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"Michael Tate dead at age 80, Australian politician", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-tate", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-06-05", "reported_date": "2026-06-05", "published_at": "2026-06-05T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian politician", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Michael Tate, Australian politician.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tate" }, { "name": "Michael Dysart dead at age 92, Australian architect", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-dysart", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-05-28", "reported_date": "2026-05-28", "published_at": "2026-06-04T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian architect", "other" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Michael Dysart, Australian architect.", "image_url": null, 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"death_date": "2026-05-31", "reported_date": "2026-05-31", "published_at": "2026-05-31T16:01:18+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian footballer", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Paul Courto, Australian footballer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Courto" }, { "name": "Phil Hay dead at age 88, Australian footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/phil-hay-footballer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "hawthornfc.com.au", "url": "https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2038189/vale-phil-hay", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Vale Phil Hay" } ], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-05-31", "reported_date": "2026-05-31", "published_at": "2026-05-31T15:59:44+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian footballer", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Phil Hay, Australian footballer.", "image_url": null, 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A winger, Morton was the top try scorer in Sydney first-grade rugby in 1955 with St. George and repeated the feat the following season with Randwick. He was capped 11 times for the Wallabies between 1957 and 1959 and was named one of \"The Five Best Players of the Year\" by the New Zealand Rugby Almanack in 1958 for his performances on that year’s tour of New Zealand.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Morton_(rugby_union)" }, { "name": "Herb Wharton dead at age 89", "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. 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Searl moved to Fitzroy during the 1968 season and made an immediate impact as a forward, kicking 31 goals in eight games that year. 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Born in Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland, on December 12, 1955, he played in the 1980s and was a versatile forward for Queensland. Phelan was a two-time New South Wales Rugby League premiership-winner with the Parramatta Eels and also played for Oldham.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Phelan", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "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": [ "australian politician", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Norman Lacy, Australian politician.", "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": "Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-sollis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 40, "death_date": "2026-05-01", "reported_date": "2026-05-01", "published_at": "2026-05-01T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Michael Sollis, an Australian musician, died on May 1, 2026, aged 40, from bowel cancer. He was also an interdisciplinary artist, artistic director, researcher and teaching artist. Sollis founded and directed The Griffyn Ensemble in the early 2000s, serving as its artistic director and composer. The ensemble was noted for genre-defying performances and collaborations across artistic disciplines, and it was featured on ABC Classic, toured with Musica Viva In Schools and was shortlisted for an Australian Classical Music Award. Sollis’s work integrated music with themes of science, community engagement and cross-cultural storytelling, and he published research on the relationship between language and music.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sollis", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Bowel cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-bowel-cancer" } }, { "name": "Clarke Hansen dead at age 84, Australian radio broadcaster", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/clarke-hansen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "radioinfo.com.au", "url": "https://radioinfo.com.au/news/vale-clarke-hansen/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Vale Clarke Hansen" } ], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-04-30", "reported_date": "2026-04-30", "published_at": "2026-04-30T16:27:21+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian radio broadcaster", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Clarke Hansen, Australian radio broadcaster.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/identity-placeholders/thumbnails/australia-journalists-80.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_Hansen" }, { "name": "Kumanjayi Little Baby dead at age 5, Australian Aboriginal child", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kumanjayi-little-baby", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "abc.net.au", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/tributes-flow-in-alice-springs-after-5yo-girls-death/106628064", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Community in mourning after 5yo girl's body found" } ], "age": 5, "death_date": "2026-04-30", "reported_date": "2026-04-30", "published_at": "2026-04-30T16:27:08+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian aboriginal child", "other" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Kumanjayi Little Baby, Australian Aboriginal child.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/identity-placeholders/thumbnails/australia-default-20.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanjayi_Little_Baby" }, { "name": "Robyn Woodhouse dead at age 82, Australian Olympic high jumper", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robyn-woodhouse", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-04-29", "reported_date": "2026-04-29", "published_at": "2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "Britain" ], "description": "Robyn Woodhouse, the Australian Olympic high jumper who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 29, 2026. She was 82. Woodhouse was born in New South Wales on July 26, 1943, and won the gold medal in high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. She represented Australia in track and field and mainly competed in the high jump during her career. She died in Wollongong, New South Wales.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Woodhouse" }, { "name": "Geoff Ablett dead at age 71, Australian footballer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/geoff-ablett", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-04-29", "reported_date": "2026-04-29", "published_at": "2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Geoff Ablett, the Australian rules footballer and former Casey City Council member, died on April 29, 2026, aged 71. Born Geoffrey Norman Ablett on March 13, 1955, he played in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s. Ablett spent most of his career with Hawthorn, where he played 202 games on the wing, before short stints with Richmond and St Kilda. He later served on Casey City Council and was elected mayor of the City of Casey in 2008 and again in 2013.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Ablett" }, { "name": "Bill Grayden Australian politician, MP and Western Australian MLA dead at age 105", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-grayden", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 105, "death_date": "2026-04-28", "reported_date": "2026-04-28", "published_at": "2026-04-28T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Bill Grayden, an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 and as a Western Australian Legislative Assembly member from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1956 to 1993, died on April 28, 2026, aged 105. Born Wilbur Ives on August 5, 1920, in Bickley, Western Australia, he was a World War II veteran and served as a Liberal except for a brief period as an independent. He was a member of parliament across six decades.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Bill_Grayden.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Grayden" }, { "name": "Damien Christensen Australian footballer dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/damien-christensen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-04-28", "reported_date": "2026-04-28", "published_at": "2026-04-28T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Damien Christensen, an Australian footballer who played for Geelong, died on April 28, 2026, aged 62. Christensen played 17 games for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League. After his playing career, he coached the Geelong Falcons, Williamstown and the Box Hill Hawks. His brother Marty and nephew Allen also played for Geelong.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Christensen" }, { "name": "Dame Bridget Ogilvie dead at age 88, Australian-British scientist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bridget-ogilvie", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "wellcome.org", "url": "https://wellcome.org/insights/articles/bridget-ogilvie-1938-2026", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Bridget Ogilvie, 1938-2026" } ], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-04-27", "reported_date": "2026-04-27", "published_at": "2026-04-27T16:35:05+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian-british scientist", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "Britain" ], "description": "Dame Bridget Ogilvie, Australian-British scientist.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Bridget_Ogilvie_p1655975.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Ogilvie" }, { "name": "Brian Wilkinson Australian Olympic swimmer dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/brian-wilkinson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-04-27", "reported_date": "2026-04-27", "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "Britain" ], "description": "Brian Wilkinson, the Australian Olympic swimmer who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on April 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, on February 12, 1938, he represented Australia in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the Melbourne Games. Wilkinson also won a gold medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, as a member of the Australian men's 4x220-yard freestyle relay team.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilkinson" }, { "name": "Steve Maslow American sound mixer, Oscar winner, cancer dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/steve-maslow", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Deadline", "url": "http://deadline.com/2026/04/steve-maslow-dead-three-oscars-empire-strikes-back-raiders-1236874883/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Steve Maslow Dies: 3-Time Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer On ‘Empire Strikes Back’, ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ & ‘Speed’ Was 81" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "TheWrap", "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/steve-maslow-oscar-winning-sound-mixer-empire-raiders-dies/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Steve Maslow, Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer on ‘Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Dies at 81" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Hollywood Reporter", "url": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/steve-maslow-dead-empire-strikes-back-raiders-lost-ark-speed-1236579144/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Steve Maslow Dead: ‘Empire Strikes Back,’ ‘Lost Ark’ Sound Man Was 81" } ], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-04-27", "reported_date": "2026-04-27", "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Australia" ], "description": "Steve Maslow, an American sound mixer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 81, of cancer. He worked on more than 200 films from 1978 and was credited on The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Speed. Maslow also won the BAFTA Award for The Empire Strikes Back and the Australian AACTA for The Great Gatsby.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Maslow", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Leigh Crawford dead at age 80, Australian footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/leigh-crawford", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-04-27", "reported_date": "2026-04-27", "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Leigh Crawford, the Australian footballer who played for Geelong, died on April 27, 2026. He was 80. Born on April 19, 1946, Crawford played Australian rules football for Geelong in the Victorian Football League, now known as the Australian Football League. He was also known as Leigh Ernest Crawford.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Crawford" }, { "name": "Peter Morris Australian politician, MP and minister of transport dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-morris", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-04-26", "reported_date": "2026-04-26", "published_at": "2026-04-26T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Peter Morris, the Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998 and as minister of transport from 1983 to 1987, died on April 26, 2026, aged 93. Born in Sydney on July 29, 1932, he held senior ministerial office in the Hawke government, including as minister for aviation, resources, transport and communications support, and industrial relations. He was also an alderman on Newcastle City Council from 1968 to 1974 and served in the Australian Labor Party at the federal electorate and branch level in Newcastle.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Peter_Morris_politician.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morris_(politician)" }, { "name": "Annette Macarthur-Onslow dead at age 93, Australian illustrator and author", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/annette-macarthur-onslow", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "tributes.smh.com.au", "url": "https://tributes.smh.com.au/au/obituaries/smh-au/name/annette-macarthur-onslow-obituary?id=61374123", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Annette Macarthur-Onslow" } ], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-04-25", "reported_date": "2026-04-25", "published_at": "2026-04-25T16:38:03+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian illustrator and author", "artists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Annette Macarthur-Onslow, Australian illustrator and author.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Annette_Macarthur-Onslow_p1655965.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Macarthur-Onslow" }, { "name": "Kim Bowers Australian musician, music director and sound artist, breast cancer dies", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kim-bowers", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "death_date": "2026-04-24", "reported_date": "2026-04-24", "published_at": "2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Kim Bowers, an Australian musician, music director and sound artist associated with Spdfgh, died on April 24, 2026, of breast cancer. Bowers was a founding member of Spdfgh, an Australian rock band active from 1990 to 1997. The band was formed with Liz Payne, Tania Bowers, Melanie Thurgar and Angela Morosin, and the original members began playing together at St. Patrick's College in Campbelltown, southwest of Sydney.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bowers", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Breast cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-breast-cancer" } }, { "name": "Gordon Ingate Australian Olympic sailor dead at age 100", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gordon-ingate", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-04-24", "reported_date": "2026-04-24", "published_at": "2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Gordon Ingate, an Australian Olympic sailor who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 100. Born Gordon Wilson Ingate on March 29, 1926, he sailed in the Tempest class keelboat at the Munich Games. He also skippered Caprice of Huon in the 1972 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, finishing second behind Ted Turner, and later sailed 12-Metre Gretel II in the 1977 America’s Cup challengers’ trials, where he was eliminated by Sweden.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Ingate" }, { "name": "Kay Denman dead at age 88, Schoolteacher", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kay-denman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-04-23", "reported_date": "2026-04-23", "published_at": "2026-04-23T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "schoolteacher", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Kay Denman, an Australian politician and schoolteacher, died on April 23, 2026. She served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party. Before entering politics, she worked as a schoolteacher. Denman was born in Latrobe, Tasmania, on July 22, 1937, and was raised in Railton. She was appointed to the Senate in 1993 to fill a casual vacancy and later held roles including Deputy Government Whip and Deputy Opposition Whip.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Denman" }, { "name": "James Valentine Australian radio and television presenter, assisted suicide dead at age 64", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/james-valentine", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 64, "death_date": "2026-04-23", "reported_date": "2026-04-23", "published_at": "2026-04-23T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "James Valentine, an Australian radio and television presenter and musician, died on April 23, 2026, by assisted suicide. He was 64. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Valentine worked as a saxophonist and was a member of Jo Jo Zep, Models and Absent Friends. His career also included work as a writer, and he was active from 1980 until 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Valentine_(journalist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "assisted suicide", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-assisted-suicide" } }, { "name": "David Malouf Australian writer dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-malouf", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-04-22", "reported_date": "2026-04-22", "published_at": "2026-04-22T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "David Malouf, the Australian writer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Brisbane on March 20, 1934, he was a novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and librettist. He lectured at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, and delivered the 1998 Boyer Lectures. Malouf was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London in 2008. His works included the poetry collection \"Neighbours in a Thicket: Poems,\" which won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and the novels \"The Great World\" and \"Remembering Babylon,\" both of which won major awards.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/David_Malouf.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malouf" }, { "name": "Elisabeth Kirkby Australian actress, politician and radio broadcaster, New South Wales councillor dead at age 105", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/elisabeth-kirkby", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 105, "death_date": "2026-04-20", "reported_date": "2026-04-20", "published_at": "2026-04-20T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "journalists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Elisabeth Kirkby, the Australian actress, politician and radio broadcaster known for Number 96, died on April 20, 2026, aged 105. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1921, she began her career as an assistant stage manager before working in theatre, radio, television and film. She later entered politics, serving in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981 to 1998 as a councillor with the Australian Democrats, and also held local government office in Temora from 1999 to 2004 with the Australian Progressive Alliance.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Kirkby" }, { "name": "Max Byers dead at age 86, Australian footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/max-byers", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "mytributes.com.au", "url": "https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/byers-maxwell-william-max/6355113/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Byers, Maxwell William \"Max\"" } ], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-04-19", "reported_date": "2026-04-19", "published_at": "2026-04-19T16:46:18+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian footballer", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Max Byers, Australian footballer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Byers" }, { "name": "Estelle Asmodelle dead at age 61, Australian dancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/estelle-asmodelle", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "emoria.app", "url": "https://www.emoria.app/de/gedenkseiten/estelle-asmodelle-22-04-1964-18-04-2026/biografie", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Estelle Asmodelle" } ], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-04-18", "reported_date": "2026-04-18", "published_at": "2026-04-18T16:47:06+01:00", "occupation": [ "australian dancer", "other" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Estelle Asmodelle, Australian dancer.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Estelle_Asmodelle_p1655930.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Asmodelle" }, { "name": "Billy Knight British tennis player dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/billy-knight", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 39, "death_date": "2018-07-11", "reported_date": "2018-07-11", "published_at": "2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "Britain", "England", "France" ], "description": "Billy Knight, the British tennis player, died on April 17, 2026, aged 90. Born William Arthur Knight in Northampton, England, on 12 November 1935, he competed on the amateur tour from 1951 to 1968 and won 47 career singles titles. He was a clay-court specialist whose results also included titles on grass and indoor wood courts. Knight reached the quarter-finals of the 1959 French Championships and won the mixed doubles there with Yola Ramírez. As a junior, he won the boys’ singles titles at Wimbledon in 1953 and the Australian Championships in 1954, and earlier won the English singles table tennis title in 1951.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight_(basketball,_born_1979)" }, { "name": "Barry Seton public figure dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/barry-seton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-04-17", "reported_date": "2026-04-17", "published_at": "2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Barry Seton, an Australian racing driver, died on April 17, 2026, aged 89. Known as Bo, he won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth in a Ford Cortina GT500. Seton competed in the Bathurst 500 and later 1000 km 22 times, from 1963 to 1984, completing the race in 15 of those starts. He was also noted for his performances in the Ford Capri in the mid-1970s, including class wins at Bathurst and three Sun-7 Rothmans 3-Litre Series titles at Amaroo Park.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seton" }, { "name": "David Smith Australian politician, Western Australia MLA dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-smith", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2014-03-08", "reported_date": "2014-03-08", "published_at": "2026-04-16T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "David Smith, an Australian politician and Western Australia MLA from 1983 to 1996, died on April 16, 2026, aged 82. He was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1983 to 1996 and served as a minister in the governments of Peter Dowding and Carmen Lawrence. Born in Bunbury, Western Australia, he studied law at the University of Western Australia after attending school in Bunbury and New Norcia. Smith had been a member of the Labor Party since 1967 and contested the seat of Bunbury at the 1977 state election before winning office in 1983.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smith_(sailor)" }, { "name": "Mick Erwin Australian footballer dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mick-erwin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-04-15", "reported_date": "2026-04-15", "published_at": "2026-04-15T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Michael \"Mick\" Erwin, an Australian footballer who played for Richmond and Collingwood, died on April 15, 2026, aged 82. Born in Stawell, Victoria, on June 6, 1943, he played in the VFL for Collingwood from 1962 to 1964 and for Richmond from 1965 to 1968. Erwin later crossed to Coburg in the VFA during the 1968 season and served as captain-coach from 1969 to 1972, guiding the club to the 1970 Second Division premiership. He stepped down as coach for the 1973 season but remained captain under John Dugdale before being traded to Port Melbourne ahead of 1974.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Erwin" }, { "name": "Trish Crossin Australian politician, senator, heart attack dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/trish-crossin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-04-13", "reported_date": "2026-04-13", "published_at": "2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Trish Crossin, Australian politician and senator for the Northern Territory from 1998 to 2013, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. Born Patricia Margaret Crossin in Melbourne on March 21, 1956, she was educated at Deakin University, where she graduated in education. 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