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Veer Pratap Murmu Indian Santali writer and school principal, traffic collision · Died March 28, 2026 Veer Pratap Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and school principal, died on March 28,…
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Veer Pratap Murmu Indian Santali writer and school principal, traffic collision · Died March 28, 2026 Veer Pratap Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and school principal, died on March 28,…

Rahul Banerjee, an Indian actor and writer, died on March 29, 2026, after drowning. He worked primarily in Bengali films and television series and was known for roles in Chirodini…

Vijaypat Singhania, an Indian textile industry executive and aviator, died on March 28, 2026. He was chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group from 1980 to 2000 and later…

Mary Beth Hurt, an American actress of stage and screen, died on March 28, 2026, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 79. Hurt was a three-time Tony Award nominee…

Rosa Salikhova, a Russian volleyball player and Olympic champion, died on March 26, 2026. Born on September 24, 1944, in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union,…

Wilson Bombarda, a Brazilian basketball player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on October…

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…

Pavlo Fedorenko, a Ukrainian academic and mining engineer, died on March 24, 2026. He was born on October 8, 1936, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, then in the Ukrainian SSR,…
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…
Theodore L. Brown, an American scientist and author, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1928, he was known for research, teaching, and writing…

Jerome Dhas Varuvel, Indian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kuzhithurai from 2014 to 2020, died on March 24, 2026, from complications of dementia and Parkinson's disease. He was born…

Gino Paoli, the Italian singer-songwriter behind "Il cielo in una stanza," "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale," died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Monfalcone…
Marica Vilcek, an American art historian and philanthropist, died on March 23, 2026. Born on October 13, 1936, in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia, she worked with museums and arts institutions…
François Morlaes, a French rugby union player who played as a scrum-half, died on March 23, 2026. Born in Pau, German-occupied France, on October 6, 1943, he won the 1968–69…

Francisco Ariosto Holanda, a Brazilian politician and engineer, died on March 21, 2026, at age 87. A member of the Democratic Labour Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies…

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…

Vladimir Zantaria, an Abkhazian poet and politician who served as chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company from 1993 to 1994 and as minister for culture from 1999…

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,…

Yair Levy, an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas from 1988 to 1992, died on March 20, 2026, at the age…

Michael Bambang Hartono, an Indonesian banker, electronics and cigarettes industry executive, and bridge player who founded Polytron and co-owned Djarum since 1963, died on March 19, 2026. He was 86.…

Eric Overmyer, an American television writer and producer known for his work on Bosch, Law & Order and The Wire, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Boulder, Colorado, on…
Eugene Milton "Buddy" Childers, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Rome, Georgia, on…

E. Grady Jolly, an American judge and United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, died March 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in…

Dolores Keane, an Irish folk singer and founding member of De Dannan, died on March 16, 2026. Born on 26 September 1953 in Sylane, County Galway, she was raised from…

Irmeli Mäkelä, a Finnish pop singer, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Hellä Muisto Irmeli Mäkelä in Kotka on October 18, 1942, she began her…
Egidio Marzona, an Italian art collector, gallerist and publisher, died on March 15, 2026, in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 81. Born in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on October…

Ken Cole, an Australian basketball coach and player, died on March 15, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth Frank Cole in Sydney on October 15, 1943, he represented Australia in the…
Christopher A. Sims, an American economist and econometrician, died on March 14, 2026, at age 83. He was the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.…

Zsigmond Ritoók, a Hungarian classical philologist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Budapest on September 28, 1929, he was a member of the Hungarian…

Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, an Icelandic composer, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 73. He was also a music theorist, rector and pianist, and was considered among the…
John Fisher Burns, a British journalist and longtime London bureau chief for The New York Times, died on March 12, 2026. He was 81. Burns won two Pulitzer Prizes during…
Rolf Birkhölzer, a German professional footballer and goalkeeper, died on March 12, 2026. Born on 29 September 1949, he began playing football at the age of nineteen with 1. FC…
Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Omani politician and Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, died on March 12, 2026. He served in that post from May 22, 1979,…
Natalya Vetoshnikova, a Russian tennis player, died on March 11, 2026, at the age of 104. Born on September 26, 1921, in Petrograd, Russian SFSR, she was a Soviet tennis…
Kavuri Samba Siva Rao, an Indian politician, engineer and industrialist from Andhra Pradesh, died on March 11, 2026, in Hyderabad, India, at the age of 82. Born in Eluru, then…

Melvin A. Steinberg, an American politician who served as Maryland’s fifth lieutenant governor, died on March 10, 2026. He was 92. Born in Baltimore on October 4, 1933, Steinberg served…

Abdulwahab Darawshe, an Israeli politician, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 82. He was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for…
Kim Yong-chae, a South Korean politician, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Pocheon, Korea, Empire of Japan, on October 5, 1932, he served as…

Klaus Kribben, a German politician and lawyer who served in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1975 to 1996, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 88. A member…

César Gutiérrez Peña, a Peruvian mechanical engineer, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 69. He was a member of Union for Peru and served as president of…

Lilias Folan, the American yoga teacher and television presenter behind the PBS program Lilias, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026. The show, later shortened to Lilias!, first aired…
Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer and military officer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Al-Mejmed, a centre-back, played for Al Qadsia SC until 2019 and spent…
Zeph Ellis, the British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer better known as Dot Rotten, died on March 8, 2026, aged 37. Born Joseph Daniel Joel Ellis-Stevenson in London, he…
Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Mejmed was also a military officer in the General Directorate of Land Border…
Ed Learn, a Canadian football player for the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 90. He played 12 seasons in the Canadian…
Narayan Bareth, an Indian journalist, died on March 6, 2026. He was 68. Bareth worked in journalism for around three decades and served as State Information Commissioner of Rajasthan. He…
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy…
Hélène Dorlhac, a French doctor and politician, died on March 4, 2026. Born Hélène Roujon in Sumène on October 4, 1935, she graduated from the University of Montpellier School of…
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…
Sergey Duvakin, a Russian politician, died on March 3, 2026, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, at the age of 97. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served…
Roy Book Binder, an American blues guitarist, singer-songwriter and storyteller, died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 82. Born Roy Alan Bookbinder in Queens, New York City, on…
Kohei Otsuka, a Japanese politician and former leader of the Democratic Party for the People and the Democratic Party, died on March 2, 2026. A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he…
Georgi Velinov, a Bulgarian footballer and manager, died on March 1, 2026. Nicknamed Johnny, he was a goalkeeper who was named Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1981. Velinov played…
Slavcho Krumov, a Bulgarian politician, died on March 1, 2026, in Sofia at the age of 50. Born on October 8, 1975, in Sofia, he was a member of Revival…
Donald Eugene McCune, an American ten-pin bowler, died on February 28, 2026, at age 89. Born on October 9, 1936, in Morrison, Illinois, he grew up in Munster, Indiana, served…

Dennis Carvalho, a Brazilian director, actor and voice actor, died on February 28, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 78. Born Dennis de Carvalho on September 27,…
T. K. Oommen, an Indian sociologist, died on February 26, 2026. Also known as Tharailath Koshy Oommen, he was Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems,…
Pepito Rodriguez, a Filipino actor, died on February 26, 2026, at age 83. Born Jose Maria Moreno Rodriguez on October 18, 1942, he began his acting career in 1962 and…

Bruce Froemming, an American baseball umpire, died on February 25, 2026, at age 86. Froemming worked in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 2007, spending most of his career in…

Rob Grant, the British comedy writer and television producer who co-created the Red Dwarf comedy franchise, died on February 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Robert Grant in Salford on September…
Carl Samuelson, an American swim coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 94. He coached Williams College from 1966 to 1999 after swimming freestyle at Springfield College. During his…

Sondra Lee, an American actress, dancer and teacher known for her Broadway work, died on February 23, 2026. Born Sondra Lee Gash in Newark, New Jersey, on September 30, 1928,…

Lucien Ghellynck, a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder, died on February 23, 2026. He played almost his entire career with Gent and won the Belgian Cup with the…
Rab Nawaz, a Pakistani cricketer and umpire, died on February 23, 2026. He was 85. Born in Lahore on October 17, 1940, he stood in two One Day Internationals between…
Joan Huber, an American sociologist and professor of sociology at Ohio State University, died on February 22, 2026. Born on October 17, 1925, in Bluffton, Ohio, she taught at the…
Amnat Sonimsat, a Thai politician, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 92. An independent, he served in the National Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1992 and in…
František Mezihorák, a Czech university pedagogue and politician, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 6, 1937, in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, he was a professor…
Barry Dean Knight, an American politician and farmer who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, died on February 19, 2026, at age 71. A Republican, he represented the 98th…
Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights activist and politician, died on February 17, 2026, at age 84. Born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, he was an ordained Baptist…
Guido A. Zäch, a Swiss politician and doctor, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Häggenschwil on October 1, 1935, he studied medicine at the…
Lélio Souza, a Brazilian politician, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Lélio Miguel Antunes de Souza on September 29, 1937, in Rosário do Sul, Rio…

Edward L. Deci, an American psychologist and academic, died on February 14, 2026. He was professor of psychology and Gowen Professor in the social sciences at the University of Rochester,…

Orazio Russo, an Italian professional football player and coach, died on February 13, 2026. Born in Misterbianco, near Catania, he spent most of his career with Sicilian club Catania. Russo…

Alfred Chen, a Taiwanese business executive and politician, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Also known as Chen Fei-lung, he was born on October 2, 1937,…

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,…
Mirakbar Rahmonqulov, an Uzbek politician and lawyer, died on February 12, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 73. An Independent, he served in the Senate from 2020 to…
Christoph Luitpold Frommel, a German art historian, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Heidelberg on September 25, 1933, he studied at the Ludwig Maximilian…
Alifereti Dere, a Fijian rugby union player and coach, died on February 11, 2026. He played as a flanker and represented Fiji at international level, making his first cap against…
Serge Stresser, a French Olympic weightlifter, died on February 10, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Haguenau, France, on September 28, 1953, he competed in the men's bantamweight…
Don Nigro, an American playwright, died on February 9, 2026. Born on September 30, 1949, in Canton, Ohio, he wrote plays including Anima Mundi and The Dark Sonnets of the…
Chris Gilbert, an American college football player for the Texas Longhorns, died on February 9, 2026, at age 79. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1946, he ran for 3,231 yards…
Antonino Zichichi, an Italian physicist, died on February 9, 2026. He worked in nuclear physics and served as president of the World Federation of Scientists and as a professor at…
Gary Blaylock, an American baseball player and right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees, died on February 9, 2026. Born Gary Nelson Blaylock in…
Tadao Yasuda, a Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler who competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, died on February 8, 2026, at age 62. Born in Tokyo on October 9, 1963, he…
Brad Arnold, the American singer and lead vocalist of 3 Doors Down, died on February 7, 2026, at age 47. Born Bradley Kirk Arnold in Escatawpa, Mississippi, on September 27,…

Ray Handley, an American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants, died on February 5, 2026, at age 81. Handley was the Giants’ head coach from 1991…

Jim Morrison, a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, coach and scout who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins, died on February 3, 2026, at age…
André Beteille, an Indian sociologist, writer and academician, died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 91. He was known for his studies of the caste system in South…

Allan Massie, a British journalist, died on February 3, 2026, aged 87. Massie was a Scottish journalist, columnist and sports writer who worked for several newspapers in England and Scotland.…

Robert W. "Bud" Moore, an American college football player and coach, died on February 2, 2026, at age 86. Moore played at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant from…

Gladys Erbetta, an Argentine sprinter, died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Gladys Ivonne Erbetta Huri, later Mordini, on September 28, 1928, in Santo Tomé, Santa…
Masaru Ikeda, a Japanese actor and voice actor known for his work in Yatterman, Sakura Wars and One Piece, died on January 31, 2026, of a heart attack. Born in…

Burt Wolf, an American journalist and writer, died on January 31, 2026. Born Burton R. Wolf in New York City on September 28, 1938, he was also a businessman, chef…
Arthur P. Dempster, an American mathematician and professor emeritus in the Harvard University department of statistics, died on January 30, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on October 8,…
Willie James Taylor, an American basketball player, died on January 29, 2026, at age 79. Taylor played college basketball for the LeMoyne–Owen Magicians and was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers…

François Lempérière, a French civil engineer, died on January 26, 2026, at the age of 99. He built and/or designed 15 dams in France and other countries and invented solutions…
Peter Henry Ryan, an English international rugby union player, died on January 24, 2026, aged 95. Born in Bucklow, England, on October 1, 1930, he was head boy and football…
Ronald Joseph, an American figure skater and 1964 Olympic bronze medallist, died on January 20, 2026, at age 81 from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He competed in pair skating…
Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, a British Royal Navy officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, died on January 17, 2026, aged 79. Born on October 1, 1946, he joined…