{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-05-02", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-06-18T21:17:26+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/02-may-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/02-may-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Ubaldo Biordi Sammarinese politician, captain regent dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ubaldo-biordi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "Ubaldo Biordi, a Sammarinese politician and captain regent, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 87. He served two terms as one of San Marino’s joint heads of state, in 1981–1982 and again in 1985–1986. Biordi entered the Grand and General Council in 1974 as a member of the Sammarinese Communist Party and remained in the legislature for five consecutive terms, serving until 1998. After the party’s dissolution in the early 1990s, he continued his political activity with its successor, the Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubaldo_Biordi" }, { "name": "Yaya Ceesay Gambian politician, MP dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yaya-ceesay", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "Yaya Ceesay, Gambian politician and member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026, in Kanifing, The Gambia, aged 88–89. A member of the People's Progressive Party, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1969 and again from 1974 to 1978. He was also a member of the House of Representatives from 1960 to 1994.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaya_Ceesay" }, { "name": "Emily Grosholz dead at age 75, American poet", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/emily-grosholz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America", "England" ], "description": "Emily Grosholz, an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 17, 1950, in Philadelphia, she was the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies and English at Pennsylvania State University and a member of the university’s Center for Fundamental Theory and Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos. Grosholz, also known as Emily Rolfe Grosholz, studied at Yale University and the University of Chicago and received a Guggenheim Fellowship.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Grosholz" }, { "name": "Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alex-zanardi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 59, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil", "Italy" ], "description": "Alex Zanardi, the Italian racing driver and paracyclist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 59. Born Alessandro Zanardi in Bologna on October 23, 1966, he won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998 and had 15 wins in the series. Zanardi also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and again in 1999, with a best finish of sixth in the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix. He later competed in handcycling and won silver in the H4 time trial at the 2011 UCI World Road Para-Cycling Championships, followed by gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Alex_Zanardi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Zanardi" }, { "name": "Castell V. Bryant American academic administrator, president of Florida A&M University dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/castell-v-bryant", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Castell V. Bryant, an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida A&M from January 2005 to May 2007 and was the first woman to hold the position at the university. The Board of Trustees said at the time of her appointment that she would not be eligible to apply for or hold the permanent presidency.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_V._Bryant" }, { "name": "José María Cruz Novillo dead at age 89, Designer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-maria-cruz-novillo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "designer", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "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 designer. Cruz Novillo was known for his work on logos and for the re-branding of many entities and companies in post-Francoist Spain. He began painting in 1950 and later moved to Madrid, where he built a career that included work for the Spain Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and designs for a wide range of public and private institutions. He received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Jos_Mar_a_Cruz_Novillo.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Cruz_Novillo" }, { "name": "Martin C. Weisskopf American space scientist dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/martin-c-weisskopf", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Martin C. Weisskopf, an American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May 2022, served as project scientist for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and chief scientist for X-ray astronomy in the Space Sciences Department at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He was also principal investigator for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE. Weisskopf earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College in 1964 and his Ph.D. in physics from Brandeis University in 1969. He spent much of his career in X-ray astronomy, including years at Columbia University and later at Marshall Space Flight Center.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Martin_C._Weisskopf.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_C._Weisskopf" }, { "name": "Moslem Uddin Bangladeshi politician, MP dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/moslem-uddin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Bangladesh", "Britain" ], "description": "Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who represented the Mymensingh-6 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad. He was elected to parliament in 1986, 1996, 2008, 2014 and 2018. Uddin held B.A., B.Ed. and LLB degrees.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Moslem_Uddin.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moslem_Uddin" }, { "name": "Ben Morea dead at age 84, American artist and anarchist activist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ben-morea", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Ben Morea, an American painter and anarchist activist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84–85. Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in poverty, he became addicted to heroin and discovered painting while incarcerated and in drug rehabilitation. In the 1960s, he adopted abstract expressionism and befriended the co-founders of the Living Theatre. In 1966, he co-founded Black Mask with Dan Georgakas and a semi-monthly newspaper of the same name. In 1968, the group was renamed Up Against the Wall Motherfucker and operated in the Lower East Side. After the group dissolved, Morea and his wife moved to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Morea" }, { "name": "Soheir Zaki Egyptian belly dancer and actress dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/soheir-zaki", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Egypt" ], "description": "Soheir Zaki, the Egyptian belly dancer and actress known for her work in \"Cairo 30,\" died on May 2, 2026. She was 81. Born Suheir Zaki Abdullah in Mansoura, Egypt, on January 4, 1945, she began her career as a wedding dancer in Alexandria before moving into television and then Egyptian film. Zaki appeared in more than 100 Egyptian films from the 1960s to the 1980s and was active from 1960 to 1992. She died in Cairo.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Soheir_Zaki.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soheir_Zaki" }, { "name": "John MacDonald dead at age 88, British major general", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-macdonald", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "John MacDonald, the British major general and former Royal Corps of Transport officer who also represented Scotland as a rugby union international, died on May 2, 2026, aged 88. Born John Donald MacDonald in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, on April 5, 1938, he attended George Watson’s College and played rugby for Watsonians. He won eight caps for Scotland, appearing across the 1966 and 1967 Five Nations Championships. A prop, he was also an adept place kicker, though Scotland did not use him in that role.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacDonald_(British_Army_officer,_born_1938)" }, { "name": "Chet Dobis American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chet-dobis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Chet Dobis died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana House for more than four decades, according to the provided record.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Dobis" }, { "name": "Donald Sidney-Fryer dead at age 91, American poet, critic and literary historian, bone cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/donald-sidney-fryer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Donald Sidney-Fryer, an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry, essay, short story, fiction and solo performance. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on September 8, 1934, he was raised there and later served in the United States Marine Corps, where he first began reading science fiction. Sidney-Fryer described Edmund Spenser and Clark Ashton Smith as his two poetic mentors and saw his poetry as part of a \"Modern Romanticism\" tradition.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Donald_Sidney-Fryer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sidney-Fryer", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "James Lawrence King American judge dead at age 98", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/james-lawrence-king", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 98, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on December 20, 1927, King graduated from Redland High School in 1945, earned a Bachelor of Education from the University of Florida in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws from the university in 1953. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1955, practiced law in Miami, served on the Florida Board of Regents, and was a circuit judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 1964 to 1970.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/James_Lawrence_King.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawrence_King" }, { "name": "Dominique Soltner dead at age 89, Agronomic engineer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dominique-soltner", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "agronomic engineer", "other" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Dominique Soltner, the French agronomic engineer, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 1, 1936, he wrote and published books on agronomy intended for agricultural education. In 1978, he was responsible for establishing rural hedges on the ring road around Angers. He died in Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire at the age of 89.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Soltner" }, { "name": "Roque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roque-avallay", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Argentina" ], "description": "Roque Avallay, an Argentine footballer who played for Newell's Old Boys, Huracán and the Argentina national team, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 80. Avallay, whose full name was Roque Alberto Avallay, began his career with Deportivo Maipú in 1964 before joining Independiente of the Primera División Argentina. He was part of the Independiente side that won the Copa Libertadores in 1965. In 1966, he moved to Newell's Old Boys in Rosario, and in 1968 he received his first call-up to the Argentina national team.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Roque_Avallay.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Avallay" }, { "name": "Norman Lacy dead at age 84, Australian politician", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/norman-lacy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Norman Lacy, Australian politician, died on May 2, 2026, aged 84. He was a minister in the Hamer and Thompson cabinets of the Victorian government from May 1979 to April 1982. As Minister for the Arts from 1979 to 1982, he was responsible for the Victorian Arts Centre, the Australian Children's Television Foundation, the Heide Museum of Modern Art, Film Victoria and the reconstitution of the Victorian College of the Arts. Born in Richmond, Victoria, on October 25, 1941, he was educated at North Richmond Primary School and Richmond Technical School, and later completed degrees in theology, sociology and management science.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Norman_Lacy.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lacy" }, { "name": "Finn Wagle Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/finn-wagle", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Norway" ], "description": "Finn Wagle, a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on June 19, 1941, he was a theologian and served as Preses of the Church of Norway’s Bishop's Conference from 2002 to 2006. Wagle studied at MF Norwegian School of Theology, earning a cand.theol. degree in 1968, and later completed practical theological training there. He was ordained after work as an army chaplain and vicar in Sørreisa, and also served as an assistant professor at MF and in church administration.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Finn_Wagle.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Wagle" }, { "name": "Peter R. Moody Jr. dead at age 82, American political scientist and sinologist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-r-moody-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "China" ], "description": "Peter R. Moody Jr., an American political scientist and sinologist, died on May 2, 2026. He was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and was known for his work on modern Chinese politics, Asian international affairs, Chinese political thought, international relations theory, and party theory. Born in San Francisco on October 13, 1943, he also pursued scholarship under the Chinese name Mu Panshi.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_R._Moody_Jr." }, { "name": "David Kendall American television writer and producer and film director dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-kendall", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "David Kendall, an American television writer and producer and film director, died on May 2, 2026, at age 68. He worked on television series including \"Boy Meets World\" and \"Growing Pains,\" and also directed the 2005 film \"Dirty Deeds.\" Kendall's credits also included writing, producing and directing for a range of other series, among them \"Smart Guy,\" \"Hannah Montana,\" \"Zoey 101,\" \"iCarly,\" \"Victorious,\" \"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide,\" \"Big Time Rush,\" \"Imagination Movers,\" \"Melissa & Joey\" and \"The Really Loud House.\" He also wrote the screenplays for \"The New Guy\" and \"Revenge of the Bridesmaids.\"", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kendall_(director)" }, { "name": "Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michel-debost", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Michel Debost, a French flutist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French school. He studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse, won first prizes at the International Competition in Geneva, the Prague Spring Festival and the Moscow Festival Competition, and received second prize at the International Competition in Munich. Debost was principal flute in the Orchestre de Paris from its creation in 1967 until 1989 and later served as professor of flute at the Conservatoire.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Debost" }, { "name": "Stanislav Petrov Russian military officer, chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops, suicide dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/stanislav-petrov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Stanislav Petrov died on May 2, 2026, in an apparent suicide. He was a Russian military officer and served as chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops from 1992 to 2001.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov_(general)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Suicide", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-suicide" } }, { "name": "Doris F. Fisher dead at age 94, Businesswoman", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/doris-f-fisher", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "businesswoman", "other" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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, co-founded The Gap clothing stores with her husband, Donald Fisher, in 1969. She was an American businessperson and art collector, and she died in San Francisco.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Doris_F._Fisher.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_F._Fisher" }, { "name": "Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira Brazilian journalist dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/raimundo-rodrigues-pereira", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil" ], "description": "Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, a Brazilian journalist, died on May 2, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_Rodrigues_Pereira" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 24, "total_pages": 1, "count": 24 }