{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-05-12", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-06-26T21:03:28+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/12-may-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/12-may-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Zenonas Juknevičius dead at age 76, Lithuanian politician and lawyer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/zenonas-juknevicius", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyer", "politician", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "description": "Zenonas Juknevičius, a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on June 10, 1949, in Valdeikiai, Pasvalys district, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University in 1977 and qualified as a lawyer. He later served as People's Judge of the Šilutė District People's Court, Senior Notary of the Kupiškis State Notary Office, Investigator of the Kupiškis District Prosecutor's Office, and First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. Juknevičius was also one of the signers of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania and established his own law firm after becoming a lawyer in 1995.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenonas_Juknevi%C4%8Dius" }, { "name": "Herb Wharton dead at age 89, public figure", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/herb-wharton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "Ireland" ], "description": "Herb Wharton, an Australian writer, died on May 12, 2026. Herbert Morsley Wharton AM was born in Cunnamulla, Queensland, in 1936 and was an Indigenous Australian former stockman who began publishing poetry and yarn-like novels in his fifties. A Murri man, with a Kooma maternal grandmother and Irish grandfathers, he gained international recognition for his work. His honours included the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature in 2012, the Queensland Greats Award in 2013 and appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Wharton" }, { "name": "Albrecht Weinberg dead at age 101, public figure", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/albrecht-weinberg", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 101, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "butcher's shop owner", "other" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Germany" ], "description": "Albrecht Weinberg died on May 12, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Weinberg" }, { "name": "Jack Taylor dead at age 99, American actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jack-taylor", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2020-05-02", "reported_date": "2020-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Spain" ], "description": "Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in Oregon City, Oregon, on October 21, 1926, he began acting as a child and first appeared onstage in a production of Macbeth. He started appearing in film roles in the early 1960s and later relocated to Spain, where he worked in numerous European low-budget exploitation and horror films, including several directed by Jesús Franco. His credits also included Cleopatra, Custer of the West, Count Dracula, The Story of Her Journey into Perversion, Female Vampire and Pieces.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Taylor_(Colorado_politician)" }, { "name": "John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dead at age 100, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-thomas-copenhaver-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12, 2026, at age 100. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, on September 29, 1925, he attended The Citadel from 1942 to 1944. After law school, he clerked for Judge Ben Moore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1950 to 1951, practiced law in Charleston from 1951 to 1958, and served as a referee in bankruptcy for the district from 1958 to 1973. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1976 and remained a senior judge at the time of his death.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_Copenhaver_Jr." }, { "name": "Ataur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ataur-rahman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Bangladesh", "Britain" ], "description": "Ataur Rahman, a Bangladeshi stage and television actor, died on May 12, 2026. He was 84. Rahman was also a director and writer, and was known by the sobriquet Monchosharothi. Born on June 18, 1941, in Noakhali District in what was then Bengal Province, British India, he studied soil science at the University of Dhaka, earning a master’s degree in 1964. Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s play Natir Puja, he began taking stage lessons and later acted in his first stage play with Abdullah Al Mamun from Shahidullah Hall at the university. He received the Ekushey Padak in 2001 and the Independence Award in 2021 for his contribution to drama.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataur_Rahman_(actor)" }, { "name": "Pedro Feist dead at age 90, Portuguese politician, MP", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pedro-feist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "businessman", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Portugal" ], "description": "Pedro Feist, a Portuguese politician and businessman, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Pedro José del Negro Feist on March 11, 1936, he was a member of the CDS – People's Party and served in the Assembly of the Republic from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1999.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Feist" }, { "name": "Yebrgual Melese Ethiopian long-distance runner dead at age 36", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yebrgual-melese", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 36, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "description": "Yebrgual Melese, an Ethiopian long-distance runner, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 36. Born in Addis Ababa on April 18, 1990, she placed second at the 2015 Chicago Marathon. In 2016, at the 43rd Chevron Houston Marathon, Melese ran the second-fastest time ever by a woman in Houston. She also set a course record at the 19th Shanghai International Marathon in 2018.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yebrgual_Melese" }, { "name": "Jean Bonfils dead at age 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Viviers, bishop of Nice", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jean-bonfils", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Jean Bonfils, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Viviers from 1992 to 1998 and bishop of Nice from 1998 to 2005, died on May 12, 2026, at age 96. Born in Montpellier, France, on February 15, 1930, he was ordained a priest in 1954 after entering the Society of African Missions. He later taught theology in Lyon and at the Major Seminary of Ouidah in Benin, served as master of novices in Chanly, Belgium, and held leadership roles within the Missions africaines of Lyon. He was also secretary general of the Conference of Major Superiors of France from 1978 to 1984 and served as Apostolic Administrator of Ajaccio from 2011 to 2012.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bonfils_(bishop)" }, { "name": "Rex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rex-reed", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "film critic", "writer", "actors", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Rex Reed, an American film critic and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at age 87. Born Rex Taylor Reed on Oct. 2, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, he was raised throughout the American South and educated at Louisiana State University. He moved to New York City in the early 1960s and wrote about popular culture, art and celebrities for newspapers and magazines. Reed later became a public figure through regular television appearances and occasional film roles in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a longtime writer for The New York Observer, where he wrote the “Talk of the Town” column, and authored eight books.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Reed" }, { "name": "William V. Tamborlane dead at age 79, American pediatrician and academic", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/william-v-tamborlane", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "William V. Tamborlane, an American pediatrician and academic, died on May 12, 2026. He was Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at Yale School of Medicine from 1986. Born in The Bronx, New York City, he grew up in Haworth, New Jersey, and later raised his three children in Madison, Connecticut, with his wife.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V._Tamborlane" }, { "name": "Emil Paul Tscherrig dead at age 79, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/emil-paul-tscherrig", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Emil Paul Tscherrig, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Unterems, Switzerland, on 3 February 1947, he was ordained a priest on 11 April 1974 for the Diocese of Sion. He became an archbishop in 1996 and spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, serving as Apostolic Nuncio to several countries. He was nuncio to Italy and San Marino when he retired from diplomatic service in 2024. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Paul_Tscherrig" }, { "name": "Patrick Arnold dead at age 59, American organic chemist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/patrick-arnold", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 59, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "father of prohormones", "athletes", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in available reports as the chemist who introduced androstenedione, 1-androstenediol and methylhexanamine into the dietary supplement market. He also created the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, known as “the clear,” and reintroduced methylhexanamine under the mark Geranamine.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Arnold" }, { "name": "Bassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmaker", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bassek-ba-kobhio", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 69, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "politicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Cameroon", "France" ], "description": "Bassek Ba Kobhio, a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker, died on May 12, 2026, at age 69. Born in Nindjé, French Cameroon, in 1957, he worked as a film director, producer, writer and diplomat. He was known for The Great White Man of Lambaréné and Le silence de la forêt. Kobhio also founded the Ecrans Noirs film festival in Yaounde and directed the Higher Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Professionals of Central Africa in the city. His career spanned from the 1980s to 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassek_Ba_Kobhio" }, { "name": "Bobby Keasler dead at age 80, public figure", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bobby-keasler", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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 football coach at McNeese State University from 1990 to 1998 and at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1999 until 2002. His career college football record was 86–62–2.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Keasler" }, { "name": "Stanisława Celińska dead at age 79, Polish actress", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/stanislawa-celinska", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Stanisława Celińska, a Polish actress and voice actress, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Warsaw on April 29, 1947, she debuted in theatre in 1968 and graduated the following year from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. She performed in many Warsaw theatres and is listed as appearing at Nowy Teatr and Teatr Współczesny. For her work, she won two Polish Film Awards and was nominated three times. In 1986, she received the Silver Cross of Merit. Her second album as a vocalist, Atramentowa, ranked high on the Polish charts in 2015 and was certified gold.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82awa_Celi%C5%84ska" }, { "name": "Anna Wagner dead at age 111, Austrian supercentenarian", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/anna-wagner", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 111, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "oldest living person in the germanosphere 17 january 2025 – 12 may 2026", "other" ], "nationality": [ "Austria", "Germany" ], "description": "Anna Wagner died on May 12, 2026. She was an Austrian supercentenarian.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Wagner" }, { "name": "Barry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/barry-w-blaustein", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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 and for the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America and The Nutty Professor, all written in collaboration with David Sheffield. He also directed, wrote, produced and narrated the wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_W._Blaustein", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Pancreatic cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-pancreatic-cancer" } }, { "name": "Romuald Figuier dead at age 88, French singer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/romuald-figuier", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Romuald Figuier, a French singer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, Brittany, on May 9, 1938, he was also known mononymously as Romuald. He represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 with \"Où sont-elles passées,\" finishing third. In 1968, he represented Andorra at the III International Song Festival in Rio de Janeiro, where he placed fifth with \"Le bruit des vagues,\" and he finished fifth again the following year with \"Tous les printemps du monde.\"", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romuald_Figuier" }, { "name": "Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi dead at age 91, Indian classical dancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kshetrimayum-ongbi-thouranisabi-devi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "classical dancer", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi, an Indian classical dancer, died on May 12, 2026. She was associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, where she served as Principal and taught for several years before her retirement in 2006. She also directed the academy’s ballet production \"Radha Sati.\" Devi was honored by the Government of India with the Padma Shri in 2003 and was credited with two books on Manipuri dance, \"Diva Ras\" and \"Ras Makha Amsung Nungi Masahk.\"", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshetrimayum_Ongbi_Thouranisabi_Devi" }, { "name": "Miriam Gonczarska dead at age 53, Polish spiritual leader and journalist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/miriam-gonczarska", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Miriam Gonczarska, a Polish spiritual leader and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Warsaw in 1972, she was a Jewish spiritual leader who received her Semikhah in 2015 as the first European and first Polish maharat. Gonczarska converted to Judaism after graduating from LXI Secondary School in Warsaw in 1994. From the early 1990s, she was involved in efforts to revive the Jewish community in Poland, including co-creating Jidele, a magazine for Jewish children, working with Midrasz, and serving as coordinator of educational programs at the Union of Jewish Religious Communities.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Miriam_Gonczarska.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Gonczarska" }, { "name": "Charle Young dead at age 75, public figure", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/charle-young", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Charle Young, a Hall of Fame American football player who played tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on May 12, 2026, at age 75. Born in Fresno, California, on February 5, 1951, Young played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft. He played 13 seasons in the National Football League, including stints with the Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, 49ers and San Diego Chargers. He was a unanimous first-team All-America selection in 1972 and set a USC record for receptions by a tight end with 62.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charle_Young" }, { "name": "Mark Fuhrman dead at age 74, American detective, cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mark-fuhrman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Mark Fuhrman, an American detective known for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder case, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 74 from cancer. He was a former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was primarily associated with the investigation of the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. After retiring from the LAPD, Fuhrman wrote true crime books and hosted talk radio. In 1995, he testified about evidence found in the case, including a bloody glove recovered at Simpson's estate, and later retired from the department that same year. In 1996, he pleaded no contest to perjury for false testimony related to the case.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Mark_Fuhrman.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fuhrman", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Jason Collins dead at age 47, American basketball player, glioblastoma", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jason-collins", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 47, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jason Collins, an American basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, died on May 12, 2026, at age 47 from glioblastoma. Collins was a center for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association and played college basketball for Stanford, where he earned third-team All-American honors in 2001. He was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 18th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft. After the 2012-13 season, Collins publicly came out as gay and later became the first publicly gay athlete to play in one of the four major North American pro sports leagues when he signed with the Nets in 2014.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Collins", "cause_of_death": { "label": "glioblastoma", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-glioblastoma" } }, { "name": "Alexander Held dead at age 67, German actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alexander-held", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Alexander Held, a German actor known for roles in Der Untergang, Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, died on May 12, 2026, at age 67. Born in Munich on October 19, 1958, he trained at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich and later joined the Munich Kammerspiele. He made his first television film appearance in 1993 in Morlock and went on to appear in numerous film and television productions, including Schindler's List and the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Held" }, { "name": "Donald Gibb dead at age 71, Actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/donald-gibb", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Donald Gibb, an American actor known for Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport and 1st & Ten, died on May 12, 2026, at age 71. Gibb, whose full name was Donald Richard Gibb, was born in New York City and was raised in California. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, studied at the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship, later transferred to the University of San Diego on a football scholarship, and briefly played for the San Diego Chargers before turning to acting after an automobile accident ended his football career. He also appeared in small roles in Stripes and Conan the Barbarian and received notice for a role in Lost in America.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Gibb" }, { "name": "Al Gregg dead at age 62, actor and screenwriter", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/al-gregg", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "doctors", "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Al Gregg, the English musician, actor and screenwriter best known for his work with punk band The Wall and appearances in ScreenPlay and Doctor Who, died on May 12, 2026, aged 62. Born in West Brompton, London, on June 9, 1963, he began playing guitar and singing in punk groups after leaving school at 16. He later trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and built a screen career alongside his music, with credits that also included writing. His work spanned stage, television and music, reflecting a career that moved between performing and scriptwriting.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gregg" }, { "name": "Swapan Sadhan Bose dead at age 78, Indian politician, MP and sports administrator, president of Mohun Bagan AC", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/swapan-sadhan-bose", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "businessman", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Swapan Sadhan Bose, an Indian politician and sports administrator who was president of Mohun Bagan AC, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Also known as Tutu Bose, he was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and represented West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Bose was a businessman by occupation and held a B.Com and LLB from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta. He also served as a member of the FIFA Club Task Force.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swapan_Sadhan_Bose" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 28, "total_pages": 1, "count": 28 }