English cricketer who represented Kent and England, died on October 16, 2026, aged 90. Born in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, on October 17, 1935, he established himself as a…
Germán Quintero passes away at age 72
Germán Quintero, a Colombian actor, died in Bogotá on October 15, 2026, aged 72, from cardiorespiratory arrest. Born in Bogotá on August 10, 1954, he began his acting career in…
Death of Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh at age 80
Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, an Iranian political scientist and historian, died October 15, 2026, aged 80. Born in Nur, Iran, on February 9, 1946, he became known for work on Iran and…
Michael Forest death at age 97
Michael Forest, the American actor known for Star Trek: The Original Series, Beast from Haunted Cave and Atlas, died October 14, 2026, aged 97. Born Gerald Michael Charlebois in Harvey,…
Vin Denson, died aged 90
Vin Denson, an English professional racing cyclist, died on October 14, 2026, aged 90. Born in Chester on November 24, 1935, he got his first bicycle at 12: a black…
Guy Conti died at age 84
Guy Conti, an American baseball coach who served as the New York Mets’ bullpen coach, died October 13, 2026, aged 84. Born Guy Clyde Conti in Pittsburgh, he studied at…
Death of Helen Branswell at age 69
Helen Branswell, a Canadian infectious diseases and global health reporter, died of cancer on October 13, 2026, aged 69. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English…
Ken Friar has died at age 92
Ken Friar, the English football executive and life president of Arsenal F.C., died on October 13, 2026, aged 92. Born Kenneth John Friar in Islington on August 13, 1934, he…
Irene Mathyssen passes away at age 75
Irene Mathyssen, a community activist, high school teacher and Canadian politician, died October 13, 2026, aged 75. Born in London, Ontario, on August 16, 1951, she studied at the University…
Doug Loft died at age 39
Doug Loft, an English professional footballer, died on October 12, 2026, aged 39. Known also as Douglas James Loft, he was born in Maidstone on December 25, 1986. A midfielder,…
John Mocatta dies at age 90
John Mocatta, an English first-class cricketer who represented Oxford University, died October 12, 2026, aged 90. Born John Edward Abraham Mocatta in St John’s Wood, London, on May 6, 1936,…
Peter Thomas passed away at age 53
Peter Thomas, an Australian political theorist and professor, died of a heart attack on October 11, 2026, aged 53. A Marxist scholar whose work focused on Antonio Gramsci, he was…
Keith Ellis dies at age 90
Keith Ellis, an English professional footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City and Scunthorpe United, died on October 11, 2026, aged 90. Also known as Keith Duncan Ellis, he…
Obituary: Meta Grosman, dead at age 90
Meta Grosman, a Slovenian linguist, anglicist and literary historian, died in Ljubljana on October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Ljubljana on May 18, 1936, she attended the Classical Gymnasium…
Che Hongcai obituary: died at age 90
Che Hongcai, a Chinese linguist and lexicographer who specialized in Pashto, died October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hailun, Heilongjiang province, in 1936, he enrolled at Beijing Foreign Studies…
Hiroshi Tsuchida obituary: died at age 54
Hiroshi Tsuchida, a Japanese actor and voice actor known for Ninja Sentai Kakuranger and Attack on Titan, died of heart failure on October 11, 2026, aged 54. Born in Tokyo…
Jack Hearn dies at 103
Jack Hearn, the English judo instructor known as Judo Jack, died on October 10, 2026, aged 103. Born John Hearn in North Shields on September 19, 1923, he was raised…
Pierre Joliot, died aged 94
Pierre Joliot, a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died October 10, 2026, aged 94. Born in Paris on March 12, 1932, he pursued research focused…
Freddie Foreman has died at age 94
Freddie Foreman, the English publican and gangster who was an associate of the Kray twins, died October 10, 2026, aged 94. Born Frederick Gerald Foreman at 22 Sheepcote Lane in…
Patrice Warrener died at age 78
Patrice Warrener, a French light artist, died October 9, 2026, aged 78. He was best known for Chromolithe, his polychromatic illumination system, through which he brought colored light to buildings.…
Les Latcham dead at age 83
Les Latcham, an English footballer who played as a defender for Burnley, Plymouth Argyle and Bradford City, died on October 9, 2026, aged 83. Born Leslie Arnold Latcham in Crook…
Cecily Gemmell dead, Cecily Gemmell, English secretary
Cecily Gemmell, an English secretary whose recorded appointments were with Winston and Clementine Churchill, died October 8, 2026. Born on December 25, 1928, she became Winston Churchill’s personal secretary in…
Keith Christmas died at age 79
Keith Christmas, the English singer and songwriter, died of renal cancer on October 8, 2026, aged 79. Born Keith Peter Christmas in Wivenhoe, near Colchester, Essex, on October 13, 1946,…
Andrew Goudie has died at age 81
Andrew Goudie, an English geographer at the University of Oxford, died on October 8, 2026, aged 81. Born on August 21, 1945, he studied at Dean Close School and Trinity…
Sir John Hannam death at age 97
Sir John Hannam, the British Conservative politician who represented Exeter in Parliament from 1970 until his retirement in 1997, died October 8, 2026, aged 97. Born Sir John Gordon Hannam…
Bisera Alikadić, died aged 87
Bisera Alikadić, a Bosnian poet and author, died on October 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in Podhum near Livno, she built a body of work that included poetry, romance novels…
Richard Morecroft dies at 70
Richard Morecroft, Australian radio announcer, ABC News newsreader and television presenter, died of cancer on October 6, 2026, aged 70. Born in Market Harborough, England, he moved with his family…
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare died at age 86
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, the British politician and author, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born in London on April 15, 1940, he was educated at Wellington School…
Death of George Fenton at age 76
George Richard Ian Howe Fenton, known professionally as George Fenton, the English composer, died October 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Bromley, Kent, he became best known for writing film…
Singeetham Srinivasa Rao passed away at age 95
Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, an Indian film director and screenwriter who was regarded as one of the most versatile and innovative filmmakers in South Indian cinema, died on October 3, 2026,…
Hugh Wooldridge, died aged 74
Hugh Wooldridge, an English theatre director, producer and writer, died October 3, 2026, aged 74. Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on August 18, 1952, he was the son of composer John…
Geoff Hickson, died aged 87
Geoff Hickson, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 3, 2026, aged 87. Born in Crewe in 1939, he came through as an amateur with Coventry…
Toufique Imrose Khalidi dead, Toufique Imrose Khalidi, Bangladeshi journalist
Toufique Imrose Khalidi, a Bangladeshi journalist and editor, died on October 2, 2026. He was the owner and editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, the online news outlet he launched in 2006 after…
Sass Jordan, died aged 63
Sass Jordan, the Canadian singer-songwriter known for her rock recordings, died on October 2, 2026, at age 63. Born Sarah Jordan in Birmingham, England, she was raised in Montreal and…
Conrad Lant passed away at age 63
Conrad Lant, the British metal singer and bassist known as Cronos and founder, vocalist and bassist of Venom, died on October 1, 2026, aged 63. Born Conrad Thomas Lant in…
James Walker dies at age 38
James Walker, the English-born Antiguan and Barbudan footballer who played as a striker, died on October 1, 2026, aged 38. Born in the London Borough of Hackney on November 25,…
Carl Berger, died aged 87
Carl Berger, a Canadian historian and academic, died October 1, 2026, aged 87. Born in The Pas, Manitoba, Berger studied at the University of Manitoba, earning a bachelor’s degree in…
Dame Esther Rantzen passed away at age 86
Dame Esther Rantzen, the British journalist and television presenter best known for hosting the BBC’s That's Life!, died on September 30, 2026, aged 86, after a period with lung cancer.…
Michael Wright dies at 85
Michael Wright, the English road bicycle racer, died September 30, 2026, aged 85. Born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on March 25, 1941, he moved to Belgium with his family at…
Courtney Meppen-Walters has died at age 32
Courtney Meppen-Walters, the English footballer who played for Glossop North End, Chorley and Bury, died on September 29, 2026, aged 32. Born in Bury on 2 August 1994, he was…
Courtney Meppen-Walter dead at age 32
Courtney Meppen-Walter, the English footballer from Bury, died on September 29, 2026, aged 32. Known by his full name, Courtney Alister Meppen-Walter, he played as a defender for Bury in…
Bob Davenport dead at age 94
Bob Davenport, the English traditional folk singer who helped shape the British folk revival from the early 1960s, died on September 28, 2026, aged 94. Born Robert H. Davenport in…
Obituary: Ken Taylor, dead at age 91
Ken Taylor, the English cricketer who played three Tests for England between 1959 and 1964, died on September 28, 2026, aged 91. Born in Huddersfield on August 21, 1935, he…
John Dixon Hunt, died aged 90
John Dixon Hunt, an English landscape historian, died September 27, 2026, aged 90. Born in Gloucester, he attended Bristol Grammar School and King’s College, and began his academic career teaching…
Pac has died at age 40
Pac, the English professional wrestler better known outside the ring as Benjamin Satterley, died on September 27, 2026, aged 40. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne on August 22, 1986, he…
Mohammed Benchicou passed away at age 74
Mohammed Benchicou, the Algerian journalist and writer who directed and published the opposition newspaper Le Matin, died on September 24, 2026, aged 74. Also known as Mohammed Boualem Benchicou, he…
John Davies dies at 99
John Dudley Davies, an English Anglican clergyman, bishop of Shrewsbury and author, died September 23, 2026, aged 99. Born on August 12, 1927, he served in the Royal Air Force…
Death of Arnaud Denis at age 43
Arnaud Denis, the French actor and stage director, died on September 22, 2026, at age 43. Born in the 16th arrondissement of Paris on May 31, 1983, he trained at…
Cyrus Ebrahimzadeh has died at age 89
Cyrus Ebrahimzadeh, an Iranian actor of stage, film and television, died on September 21, 2026, aged 89. The Tehran-based performer was born in Ardabil in 1937 and held a master’s…
JJ Pionke passes away at age 47
JJ Pionke, an American librarian and disability advocate, died September 21, 2026, aged 47. He also worked as a professor and library and information studies educator. Born in Chicago in…
Payal Mehta, died aged 46
Payal Mehta, an Indian journalist who covered Parliament of India, national politics and governance, died on September 20, 2026, aged 46. She worked for more than 15 years in broadcast…
Paul Lloyd dies at age 57
Paul Lloyd, the English boxer known as “Livewire,” died on September 19, 2026, aged 57. Born in Bebington, he competed as an amateur bantamweight before turning professional in the bantamweight…
Keith Wakefield dies at age 78
Keith Wakefield, the English politician and councillor who led Leeds City Council, died on September 19, 2026, aged 78. Known formally as Keith Ivor Wakefield OBE and formerly Sturgess, he…
Stephanie Cole died at age 84
Stephanie Cole, the English actress known for roles in Tenko, Doc Martin and Coronation Street, died on September 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Patricia Stephanie Cole in Solihull on October…
Anton Kurnia, died aged 52
Anton Kurnia, an Indonesian writer and translator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 52. He studied geological engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology and journalism at IAIN Sunan Gunung…
Bryan Kelly passes away at age 92
Bryan Kelly, the English composer, conductor and pianist from Oxford, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Bryan George Kelly on January 3, 1934, he studied at the Royal…
Martin Ashby died at age 82
Martin Ashby, the English motorcycle racer known internationally as Henry Martin Ashby, died on September 16, 2026, aged 82. Born in Marlborough in 1944, he built a distinguished speedway career…
John Whenham dead, John Whenham, English musicologist
John Whenham, an English musicologist and academic specializing in early Italian Baroque music, died September 16, 2026. He earned a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Arts at the…
John Delaney passed away at age 84
John Delaney, the English footballer who played for Wycombe Wanderers, Bournemouth and the national amateur team, died on September 15, 2026, aged 84. Born John Joseph Delaney in Slough on…
Ben Saunders passed away at age 43
Ben Saunders, the Dutch singer and tattoo artist who won the first title of The Voice of Holland, died on September 15, 2026, at age 43. Born in London on…
Obituary: Annie Dillard, dead at age 81
Annie Dillard, the American writer whose work included Tickets for a Prayer Wheel, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and The Maytrees, died on September 15, 2026, aged 81. Born Annie Doak…
Kevin Miller obituary: died at age 57
Kevin Miller, the British footballer and coach, died on September 15, 2026, aged 57. Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, he made more than 600 appearances in the Premier League and Football…
Pete Byrne passes away at age 74
Pete Byrne, the English singer best known as a member of the pop and new wave band Naked Eyes, died on September 14, 2026, aged 74. Born Peter James Byrne…
Ian Berry dies at 91
Ian Berry, the English photojournalist who documented some of the defining moments of apartheid-era South Africa, died on September 13, 2026, aged 91. Born in Preston in 1934, he built…