Dai-won Moon, a South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner, died on May 16, 2026, at age 83. Known as the Father of Mexican Taekwondo, he introduced the sport to Mexico in 1969. Moon was born in Duk Hap, a village 200…
Antonio Becerra Gaytán, a Mexican politician and activist, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 93. He served as a deputy from 1979 to 1982 and was a member of the Congress of Chihuahua from 1989 to 1992.…
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, a Mexican veterinarian, died on May 4, 2026, at age 83. Born in Mexico City on September 11, 1942, he had more than 50 years of professional practice and received international recognition for his contributions…
Rossana Reguillo, a Mexican sociologist, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Guadalajara in 1955, she was a Mexican academic known for researching social norms, human emotions, and the relationship between communication, culture, and politics…
Gran Markus Jr., a Mexican wrestler, died on April 24, 2026.
Tommy Nuñez, an American basketball referee, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Santa Maria, California, on September 10, 1938, he was of Mexican American descent. Nuñez was hired by the NBA in 1972 and…
Karina Duprez, a Mexican actress and television director, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Karina Julia Descalzó Guzmán in Mexico City on December 23, 1946, she worked as an actress from the 1960s to 1990…
José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, died on April 22, 2026, at age 85. He served as bishop of Mexicali from 1984 to 1996 and as archbishop of Hermosillo from…
Ricardo de Pascual, a Mexican actor and comedian known for roles in El Chavo del Ocho, Senda de gloria and Camaleones, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Mexico City on August 21, 1940, he…
Miguel Canto, a Mexican boxer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Miguel Angel Canto Solis in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on January 30, 1948, he was a former world boxing champion who held the WBC and…
Lucha Moreno, a Mexican singer and actress, died on April 15, 2026, at age 86. Born Irma Gloria Ochoa Salinas in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, on April 23, 1939, she debuted in film singing "La noche de mi mal" in…
Carolina Flores Gómez, a Mexican beauty queen and content creator, died on April 15, 2026, after being shot in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City. She was 27. A former beauty queen from Baja California, Flores Gómez was crowned Miss…
Juan José Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agronomic engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on September 1, 1952, in Monclova, Mexico, he was a…
Juan Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agricultural engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Monclova, Coahuila, on September 1, 1952, he was elected in…
Anita Martinez, the American politician who served as a Dallas city councillor from 1969 to 1973, died on April 13, 2026. She was 100. Martinez was the first Mexican-American member of the Dallas City Council, winning election in 1969 and…
Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, died on April 13, 2026, at age 80. He served as auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara from 1999 to 2003, bishop of Tabasco from 2003 to 2010, and bishop of Celaya from 2010…
Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 94. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies, was a senator from 1991 to 1992, and served as governor of Tabasco from…
Magaly Achach Solís, a Mexican politician and former mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 71. She served as mayor from 1999 to 2002 and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026 · Solis
Melchor Peredo, a Mexican muralist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Oscar Melchor Peredo in Mexico City on January 6, 1927, he was a representative of the social realist school of mural painting in Mexico.… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Salvador Castañeda Álvarez, a Mexican writer and cultural functionary, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on an ejido in the municipality of Matamoros, Coahuila, on July 31, 1946, he studied geological engineering at the National…
Deborah Dultzin, a Mexican astrophysicist and professor and researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), died on March 30, 2026. Born in Monterrey on October 9, 1945, Dultzin Kessler, also published as Deborah… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
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. Acuña wrote the 1972 book "Occupied America: A History of… · Mexico · 23 March 2026 · March 2026
Alicia Caro, a Colombian-Mexican actress, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 8, 1930, she settled in Mexico and appeared in films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Her credits… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Pedro Friedeberg, the Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work, died on March 5, 2026. He was best known for the “Hand-Chair,” a sculpture-chair designed for people to sit on the palm, with the fingers serving as… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Ana Luisa Peluffo, a Mexican actress, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 96. Born Ana Luisa de Jesús Quintana Paz Peluffo in Querétaro in 1929, she worked as an actress from 1948 to 2014 and appeared in… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Mexican racing driver and sportscaster · 27 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 27 · Other
Mexican television director and producer (El Chavo del 8 · 26 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 26 · Other
Gregorio Luque, a Mexican baseball catcher and manager, died on February 27, 2026. Born in Nogales, Sonora, on May 9, 1942, he played and managed in the Mexican League during a career that spanned from 1961 to 1980 as a… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other
La Academia, the Mexican reality musical talent television series shown on TV Azteca, died on February 25, 2026. The program premiered in June 2002 and was in its thirteenth installment. It shared the competition format of many versions of the… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026 · La.
2026 Jalisco operation, a Mexican cartel member associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, died on February 24, 2026. According to reports, he was among those killed in an operation by the Mexican Armed Forces in Tapalpa, Jalisco, on February… · Killed In Operation · 24 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other
Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the Mexican drug lord known as El Mencho and head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, died on February 22, 2026, at age 59. He led the Jalisco-based criminal organization from its rise after several of… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other
Mexican composer and music arranger · 19 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 19 · Santiago
Arturo León Lerma, a Mexican Hall of Fame baseball executive with Naranjeros de Hermosillo and politician, died on February 19, 2026, at age 88. Born in Álamos, Sonora, in 1937, he was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026
Mexican composer and music arranger · 17 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 17 · Fernández
Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist, died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten and held his first solo show in Switzerland in 1956.… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026
Mexican actor (Los Motivos de Luz · 14 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 14 · Loza
Josefina Aguilar, a Mexican folk artist known for her small clay figurines called muñecas, died on February 13, 2026. Born Margarita Josefina Aguilar Alcántara in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, on February 22, 1945, she learned the art from her mother… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
Milkman (rapper), the Mexican rapper, producer and composer known professionally as MLKMN, died on February 13, 2026. Born Óscar Botello on April 11, 1989, he was born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in Laredo, Texas. In 2014, he released the… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
Dolores Muñoz Ledo, a Mexican voice actress, died on February 13, 2026, in Mexico City at age 107. Born María Dolores Muñoz Ledo Ortega in Mexico City on April 14, 1918, she worked as a voice actress from 1944 to… · 13 February 2026 · February 2026
Mexican stuntman actor · 11 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 11
Eladio González Garza, a Mexican voice actor, died on February 12, 2026. Born in Monterrey on April 24, 1936, he was known for Spanish dubbing roles including Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard and the first voices of Philosopher… · 12 February 2026 · February 2026
María Elena Álvarez Bernal, a Mexican politician and member of the National Action Party (PAN), died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 95. A native of Zamora, Michoacán, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on four… · 12 February 2026 · February 2026 · Maria
Mexican actress and dub director · 03 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 3
Ruben Rodriguez, an American football punter who played in the National Football League, died on February 3, 2026, at age 60. Rodriguez played for the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos and New York Giants. He was selected by the Seahawks with… · Mexico · 03 February 2026 · February 2026 · Rubén
Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz, a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of the Diocese of La Paz, Baja California Sur, died on February 2, 2026, in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, at the age of 75. He was born… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other · Diaz
Gerardo Taracena, a Mexican actor and dancer, died on January 31, 2026, at age 55. Born in Mexico City on March 27, 1970, he worked in film, television and theater from 1994 to 2026. He was known for roles in… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Gustavo Sánchez Vásquez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on January 31, 2026. He was a member of the National Action Party (PAN) and served as municipal president of Mexicali, Baja California, from 2016 to 2019. At the time of… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Mexican cinematographer · 30 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 30 · Other
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Elizondo · Other
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Cárdenas · Other
Mexican drug lord · 23 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 23 · Cuéllar · Other
Mexican photographer and feminist activist · 23 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 23 · Jiménez
German-born Mexican philologist · 20 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 20 · Other
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Castro · Other
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Aregullín · Other
Mexican architect · 17 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 17 · Aldana · Other · José
Mexican landscape and nature photographer · 10 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 10
Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul · 28 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 28 · Galindo
Mexican Teather and movie actress (Bardo · 21 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 21 · Zepeda
Mexican television newsreader and host · 20 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 20 · Other
Mexican actress (My Universe In Lower Case · 13 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 13
Mexican playwright and theater director · 21 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 21 · Salazar
Mexican rock singer (Coda) · 20 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 20
Mexican businessman and LGTB rights activist · 12 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 12 · Other
Mexican photojournalist · 30 July 2025 · July 2025 · July 30 · Other
Mexican baseball player (Broncos de Reynosa · 27 July 2025 · July 2025 · July 27 · Barba
Mexican singer and actress · 24 July 2025 · July 2025 · July 24 · Amália
Mexican footballer (Chivas · 20 July 2025 · Gutierrez · July 2025 · July 20
Mexican operatic soprano · 01 July 2025 · July 2025 · July 1 · Other