Richard E. Stearns dies at age 90
Richard E. Stearns, the American computer scientist who helped lay the foundations of computational complexity theory, died on August 28, 2026, aged 90. Born Richard Edwin Stearns in Caldwell, he…
Recent Celebrity Deaths: Last 30 Days
Who died recently? Over 700 obituaries from the last 30 days — notable and famous deaths updated daily.
Obituary: Nicolae Ungureanu, dead at age 69
Nicolae Ungureanu, the Romanian footballer and manager best known for his work with Universitatea Craiova, the national team and Drobeta-Turnu Severin, died on August 28, 2026, aged 69. Born in…
Brîndușa Armanca death at age 71
Brîndușa Armanca, a Romanian journalist and academic, died on August 28, 2026, aged 71. Born in Câmpulung Moldovenesc in 1954, she studied philology at the West University of Timișoara and…
Frank Campo has died at age 99
Frank Campo, an American composer and emeritus professor of music at California State University Northridge, died on August 28, 2026, at age 99. Born in New York City in 1927,…
Jackie Glass obituary: died at age 70
Jackie Glass, an American judge and television personality, died on August 28, 2026, at age 70. Glass was known to television audiences through "Swift Justice with Jackie Glass" and was…
Obituary: Joan Phillip, dead at age 74
Joan Phillip, a Canadian politician and member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, died on August 28, 2026, aged 74. Born Joan Carter in North Vancouver, she was known as…
Will Murray has died at age 73
Will Murray, an American novelist, journalist and comic book writer, died on August 28, 2026, aged 73. Born William Patrick Murray on April 28, 1953, he wrote fiction, short stories…
Larry Christenson dies at age 72
Larry Christenson, the American baseball pitcher who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Philadelphia Phillies and helped them win the 1980 World Series, died on August 28,…
Obituary: Terry Matthews, dead at age 90
Terry Matthews, the English footballer who played for Aldershot, Gillingham and West Ham United, died on August 27, 2026, aged 90. Born George Terence Leonard Matthews in Leyton on 25…
Obituary: Carla Marchelli, dead at age 91
Carla Marchelli, the Italian Olympic skier who competed in alpine skiing at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics, died on August 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Genoa on April…
Enda Bonner died at age 76
Enda Bonner, the Irish politician and accountant who served as a senator from 1997 to 2002, died on August 27, 2026, aged 76. He represented Fianna Fáil and was a…
Rukidi IV of Tooro has died at age 34
Rukidi IV of Tooro, the Ugandese traditional ruler and Omukama of Tooro, died on August 27, 2026, aged 34. Known also as King Oyo and Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru…
Bill Edwards dies at 81
Bill Edwards, an American businessman who owned numerous properties in St. Petersburg, Florida, died on August 27, 2026, at age 81 of multiple organ failure and pneumonia. Born Edward Francis…
Rich Rowland died at age 62
Rich Rowland, an American baseball player who spent parts of six major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, died on August 27, 2026, aged 62. Born…
Alfred Rohr passed away at age 80
Alfred Rohr, an Austrian politician and member of the Landtag of Burgenland, died on August 27, 2026, aged 80. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the…
Filip Štojdl dies at 50
Filip Štojdl, a Czech bishop of the Pilsen diocese of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and former CČSH clergyman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 50. He served as bishop of…
Mamtaz Sanghamita dead at age 80
Mamtaz Sanghamita, an Indian politician and gynaecologist who served as a member of parliament from Bardhaman-Durgapur in the 16th Lok Sabha, died on August 27, 2026, aged 80. She entered…
Karel Barták has died at age 72
Karel Barták, a Czech journalist and former Czech News Agency foreign correspondent, died on August 27, 2026, aged 72. Barták built his reputation at ČTK, where he worked in the…
Obituary: Jacques Doucet, dead at age 86
Jacques Doucet, the Canadian radio announcer of baseball play-by-play in French, died on August 27, 2026, at age 86. Born in Montreal, he became one of the most familiar voices…
Luděk Hrzal died at age 60
Luděk Hrzal, a Czech disc jockey, presenter and producer best known for his work with Evropa 2, died on August 27, 2026, aged 60. He became widely recognized as a…
Christian Breseghello passed away at age 71
Christian Breseghello, a French rugby union player for Stade Toulousain, died on August 27, 2026, aged 71. Born in Mazères on January 23, 1955, he played for UA Saverdun from…
Samuel Monroe Jr., died aged 52
Samuel Monroe Jr., an American actor known for roles in Menace II Society and The Players Club, died on August 27, 2026, at age 52 from complications of meningitis. Born…
Ratko Mladić passes away at age 84
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb former military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska during the Yugoslav Wars, died on August 27, 2026, aged 84. Born in Božanovići, he…
Death of David Thauberger at age 77
David Thauberger, a Canadian painter, died on August 27, 2026, at age 77. Born in Holdfast, Saskatchewan, he became known for paintings shaped by popular culture, postcard imagery, folk art…
Shigeko Kagawa died at age 115
Shigeko Kagawa, a Japanese supercentenarian who was Japan’s oldest living person, died on August 27, 2026, aged 115. Born in Nara Prefecture on May 28, 1911, she graduated from Kansai…
Obituary: Richard Hayward, dead at age 72
Richard Hayward, the English cricketer, died on August 27, 2026, aged 72. Born in Ickenham, Middlesex, on 15 February 1954, he played first-class cricket in England for Hampshire and in…
Death of T. K. D. Muzhappilangad at age 80
T. K. D. Muzhappilangad, an Indian writer, died on August 27, 2026, aged 80, after injuries sustained in a traffic collision. Born T.K. Damodaran in Muzhappilangad, a coastal village in…
Jean Allaire dies at age 96
Jean Allaire, a Canadian lawyer and politician, died on August 27, 2026, at age 96. A French Canadian from Laval, Quebec, he was best known for authoring the Allaire Report…
Mary Tsingou obituary: died at age 97
Mary Tsingou, the American physicist and mathematician known for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem, died on August 27, 2026, aged 97. Born in Milwaukee, she was one of the first programmers on…
Robert C. Hughes dies at age 85
Robert C. Hughes, an American chemist, died on August 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Robert Clark Hughes on November 27, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied chemistry at Carleton College…
Granville Straker passed away at age 86
Granville Straker, an American record producer and businessman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Saint Vincent in 1939, he moved to Brooklyn from Trinidad in 1959 and…
George Joseph dies at age 104
George Joseph, the American insurance executive who founded and chaired Mercury General, died on August 26, 2026, aged 104. Born in Beckley, West Virginia, on September 11, 1921, he was…
Marty Nadler dies at age 80
Marty Nadler, an American television producer and writer, died on August 26, 2026, aged 80. Nadler worked on a string of popular television comedies, including Perfect Strangers, Happy Days and…
Jack Grassel passed away at age 77
Jack Grassel, an American jazz guitarist, teacher and author from Milwaukee, died on August 26, 2026, aged 77, in a traffic collision. Born in Milwaukee and educated at the University…
Rubén Rada, died aged 83
Rubén Rada, the Uruguayan singer-songwriter who helped shape modern candombe and fused it with rock, soul, jazz and funk, died on August 26, 2026, aged 83. Born Omar Ruben Rada…
Mark S. DeFrancesco died at age 76
Mark S. DeFrancesco, an American politician, died on August 26, 2026, aged 76. A Republican, he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975. Born in New…
Vladimir Germanenko, died aged 82
Vladimir Germanenko, a Russian politician and senator, died on August 26, 2026, aged 82. He represented the Federation Council from 2001 to 2008. Born on February 22, 1944, in Vertiyivka,…
Grace Nortey dies at age 89
Grace Nortey, a Ghanaian actress known for roles in Matters of the Heart, Sinking Sands and Beasts of No Nation, died on August 26, 2026, aged 89. Born in Ghana…
Ole Andreasen death at age 87
Ole Andreasen, the Danish politician and journalist who served in the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, died on August 26, 2026, aged 87. Born in Frederiksberg on July 30,…
Pierre Neuville, died aged 83
Pierre Neuville, the Belgian poker player known as the “Serial PokerStars Qualifier,” died on August 26, 2026, aged 83. Born in Montigny-le-Tilleul on January 2, 1943, he built a reputation…
Peter Cullen passes away at age 85
Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor known for voicing Optimus Prime in The Transformers and KARR in Knight Rider, died on August 26, 2026, aged 85. Born Peter Claver Cullen…
Jan Štěpán died at age 78
Jan Štěpán, a Czech logician, philosopher and mathematician, died on August 26, 2026, aged 78. Born on January 19, 1948, in Dolní Újezd in the Přerov district, he studied numerical…
Death of Péter Nádas at age 83
Péter Nádas, the Hungarian writer, playwright and essayist best known for works including A Book of Memories, Parallel Stories and The End of a Family Story, died on August 26,…
Obituary: Domenico Papalia, dead at age 81
Domenico Papalia, an Italian mobster and member of the 'Ndrangheta, died on August 26, 2026, aged 81. Also known as Micu, he was born in Platì, Calabria, and became part…
Eyvindur P. Eiríksson death at age 90
Eyvindur P. Eiríksson, an Icelandic writer, died on August 26, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hnífsdalur on December 13, 1935, he wrote poetry, novels and plays, and his work often…
Obituary: Ulrich Berner, dead at age 78
Ulrich Berner, a German scholar of religion, died on August 26, 2026, aged 78. Berner was a German religionist and phenomenologist of religion whose work combined phenomenological approaches with historical…
Gergely Boros dies at age 42
Gergely Boros, the Hungarian sprint canoer and 2007 world champion, died on August 26, 2026, aged 42. Born in Szekszárd on February 28, 1984, Boros competed from the late 2000s…
Yuri Tsurilo passes away at age 79
Yuri Tsurilo, the Russian actor known for roles in "Khrustalyov, My Car!," "Silent Souls" and "The Fool," died on August 26, 2026, aged 79. Born in Vyazniki, in what was…
Obituary: Bert Matter, dead at age 89
Bert Matter, the Dutch minimalist composer and organist, died on August 26, 2026, aged 89. Born in 1937 in Baambrugge, he graduated from the Rotterdams Conservatorium at 20 and went…
G. V. Narayana Rao dies at age 72
G. V. Narayana Rao, the Indian actor and film producer known for Anthuleni Katha, Oka Oori Katha and Devanthakudu, died on August 26, 2026, aged 72. A Telugu performer whose…
Vladimir Germanenko, died aged 82
Vladimir Germanenko, the Russian politician and senator who served in the Federation Council from 2001 to 2008, died on August 26, 2026, aged 82. Vladimir Sergeyevich Germanenko was born on…
Lamin Khalifah Fhimah passed away at age 70
Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, the Libyan station superintendent best known as a former station manager for Libyan Arab Airlines at Luqa Airport in Malta, died on August 25, 2026, aged 70.…
Javier Giraldo dead at age 82
Javier Giraldo, a Colombian priest and human rights activist, died on August 25, 2026, aged 82. Known also as Javier Giraldo Moreno, he was a Catholic Jesuit priest, researcher, and…
Death of Pat Putnam at age 72
Pat Putnam, an American baseball player who appeared at first base in Major League Baseball, died on August 25, 2026, aged 72. A native of Windsor County and a graduate…
Dolly Parton dies at age 80
Dolly Parton, the American singer and actress known for “Jolene” and 9 to 5, died on August 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Dolly Rebecca Parton in Pittman Center, Tennessee, she…
Obituary: Miloslav Gajdoš, dead at age 78
Miloslav Gajdoš, the Czech double bass player and composer, died on August 25, 2026, aged 78. Born in Město Albrechtice on April 13, 1948, he was also a music teacher…
Takashi Hanyūda dead at age 78
Takashi Hanyūda, a Japanese politician and former member of Japan’s House of Councillors, died on August 25, 2026, at age 78. Born in Maebashi in 1948, he was a doctor…
Dominique Alderweireld dead at age 77
Dominique Alderweireld, the French procurer and brothel owner known as Dodo la Saumure, died on August 25, 2026, aged 77. Born in Annœullin on February 5, 1949, he became a…
Alois Leodolter passes away at age 95
Alois Leodolter, an Austrian skier and ski jumper, died on August 25, 2026, at age 95. Born in Mariazell, Austria, on August 16, 1931, he represented Austria in Nordic combined…
Tim Curry death at age 80
Tim Curry, the English actor and singer known for roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Annie and It, died on August 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Timothy James Curry…
Kuku Kohli died at age 77
Kuku Kohli, the Indian film director behind Phool Aur Kaante, Suhaag and Kohraam, died on August 25, 2026, at age 77 after a heart attack. Born Avtar Kohli on June…
Anna Louizos has died at age 69
Anna Louizos, an American scenic designer and art director known for Tony Award-nominated sets for In the Heights, High Fidelity and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, died on August 25,…
Tom Byabagamba obituary: died at age 59
Tom Byabagamba, a Rwandan military officer and presidential bodyguard, died on August 25, 2026, aged 59. A former colonel in the Rwanda Defense Force, he also served as head of…
Michele Zappella dies at age 90
Michele Zappella, the Italian psychiatrist and scholar of child neuropsychiatry, died on August 25, 2026, aged 90. Born in Viareggio on March 4, 1936, he graduated in medicine and surgery…
Fabio Grossi dead at age 68
Fabio Grossi, the Italian actor and stage director known for work in films including I fichissimi, The Family Friend and Darker Than Midnight, died on August 25, 2026, aged 68.…
Death of Billy Boston at age 92
Billy Boston, the Welsh rugby league player who starred for Wigan and later Blackpool Borough and represented Great Britain, died on August 25, 2026, aged 92. Born William John Boston…
Bernice Gottlieb passes away at age 95
Bernice Gottlieb, an American leader in the trans-racial adoption movement in the United States, died on August 25, 2026, aged 95. Born Bernice Friedman on January 8, 1931, in the…
Andreina Yépez died at age 51
Andreina Yépez, a Venezuelan actress and comedian, died on August 25, 2026, aged 51. Born in Caracas, she began her career in entertainment at 14 on El Show de Joselo…
Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa dies at 77
Francisco Antonio Nieto Súa, a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Bogotá, bishop of San José del Guaviare and Engativá, died on August 25, 2026, aged…
Manfred Poerschke passed away at age 92
Manfred Poerschke, the German sprinter, died on August 25, 2026, aged 92. Born in Dortmund on February 26, 1934, he represented Germany as an athletics competitor and was best known…
Michel Albertini obituary: died at age 73
Michel Albertini, the French actor, set designer and writer, died on August 25, 2026, aged 73. Born in Marseille on May 15, 1953, he was a French national who trained…
Zheng Fengrong died at age 89
Zheng Fengrong, a Chinese athlete and high jumper, died on August 25, 2026, aged 89. Born in Jinan in 1937, she became one of China’s earliest international track and field…
Syamsir Siregar dead at age 84
Syamsir Siregar, an Indonesian military officer who served as Director of the State Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2009, died on August 25, 2026, aged 84. A graduate of the…
Jose Rod dead at age 63
Jose Rod, the Indian tiatr singer known professionally as a singer and composer in khell tiatr and tiatr productions, died on August 25, 2026, aged 63. Born Joseph Constancio Rodrigues…
Per Hilmar Nybø dies at age 60
Per Hilmar Nybø, a Norwegian footballer and coach, died on August 25, 2026, aged 60, after cancer. He was a losing Cup final finalist with Brann in 1987 and 1988,…
Harry Bramma passes away at age 89
Harry Bramma, the British organist and composer, died on August 25, 2026, aged 89. Born in Shipley in 1936 and also known as Harry Wakefield Bramma, he was a composer,…
Dimitris Kokotas, died aged 57
Dimitris Kokotas, the Greek singer, composer and businessman, died on August 25, 2026, at age 57. Born in Athens on December 14, 1968, he was the son of the well-known…
Death of Maurice Herriott at age 86
Maurice Herriott, the British steeplechase runner and Olympic silver medallist, died on August 24, 2026, aged 86. A track and field athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase, he…
Asadollah Nasr Esfahani passes away at age 99
Asadollah Nasr Esfahani, an Iranian military officer and politician who served as minister of interior, died on August 24, 2026, aged 99. Born in Isfahan on February 10, 1927, he…
Obituary: Silvia Buendía, dead at age 58
Silvia Buendía, an Ecuadorian journalist, lawyer and civil rights activist, died on August 24, 2026, at age 58. Born in Guayaquil on October 9, 1967, she graduated in law from…
Fabio Grossi dead at age 68
Fabio Grossi, the Italian actor and stage director known for roles in films including I fichissimi, The Family Friend and Darker Than Midnight, died on August 24, 2026, aged 68.…
Death of Lesley Grant-Adamson at age 83
Lesley Grant-Adamson, the British writer and journalist, died on August 24, 2026, aged 83. Born Lesley Heycock, she built her career in journalism before turning to full-time writing, holding a…
Tina Dalton dead
Tina Dalton, the Australian filmmaker and television presenter who helped launch the Nine Network travel program Getaway in 1992, died on August 24, 2026. Known professionally as Bettina “Tina” Dalton,…
Sliman Mansour obituary: died at age 79
Sliman Mansour, the Palestinian painter, sculptor and author, died on August 24, 2026, aged 79. Also known as Suleiman or Suliman Mansour, he was born in 1947 in Birzeit and…
Giorgio Blais, died aged 91
Giorgio Blais, the Italian major-general who won public notice for a solo walk across Italy in 2000, died on August 24, 2026, aged 91. Born in Turin on April 14,…
Jean-Pierre Darchen, died aged 86
Jean-Pierre Darchen, a French footballer and manager who played as a midfielder, died on August 24, 2026, aged 86. Born in Douarnenez on May 20, 1940, he was a member…
James Harkness obituary: died at age 90
James Harkness, a Scottish Church of Scotland minister, died on August 24, 2026, aged 90. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and held…
Grégoire Laourou passed away at age 73
Grégoire Laourou, the Beninese politician who served as minister of finance, died on August 24, 2026, aged 73. A native of Bantè, he was elected to parliament on several occasions…
Carlos Sáenz de Santamaría dead
Carlos Sáenz de Santamaría, a Spanish civil servant and politician, died on August 24, 2026, in Tricio. Known in full as Carlos Sáenz de Santamaría Alegría, he was a member…
Izuru Narushima, died aged 65
Izuru Narushima, a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for Midnight Eagle, The Lone Scalpel and Solomon's Perjury, died on August 24, 2026, aged 65, of lung cancer. Born in…
Rajuddin Noeh dies at age 86
Rajuddin Noeh, an Indonesian politician and civil servant, died on August 24, 2026, aged 86. Born on September 2, 1939, in Kajai, he was a member of Golkar and served…
Yasmin Shaikh dies at age 101
Yasmin Shaikh, an Indian writer and Marathi language grammarian, died on August 24, 2026, aged 101. She wrote on Marathi language issues in magazines and newspapers and was known for…
Cletus Chandrasiri Perera died at age 78
Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, a Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Ratnapura, died on August 24, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 6, 1947, he entered the Benedictine order…
Catherine Millot obituary: died at age 81
Catherine Millot, the French psychologist and academic, died on August 24, 2026, at age 81. A Lacanian psychoanalyst and author, she taught psychoanalysis at the University of Paris-VIII after studying…
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury has died at age 92
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi politician and former army major general who also served as home minister and director general of DGFI, died on August 24, 2026, aged 92. He…
Chen Wu passed away at age 71
Chen Wu, a Chinese politician who served as vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and as chairman of Guangxi, died on August 24, 2026, aged 71. Born…
Donald Shankweiler, died aged 91
Donald Shankweiler, an American academic and psychologist who studied language processing in the brain, died on August 24, 2026, aged 91. He was professor emeritus of psychology at the University…
Mirosław Różański, died aged 63
Mirosław Różański, the Polish military officer and politician who became a senator and lieutenant general, died on August 24, 2026, aged 63. Born in Głogów on December 1, 1962, he…
Ole Bjur passed away at age 57
Ole Bjur, a Danish footballer who played for Vanløse IF, Brøndby IF and the Denmark national team, died on August 24, 2026, aged 57. Born in Rødovre on September 13,…