Glynn Simmons passes away at age 72
Glynn Simmons, an American wrongfully convicted prisoner who died of cancer, was 72 when he died October 28, 2026. Also known as Glynn Ray Simmons, he was convicted in Oklahoma…
Recent Celebrity Deaths: Last 30 Days
Who died recently? Over 700 obituaries from the last 30 days — notable and famous deaths updated daily.
Ray Gripper died at age 88
Ray Gripper, the Zimbabwean cricketer, died October 28, 2026, aged 88. Born Raymond Arthur Gripper on July 7, 1938, he made his debut for Rhodesia in the 1957–58 season and…
Barbara Barrie obituary: died at age 95
Barbara Barrie, the American actress and author known for roles in Breaking Away, Suddenly Susan and Hercules, died by assisted suicide on October 28, 2026, aged 95. Born Barbara Ann…
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading dies at 84
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, a British peer, banker and philanthropist who was a member of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1999, died on October 28, 2026,…
Eddie Gray passes away at age 78
Eddie Gray, an American guitarist with Tommy James and the Shondells, died October 28, 2026, aged 78. Formed in Niles, Michigan, in 1964, the band worked across rock, bubblegum and…
Jean-Baptiste Motroni died at age 91
Jean-Baptiste Motroni, a French politician who served as senator for Haute-Corse from 1997 to 1998, died October 28, 2026, aged 91. Born on November 10, 1934, Motroni served in the…
Alvin Hellerstein dies at age 92
Alvin Hellerstein, an American judge, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in New York City on December 28, 1933, he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in…
Dolores Huerta passes away at age 96
Dolores Huerta, an American labor leader and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, died October 28, 2026, aged 96. Born Dolores Clara Fernández in Dawson, New Mexico, she became…
Obituary: Fátima Báñez, dead at age 59
Fátima Báñez, a Spanish politician, economist and jurist, died in a train crash on October 28, 2026, aged 59. Born María Fátima Báñez García in San Juan del Puerto, she…
Gullan Bornemark dead at age 98
Gullan Bornemark, the Swedish musician, lyricist and composer, died October 28, 2026, aged 98. Born Elin Gunhild Bohlin in Härnösand on November 28, 1927, she worked as a music teacher…
Liu Yandong died at age 80
Liu Yandong, a Chinese politician and former vice premier, died in Beijing on October 28, 2026, aged 80. She was born on November 22, 1945, and studied at Tsinghua University,…
Andrei Nemykin dies at 54
Andrei Nemykin, a Russian footballer, died on October 28, 2026, aged 54. Born on February 20, 1972, he was also known by his full name, Andrei Alekseyevich Nemykin. He was…
Elke Sommer passes away at age 85
Elke Sommer, a German actress whose screen career included comedies, mysteries and international productions, died October 28, 2026, aged 85. Born Elke Schletz in Berlin on November 5, 1940, she…
Pipo Nguyen-duy died at age 63
Pipo Nguyen-duy, a Vietnamese fine art photographer and professor of Photography at Oberlin College, died October 28, 2026, aged 63. Born Nguyễn Duy Hiếu in Hue, Vietnam, in 1962, he…
Antal Steer dies at age 83
Antal Steer, a Hungarian wrestler who competed in two Summer Olympics, died October 28, 2026, aged 83. Born in Bratislava on October 10, 1943, he was identified as a Hungarian…
Neeraj Yadav dies at 42
Neeraj Yadav, an Indian Paralympian and track-and-field athlete who competed in throwing events, died by suicide on October 28, 2026, aged 42. Born on February 10, 1984, he came from…
Tony Berlant obituary: died at age 85
Tony Berlant, an American artist known for collage and sculpture, died October 28, 2026, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 85. Born Anthony Hanna Berlant in New York City, he…
Death of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas at age 92
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a civil engineer and politician, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in Mexico City on May 1, 1934, he was the son of Lázaro Cárdenas, who served…
Obituary: Marisa Manchado, dead at age 60
Marisa Manchado, the Spanish composer, pianist and professor, died aged 60 on October 28, 2026, in the Toledo train collision. Born María Luisa Manchado Torres in Madrid on July 7,…
Nadia Karam obituary: died at age 67
Nadia Karam, an Egyptian actress whose work was largely in Kuwait, died October 28, 2026, aged 67. Born March 24, 1959, she entered the arts in 1997 alongside her sister,…
Emerson, died aged 46
Emerson da Silva Leal, the Brazilian footballer and manager known as Emerson, died aged 46 on October 27, 2026, following complications from a heart attack. Born in Esteio on July…
Joseph Lagu obituary: died at age 96
Joseph Lagu, the South Sudanese politician who served as president of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region, died October 27, 2026, aged 96. Born in Momokwe in Moli, he trained at…
Bram van Erkel passes away at age 94
Bram van Erkel, a Dutch programme maker and television presenter, died on October 27, 2026, aged 94. Born in Rotterdam on July 24, 1932, he worked as a television director…
Obituary: Solomon Minassian, dead at age 95
Solomon Minassian, an Iranian movie producer and cinematographer, died October 27, 2026, aged 95. Born in Rasht in 1310 in the Iranian calendar, he was of Armenian descent and the…
Phil McDonald dead, Phil McDonald, English audio engineer
Phil McDonald, an English audio engineer, died on October 27, 2026. A recording-studio engineer at EMI and later Apple Records, he worked during the Beatles’ studio years alongside Geoff Emerick…
Mieke Sterk died at age 80
Mieke Sterk, a Dutch Olympic pentathlete and politician, died on October 27, 2026, aged 80. Born in Haarlem on January 5, 1946, she competed for the Netherlands as a sprinter,…
André Lacroix dies at age 81
André Lacroix, a Canadian ice hockey player known for his playmaking as a centre, died October 27, 2026, aged 81. Born André Joseph Lacroix in Lévis, Quebec, he developed as…
Martin Jelínek has died at age 55
Martin Jelínek, a Czech basketball player and national-team representative, died October 27, 2026, aged 55. Born in Kutná Hora on April 16, 1971, he stood 196 centimeters tall and competed…
Muhammad al Ali, died aged 94
Muhammad al Ali, a Saudi Arabian poet, died October 27, 2026, aged 94. Born in Al-Imran, in Al-Ahsa, in 1932, he became known as a poet and thinker and was…
Fernando Serrano Migallón passes away at age 81
Fernando Serrano Migallón, a Mexican jurist and member of the Mexican Academy of Language, died October 27, 2026, aged 81. Born in Mexico City on June 26, 1945, he became…
Obituary: Bobby Wright, dead at age 84
John Robert Wright Jr., known as Bobby Wright, an American country singer and songwriter, died October 27, 2026, aged 84. Born March 30, 1942, in Charleston, West Virginia, he was…
Death of Peter Dobing at age 87
Peter Dobing, an English footballer who played as an inside forward, died on October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born in Manchester on December 1, 1938, he played in the Football…
Ronny Hallin passed away at age 88
Ronny Hallin, an American television producer and actress, died October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in New York City on January 2, 1938, she was active in television from 1974…
Stephen Kovacevich dead at age 86
Stephen Kovacevich, the American classical pianist and composer, died October 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in San Pedro, California, to a Croatian father and an American mother, he made his…
Obituary: Franco Carrera, dead at age 82
Franco Carrera, an Italian footballer, died on October 27, 2026, aged 82. Born in Turin on November 8, 1943, he began playing with Juventus and made his Serie A debut…
Barry Clemens, died aged 83
Barry Clemens, an American professional basketball player, died October 27, 2026, aged 83. Born in Dayton on May 1, 1943, he was also known as John Barry Clemens. At 6…
Valery Lysenko died at age 65
Valery Lysenko, a Russian drummer and singer with Mister Twister, died October 27, 2026, aged 65. The band, which is identified with Lysenko’s work as a performer, was formed in…
Norbert Haupert dead at age 86
Norbert Haupert, a Luxembourgish Olympic athlete and politician, died October 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Schifflange on April 2, 1940, he became a leading figure in Luxembourgish middle-distance running…
Ursula von Rydingsvard dead at age 84
Ursula von Rydingsvard, a German-born American sculptor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born Ursula Karoliszyn in Deensen, Germany, in 1942, she was the daughter…
Peter Medak has died at age 88
Peter Medak, Hungarian-born British film and television director, died in Los Angeles on October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born Péter Medák in Budapest on December 23, 1937, he was the…
Obituary: Gandung Pardiman, dead at age 73
Gandung Pardiman, an Indonesian politician and member of the House of Representatives, died on October 27, 2026, aged 73. His parliamentary service began in 2009 and extended across four terms,…
Italo Zannier has died at age 94
Italo Zannier, Italian art connoisseur and art historian, died October 27, 2026, aged 94. Born in Spilimbergo, he worked as a photographer, academic and historian of photography, joining photographic practice…
B. P. Singh has died at age 77
B. P. Singh, the Indian television producer and director known for C.I.D., Aahat and SuperCops Vs Super Villains, died of a heart attack on October 27, 2026, aged 77. Born…
Howard Lyman has died at age 88
Howard Lyman, an American farmer and animal rights activist, died in Alexandria, Virginia, on October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born Howard Fenn Lyman in Great Falls, Montana, on September 17,…
Gotaro Yoshimura died at age 87
Gotaro Yoshimura, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors, died of aspiration pneumonia on October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born on January 3, 1939, in Harbin, then…
Tetsuya Chiba dies at age 87
Tetsuya Chiba, the Japanese manga artist best known for the sports series “Ashita no Joe,” died October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born January 11, 1939, in Tsukiji, Tokyo, Chiba became…
J. M. Ranson death at age 88
John Matthew Ranson (J. M. Ranson), an English rugby union player who represented his country, died October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Durham on July 26, 1938, he was…
Andrew P. Iosue, died aged 98
Andrew P. Iosue, an American Air Force general, died October 27, 2026, aged 98. Born Andrew Philip Iosue on November 7, 1927, in Somerville, Massachusetts, he attended Everett High School…
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham dies at 86
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, a British Labour politician who served in the House of Commons and House of Lords, died on October 27, 2026, aged 86. He represented…
Jim Boyd passed away at age 84
Jim Boyd, an American news anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV and an actor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84. Born James Lloyd Boyd in Harlem, New York City, he began…
Pauline Parker death at age 88
Pauline Parker, the New Zealand-born convicted murderer in the Parker–Hulme case, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born Pauline Yvonne Parker in Christchurch on May 26, 1938, she was also…
Andrés Hernando dies at 88
Andrés Hernando García, the Spanish bullfighter and fighting-bull rancher, died aged 88 in a traffic collision on October 26, 2026, in La Colilla. Born in La Velilla, a hamlet of…
Jonathan Finlay dead at age 78
Jonathan Finlay, a British pediatric neuro-oncologist who specialized in brain tumors in children, adolescents and young adults, died October 26, 2026, aged 78. Born in Manchester in 1948, he was…
Frank Portelli, died aged 82
Frank Portelli, a Maltese politician and former member of Parliament, died on October 26, 2026, aged 82. Born on June 8, 1944, he served in the Maltese Parliament during the…
Akio Usami, died aged 83
Akio Usami, a Japanese Olympic long-distance runner, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born May 31, 1943, in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, he represented his country in the…
Leena Sipilä, died aged 95
Leena Sipilä, a Finnish Olympic sprinter who competed in the women’s 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, died on October 26, 2026, aged 95. Born in Pälkäne, Finland, on…
Keith Boardman passed away at age 100
Norman Keith Boardman, the Australian biochemist known as Keith Boardman, died October 26, 2026, aged 100. Born in Geelong, Victoria, on August 16, 1926, Boardman contributed to understanding photosynthesis and…
Carlos Gerena dead at age 55
Carlos Gerena, a Puerto Rican boxer, died aged 55 in a traffic collision on October 26, 2026. Born Carlos Gerena Allende on January 12, 1971, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, he…
David Rigert, died aged 79
David Rigert, a Russian Olympic weightlifter and coach, died October 26, 2026, in Rostov Oblast, aged 79. Born David Adamovich Rigert in Nagornoye, in the Kazakh SSR, he competed for…
Andrei Doroshkevich died at age 89
Andrei Georgievich Doroshkevich, a Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born January 22, 1937, he was identified as both Russian and former Soviet, and studied…
Victor Anicet dies at 88
Victor Anicet, a French visual artist and ceramist, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born April 18, 1938, in Le Marigot, a commune in northern Martinique, he was identified as…
Death of Susan Saint James at age 80
Susan Saint James, the American actress known for It Takes a Thief, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie, died of pancreatic cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 80. Born…
Sir David Gascoigne died at age 86
Sir David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, a New Zealand lawyer and former judicial conduct commissioner who served as viceregal consort from 2016 to 2021, died October 26, 2026, aged 86. Born…
Heiko Weber passes away at age 61
Heiko Weber, the German football player and manager who played for Carl Zeiss Jena and managed ZFC Meuselwitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, died of pancreatic cancer on October 26, 2026,…
Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren death at age 88
Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, a Mongolian chess master, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born on February 17, 1938, in Buyant, in Mongolia’s Khovd aimag, he was also known as Lkhamsuren Myagmarsuren;…
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín passed away at age 69
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, a Spanish politician and former mayor of Seville, died October 26, 2026, aged 69. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), he led the city…
Leo Barry dead at age 83
Leo Denis Barry, a Canadian jurist and politician who served as a Newfoundland and Labrador member of the House of Assembly, died October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born in Red…
Death of Sheffi Paz at age 74
Sheffi Paz, an editor and Israeli activist opposing African immigration, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 74. Born in Łódź, Poland, to parents who had survived the Holocaust,…
Abdul Waheed Kakar dead at age 89
Abdul Waheed Kakar, the Pakistani military officer who served as chief of the army staff, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born in Peshawar on March 23, 1937, he studied…
Lily Wong Fillmore death at age 92
Lily Wong Fillmore, an American linguist and professor emerita in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, died October 26, 2026, aged 92. Her research focused…
Mahadev Shankar dies at 94
Mahadev Shankar, a Malaysian jurist and former judge of the Court of Appeal, died on October 26, 2026, aged 94. He served on the court from 1994 to 1997 and…
Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka obituary: died at age 47
Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka, a Nigerian Islamic preacher and religious teacher, was shot and died on October 26, 2026, aged 47. From Katsina State, he was known for Qur’an-centred teachings and…
Antoine Spire dies at 80
Antoine Spire, a French essayist and journalist, died on October 26, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris on March 31, 1946, he studied at HEC Paris and was a member…
Donnie Iris obituary: died at age 83
Donnie Iris, an American rock musician and songwriter, died of bladder cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born Dominic Ierace in New Castle, Pennsylvania, he began his musical career…
Death of Gerald Fischbach at age 87
Gerald Fischbach, an American neuroscientist, died October 25, 2026, aged 87. Born in New Rochelle on November 15, 1938, he attended Colgate University on a New York State Regents Scholarship,…
Robin Stubbs dead at age 85
Robin Stubbs, the English professional footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born Robin Gregory Stubbs in Quinton, Birmingham, on April 22, 1941, he played as a centre-forward and made…
Christine Wren has died at age 78
Christine Wren, an American baseball umpire, died October 25, 2026, aged 78. She was the second woman to umpire professionally in organized baseball and the first woman to work a…
Peggy King passed away at age 96
Peggy King, an American jazz singer and actress, died on October 25, 2026, aged 96, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on February 16, 1930, she attended…
Komanche obituary: died at age 30
Carlos José Rivera Alfaro, the Salvadoran streamer and organizer of the Squid Craft Games known as El Komanche or Komanche, died in Monterrey, Mexico, on October 25, 2026, aged 30.…
Kevin Bleyer dies at age 54
Kevin Bleyer, an American television writer and speechwriter, died at 54 on October 25, 2026, in a traffic collision. His television credits included The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and…
Roxana Amed death at age 63
Roxana Amed, an Argentine jazz singer, died October 25, 2026, aged 63. Born in Buenos Aires, she also worked as a composer, producer and educator, and was an educator at…
René Belletto dies at age 81
René Belletto, the French writer, novelist and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 81. Born in Lyon on September 11, 1945, he was educated at the lycée du Parc. Belletto…
Ross Newhan has died at age 89
Ross Newhan, an American sportswriter known for his work at the Los Angeles Times and Long Beach Press-Telegram, died October 25, 2026, aged 89. Born April 5, 1937, he began…
Phil O’Callaghan dead at age 80
Phil O’Callaghan, the Irish rugby union international prop, died October 25, 2026, aged 80. Born in Cork on March 25, 1946, he was known in rugby as “Philo.” Raised in…
Death of Oswaldinho do Acordeon at age 72
Oswaldinho do Acordeon, the Brazilian accordionist and composer, died October 25, 2026, aged 72. Born Oswaldo de Almeida e Silva in Duque de Caxias on June 5, 1954, he was…
Death of Jack Armstrong at age 79
Jack Armstrong, an American professional wrestler known for work in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and Universal Wrestling Federation, died October 25, 2026, aged 79. Born Leonard Ornstein in Los…
Walter Koenig death at age 90
Walter Koenig, the American actor and screenwriter known for Pavel Chekov in Star Trek, died October 25, 2026, aged 90. Born Walter Marvin Koenig in Chicago, he began acting professionally…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, a Russian rapper and political activist, died October 25, 2026, aged 41. In 2022, he founded Northern Man (Severnyy chelovek); his real name was Mikhail Nitz. The Russian…
Jumbo Baretta died at age 58
American professional wrestler Jumbo Baretta died October 25, 2026, aged 58. Born Julio Barrera in Tampa, Florida, in 1967, he trained with Boris Malenko and made his professional debut in…
Rudi Fuchs death at age 84
Rudi Fuchs, the Dutch art historian and museum curator, died October 25, 2026, aged 84. Born Rudolf Herman Fuchs in Eindhoven on April 28, 1942, he studied art history at…
Józef Lipień has died at age 77
Józef Lipień, a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler and 1980 Olympic silver medalist, died October 25, 2026, aged 77. Born in Jaczków on February 6, 1949, he competed in amateur wrestling and…
Sverre Horge death at age 82
Sverre Horge, the Norwegian actor best known for playing Sverre in TVNorge’s popular Christmas series Nissene på låven, died on October 25, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oslo on May…
José Luis García Sánchez has died at age 85
José Luis García Sánchez, the Spanish film director and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born in Salamanca on September 22, 1941, he worked in cinema as a director,…
Frank Gagliano dies at 89
Frank Gagliano, an American track and field coach, died October 25, 2026, aged 89. Tags Athletes, 25 October 2026, America, Capricorn, Frank, Gagliano, October 2026, October 25
Darko Božović has died at age 48
Darko Božović, a Montenegrin footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 48. Born in Podgorica on August 9, 1978, he played as a goalkeeper. A memorable episode in his career came…
Mohsen Rastani passed away at age 67
Mohsen Rastani, an Iranian photographer and photojournalist, died on October 25, 2026, aged 67. His photographs focused on people, rendered in black and white against white backgrounds. He began taking…
Paolo Romeo has died at age 88
Paolo Romeo, an Italian priest, cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Palermo, died October 25, 2026, aged 88. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to the see of Palermo on December 19,…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, the Russian rapper and singer-songwriter, died on October 25, 2026, aged 41. Born Mikhail Fyodorovich Nits on January 29, 1985, in Kostanay, then part of the Kazakh Soviet…
Jogen Chowdhury passes away at age 87
Jogen Chowdhury, the Indian painter and former member of Parliament, died of blood cancer on October 25, 2026, aged 87, in Kolkata. After a 15-month illness, he had been hospitalized…