{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-05-09", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-06-24T03:01:51+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/09-may-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/09-may-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Bruno Bischofberger dead at age 86, Swiss art dealer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bruno-bischofberger", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "ARTnews", "url": "https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/painting-ss-home-bruno-bischofberger-dead-morning-links-1234784953/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Art Detective Discovers Nazi-Looted Painting in SS Collaborator’s Family Home, Bruno Bischofberger Dies, and More: Morning Links for May 11, 2026" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "ARTnews", "url": "https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bruno-bischofberger-art-dealer-dead-warhol-basquiat-1234784854/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Bruno Bischofberger, Art Dealer of Stars Like Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dies at 86" } ], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Switzerland" ], "description": "Bruno Bischofberger, the Swiss art dealer and collector who became one of the most influential figures in postwar art, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 86. 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He later became known for presenting American Pop Art alongside Minimalism, Land Art and Conceptual art, building a career that left a lasting imprint on the Zurich art world.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Bruno_Bischofberger.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Bischofberger" }, { "name": "Alan Gribben dead at age 84, American literary scholar", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alan-gribben", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "England" ], "description": "Alan Gribben, an American literary scholar, died on May 9, 2026. Born in Parsons, Kansas, on November 21, 1941, he built his career on the works of Mark Twain and served as professor emeritus of English at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama. He was distinguished research professor from 1998 to 2001 and the Dr. Guinevera A. Nance Alumni Professor from 2006 to 2009. Gribben also edited the Mark Twain Journal and drew wide attention in 2011 when he announced plans to publish expurgated versions of Twain’s works.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gribben" }, { "name": "Bill Posey American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-posey", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bill Posey, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2025, died on May 9, 2026, at age 78. A Republican, he represented Florida's 8th congressional district after previously serving in the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives. Born William Joseph Posey in Washington, D.C., he moved to Florida in 1956. He later worked in business and public service, including time on the Rockledge Planning Commission and the City Council, and he did not seek reelection to the U.S. House in 2024.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Bill_Posey.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Posey" }, { "name": "Jennifer Harmon American actress dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jennifer-harmon", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actress", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jennifer Harmon, an American actress known for her work in How to Survive a Marriage and One Life to Live, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. Born in Pasadena, California, on December 3, 1943, she made her Broadway debut in 1965 in You Can't Take It With You. Harmon was the lead actress in the NBC soap opera How to Survive a Marriage from 1974 to 1975 and later played Cathy Craig on One Life to Live from 1976 to 1978, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for the role. She returned to One Life to Live in 1991 and also appeared on Guiding Light and other television series.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Harmon" }, { "name": "Gerald Talbot American politician and civil right leader dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gerald-talbot", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Gerald Talbot, an American politician and civil rights leader, died on May 9, 2026, at age 94. A native of Bangor, Maine, he was born on October 28, 1931, and later became the first Black legislator to serve in the state of Maine. He was also the founding president of the Portland, Maine, chapter of the NAACP and served as president of the Maine State Board of Education under Governor Joseph Brennan. Talbot lived in Portland, Maine.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Talbot" }, { "name": "Jean-Clément Jeanbart Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Aleppo dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jean-clement-jeanbart", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Greece", "Syria" ], "description": "Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch and archbishop of Aleppo from 1995 to 2021, died on May 9, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 83. Born in Aleppo on March 3, 1943, he was ordained to the priesthood on April 15, 1968, and was appointed archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo in August 1995. The Patriarch of Antioch, Maximos V Hakim, ordained him to the episcopacy in September 1995. Jeanbart also served as Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe of the Greek Melkites.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Jean-Cl_ment_Jeanbart.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Cl%C3%A9ment_Jeanbart" }, { "name": "Harald Mothes public figure dead at age 69", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/harald-mothes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 69, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Harald Mothes, a German footballer, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 69. He played as a forward or midfielder and made more than 300 appearances for Erzgebirge Aue in the DDR-Oberliga. Mothes also won one cap for East Germany. 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A member of the Mexican Communist Party, he was born in Chihuahua City on April 19, 1933, and died in Chihuahua City.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Becerra_Gayt%C3%A1n" }, { "name": "René Claude Meka Cameroonian officer, chief of staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rene-claude-meka", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Cameroon" ], "description": "René Claude Meka, Cameroonian officer and chief of staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since 2001, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on February 2, 1939, in Enongal near Ebolowa, Cameroon, he graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1962 and from infantry school of Saint-Maixent in 1963. During the border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula, he was tasked with securing the territory by deploying the Rapid Intervention Brigade.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Ren_Claude_Meka.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Claude_Meka" }, { "name": "Warren Tipton dead, American singer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/warren-tipton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Warren Tipton, an American singer best known for his work with The Chi-Lites, died on May 9, 2026. He was an American R&B and soul singer from Gary, Indiana, who joined The Chi-Lites in 2018 and served as the group’s lead and background vocalist on concerts before leaving in 2023. Born on June 12, 1958, Tipton was also known as the father of rapper Freddie Gibbs.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Tipton" }, { "name": "Bobby Cox public figure dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bobby-cox", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bobby Cox, the Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player and manager, died on May 9, 2026. Robert Joe Cox was 84. He played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays. Cox was a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and recorded six 100-win seasons, a mark matched only by Joe McCarthy. He first managed the Braves from 1978 to 1981, then the Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985. He returned to the Braves in 1990 and remained manager until retiring after the 2010 season. Cox led Atlanta to the 1995 World Series championship, and the Braves retired No. 6 in his honor.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Bobby_Cox.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Cox" }, { "name": "Kevin Ndjomo dead, Sports journalist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kevin-ndjomo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "sports journalist", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Cameroon" ], "description": "Kevin Ndjomo, a Cameroonian sports journalist with Cameroon Radio Television, died on May 9, 2026. Born in Kumba in British Cameroons, he attended St. Joseph's College, Sasse. He entered journalism shortly after Cameroon’s independence, joining Cameroon Radio Television and helping develop English-language coverage in the country. Ndjomo rose through the ranks at CRTV and managed several stations, mainly based in Buea. He specialized in football coverage, including national and international competitions. He died in Bafoussam, Cameroon.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ndjomo" }, { "name": "Robert D. Garton American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robert-d-garton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Robert D. Garton, an American politician and member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2006, died on May 9, 2026, at age 92. A Republican, he served in the Indiana Senate from 1970 to 2006 and was president pro tempore of the Indiana Senate. Garton was born on Aug. 18, 1933, in Chariton, Iowa. He also served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1957, reaching the rank of first lieutenant, and was a member of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission from 1969 to 1970.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Garton" }, { "name": "Thomas G. Darling public figure dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/thomas-g-darling", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "Thomas G. Darling, a retired major general in the United States Air Force, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Abilene, Texas, on April 30, 1932, he graduated from Texas A&M University in 1954. Darling served as deputy commander in chief and chief of staff of United States Atlantic Command from 1986 to 1987. After retiring from the Air Force, he served as Commandant of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets from 1987 to 1996.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Darling" }, { "name": "Ioan Isaiu dead at age 56, heart attack", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ioan-isaiu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Romania" ], "description": "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 graduated from the Theater Department of the Faculty of Philology in 1995. After completing his studies, he joined the Lucian Blaga National Theater in Cluj and worked there from 1995 to 2001. Isaiu’s career in stage, film and television spanned more than three decades, beginning in 1995 and ending with his death in Bucharest at the age of 56.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_Isaiu", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-attack" } }, { "name": "Maurice Freund French tourism personality and entrepreneur dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maurice-freund", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "businessman", "other" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Maurice Freund, a French tourism personality and entrepreneur associated with Point Air, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. He was known for writing about his travels and sustainable development, and for developing charters in the 1970s aimed at making air travel more affordable. Born in Guebwiller on July 15, 1943, Freund was the only son of Auguste Freund. He was expelled from school at 14, worked in the same potash mine as his mother, and later trained as an electrician.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Freund" }, { "name": "Joyce Woodhouse public figure dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/joyce-woodhouse", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Joyce Woodhouse, an American politician and former member of the Nevada Senate, died on May 9, 2026. She was 82. Woodhouse served in the Nevada Senate representing the 5th district from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2019. Born in Wibaux, Montana, in 1944, she was the oldest of five daughters and grew up on her father's Hereford cattle ranch. She later attended Carroll College and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she earned degrees in elementary education, curriculum and instruction, and educational leadership.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Woodhouse" }, { "name": "Craig Morton American football player dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/craig-morton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Craig Morton, the American football player best known for his time with the Denver Broncos, died on May 9, 2026, at age 83. Born in Flint, Michigan, on February 5, 1943, Morton was a quarterback in the National Football League for 18 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the California Golden Bears, earned All-American honors, and was selected by the Cowboys with the fifth overall pick in the 1965 NFL draft. Morton was the first starting quarterback to appear in the Super Bowl with more than one franchise, helping lead the Cowboys to Super Bowl V and the Broncos to Super Bowl XII. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Morton" }, { "name": "Agberto Matos Brazilian Olympic handball player dead at age 54", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/agberto-matos", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 54, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil" ], "description": "Agberto Matos, a Brazilian Olympic handball player, died on May 9, 2026, at age 54. Known as Agberto Correa de Matos, he was born on April 8, 1972, in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. He played as a left back for the Brazil men's national handball team and was a member of the squad at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Matos also played for São Bernardo do Campo from 2003 to 2006.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agberto_Matos" }, { "name": "Mark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mark-smythe", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "film", "television", "and choral composition", "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Australia", "New Zealand" ], "description": "Mark Smythe died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 53 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was a New Zealand-born American composer known for Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, and The Reef: Stalked.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Smythe", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-atherosclerotic-cardiovascular-disease" } }, { "name": "Allan Thigo dead at age 76, national team", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/allan-thigo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Kenya" ], "description": "Allan Thigo, a Kenyan footballer who played for Gor Mahia and the national team, died on May 9, 2026. Nicknamed the \"90-minute man,\" he was a midfielder who made 81 appearances for Kenya and scored 11 goals. Born in Bungoma County in 1949, Thigo spent much of his club career with Gor Mahia, where he helped the team to an unbeaten 1976 league title and later reached the final of the 1979 African Cup Winners' Cup. He also played at the 1972 African Cup of Nations finals.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Allan_Thigo.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Thigo" }, { "name": "Theo van Boven dead at age 91, Dutch jurist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/theo-van-boven", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals", "lawyers", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Theo van Boven, a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law, died on May 9, 2026. He was appointed in 1977 as director of the United Nations Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Rights Office. From 1986 to 1991, he served as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Reparation to Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights, and from 2001 to 2004 as Special Rapporteur on Torture. He was also a member of the International Commission of Jurists and served from February to December 1994 as the first registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Boven" }, { "name": "Philippe Mpay Cameroonian army officer dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/philippe-mpay", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Cameroon", "France" ], "description": "Philippe Mpay, a Cameroonian army officer who rose to the rank of major general, died on May 9, 2026, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, at the age of 86 or 87. Born in 1939 in Nguibassal, in the Nyong-et-Kéllé department of French Cameroon, he served in the Cameroonian Armed Forces and held several operational, administrative and training commands. His postings included leadership of military regions, the Operational Command of Douala, and the Combined Arms Military Schools and Training Centres. He completed his primary education in Libamba and Makak, attended Lycée Joss in Douala and Lycée Général-Leclerc in Yaoundé, and earned a baccalaureate in philosophy in Brazzaville in 1960.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mpay" }, { "name": "Michael Sefi dead at age 82, British philatelist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-sefi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "keeper of the royal philatelic collection", "other" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Michael Sefi, a British philatelist and former Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, died on May 9, 2026, aged 82. Born in London on December 11, 1943, Michael Richard Sefi was introduced to stamp collecting by his grandfather as a child and returned to the hobby in his early thirties. He specialized in the first postage stamps of George V's reign. Sefi worked as a chartered accountant until his partial retirement in 1983, later serving as a partner at Mann Judd, Touche Ross and Deloitte. He was Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection from January 1, 2003, until his retirement in September 2018.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sefi" }, { "name": "Frid Ingulstad Norwegian novelist dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/frid-ingulstad", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Norway" ], "description": "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 books. Born in Oslo on 4 September 1935, Ingulstad worked for Fred. Olsen Airtransport as a stenographer and then as a flight attendant, and later on the Norwegian America Line ship Idefjord as a radio telegrapher before becoming a full-time writer in 1990. Her first book, \"Hva livet gir deg, Camilla,\" was published in 1965. She was best known for the series Sønnavind, set among factory workers along the Akerselva, as well as Kongsdøtrene, Ildkorset and Ingebjørg.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frid_Ingulstad" }, { "name": "Dennis Rush dead at age 74, public figure", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dennis-rush", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Dennis Rush died on May 14, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rush" }, { "name": "Kevin McKenzie South African cricketer dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kevin-mckenzie", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "South Africa" ], "description": "Kevin McKenzie, a South African cricketer who played for Transvaal, died on May 9, 2026, aged 77. A native of Pretoria, he was educated at Johannesburg's King Edward VII School and played for Transvaal from the 1966/67 season to 1986/87. He appeared in 133 first-class matches, scoring 6,756 runs at an average of 36.51, with 13 centuries and 34 half-centuries. In Currie Cup cricket, he played 122 matches and scored 6,076 runs at an average of 36.38. McKenzie also played in seven unofficial Tests for South Africa and was the father of international cricketer Neil McKenzie.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McKenzie_(cricketer)" }, { "name": "Margareta Waterman dead at age 93, American poet and publisher", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/margareta-waterman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-05-09", "reported_date": "2026-05-09", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "poet", "publisher", "journalists", "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Margareta Waterman, an American poet and publisher, died on May 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Boston on December 8, 1932, and raised in New York City, she attended New York public schools before studying at Connecticut College, Hunter College and Williams College. In 1987, she founded the small press nine muses books in Seattle, Washington, and went on to publish more than 70 books and chapbooks by poets, improvisational musicians and other writers from the Pacific Northwest. She was also affiliated with the Seattle Muse Community, served on the board of the Red Sky Poetry Theatre from 1989 to 1994, and founded the poetry and performance art video series manifest arts.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margareta_Waterman" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 28, "total_pages": 1, "count": 28 }