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Angst served as Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Zurich Medical School from 1969 to 1994 and headed the Research Department of Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital, the Burghölzli. He continued his epidemiological and clinical research at the University of Zurich after leaving his chair and has been President of the European Bipolar Forum since 2003. 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Born in Lyon, France, on December 25, 1937, he spent much of his career in Geneva. In 2012, the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired his works, which are now part of its permanent collection. 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Born in Lausanne on September 1, 1931, to Elisabeth Feer and Hans de Muralt, he studied at the University of Paris and later taught medieval philosophy at the University of Geneva and the University of Lausanne. He was an expert on Edmund Husserl and produced a new translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, which won him the 2010 Prix Victor-Delbos from the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. 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He joined the Biozentrum Basel in 1974, became professor for structural biology in 1986 after work in industry, and was named professor emeritus in 2010. Engel later joined Case Western Reserve University and pioneered the application of scanning transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy to image biomolecular complexes.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Andreas_Engel.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Engel" }, { "name": "Jean-Bernard Racine Swiss geographer and academic dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jean-bernard-racine", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-23", "reported_date": "2026-03-23", "published_at": "2026-03-23T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Jean-Bernard Racine, a Swiss geographer and academic, died on March 23, 2026, at the age of 85. 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He authored numerous articles and books in quantitative geography, epistemology and social geography, and received the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize in 1997.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jean-Bernard_Racine.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bernard_Racine" }, { "name": "Rémy Scheurer Academic dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/remy-scheurer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "academic", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Rémy Scheurer, a Swiss politician, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Neuchâtel on March 11, 1934, he was a member of the Swiss Liberal Party (PLS). He studied at the University of Neuchâtel and the École Nationale des Chartes, then taught secondary school in Neuchâtel from 1962 to 1971. Scheurer was president of the Canton of Neuchâtel chapter of the PLS from 1972 to 1976, served on the communal council of Hauterive from 1968 to 2000, sat in the Grand Council of Neuchâtel from 1977 to 1984, and was a member of the National Council from 1991 to 2003, leading the Liberal group in his final term.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9my_Scheurer" }, { "name": "Willy Loretan Swiss politician dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/willy-loretan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Willy Loretan, a Swiss politician, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Basel on June 15, 1934, he began his political career in 1966 with his election to the Zofingen Residents’ Council. He served in the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau from 1969 to 1981, where he was parliamentary group president of the FDP, and was mayor of Zofingen from 1974 to 1992. Loretan was elected to the National Council in 1979 and to the Council of States in 1991.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Loretan" }, { "name": "Peter Stämpfli Painter dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-stampfli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-20", "reported_date": "2026-02-20", "published_at": "2026-02-20T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "painter", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Peter Stämpfli, a Swiss painter associated with Pop art, died on February 20, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 88. Born in Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee, Bern, in 1937, he was known especially for paintings, sculptures and mixed-media works featuring auto tires and tire treads. A student of Max von Mühlenen, Stämpfli held numerous exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Basel and the Biennale de Paris. After a fire destroyed his studio and much of his work in 1990, he later opened a foundation in Sitges in 2011, which houses a collection of his works and those of other artists.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Peter_St_mpfli.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_St%C3%A4mpfli" }, { "name": "Roger von Gunten Artist dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roger-von-gunten", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artist", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico", "Switzerland" ], "description": "Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist, died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten and held his first solo show in Switzerland in 1956. He came to Mexico in 1957 and became part of the Breakaway Generation that emerged after World War II and moved away from Mexican muralism. Over a career that lasted from 1956 to 2026, von Gunten took part in more than 200 national and international exhibitions, was the subject of a 1978 essay by Jomí García Ascot, and received Mexico’s 2014 Fine Art Medal.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Roger_von_Gunten.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_von_Gunten" }, { "name": "Guido A. Zäch Doctor dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/guido-a-zach", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-02-16", "reported_date": "2026-02-16", "published_at": "2026-02-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctor", "doctors", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Guido A. 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He was elected to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 1984 and served until 1988, before winning election to the National Council with the Christian Democratic People's Party in 1999.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_A._Z%C3%A4ch" }, { "name": "Erhard Stiefel Mask maker dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/erhard-stiefel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-14", "reported_date": "2026-02-14", "published_at": "2026-02-14T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "mask maker" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Erhard Stiefel, a Swiss mask maker, died on February 14, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 85. Born in Zurich on May 9, 1940, Stiefel was named a master of mask design in 2000 and was regarded as a leading expert on masks for theatrical performances. 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He also created the design of the Centre Pompidou logo.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Widmer" }, { "name": "Gillian White British-born Swiss sculptor dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gillian-white-sculptor", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-01-31", "reported_date": "2026-01-31", "published_at": "2026-01-31T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Switzerland" ], "description": "Gillian White, the British-born Swiss sculptor, died on January 31, 2026. Born in Orpington, Kent, on June 20, 1939, she lived and worked in Leibstadt, Switzerland. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design in London, and at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1969, shortly before moving to Switzerland, she won her first competition with Gewässerschutzplastik, a polyester sculpture for a public artwork in Olten. White was known for large-scale public works and art commissions for buildings, including Echodrome, made with her husband Albert Siegenthaler, and other public installations in Switzerland and Germany.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_White_(sculptor)" }, { "name": "Martin Bruns Swiss baritone and academic dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/martin-bruns", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-01-30", "reported_date": "2026-01-30", "published_at": "2026-01-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Martin Bruns, a Swiss baritone and music lecturer, died on January 30, 2026. 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