Gunter Hampel dead at age 88, German jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer
Gunter Hampel, a German jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Göttingen on Aug. 31, 1937, he was a jazz musician…
Famous Virgo Zodiac Sign People Who Have Died
Which famous people born under the Virgo zodiac sign have died? Over 200 obituaries with info, news, and memorial pages.
Wolfgang Steinmayr dead at age 81, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist
Wolfgang Steinmayr died on May 19, 2026. He was an Austrian Olympic racing cyclist who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Games. Wolfgang Steinmayr, 81, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist (1972,…
Piper J. Drake dead at age 49, Author
Piper J. Drake, an American author, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 49. Better known by the pseudonym Piper J. Drake and also writing as PJ Schnyder,…
Adrián Lorenzo Fernández dead at age 82, Guatemalan footballer
Adrián Lorenzo Fernández died on May 17, 2026. He was a Guatemalan footballer. Tags Athletes, 17 May 2026, Virgo, Adrián, Fernández, May 17, May 2026
Peter G. Neumann dead at age 93, American computer science researcher, complications from a fall
Peter G. Neumann, an American computer science researcher, died on May 17, 2026, at age 93 from complications from a fall. He worked on the Multics operating system in the…
Stephen Bungay dead at age 71, Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre at Hult Interna…
Stephen Bungay, the director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre at Hult International Business School, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 71. A British management consultant, historian…
Alan Morton dead at age 91, Australian rugby union player
Alan Morton, an Australian rugby union player and leading sport scientist, died on May 15, 2026, aged 91. Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, on September 10, 1934, he attended…
Bengt Berger dead at age 83, Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer
Bengt Berger, a Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Stockholm on August 31, 1942, Berger studied north and…
Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond dead at age 95, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Luiza a…
Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, a Congolese Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Luiza from 1971 to 1997 and archbishop of Kananga from 1997 to 2006, died on May 14,…
Stanisław Rakowicz dead at age 90, Polish politician, voivode of Toruń
Stanisław Rakowicz, a Polish politician and former voivode of Toruń, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on September 20, 1935, in Kotuszów, Poland, he was…
Rubem Medina dead at age 83, Brazilian politician, deputy
Rubem Medina, a Brazilian politician and economist who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies from 1967 to 2003, died on May 14, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro.…
Jorge Urquía dead at age 79, Honduran footballer
Jorge Urquía, a Honduran footballer who played for Mallorca, Alavés and the national team, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 79. Jorge Alberto Urquía Elvir, nicknamed Indio,…
David Henderson dead at age 83, American writer and poet
David Henderson, an American writer and poet, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 83. He was a co-founder of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and…
Dileep Raj dead at age 47, Indian actor, heart attack
Dileep Raj, an Indian actor, died on May 13, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 47. Known for his work in Kannada cinema and television, he appeared in films…
Geoff Wadge dead at age 76, British volcanologist
Geoff Wadge died on May 12, 2026. He was a British volcanologist. Tags Other, 12 May 2026, Britain, Geoff, Virgo, Wadge, May 12, May 2026
Bobby Keasler dead at age 80, public figure
Bobby Keasler, an American college football coach, died on May 12, 2026, at age 80. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on September 8, 1945. Keasler served as head…
Barry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancer
Barry W. Blaustein, an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live…
Didier Pillet dead at age 77, French journalist, editor-in-chief of Ouest-France
Didier Pillet, a French journalist and editor-in-chief of Ouest-France from 1991 to 2005, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Rouen on September 9, 1948,…
Brandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball player
Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 29. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 1996, Clarke…
Kenneth B. Wiberg dead at age 98, American chemist
Kenneth B. Wiberg, an American chemist and professor emeritus of organic chemistry at Yale University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born Kenneth Berle Wiberg on…
Frid Ingulstad Norwegian novelist dead at age 90
Frid Ingulstad, a Norwegian novelist, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 90. She wrote primarily historical novels, many of them in series, and published more than 200…
Ioan Isaiu dead at age 56, heart attack
Ioan Isaiu, a Romanian actor, died on May 9, 2026, of a heart attack. Born in Hunedoara on August 25, 1969, he trained at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, where he…
Jo Ann Castle dead at age 86, Pianist
Jo Ann Castle, the honky-tonk pianist known for her appearances on The Lawrence Welk Show, died on May 8, 2026. She was 86. Born Jo Ann Zering on September 3,…
Giovanni Cervetti Italian politician dead at age 92
Giovanni Cervetti, an Italian politician, died on May 7, 2026. Giovanni Cervetti [it], 92, Italian politician. Tags Politicians, 07 May 2026, Cervetti, Giovanni, Italy, 2026-05-07, May 2026, May 7
Michael J. Bransfield dead at age 82, American Roman Catholic prelate
Michael J. Bransfield, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston from 2004 to 2018, died on May 7, 2026, at age 82. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,…
Russ Hodge dead at age 86, American Olympic decathlete
Russ Hodge, an American Olympic decathlete, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Roscoe, New York, in 1939, Hodge was a track and field athlete…
Trevor Bennett dead at age 99, Businessman
Trevor Bennett, a Canadian politician and Newfoundland MHA, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 99. Born on Sept. 3, 1926, in Daniel's Harbour, Newfoundland, he served in…
Kyle Loftis dead at age 43, American internet personality and entrepreneur
Kyle Loftis, an American media producer, entrepreneur, and internet personality, died on May 5, 2026, at age 43. He was the founder of 1320Video, an automotive media brand known for…
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz dead at age 83, Mexican veterinarian
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, a Mexican veterinarian, died on May 4, 2026. He was a veterinarian with more than 50 years of professional practice and received international recognition for…
Gary Lydon public figure dead at age 61
Gary Lydon, an Irish actor, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 61. He was known for his roles in The Banshees of Inisherin, The Clinic and Pure…
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira dead at age 85, Brazilian journalist
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, a Brazilian journalist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 85. He was part of the team that launched Veja magazine and later worked as…
Doris F. Fisher dead at age 94, Businesswoman
Doris F. Fisher, the American businesswoman who co-founded Gap Inc., died on May 2, 2026. She was 94. Fisher, born Doris Lee Feigenbaum on August 23, 1931, in San Francisco,…
Silvano Raia Brazilian liver surgeon dead at age 95
Silvano Raia, a Brazilian liver surgeon, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 95. He specialized in liver diseases and was professor emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine…
Alfred Slote dead at age 99, American author
Alfred Slote, an American author and children's writer, died on April 26, 2026. He was 99. Slote was known for his numerous sports and space novels, including Finding Buck McHenry,…
Ling Liong Sik Politician, physician dead at age 82
Ling Liong Sik, a Malaysian politician who served as acting prime minister in 1988, died on April 4, 2026. He was a member of parliament from 1974 to 2004 and…
Mahinda Wijesekara Sri Lankan politician, minister of fisheries and MP dead at age 83
Mahinda Wijesekara, a Sri Lankan politician and former minister of fisheries and member of Parliament, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Devinuwara, British Ceylon,…
Birgit Collin-Langen German politician, MEP dead at age 69
Birgit Collin-Langen, a German politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2019, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, West…
Bob Atha American football player, cancer dead at age 65
Bob Atha, an American football player who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes, died on March 31, 2026, at age 65. Atha, born in Marietta, Ohio, played college football as…
Bill Riley Canadian ice hockey player and coach, cancer dead at age 75
Bill Riley, a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, died on March 29, 2026, of cancer. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on September 20, 1950, he played 139 NHL games…
Greg Elmore Drummer dead at age 79
Greg Elmore, an American drummer who played with Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Brogues, died on March 29, 2026, at age 79. Born Gregory Dale Elmore in Coronado, California, on…
Barret Robbins American football player dead at age 52
Barret Robbins, an American football player who spent nine seasons as a center for the Oakland Raiders, died on March 26, 2026, at age 52. Born in Houston, Texas, in…
John Andreassen Norwegian television producer dead at age 82
John Andreassen, a Norwegian television producer, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 82. He worked with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1964 and was behind a number…
Bob Rossell American racing driver dead at age 89
Bob Rossell, an American racing driver and pioneering driver of modified stock cars, died on March 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Wrightstown, New Jersey, he began his career…
Valerie Perrine Actress dead at age 82
Valerie Perrine, an American actress, died on March 23, 2026, from complications of Parkinson's disease. She was best known for portraying Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny, a role…
Celeste M. Stiehl American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives dead at age…
Celeste M. Stiehl, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, died on March 22, 2026. Born Celeste Sullivan in Belleville, Illinois, on…
Helen Rankin American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives dead at age 89
L. Helen Rankin, an American politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1978 to 1994, died on March 22, 2026. She was 89. Rankin was the first…
Paolo Cirino Pomicino Italian politician, MEP, minister of public function and budget dead at age 86
Paolo Cirino Pomicino, an Italian politician and former minister, died on March 21, 2026. Born in Naples on September 3, 1939, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery and entered Christian…
Smith Gilley American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives dead at age 86
Smith Edward Gilley, an American politician and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 86. Born…
Vincenzo C. Vannicola Electrical engineer dead at age 93
Vincenzo C. Vannicola, an American electrical engineer, died on March 19, 2026. Born Vincent Christopher Vannicola in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 8, 1932, he graduated from Wilbur Cross High…
Houston McKelvey Irish priest dead at age 83
Houston McKelvey, an Irish priest and former Dean of Belfast, died on March 19, 2026, aged 83. Born in Muckamore on September 3, 1942, he was educated at the Royal…
Umberto Bossi Italian politician, MP, twice MEP, and co-founder of Lega Nord dead at age 84
Umberto Bossi, the Italian politician who was an MP from 1987 to 2004 and again from 2008, twice an MEP and a co-founder of Lega Nord, died on March 19,…
Doug Camilli American baseball player dead at age 89
Doug Camilli, an American baseball player and coach who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators, died on March 16, 2026. He was 89. Camilli played in Major…
Jean Delas Publisher dead at age 86
Jean Delas, a French publisher, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was born on August 31, 1939, and was a recipient of the Legion of…
Jamal Rayyan Palestinian news anchorman dead at age 72
Jamal Rayyan, a Palestinian news anchorman with Al Jazeera, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Tulkarm, West Bank, on August 23, 1953, he worked…
Ron Roberts English footballer, cancer dead at age 83
Ron Roberts, a Welsh footballer who played as a winger for Wrexham and Tranmere Rovers in the Football League, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 83. He…
Wendy Playfair Actress dead at age 99
Wendy Playfair, the Australian actress best known for her role in Prisoner, died on March 11, 2026, aged 99. Born in Woollahra, New South Wales, on August 28, 1926, she…
Michael Hague Children’s book illustrations dead at age 77
Michael Hague, an American illustrator known for his work on children's fantasy books, died on March 10, 2026, at age 77. Born in Los Angeles on September 8, 1948, he…
IJf Blokker Dutch actor
IJf Blokker, a Dutch actor, musician and television presenter, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Den Helder on September 2, 1930, he began his…
Ray Schoenke American football player
Ray Schoenke, an American football player who played offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, died on March 8, 2026, at age 84. Born Raymond Frederick Schoenke on…
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Malaysian philosopher dead at age 94
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, a Malaysian philosopher, died on March 8, 2026. He was a Malaysian Muslim philosopher of Arab descent and was considered one of the few contemporary scholars…
Norma C. Russell American politician dead at age 88
Norma C. Russell, an American politician in South Carolina, died on March 6, 2026. Born near Joanna, South Carolina, on August 23, 1937, she worked as a freelance court reporter.…
Bob Harlan American football executive dead at age 89
Bob Harlan, the American football executive who served as president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. Harlan also held the…
António Lobo Antunes Portuguese novelist
António Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese novelist and medical doctor, died on March 5, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, at age 83. Born in Lisbon on September 1, 1942, he studied at…
Victoria MacKenzie-Childs Ceramic artist dead at age 77
Victoria MacKenzie-Childs, an American ceramic artist and co-founder of the luxury home goods firm MacKenzie-Childs, died on March 4, 2026, at age 77. Born in San Francisco on August 26,…
Alvin Greene American political candidate dead at age 48
Alvin Greene, an American political candidate and politician, died on March 3, 2026, at age 48. Greene was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election in…
Andrea Weiss Rabbinical ordination dead at age 60
Andrea Weiss, an American rabbi and author, died on March 3, 2026. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1993 and later served there as associate professor of Bible,…
Hélène Mouchard-Zay French academic and writer dead at age 85
Hélène Mouchard-Zay, a French academic and writer, died on March 2, 2026, at age 85. Born in Rabat on August 27, 1940, she was the daughter of Madeleine and Jean…
Arnaud Nguefack Journalist dead at age 38
Arnaud Nguefack, a Cameroonian journalist, died on March 1, 2026. He was 38. Nguefack was best known for his work on Canal 2 International, where he covered Cameroonian news and…
Käthe Menzel-Jordan German architect dead at age 109
Käthe Menzel-Jordan, a German architect and preservationist, died on March 1, 2026. Born Käthe Hertel in Erfurt on September 7, 1916, she worked mainly on restoring historic buildings in Erfurt…
Annabel Schofield Welsh-born American model and actress dead at age 62
Annabel Schofield, a Welsh-born American model, actress and producer, died on February 28, 2026, at age 62. Born in Llanelli in 1963, she began modeling at 16 after moving to…
Mohammad Baseri Intelligence officer dead at age 53
Mohammad Baseri, an Iranian intelligence officer, died on February 28, 2026, in Tehran at the age of 53. He served in Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and was implicated…
Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton British nursing administrator and life peer dead at age 90
Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton, the British nursing administrator and life peer, died on February 27, 2026, aged 90. Born on 10 September 1935, she was a member of the House…
David Botstein Genetic linkage map using restriction fragment length polymorphisms dead at age 83
David Botstein, an American biologist, died on February 27, 2026. He was director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University from 2003 to 2013 and held the…
Giampiero Branduardi Italian Olympic ice hockey player dead at age 89
Giampiero Branduardi, an Italian ice hockey player who competed at the 1956 and 1964 Winter Olympics, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Milan on…
Richard Farrimond British engineer and astronaut dead at age 78
Richard Farrimond, a British engineer and astronaut, died on February 26, 2026, aged 78. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, on September 15, 1947, he was educated at Clifton College, studied…
Loredana Simonetti Italian athlete dead at age 95
Loredana Simonetti, the Italian middle-distance runner who won nine national championships at the senior level between 1949 and 1954, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 95. She…
Giorgio Mammoliti Landscaper, labour organizer dead at age 64
Giorgio Mammoliti, a Canadian politician, died on February 25, 2026. He represented Ward 7 York West on Toronto City Council from 2000 to 2018 and previously served as the Ontario…
Abdul Majid Arfaei Researcher, author, elamitologist dead at age 86
Abdul Majid Arfaei, an Iranian researcher and elamitologist, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 86. Also known as Abdul Majid Arfaee, he was born on September 1,…
Alex Noerdin Indonesian Governor of South Sumatra between 2008 and 2018 dead at age 75
Alex Noerdin, an Indonesian politician who served as governor of South Sumatra from 2008 to 2018, died on February 25, 2026. He was 75. Born in Palembang, South Sumatra, on…
Ulysses Jenkins Video art dead at age 79
Ulysses Jenkins, an American visual artist known for video art, died on February 23, 2026. Born in Los Angeles on September 19, 1946, he developed an interest in art during…
Eugene G. Sander American academic dead at age 90
Eugene G. Sander, an American academic and former president of the University of Arizona, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president from 2011…
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Italian racing driver dead at age 83
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, an Italian racing driver, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Bergamo on August 31, 1942, he competed in four Formula One World…
Bill Mazeroski American Hall of Fame baseball player dead at age 89
Bill Mazeroski, the American Hall of Fame baseball player who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, died on February 21, 2026. A second baseman known…
Bruno Landi Lecturer dead at age 86
Bruno Landi, an Italian politician, died on February 20, 2026, in Rome at the age of 86. A member of the Italian Socialist Party, he served as president of Lazio…
José Agustín Ganuza García Spanish Roman catholic prelate dead 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…
South Sudan national football team South Sudanese football manager dead at age -1
South Sudan national football team, the South Sudanese football manager and national team, died on February 20, 2026. The team represents South Sudan in international football and is controlled by…
Trevor Oakes English guitarist and songwriter dead at age 79
Trevor Oakes, the English guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Showaddywaddy, died on February 18, 2026, aged 79. Born Trevor Leslie Oakes in Leicester on September 9,…
Philippe Mvouo Schoolteacher dead at age 74
Philippe Mvouo, a Congolese politician and schoolteacher, died on February 18, 2026, in Orléans, France, at the age of 74. A member of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT), he…
Susan Sheehan American author dead at age 88
Susan Sheehan, an American writer and author of Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, died on February 17, 2026. Born Susanna Maria Sachsel in Vienna, Austria, on August…
José van Dam Operatic bass-baritone dead at age 85
José van Dam, the Belgian bass-baritone known internationally for his work in opera, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 85. Born Joseph Van Damme in Ixelles, part…
Doug Moe American basketball coach dead at age 87
Doug Moe, an American basketball coach who led the Denver Nuggets, died on February 17, 2026, at age 87. Born Douglas Edwin Moe on September 21, 1938, in New York…
Linda Seger American author dead at age 80
Linda Seger, an American author and screenwriting consultant, died on February 16, 2026, at age 80. Best known for her books on screenwriting, she was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and…
Gérard Mathieu Schoolteacher dead at age 78
Gérard Mathieu, a Belgian politician and schoolteacher, died on February 16, 2026, in Arlon, Belgium, at the age of 78. A member of the Reformist Movement (MR), he taught Latin…
Semyon Gluzman Struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union dead at age 79
Semyon Gluzman, a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kyiv on September 10, 1946, Gluzman graduated from the…
Hélène Ahrweiler Greek-French Byzantologist dead at age 99
Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99. Born in Athens on August…
George W. Barber American museum owner and philanthropist dead at age 85
George W. Barber, an American museum owner and philanthropist, died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 85. Born George Warren Barber Jr. on September 11, 1940, he was…
Tre’ Johnson American football player
Tre' Johnson, an American football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns, died on February 15, 2026, at age…