Beverly Whipple passed away at age 85
Beverly Whipple, an American sexologist and professor emerita at Rutgers University, died November 2, 2026, of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 85. Born January 1, 1934, she studied at Wagner College and…
Recent Celebrity Deaths: Last 30 Days
Who died recently? Over 700 obituaries from the last 30 days — notable and famous deaths updated daily.
Death of Ignatiy Lapkin at age 87
Ignatiy Lapkin, a Russian Orthodox preacher and author, died November 2, 2026, aged 87. Born in Karpovsky on June 10, 1939, he grew up in a large Old Believer family,…
Dave Hood death at age 75
Dave Hood, an American television host, died November 2, 2026, aged 75. Tags Actors, Writers, 02 November 2026, America, Dave, Hood, Scorpio, November 2, November 2026
Capers Funnye has died at age 74
Capers Funnye, an African-American Conservative rabbi, died of cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 74. Also known as Capers C. Funnye Jr., he served as Chief Rabbi of the International…
Jeannot Gilbert passed away at age 85
Jeannot Gilbert, a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, died November 2, 2026, aged 85. Born in Grande-Baie, he built a professional career that lasted from 1960 to 1975, spending most…
Hassan Habibi obituary: died at age 86
Hassan Habibi, an Iranian association football player and manager, died November 2, 2026, aged 86. Born in Kerman on February 7, 1939, he began his playing career with Shahin F.C.…
Pavel Hulva died at age 50
Pavel Hulva, a Czech zoologist and university professor, died on November 1, 2026, aged 50. Born on November 22, 1975, in Český Těšín, he attended Gymnázium Český Těšín from 1990…
Ellis Johnson obituary: died at age 83
Ellis Edward Johnson Jr., an American football player who played halfback and wide receiver for the Boston Patriots, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born July 9, 1943, in Baton…
Obituary: Frank Howell Seay, dead at age 88
Frank Howell Seay, an American jurist who served as a judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, died November 1, 2026, aged…
John Leeson dies at age 83
John Leeson, the English actor known for voicing K9 in Doctor Who and portraying Bungle in Rainbow, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born John Francis Christopher Ducker in Leicester…
Jerry Koosman death at age 83
Jerry Koosman, an American professional baseball pitcher, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born Jerome Martin Koosman in Appleton, he played in Major League Baseball from 1967 to 1985 for…
Sheila Lapinsky has died at age 82
Sheila Lapinsky, a South African anti-apartheid and LGBTQ+ activist, died November 1, 2026, aged 82. Born Sheila Barsel in Johannesburg on January 1, 1944, she grew up in a middle-class…
Rodney J. Clifton dies at 89
Rodney J. Clifton, an American civil engineer and professor, died November 1, 2026, aged 89. Born Rodney James Clifton in Orchard, Nebraska, on July 10, 1937, he was the son…
Hamid Alidoosti obituary: died at age 70
Hamid Alidoosti, an Iranian football player and manager who died of cancer, was 70 when he died on November 1, 2026. Born in Tehran on January 1, 1956, he played…
Tony Butala obituary: died at age 87
Tony Butala, the American singer who led the vocal group The Lettermen, died November 1, 2026, aged 87. Born Anthony Francis Butala in Sharon, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1938, he…
Obituary: Juan Atkins, dead at age 64
Juan Atkins, an American record producer, techno musician and DJ known for his work with the Belleville Three and Cybotron, died of a heart attack on November 1, 2026, aged…
Death of Jacques Bolognesi at age 79
Jacques Bolognesi, the French jazz musician and longtime member of the Orchestre National de Jazz, died November 1, 2026, aged 79. Born in Gap on January 6, 1947, he studied…
Pavel Žák dies at age 85
Pavel Žák, a Czech composer and lyricist who also worked as a director, screenwriter and pianist, died November 1, 2026, aged 85. Born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou on August 28,…
Ate Gay died at age 55
Gil Aducal Morales, the Filipino comedian and television presenter known as Ate Gay, died on November 1, 2026, aged 55, from mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Born in Manila, Morales began performing in…
QABM Rahman passed away at age 91
QABM Rahman, a Bangladeshi civil servant, died on November 1, 2026, aged 91. Born in Faridpur, then part of British India, on February 1, 1935, he entered maritime service as…
Death of Miquel Navarro at age 81
Miquel Navarro, Spanish sculptor, painter and contemporary poet, died on November 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Mislata, Valencia, on September 29, 1945, he studied painting at the San Carlos…
Regina Ziegler death at age 82
German film and television producer Regina Ziegler died November 1, 2026, aged 82. Born in Quedlinburg, she briefly studied law at the Free University of Berlin before leaving her studies…
Gerry Collins dead at age 88
Gerry Collins, the Irish politician who served twice as minister for foreign affairs and as a member of the European Parliament, died November 1, 2026, aged 88. Born in Abbeyfeale,…
Ciara Mageean dies at 34
Ciara Mageean, the Irish Olympic middle-distance runner and European champion, died of cancer on November 1, 2026, aged 34. Born in Portaferry, County Down, on March 12, 1992, she specialised…
Todd Shell dies at age 64
Todd Shell, an American football player and coach who played linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers and later coached in the Arena Football League, died November 1, 2026, aged 64.…
Ved Rahi dies at age 93
Ved Rahi, the Indian screenwriter and director, died on November 1, 2026, aged 93. Born in Jammu on May 22, 1933, he became an author whose work was predominantly in…
Al Barkow passes away at age 93
Al Barkow, an American golf journalist and historian who also worked as an author, editor and lecturer, died November 1, 2026, aged 93. Born in Chicago in 1932, he attended…
Antonio Navarro Wolff dead at age 78
Antonio Navarro Wolff, a Colombian engineer and politician who served as a senator from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2014 to 2018, died November 1, 2026, aged 78. Born…
Dan Doornink passes away at age 70
Dan Doornink, an American football player who played for the New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks, died October 31, 2026, aged 70. Born Daniel Glenn Doornink in Yakima, Washington, he…
Jorge Carrión Pavlich dies at 76
Jorge Carrión Pavlich, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Puno, died on October 31, 2026, aged 76. Born on May 25, 1950, in Tarma, in Peru’s…
Marcia Ann Gillespie obituary: died at age 82
Marcia Ann Gillespie, the magazine editor and activist who led Essence and Ms., died October 31, 2026, aged 82. An African-American writer, professor and consultant, she was an advocate for…
Death of Bob Heinz at age 79
Bob Heinz, an American football player who played defensive tackle, died October 31, 2026, aged 79. Born Robert Kenneth Heinz in Milwaukee on July 25, 1947, he attended Messmer High…
Mišo Kovač dies at 85
Mišo Kovač, a Croatian recording artist, died on October 31, 2026, aged 85. Born Mate Kovač in Šibenik on July 16, 1941, during the Italian occupation of Dalmatia, he was…
Sara Bender died at age 78
Sara Bender, an Israeli historian, died October 31, 2026, aged 78. Born in 1948, she earned a doctoral degree in 1994 from the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew…
Jonathan O. Ndagi passed away at age 96
Jonathan O. Ndagi, a Nigerian scholar, statesman and educator, died October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Katcha on November 12, 1929, he began his education at Christ Church School…
Horst Fascher death at age 90
Horst Fascher, a German music manager, died October 31, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hamburg on February 5, 1936, he worked in a range of roles, including ship carpenter, nightclub…
Obituary: Frank Lenti, dead at age 79
Frank Lenti, the Canadian outlaw biker known as Francesco “Cisco” Lenti and founder of the Loners Motorcycle Club, died October 31, 2026, aged 79. He was born June 21, 1947,…
Death of Jack Preger at age 96
Jack Preger, a British physician known for providing medical care to poor communities in India, died on October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born on July 25, 1930, he studied at…
Philip Juico, died aged 78
Philip Ella Juico, a Filipino sports executive and government official who led national sports and government bodies, died October 31, 2026, aged 78. Born on December 14, 1947, he served…
Troels Mylenberg dead at age 56
Troels Mylenberg, a Danish actor, journalist, author and TV news presenter, died of cancer on October 31, 2026, aged 56. Born on April 24, 1970, he worked as a political…
Martin Erlichman obituary: died at age 97
Martin Erlichman, an American talent manager, died October 31, 2026, aged 97. Born Martin Lee Erlichman on September 13, 1929, he became known for discovering Barbra Streisand and managing her…
Obituary: Doug Woolard, dead at age 76
Doug Woolard, an American college athletics director who led athletic departments at Saint Louis University and the University of South Florida, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. He began holding…
Savinder Singh passes away at age 88
Savinder Singh, a Malaysian field hockey player who competed in the men’s tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on October 30, 2026, aged 88. Born on June 2, 1938,…
Obituary: Lee Harland, dead at age 53
Lee Harland, an English professional rugby league footballer who represented England and Great Britain Under-21, died on October 30, 2026, aged 53. Born on September 4, 1973, Harland played during…
Paweł Tucholski, died aged 57
Paweł Tucholski, a Polish actor whose work spanned theatre, dubbing and film, died on October 30, 2026, aged 57. Born in Żnin on February 6, 1969, he graduated from Warsaw’s…
Jean-Claude Passeron dies at 95
Jean-Claude Passeron, the French sociologist, died October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Nice on November 26, 1930, he studied philosophy and sociology at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.…
Guido Neri obituary: died at age 87
Guido Neri, an Italian cyclist, died October 30, 2026, aged 87. Born in Cesena on January 27, 1939, Neri was an Italian racing cyclist whose recorded results include a Coppa…
Bill Clifton died at age 95
Bill Clifton, an American bluegrass musician and singer, died October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born William August Marburg on April 5, 1931, in Riderwood, Maryland, he grew up on a…
Helmut Donner, died aged 85
Helmut Donner, an Austrian Olympic high jumper, died October 30, 2026, aged 85. Born in Vienna on August 15, 1941, he was an Austrian athlete whose discipline was the high…
Atmani dies at 81
Atmani, the Algerian singer and songwriter known for performing in Kabyle, died in Ouacif on October 30, 2026, aged 81. Born M’hamed Aït Athmene Ath Wada in Zaknoun on September…
Jeong Jae-ho obituary: died at age 95
Jeong Jae-ho, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born on December 18, 1930, he entered public life after…
Saiyud Kerdphol dies at 103
Saiyud Kerdphol, a Thai general, died October 30, 2026, aged 103. An army officer who also entered public life, he served as a member of Thailand’s Senate and as the…
Steve Ellis passes away at age 76
Stephen John Ellis, the English pop and rock singer whose greatest success came with Love Affair, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. Born in Edgware, Middlesex, on April 7, 1950,…
Geoffrey Richmond passed away at age 85
Geoffrey Richmond, the English football executive who chaired Scarborough F.C. and Bradford City A.F.C., died October 30, 2026, aged 85. He chaired Scarborough from 1988 to 1994 before taking the…
Domanlal Korsewada passes away at age 78
Domanlal Korsewada, an Indian politician and Chhattisgarh MLA, died on October 30, 2026, aged 78, while receiving treatment for a prolonged lung infection at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad. He represented…
Annaclara Cataldi Palau passed away at age 76
Annaclara Cataldi Palau, an Italian Hellenist and palaeographer, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. She specialised in Greek medieval and Renaissance palaeography and the history of the book. Born in…
William Nordhaus dies at age 85
William Nordhaus, an American economist and Nobel Prize laureate, died of brain cancer on October 30, 2026, aged 85. A Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, he joined the…
Richard Alarcón Urrutia has died at age 74
Richard Alarcón Urrutia, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Tarma and archbishop of Cusco, died of cancer on October 30, 2026, aged 74. Also known as…
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, died aged 75
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, an Indian security-firm executive and politician who founded Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) and served in the Rajya Sabha, died October 30, 2026, aged 75. Born in…
Vatsala Rajagopal has died at age 92
Vatsala Rajagopal, an Indian television and film actor, died on October 30, 2026, aged 92. Born on December 25, 1933, she began her acting career in 1979 as a stage…
Waldemar Gerhardt passes away at age 87
Waldemar Gerhardt, a German footballer, died on October 30, 2026, aged 87. Born in Gelsenkirchen on January 6, 1939, he played as a forward in association football. His Bundesliga record…
Obituary: Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, dead at age 74
Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Tarma and archbishop of Cusco, died of cancer in Cusco on October 30, 2026, aged 74.…
Sanjay Gupta, died aged 59
Sanjay Gupta, the Indian film director whose work included Kaabil, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Jazbaa, died in a fall on October 30, 2026, aged 59. Born in Mumbai on April…
Milton Coleman dies at 79
Milton Coleman, an American journalist, died October 30, 2026, aged 79. Tags Journalists, Politicians, Scientists, 30 October 2026, America, Cancer, Coleman, Milton, October 2026, October 30
Robert W. Curran death at age 76
Robert W. Curran, an American politician and member of the Baltimore City Council, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. He represented the council’s Third District from 1995 to 2016. Born…
Matt Pavelich has died at age 92
Matt Pavelich, a Canadian ice hockey linesman who became the first National Hockey League linesman elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, died October 30, 2026, aged 92. Born March…
Isaac Tédambé dies at age 72
Isaac Tédambé, a Chadian economist and novelist best known for the novel *Republic for Sale*, died in N’Djamena on October 30, 2026, aged 72. Born on March 3, 1954, in…
Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne died at age 96
Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne, a British peer, merchant banker and writer who served in the House of Lords from 1992 to 1999, died October 30, 2026, aged 96. Born…
Keri Jones dies at age 81
William Keri Jones, a Welsh dual-code rugby international and track-and-field athlete, died on October 29, 2026, aged 81. Born in Neath, he played rugby union and professional rugby league in…
Josip Pečarić dead at age 79
Josip Pečarić, a Croatian mathematician and writer whose work centered on the theory of inequalities, died October 29, 2026, aged 79. Born in Kotor, then part of Yugoslavia, he completed…
Dan Goddard dies at age 78
Dan Goddard, an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives, died October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born November 3, 1947, he represented the 15th district…
Ralph Sonnenberg obituary: died at age 92
Ralph Sonnenberg, the Dutch businessman who owned at least 80% of Hunter Douglas, died October 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in 1934, he became a senior leader of the Netherlands-based…
Obituary: Marvin Shanken, dead at age 83
Marvin Shanken, an American publisher and founder of M. Shanken Communications, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in New Haven on October 4, 1943, he built a roster of…
June Jones dies at age 73
June Jones, an American football player and coach whose full name was June Sheldon Jones III, died October 29, 2026, aged 73. Born in Portland, Oregon, on February 19, 1953,…
Obituary: Paweł Socha, dead at age 91
Paweł Socha, a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as titular bishop of Thunigaba and auxiliary bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, died October 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Wojsławice, in…
Death of Andrés Mendoza at age 78
Andrés Mendoza, a Mexican convicted serial killer and butcher, died on October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis in Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, he was captured in…
Sandra Kerr passes away at age 84
English folk singer Sandra Kerr died of leukaemia on October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Plaistow, Essex, on February 14, 1942, she sang and played English concertina, guitar, Appalachian…
Sir Patrick Stewart, died aged 86
Sir Patrick Stewart, the English actor known for Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men and Hamlet, died October 29, 2026, aged 86, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Mirfield…
Obituary: Manuel Donoso, dead at age 90
Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop and later archbishop of La Serena, died October 29, 2026, aged 90. Born in Santiago on…
Paolo Galluzzi passes away at age 84
Paolo Galluzzi, an Italian historian of science, died October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Florence in 1942, he held the chair of history of science at the University of…
Eddie Friel died at age 64
Eddie Friel, the Irish singer who represented Ireland at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, died October 29, 2026, aged 64. His entry was “Dreamin’,” written by Richard Abbott and Barry…
Michel Pineda passed away at age 62
Michel Pineda, the French footballer who played as a striker, died October 29, 2026, aged 62. Born Michel Pineda Ozaeta in Gien, France, on June 9, 1964, he was the…
Cevin Fisher passed away at age 63
Cevin Fisher, an American DJ and record producer, died of cancer on October 29, 2026, aged 63. Born Kevin Fisher in East Orange, New Jersey, on October 26, 1963, he…
Liudmyla Radchenko has died at age 94
Liudmyla Radchenko, a Ukrainian athlete and long jumper, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Kyiv on October 1, 1932, when the city was part of the Ukrainian Soviet…
Choi Bool-am has died at age 86
Choi Bool-am, a South Korean actor and professor, died October 29, 2026, aged 86. Born in Incheon on June 15, 1940, he began his acting career in 1970 and remained…
Werner Broll died at age 94
Werner Broll, a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hanover on May 22,…
Ünal Erkan dies at 83
Ünal Erkan, a Turkish politician, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Erzurum in 1942, he held senior roles in policing, regional administration and party politics. He headed police…
Death of Jan Byś at age 72
Jan Byś, a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder for Szombierki Bytom, died October 29, 2026, aged 72. Born on December 9, 1953, he began his career with Sparta…
Desmond D’Sa dead at age 70
Desmond D'Sa, a South African environmentalist, died aged 70 in a traffic collision on October 29, 2026. Born in Durban, he became known for environmental-justice advocacy in the city, where…
Shirish Hiremath dies at age 75
Shirish Hiremath, an Indian interventional cardiologist, died of brain cancer on October 29, 2026, aged 75. Born on July 17, 1951, he studied at B.J. Medical College in Pune and…
Freddie James dies at 89
Freddie James, an American high school football coach who led David W. Carter High School in Dallas, died October 29, 2026, aged 89. He played college football at Prairie View…
Josef Ritler, died aged 87
Josef Ritler, a Swiss journalist and photographer, died on October 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Naters, in the canton of Valais, he first imagined following his father, a foreman,…
Bronislava Volková, died aged 80
Bronislava Volková, a Czech-American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80. Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there.…
Barry Rushworth died at age 85
Barry Rushworth, an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre for Parramatta and represented Australia and New South Wales, died October 29, 2026, aged 85. Born in…
Kojiro Ikegaya passes away at age 74
Kojiro Ikegaya, a Japanese professional baseball player with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, died October 29, 2026, aged 74. Born in Shizuoka on June 28, 1952, he was identified in the…
Eudaldo Báez Galib passed away at age 88
Eudaldo Báez Galib, a Puerto Rican politician and senator, died October 29, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mayagüez in 1939, he served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1992…
Michael P. Drazin died at age 97
Michael P. Drazin, an English-American mathematician known for the Drazin inverse, died October 29, 2026, aged 97. Born Michael Peter Drazin in London on June 5, 1929, he was a…
Death of Pino Presti at age 83
Pino Presti, the professional name of Italian arranger Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, died October 28, 2026, aged 83. Born in Milan on August 23, 1943, he entered music early: the son…
Marta Shahbazi, died aged 40
Marta Shahbazi, a Spanish biologist and professor at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Cambridge, died October 28, 2026, aged 40. Born in León in 1985,…