Marta Gastón passes away at age 53
Marta Gastón, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53. Born Marta…
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Marta Gastón Menal death at age 53
Marta Gastón Menal, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53. Born…
Jesús de Miguel obituary: died at age 30
Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker, died November 3, 2026, aged 30, at Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. Born in Madrid on…
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…
Death of Miquel Navarro at age 81
Miquel Navarro, Spanish sculptor, painter and contemporary poet, died on November 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Mislata, Valencia, on September 29, 1945, he studied painting at the San Carlos…
Death of Jack Preger at age 96
Jack Preger, a British physician known for providing medical care to poor communities in India, died on October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born on July 25, 1930, he studied at…
Michel Pineda passed away at age 62
Michel Pineda, the French footballer who played as a striker, died October 29, 2026, aged 62. Born Michel Pineda Ozaeta in Gien, France, on June 9, 1964, he was the…
Bronislava Volková, died aged 80
Bronislava Volková, a Czech-American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80. Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there.…
Marta Shahbazi, died aged 40
Marta Shahbazi, a Spanish biologist and professor at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Cambridge, died October 28, 2026, aged 40. Born in León in 1985,…
Dolores Huerta passes away at age 96
Dolores Huerta, an American labor leader and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, died October 28, 2026, aged 96. Born Dolores Clara Fernández in Dawson, New Mexico, she became…
Obituary: Fátima Báñez, dead at age 59
Fátima Báñez, a Spanish politician, economist and jurist, died in a train crash on October 28, 2026, aged 59. Born María Fátima Báñez García in San Juan del Puerto, she…
Obituary: Marisa Manchado, dead at age 60
Marisa Manchado, the Spanish composer, pianist and professor, died aged 60 on October 28, 2026, in the Toledo train collision. Born María Luisa Manchado Torres in Madrid on July 7,…
Fernando Serrano Migallón passes away at age 81
Fernando Serrano Migallón, a Mexican jurist and member of the Mexican Academy of Language, died October 27, 2026, aged 81. Born in Mexico City on June 26, 1945, he became…
Andrés Hernando dies at 88
Andrés Hernando García, the Spanish bullfighter and fighting-bull rancher, died aged 88 in a traffic collision on October 26, 2026, in La Colilla. Born in La Velilla, a hamlet of…
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín passed away at age 69
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, a Spanish politician and former mayor of Seville, died October 26, 2026, aged 69. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), he led the city…
José Luis García Sánchez has died at age 85
José Luis García Sánchez, the Spanish film director and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born in Salamanca on September 22, 1941, he worked in cinema as a director,…
Jaume Pont death at age 79
Jaume Pont, the Spanish poet, literary critic and academic, died in Lleida on October 22, 2026, aged 79. Born in the city on March 24, 1947, Pont studied philosophy and…
Obituary: Benito di Paula, dead at age 84
Benito di Paula, the Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer and pianist, died of prostate cancer on October 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Uday Vellozo in Nova Friburgo, he became known professionally as…
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, died aged 43
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, a Guatemalan public prosecutor and anti-corruption activist, died aged 43 on October 17, 2026, in an armed attack. A lawyer and notary, he studied law at…
Sanjulián dead at age 85
Sanjulián, the Spanish cartoonist and painter whose given name was Manuel Pérez Clemente, died October 14, 2026, aged 85. Born in Barcelona on June 24, 1941, he studied at the…
Obituary: María Asunción Milá, dead at age 107
María Asunción Milá, a Spanish human rights activist known for opposing the death penalty, died on October 13, 2026, aged 107. Born María Asunción Sagnier in Barcelona in 1919, she…
Josep Pinyol obituary: died at age 73
Josep Pinyol, a Catalan historian, entrepreneur, political analyst and independence activist, died on October 9, 2026, aged 73. Born in Cornellà de Llobregat in 1952, he graduated in modern and…
Xosé Manuel Beiras passed away at age 90
Xosé Manuel Beiras, a Spanish politician, economist and Galician nationalist, died in Santiago de Compostela on October 8, 2026, aged 90. Born Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado in Santiago on…
Maricarmen Abascal obituary: died at age 87
Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman who had been evicted from her home, died on October 7, 2026. She was taken to hospital immediately after the eviction and died there.…
Maricarmen Abascal obituary: died at age 87
Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman who had been evicted, died October 7, 2026. Known as María del Carmen “Maricarmen” Abascal, she was evicted on September 23, an event that…
Jacek Ziober, died aged 60
Jacek Ziober, the Polish football player, died October 6, 2026, aged 60. Born in Łódź on November 18, 1965, he played as a forward and began his career in 1982,…
Ángel Arroyo passed away at age 70
Ángel Arroyo, the Spanish racing cyclist who finished second overall in the 1983 Tour de France, died on October 4, 2026, aged 70. Born in El Barraco, Spain, Arroyo was…
Gonzalo Suárez has died at age 92
Gonzalo Suárez, the Spanish film director, writer and screenwriter associated with Rowing with the Wind, Epilogue and The Detective and Death, died September 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in Oviedo…
Amos Rapoport passed away at age 97
Amos Rapoport, the Polish-American architect and professor, died September 29, 2026, aged 97. He was one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS) and produced more than 200 academic publications…
Gonzalo Suárez has died at age 92
Gonzalo Suárez, the Spanish film director behind Rowing with the Wind, Epilogue and The Detective and Death, died on September 29, 2026, aged 92. Born Gonzalo Suárez Morilla in Oviedo…
Julián García Vargas dies at 81
Julián García Vargas, the Spanish politician who served as minister of health from 1986 to 1991 and minister of defence from 1991 to 1995, died on September 29, 2026, aged…
Death of Maxín Picallo at age 86
Maxín Picallo, the Spanish sculptor, died on September 28, 2026, at age 86. Born in Santo Ildefonso, in the parish of Troáns, Cuntis, in 1940, he was also known as…
Lieutenant Stitchie died at age 60
Lieutenant Stitchie, the Jamaican reggae musician and deejay born Cleveland Laing, died on September 28, 2026, aged 60. Known for his work in dancehall, he later moved into gospel reggae…
César Ortiz-Echagüe Rubio, died aged 99
César Ortiz-Echagüe Rubio, a Spanish architect and priest, died on September 27, 2026, at age 99. Born in Madrid on January 13, 1927, he was the son of José Ortiz-Echagüe…
Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway, died aged 81
Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway, the Spanish musician known for his work with the flamenco rock band Triana, died on September 26, 2026, aged 81. Triana was formed in Seville in 1974…
Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway, died aged 81
Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway, the Spanish musician best known as guitarist with the rock group Triana, died on September 26, 2026, aged 81. Born in Sevilla in 1945, he began in…
Antonio Canal dead at age 90
Antonio Canal, the Spanish actor best known for playing Father Froilán Cardeñosa on Cuéntame cómo pasó, died September 25, 2026, aged 90. Born in Barcelona in 1936, he trained at…
Javier Delgado Barrio passes away at age 93
Javier Delgado Barrio, a Spanish judge who served as president of the Supreme Court of Spain from 1996 to 2001, died on September 25, 2026, aged 93. Born in Barbastro…
Oscar González Oro death at age 74
Oscar González Oro, an Argentinian radio host and journalist known as “El Negro” Oro, died on September 25, 2026, aged 74. Born in Mendoza on October 16, 1951, he built…
Manuel Boix death at age 83
Manuel Boix, the Spanish painter and sculptor known for helping introduce new realism in Franco-era Spain, died on September 23, 2026, aged 83. Born in L'Alcúdia on December 18, 1942,…
Death of Pilar Malla Escofet at age 95
Pilar Malla Escofet, a Spanish social worker, teacher and public administrator who served as Barcelona’s first ombudsman and later as a member of the Parliament of Catalonia, died on September…
Death of Domingo Buesa Conde at age 73
Domingo Buesa Conde, a Spanish historian, writer, politician and Aragonese cultural advocate, died on September 16, 2026, aged 73. Born in Bagüés in 1952, he earned a doctorate in history…
Carles Solà died at age 81
Carles Solà, the Spanish academic administrator and politician who served as rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, died on September 12, 2026, aged 81. Born in Xàtiva, in Valencia…
Josep María Trías de Bes dies at age 81
Josep María Trías de Bes, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on September 10, 2026, aged 81. Born Josep María Trías de Bes i Serra in Madrid on November 19,…
Obituary: Artur Heras, dead at age 81
Artur Heras, a Spanish painter, died on September 10, 2026, aged 81. Born Artur Heras i Sanz in Xàtiva in April 1945, he studied fine arts in Valencia and later…
Manuel Dueso dies at age 73
Manuel Dueso Almirall, the Spanish actor, dramatist, theatre director and poet also known as Manel Dueso, died on September 8, 2026, aged 73. Born in Sabadell, in Catalonia’s Province of…
Silvia Ederra obituary: died at age 43
Silvia Ederra, the Spanish handball player who represented Spain internationally, died on September 8, 2026, aged 43. Born in Estella-Lizarra, she built a 20-year career in the sport and retired…
Iskhak Mashbash death at age 96
Iskhak Mashbash, a Russian poet, died on September 7, 2026, aged 96. Also known as Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash and anglicised as Isaac Mashbash, he was a Circassian poet, writer and…
Death of Rosa Maria Duran at age 99
Rosa Maria Duran, a Spanish-born Mexican translator and teacher, died on September 6, 2026, aged 99. Born in Barcelona in 1927, she spent more than six decades promoting Catalan culture…
Albert Alós passes away at age 86
Albert Alós, a Spanish-born Nigerian engineer, academic and missionary, died on September 5, 2026, aged 86. Born in Barcelona in 1939, he graduated in electrical engineering from the University of…
Pedro Rodriguez dead at age 93
Pedro Rodriguez, the Spanish theologian and priest of the prelature of Opus Dei, died on September 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Pedro Rodríguez García in Cartagena in 1933, he specialized…
Ramón Espinar Gallego death at age 72
Ramón Espinar Gallego, a Spanish politician and former member of the Assembly of Madrid, died on September 3, 2026, aged 72. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he…
Camilo Séptimo, died aged 38
Camilo Séptimo, a Mexican musician and member of the band Camilo Séptimo, died on September 1, 2026, at age 38. The group, also styled as Camilo VII and CVII, was…
Celestí Alomar Mateu dead at age 76
Celestí Alomar Mateu, a Spanish politician and tourism official who served in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 1999 to 2007, died on August 31, 2026, aged 76. Born…
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós dead at age 82
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós, a Spanish businessman and civil servant who chaired Iberia and Aviaco from 1983 to 1985, died on August 29, 2026, aged…
Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés dies at 89
Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés, a Spanish politician and former member of parliament, died on August 29, 2026, aged 89. Born in A Coruña, he entered the national parliament in 1993…
Rubén Rada, died aged 83
Rubén Rada, the Uruguayan singer-songwriter who helped shape modern candombe and fused it with rock, soul, jazz and funk, died on August 26, 2026, aged 83. Born Omar Ruben Rada…
Carlos Sáenz de Santamaría dead
Carlos Sáenz de Santamaría, a Spanish civil servant and politician, died on August 24, 2026, in Tricio. Known in full as Carlos Sáenz de Santamaría Alegría, he was a member…
Fernando Caruncho obituary: died at age 68
Fernando Caruncho, the Spanish landscape designer, died on August 23, 2026, aged 68. Born in Madrid in 1958, he worked as a landscape architect and remained active in the field…
Obituary: José Cusí, dead at age 92
José Cusí, the Spanish Olympic sports shooter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on August 19, 2026, aged 92. Born in Barcelona on January 12, 1934, he was…
Ricardo Pachón dies at age 88
Ricardo Pachón, the Spanish music producer, arranger and composer who helped shape modern flamenco, died on August 19, 2026, aged 88. Born in Seville in 1937, he was widely regarded…
Juan Tamariz passed away at age 83
Juan Tamariz, the Spanish magician and television presenter, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón in Madrid on October 18, 1942, he became one of Spain’s…
Itziar Alba Orbegozo passed away at age 83
Itziar Alba Orbegozo, a Spanish politician and member of the Basque Parliament, died on August 17, 2026, aged 83. Born in Goizueta in 1947, she was a member of the…
Javier Lasagabaster dies at age 93
Javier Lasagabaster, a Spanish politician and lawyer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 93. Born Javier José Luis Lasagabaster Echarri in Pasaia on January 5, 1933, he served as Minister…
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja dead at age 80
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, a Spanish herder and the subject of the film Among Wolves, died on August 16, 2026, aged 80. Born in Añora in 1946, he became known as…
Death of Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez at age 84
Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez, the Spanish-Venezuelan actress and model known professionally as Chelo Rodríguez, died on August 13, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sober, Galicia, Spain, she moved to Venezuela with…
Bernard Pottier passes away at age 101
Bernard Pottier, the French linguist and academic, died on August 12, 2026, aged 101. Born in Paris on September 29, 1924, he studied at the École pratique des hautes études…
Obituary: Chelo Rodríguez, dead at age 84
Chelo Rodríguez, the Spanish-born Venezuelan actress and model known for her work in telenovelas, died on August 12, 2026, at age 84. Born María Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez in Galicia, Spain,…
Diana La Cazadora dead at age 48
Diana La Cazadora, the Mexican professional wrestler better known to fans as Alma Corina Gutiérrez, died on August 8, 2026, aged 48, of a lung infection. Born in Ciudad Madero,…
Obituary: Oihane Mateos, dead at age 45
Oihane Mateos, a Spanish journalist who worked for EITB, died on August 8, 2026, aged 45. Born in Ibarra in 1981, she began her career at Euskadi Irratia, the radio…
Manuel Martín Piñera died at age 95
Manuel Martín Piñera, the Spanish racing cyclist who won five stages of the Vuelta a España, died on August 6, 2026, aged 95. Born in Cabezón de la Sal on…
Alejandro Royo-Villanova death at age 85
Alejandro Royo-Villanova, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Madrid on April 7, 1941, he was a member of both the People’s Party…
Death of Pepe Habichuela at age 82
Pepe Habichuela, the Spanish flamenco guitarist known as José Antonio Carmona Carmona, died on August 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Granada, he came from a flamenco family whose line…
Gonzalo Díaz Beitia passed away at age 89
Gonzalo Díaz Beitia died on August 1, 2026, aged 89. He was a Spanish footballer. No further details about his career or personal life were provided in the available record.…
Beitia obituary: died at age 89
Beitia, the Spanish footballer known as Gonzalo Díaz Beitia, died on August 1, 2026, aged 89. A forward who played in Spanish football from 1955 to 1967, he was born…
Luis Uruñuela, died aged 89
Luis Uruñuela, a Spanish politician who was a leading figure in the Andalusian Party, died on July 31, 2026, aged 89. Born in Seville on April 2, 1937, he won…
Obituary: Manolo Solo, dead at age 62
Manolo Solo, the Spanish actor known for The Fury of a Patient Man, The Good Boss and Close Your Eyes, died on July 30, 2026, aged 62. Born Manuel Jesús…
Death of Ray Gómez at age 73
Ray Gómez, the Spanish guitarist known for his work with the Pop-Tops, died on July 28, 2026, aged 73. Born in Casablanca in 1953, he began playing piano at age…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Lomeña, dead at age 72
Juan Carlos Lomeña, a Spanish politician and former deputy and mayor of Coín, died on July 25, 2026, aged 72. Born in Coín, Málaga, on November 24, 1953, he served…
Obituary: José Ignacio Ascasibar Zarrao, dead at age 82
José Ignacio Ascasibar Zarrao, a Spanish professional road cyclist, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Elgeta on November 28, 1943, he competed in the…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Lomeña Villalobos, dead at age 72
Juan Carlos Lomeña Villalobos, a Spanish Socialist Party politician, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Coín, Málaga, on November 24, 1953, he studied through…
Suco passed away at age 87
Suco, the Spanish footballer known for spells with Racing Ferrol, Barcelona and Valencia, died on July 24, 2026, aged 87. Born Andrés Parada Alvite in Ribeira on September 27, 1938,…
Obituary: Patricia Donlon, dead at age 83
Patricia Donlon, the Irish librarian and academic who served as director of the National Library of Ireland, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 83. Known as Pat…
David Lucas passes away at age 58
David Lucas, the Spanish politician who served as secretary of state for transport in 2023, died on July 20, 2026, aged 58. Born Francisco David Lucas Parrón in Madrid on…
Antonio Martínez Aneiros dies at 93
Antonio Martínez Aneiros, a Spanish politician and Catholic priest, died on July 19, 2026. Born on June 3, 1933, in O Val, Narón, he served in the Parliament of Galicia…
Enrique Bacigalupo passes away at age 88
Enrique Bacigalupo, the Argentine lawyer and jurist who served on Spain’s Supreme Court, died on July 16, 2026. He was 88. Born in Buenos Aires on July 14, 1938, Bacigalupo…
Manuel Doreste dead at age 68
Manuel Doreste, the Spanish Olympic sailor who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Puertollano on January 1, 1958, he raced in the Soling…
Margarita Andrey dead at age 99
Margarita Andrey, a Spanish actress known for films including They Always Return at Dawn, His Heart Awake and Devil’s Roundup, died on July 15, 2026. She was 99. Born in…
José Legrá, died aged 89
José Legrá, the Cuban-born Spanish boxer who twice held the WBC world featherweight title, died on July 14, 2026. Born José Adolfo Legrá Utría in Baracoa, Cuba, on April 19,…
Luis Sanguino dies at age 91
Luis Sanguino, the Spanish sculptor known for monumental bronze works in Spain and the Americas, died on July 12, 2026. Born Luis Antonio Sanguino de Pascual in Barcelona on August…
Gilda Love dies at 100
Gilda Love, the Spanish drag queen and transformist known offstage as Eduardo Rondón Gallardo, died on July 12, 2026. Born on August 21, 1925, in Cádiz, he became widely regarded…
Luis Goytisolo dead at age 91
Luis Goytisolo, the Spanish novelist who became one of the leading figures in postwar Spanish letters, died on July 12, 2026, at age 91. Born in Barcelona on March 17,…
Jordi Borja Sebastià, died aged 85
Jordi Borja Sebastià, the Spanish politician who served in the Parliament of Catalonia from 1980 to 1984, died on July 10, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Barcelona…
Carlos del Coso dies at 93
Carlos del Coso, a Spanish field hockey player, died on July 10, 2026, aged 93. Born in Madrid on April 24, 1933, he represented Spain at three Olympic Games, competing…
Obituary: José Bada Panillo, dead at age 97
José Bada Panillo died on July 9, 2026. He was a Spanish politician who served as minister of culture and education of Aragon from 1983 to 1987. Tags Politicians, Scientists,…
Pepe León dead at age 91
Pepe León, the Spanish sporting executive and three-time president of Real Betis, died on July 9, 2026. Also known as José León Gómez, he was born on March 23, 1935,…
Carmelo Cedrún obituary: died at age 95
Carmelo Cedrún died on July 6, 2026, at the age of 95. He was a Spanish football player and manager. Born in Amorebieta-Etxano in 1930, Cedrún was also known as…
Novoa dead at age 82
Novoa died on July 5, 2026. He was a Spanish football player and manager. Born on January 1, 1944, he was also known as Jose Manuel Diaz Novoa. He died…
Obituary: Eutimio Martino, dead at age 101
Eutimio Martino died on July 5, 2026. He was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and writer. Martino was also known as a historian, theologian, Catholic priest, poet, university teacher and…