Isabel Blanco-Rivas passes away at age 64
Isabel Blanco-Rivas died on July 3, 2026. She was a Spanish lawyer and writer. Tags Lawyers, Writers, 03 July 2026, Isabel, Spain, Blanco-Rivas, July 2026, July 3
Famous Dead People from Spain
Over 2,000 obituaries for famous people from Spain who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Obituary: Julio Revuelta, dead at age 67
Julio Revuelta, a Spanish politician and former mayor of Logroño, died on July 1, 2026, at the age of 67. Born on March 7, 1959, in Logroño, he served on…
Augusto Borderas, died aged 94
Augusto Borderas died on June 30, 2026. He was a Spanish politician. Tags Politicians, 30 June 2026, Augusto, Borderas, Spain, June 2026, June 30
Obituary: Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz, dead at age 77
Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz died on June 30, 2026. He was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate. Tags Other, 30 June 2026, Lahoz, Libra, Spain, Joaquín, June 2026, June 30
Jesús Marí Zabarte dead at age 80
Jesús Marí Zabarte died on June 29, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque militant and convicted murderer. News of his death was reported without further details. Tags Criminals, 29 June…
Benjamín Trillo Trillo died at age 94
Benjamín Trillo Trillo died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 94. He was a Spanish writer. Born on July 6, 1931, in A Ameixenda, Cee, Trillo Trillo wrote…
Salomó Marquès, died aged 84
Salomó Marquès, a Spanish academic and writer, died on June 25, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in L'Escala on February 4, 1942, he built a career in education,…
Salomó Marquès, died aged 84
Salomó Marquès died on June 25, 2026. He was a Spanish educationist, professor and writer, and also worked as a pedagogue, historian and author. Born in L'Escala on February 4,…
Isabel Jara dies at age 69
Isabel Jara died on June 24, 2026. Tags Other, 24 June 2026, Isabel, Jara, Spain, Taurus, June 2026, June 24, La Guaira
Death of José Bonnet at age 84
José Bonnet Casciaro died on June 23, 2026. Tags Writers, 23 June 2026, Casciaro, Spain, José, June 2026, June 23
Salvi Aparicio died at age 77
Salvi Aparicio died on June 22, 2026. Tags Athletes, 22 June 2026, Aparicio, Aquarius, Burgos, Salvi, Spain, June 2026, June 22
Ignacio Gordillo died at age 75
Ignacio Gordillo died on June 22, 2026. Tags Lawyers, 22 June 2026, Gordillo, Ignacio, Madrid, Sagittarius, Spain, June 2026, June 22
Concha López Narváez death at age 86
Concha López Narváez died on June 22, 2026. She was 86. Tags Writers, 22 June 2026, Concha, Madrid, Spain, Virgo, June 2026, June 22, Narváez
Iñaki Dorronsoro Plazaola dies at 78
Iñaki Dorronsoro Plazaola died on June 21, 2026. Tags Other, 21 June 2026, Plazaola, Spain, Iñaki, June 2026, June 21
Mari Paz Díaz González dies at age 78
Mari Paz Díaz González died on June 16, 2026. Tags Other, 16 June 2026, Mari, Spain, González, June 16, June 2026
Joan Viñas death at age 75
Joan Viñas, a Spanish physician and university teacher, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Mataró on December 11, 1950, he was known as Joan…
Josep Maria Sans i Travé has died at age 78
Josep Maria Sans i Travé died on June 14, 2026. He was a Spanish archivist and historian. Born on July 1, 1947, Sans i Travé was also identified as a…
Avelino Rico death at age 95
Avelino Rico, the Spanish carom billiards player, died on June 13, 2026. He was 95. Born on February 12, 1931, in Bustantigo, Spain, Rico was a leading figure in carom…
María Ángeles Mezquíriz Irujo dies at age 97
María Ángeles Mezquíriz Irujo died on June 11, 2026. She was a Spanish archaeologist. Tags Scientists, 11 June 2026, Aquarius, Irujo, Pamplona, Spain, June 11, June 2026, María
Eduardo Portela passed away at age 91
Eduardo Portela, the Spanish basketball coach and executive who led the ACB from 1990 to 2013, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Barcelona on…
José Ignacio López de Arriortúa dies at 85
José Ignacio López de Arriortúa, the Spanish automotive industry executive known for his work on lean production and procurement at Volkswagen, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of…
Albert Sans i Arís dies at 94
Albert Sans i Arís died on June 9, 2026. He was a Spanish choreographer. Tags Other, 09 June 2026, Albert, Cancer, Spain, Arís, June 2026, June 9, Rubí
Albert Sans, died aged 94
Albert Sans, a Spanish choreographer and dancer, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Albert Sans i Arís in Rubí, Spain, in 1932, he built a…
Bruno Turner dies at 95
Bruno Turner, a British musicologist, died on June 9, 2026, aged 95. Born in London on February 17, 1931, he devoted much of his career to early music, with a…
Death of Genito Ortiz at age 78
Genito Ortiz died on June 4, 2026. He was a rally driver. Tags Athletes, 04 June 2026, Genito, Ortiz, Spain, Taurus, June 2026, June 4
Fermín Sola Barrena obituary: died at age 52
Fermín Sola Barrena died on June 3, 2026. Tags Other, 03 June 2026, Aries, Barrena, Elgoibar, Spain, Fermín, June 2026, June 3
Josep Maria Cadena died at age 90
Josep Maria Cadena died on June 2, 2026. He was a Spanish journalist and art critic. Cadena was born in Barcelona on September 6, 1935, and died in the same…
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos dies at 63
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, a Spanish veterinarian and politician who served as minister of universities of Andalusia from 2022, died on June 2, 2026. He was 63. Born in Córdoba…
Josefina Molina dies at age 89
Josefina Molina, the Spanish film director, screenwriter and television producer, died on May 30, 2026. She was 89. Born in Córdoba, Spain, on November 14, 1936, Molina became one of…
José Manuel Blecua Perdices dead at age 86
José Manuel Blecua Perdices, the Spanish philologist who directed the Royal Spanish Academy from 2010 to 2014, died on May 29, 2026. He was 86. Born in Zaragoza on June…
Nemesio Pozuelo dies at 85
Nemesio Pozuelo, a footballer who played for Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg, died on May 28, 2026. He was 85. Born on July 7, 1940, in Kharkiv,…
Renato Rosaldo passes away at age 85
Renato Rosaldo, an American cultural anthropologist, died on May 26, 2026. Born in Champaign, Illinois, on April 15, 1941, he carried out field research among the Ilongots of northern Luzon…
Jordi Amorós has died at age 82
Jordi Amorós, the Spanish cartoonist and animator known for satirical comics and pioneering work in adult animation, died on May 24, 2026. He was 82. Born Jordi Amorós i Ballester…
Jordi Amorós i Ballester dead at age 82
Jordi Amorós i Ballester died on May 24, 2026. He was a Spanish cartoonist and animator. Tags Artists, 24 May 2026, Aries, Ballester, Jordi, Spain, May 2026, May 24
Al Hurricane Jr. died at age 66
Al Hurricane Jr., an American singer-songwriter, died on May 19, 2026, at age 66. Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez Jr. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 30, 1959, he was known…
Tarsy Carballas obituary: died at age 91
Tarsy Carballas, a Spanish soil scientist and academic, died on May 16, 2026. Born in Taboada on June 2, 1934, she was a pioneer in the study of soils in…
Hilda Farfante obituary: died at age 95
Hilda Farfante died on May 13, 2026. She was a Spanish teacher and activist. Tags Other, 13 May 2026, Cancer, Farfante, Hilda, Spain, May 13, May 2026
El Cabrero dies at age 81
El Cabrero, the Spanish flamenco singer born José Domínguez Muñoz, died on May 13, 2026, in Seville, Spain, at the age of 81. Born in Aznalcóllar on October 19, 1944,…
Jack Taylor dies at 99
Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in…
José Ballesta, died aged 67
José Ballesta, the Spanish politician who served as mayor of Murcia, died on May 10, 2026, of cancer. He was 67. Born in Murcia in 1958, he was a medical…
Obituary: René Cárdenas, dead at age 96
René Cárdenas, a Nicaraguan sportswriter for La Prensa and announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on May 10, 2026, in Houston, Texas. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, on February 6,…
Obituary: Soledad Gallego-Díaz, dead at age 75
Soledad Gallego-Díaz, the Spanish journalist and former editor of El País, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Madrid in 1951, she studied at the Official School of Journalism of…
Obituary: Carlos Garaikoetxea, dead at age 87
Carlos Garaikoetxea, the Spanish politician who served as lehendakari from 1979 to 1985, died on May 4, 2026, of a heart attack. He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on June…
José María Cruz Novillo passed away at age 89
José María Cruz Novillo, the Spanish painter, designer and sculptor, died on May 2, 2026. Born in Cuenca on May 21, 1936, he was also a sculptor, engraver and graphic…
Moncho Monsalve died at age 81
Moncho Monsalve, the Spanish basketball player and coach who played for Real Madrid and CB Girona and later coached Brazil’s national team, died on April 28, 2026. Born José Manuel…
Francisco Letamendia dies at age 82
Francisco Letamendia died on April 26, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque politician and lawyer known for his role in the Burgos trials. Letamendia served as a member of the…
Josep Manuel Anglada has died at age 92
Josep Manuel Anglada, a Spanish mountaineer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Barcelona on August 5, 1933, he was known by his full name,…
Carlos Mella passes away at age 95
Carlos Mella, a Spanish writer and politician, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Xosé Carlos Mella Villar on August 13, 1930, in A Estrada, Spain,…
Txumari Alfaro dead at age 73
Txumari Alfaro died on April 18, 2026. He was a Spanish naturopath and television presenter. Txumari Alfaro [es], 73, Spanish naturopath and television presenter. Tags Journalists, 18 April 2026, Alfaro,…
Obituary: Beatriz de Moura, dead at age 86
Beatriz de Moura, a Brazilian-born Spanish publisher and translator, died on April 17, 2026. She was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1939, grew up in a family of diplomats…
Ivan Rebernik obituary: died at age 86
Ivan Rebernik, a Slovenian diplomat and librarian, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as Slovenia’s ambassador to the Vatican and as Chancellor of the…
José Santamaría died at age 96
José Santamaría, a footballer and manager, died on April 15, 2026. He was 96. Born José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias in Montevideo, he spent his 18-year playing career with Nacional and…
Francisco Sanjosé dies at 73
Francisco Sanjosé, a Spanish footballer, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 73. He played as a defender for Sevilla and competed with Spain’s Olympic football team in…
Arturo Lizón Giner, died aged 87
Arturo Lizón Giner, a Spanish politician and senator from 1979 to 1993, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 24, 1938, in Sella, Spain,…
Albert N. Martin died at age 91
Albert N. Martin, an American Reformed Baptist minister, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Albert Newton Martin in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 11, 1934, he…
Josep Piera obituary: died at age 78
Josep Piera, Spanish poet and author, died on April 5, 2026. Josep Piera, 78, Spanish poet and author. Tags Writers, 05 April 2026, Josep, Piera, Spain, 2026-04-05, April 2026, April…
Ricardo Ortiz has died at age 51
Ricardo Ortiz, a Spanish bullfighter, died on April 3, 2026. Ricardo Ortiz [fr], 51, Spanish bullfighter. Tags Other, 03 April 2026, Ortiz, Ricardo, Spain, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Javier López Marcano obituary: died at age 71
Javier López Marcano, a Spanish politician and member of the Parliament of Cantabria, died on April 2, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 71. A member of the Regionalist…
Francisco Holgado died at age 82
Francisco Holgado, a Spanish bank teller, died on April 1, 2026. Francisco Holgado [es], 82, Spanish bank teller. Tags Other, 01 April 2026, Francisco, Holgado, Spain, 2026-04-01, April 1, April…
Maribel Flores dead at age 75
Maribel Flores, a Spanish politician and former member of the Parliament of Andalusia and the Senate of Spain, died on April 1, 2026. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers'…
Juan Maeso, died aged 84
Juan Maeso, a Spanish anaesthetist and convicted criminal, died on March 30, 2026. He was sentenced to 1,933 years in prison for infecting hundreds of patients with hepatitis C after…
Carlos Westendorp dead at age 89
Carlos Westendorp, the Spanish diplomat and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs and later as high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on March 30, 2026, in Madrid,…
Parliament of Andalusia passed away at age 75
Parliament of Andalusia, a Spanish politician and member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 1990 to 2004 and senator from 1996 to 2015, died on March 30, 2026. The Parliament…
Maria Badia i Cutchet dies at 78
Maria Badia i Cutchet, a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014, died on March 27, 2026. She was from Catalonia and was a member…
Obituary: David Cabrero, dead at age 49
David Cabrero, a Spanish Olympic track cyclist, died on March 27, 2026, after a long illness. Born in Madrid on December 11, 1976, Cabrero competed in two events at the…
Noelia Castillo euthanasia case dies at age 25
Noelia Castillo Ramos, a Spanish activist and paraplegic patient, died on March 26, 2026, after receiving euthanasia by lethal injection. Born in Barcelona in 2000, she became the subject of…
Dolors Lamarca passes away at age 82
Dolors Lamarca, a Spanish philologist and librarian, died on March 25, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Granollers, Catalonia, in 1943, she led the Service of Libraries and Bibliographic Heritage of…
Manuel Estella died at age 86
Manuel Estella, a Spanish politician and president of the Cortes of Castile and León from 1991 to 2003, died on March 24, 2026. Estella Hoyos was a deputy in the…
Obituary: Manuel Escudero, dead at age 79
Manuel Escudero, a Spanish economist and politician who served as deputy from 2003 to 2004 and as ambassador to the OECD from 2018 to 2024, died on March 23, 2026.…
Los Piojos died at age 54
Los Piojos, an Argentine drummer associated with the band Los Piojos, died on March 20, 2026. Los Piojos was an Argentine rock band that became one of the seminal bands…
Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo passes away at age 84
Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo, a Spanish lawyer and writer, died on March 20, 2026. Also known as Pepe de Regos, he was born in Vilamea (A Pontenova) in 1941. He…
Death of Alfonso Bañón at age 95
Alfonso Bañón, a Spanish politician and deputy from 1979 to 1982, died on March 19, 2026, in Pamplona, Spain, at the age of 95. Born in Valladolid on August 8,…
Obituary: Manuel Etura, dead at age 93
Manuel Etura, a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Athletic Bilbao, died on March 17, 2026. Born Manuel González Etura on February 21, 1933, in Sestao, Biscay,…
Mercedes Ribera death at age 111
Spanish dancer Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Wolfredo Wildpret dies at 92
Spanish botanist Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Gemma Cuervo, died aged 91
Gemma Cuervo, a Spanish television, film and theatre actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Barcelona on July 22, 1934, she worked from 1956…
Enric Reyna passed away at age 85
Enric Reyna, a Spanish businessman and former president of FC Barcelona, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Barcelona on May 15, 1940, he joined the Catalan club’s management in…
Antón Louro passed away at age 73
Antón Louro, a Spanish politician, died on March 12, 2026, in Pontevedra, Spain, at the age of 73. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he served in the…
Vicente Paniagua died at age 78
Vicente Paniagua, a Spanish basketball player, died on March 11, 2026. Born on 17 May 1947, he played as a small forward for Real Madrid from 1966 to 1977 and…
Antonio Camps, died aged 87
Antonio Camps, the Spanish football player and manager, died on March 7, 2026. Born on May 24, 1938, Camps played for FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, and won the Copa…
Francisco Fernández Carvajal, died aged 88
Francisco Fernández Carvajal, a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and writer, died on March 6, 2026. Born in Albolote, in the province of Granada, on January 24, 1938, he was a…
Joaquín Palacín dies at age 51
Joaquín Palacín, a Spanish politician, died on March 5, 2026, following a long illness in Aínsa, Spain, at the age of 51. Palacín, a leader of the Chunta Aragonesista, served…
Fernando Ónega has died at age 78
Fernando Ónega, a Spanish journalist and political analyst, died on March 3, 2026. Born on June 15, 1947, he wrote several books on recent Spanish history and important figures. Ónega…
José María has died at age 80
Spanish basketball player and coach Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Death of Eugènia Balcells at age 82
Eugènia Balcells, a Spanish-Catalan visual artist, died on March 1, 2026, in Barcelona at the age of 82. Born in Barcelona on May 12, 1943, she graduated in technical architecture…
Josep Perarnau has died at age 97
Josep Perarnau, a Spanish theologian, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Avinyó, Catalonia, Spain, on July 8, 1928, he was a Catalan priest, theologian…
Conchita Bustinduy passes away at age 98
Spanish racquet player Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Antonio Tejero dies at 93
Antonio Tejero, the Spanish lieutenant colonel and failed coup leader behind the 1981 Spanish coup attempt, died on February 25, 2026, in Alzira, Spain, at the age of 93. A…
Conchita Bustindui dead at age 98
Conchita Bustindui, a Spanish pelotari known for playing professional basque pelota in Spain and Mexico, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 98. Born Conchita Bustindui Garate in…
Death of Gregorio Morán at age 79
Gregorio Morán, a Spanish journalist and writer, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Oviedo in 1947, he lived in Paris during the Franco regime…
José Agustín Ganuza García obituary: died at age 94
José Agustín Ganuza García, a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Artajona, Spain, on August 28, 1931, he served as…
Death of Miquel Clar Lladó at age 87
Miquel Clar Lladó, a Spanish businessman and politician, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Llucmajor, Mallorca, in 1938, he spent his early career as an entrepreneur and businessman on…
Coca Boom died at age 28
Coca Boom, a Spanish drag queen and performer known professionally as David Parra, died on February 14, 2026. Born on October 24, 1997, Parra won the first season of Regias…
We All Together obituary: died at age 79
We All Together, the Peruvian rock and roll band formed in 1971, died on February 14, 2026. The group composed songs in English and Spanish and was known for “Carry…
Ángela Murillo passed away at age 73
Spanish judge Died on Friday February 13th 2026
Obituary: Xesús Alonso Montero, dead at age 97
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…
Death of Jesús Guillera at age 70
Jesús Guillera, a Spanish mathematician, died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 70. He specialized in number theory and was best known for his work on Ramanujan-type series…
Manolín Bueno passed away at age 86
Manolín Bueno, the Spanish footballer Manuel "Manolín" Bueno Cabral, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Seville, Andalusia, on February 5, 1940, he played as…
Jesús Fuentes Lázaro obituary: died at age 79
Jesús Fuentes Lázaro, a Spanish politician and teacher, died on February 7, 2026, in Toledo, Spain, at the age of 79. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he…