Leslie Lea obituary: died at age 83
Leslie Lea, the English footballer who played for Blackpool, Cardiff City and Barnsley, died on August 20, 2026, aged 83. Born in Manchester on October 5, 1942, he was a…
Recent Celebrity Deaths: Last 30 Days
Who died recently? Over 700 obituaries from the last 30 days — notable and famous deaths updated daily.
Obituary: Mostafa Derkaoui, dead at age 82
Mostafa Derkaoui, the Moroccan film director and screenwriter known for socially engaged and revolutionary films, died on August 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oujda in 1944, he studied philosophy…
Farit Zigangirov passed away at age 72
Farit Zigangirov, the Russian field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, died on August 20, 2026, aged 72. Born in Kirov on August 15,…
Messan Toudji passes away at age 29
Messan Toudji, a Togolese footballer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. A defender, he began his career with Anges FC before later playing for ASKO Kara and Gomido FC.…
Terry Dyson death at age 91
Terry Dyson, the English footballer who starred as a winger for Tottenham Hotspur, died on August 20, 2026, aged 91. Born in Malton on November 29, 1934, and educated at…
Death of Merrelyn Emery at age 86
Merrelyn Emery, an Australian social scientist known for her work on open systems theory, died on August 20, 2026, aged 86. Her research helped develop open systems theory as a…
Elisabeth Kiausch dies at 93
Elisabeth Kiausch, a German politician and retailer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on January 19, 1933, in Hamburg, she was a member of the Social Democratic Party…
Louis Pelâtre has died at age 86
Louis Pelâtre, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as vicar apostolic of Istanbul, died on August 20, 2026, aged 86. Born on May 12, 1940, in Pancé, Ille-et-Vilaine, he…
Nanda Malini dies at age 82
Nanda Malini, the Sri Lankan singer also known as Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera, died on August 20, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 23, 1943, in Aluthgama, she was…
Christian Styles died at age 29
Christian Styles, an American pornographic actor and adult model, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. Born Zachary Christian Jaghab on January 17, 1997, in Canton, Michigan, he entered the…
Obituary: Isao Tsukamoto, dead at age 92
Isao Tsukamoto, a Japanese academic and translator, died on August 20, 2026, aged 92. He was a Japanese scholar of Korean language and a former professor at Osaka University of…
Ileana Cotrubaș dies at 87
Ileana Cotrubaș, the Romanian operatic soprano, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. Born in Galați, Romania, she built a career that ran from 1964 to 1990 and was noted…
Wilem Frischmann passed away at age 95
Wilem Frischmann, the British structural engineer whose work helped shape Centre Point, Tower 42 and Drapers Gardens, died on August 20, 2026, aged 95. Also known as Wilem William Frischmann,…
Death of Sajjan Kumar at age 79
Sajjan Kumar, an Indian politician convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in inciting and abetting mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide, died on August 20, 2026, aged…
Billy Smith passed away at age 84
Billy Smith, the Australian rugby league player who starred for St. George and represented New South Wales and Australia, died on August 20, 2026, aged 84. Born in Fremantle on…
Barry Rogerson death at age 90
Barry Rogerson, a British bishop who served as the first Bishop of Wolverhampton and later as Bishop of Bristol, died on August 20, 2026, aged 90. Born on July 25,…
Brent Carter dies at age 77
Brent Carter, the American poker player and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, died on August 20, 2026, aged 77. A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Carter built a…
Perry Rosemond death at age 89
Perry Rosemond, a Canadian television writer and producer, died August 20, 2026, aged 89. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he built a long career in television as a writer, producer and…
Bob Ives died at age 87
Bob Ives, an American politician, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Robert Stuart Ives, he was born on December 16, 1938, and was educated at the…
Darrell Hickman dead at age 91
Darrell Hickman, an American jurist and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died on August 20, 2026, at age 91. Hickman served on the state’s highest court from 1977 to…
Obituary: Hasib Quway Markaz, dead at age 34
Hasib Quway Markaz, an Afghan military commander, died on August 19, 2026, at age 34. Also known as Hasib Qoway Markaz Panjshiri and Hasib Panjshiri, he was a military commander…
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli dies at 39
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli, a Monegasque racing driver, died on August 20, 2026, aged 39. Born in Monte Carlo, he became a familiar figure in sportscar racing and competed for AF Corse…
Nancy Kissinger dead at age 92
Nancy Kissinger, an American philanthropist and longtime Rockefeller aide, died on August 20, 2026, at age 92. Born Nancy Sharon Maginnes in Manhattan, she was educated at The Masters School,…
Obituary: Michele Sensi-Contugi, dead at age 44
Michele Sensi-Contugi, an Italian-born Ecuadorian politician and businessman, died on August 19, 2026, aged 44, in a helicopter crash in Kenya. Known also as Michele Sensi-Contugi Ycaza, he was born…
Tsuri Sagi passed away at age 92
Tsuri Sagi, an Israeli military officer who served as a senior commander in the 35th Paratroopers Brigade, died on August 19, 2026, aged 92. Born Tsuri Sheinkin in Herzliya in…
Thomas Freienstein passes away at age 66
Thomas Freienstein, the German Olympic cyclist who competed at the 1984 Summer Games, died on August 19, 2026, aged 66. Born in Fulda on March 9, 1960, he built his…
Sylvie Groulx obituary: died at age 73
Sylvie Groulx, a Canadian filmmaker and documentary director from Quebec, died on August 19, 2026, at age 73. Born in Montreal on June 25, 1953, she began her career in…
Robert Mouynet obituary: died at age 96
Robert Mouynet, a French footballer, died on August 19, 2026, aged 96. Born in Toulouse on March 25, 1930, he played as a defender and was also an association football…
Antal Rizmayer passed away at age 86
Antal Rizmayer, a Hungarian Olympic wrestler, died on August 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in Budapest on September 5, 1939, he competed for Hungary at the 1960 Summer Olympics and…
Eduard Maur, died aged 89
Eduard Maur, a Czech historian, historical demographer and university teacher, died on August 19, 2026, aged 89. Born in Plzeň on April 1, 1937, he focused on the economic and…
Obituary: José Cusí, dead at age 92
José Cusí, the Spanish Olympic sports shooter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on August 19, 2026, aged 92. Born in Barcelona on January 12, 1934, he was…
Anne Thily dies at age 88
Anne Thily, the Belgian magistrate, died on August 19, 2026, aged 88. Born in Hannut on October 13, 1937, she studied mathematics before turning to law at the University of…
Ricardo Pachón dies at age 88
Ricardo Pachón, the Spanish music producer, arranger and composer who helped shape modern flamenco, died on August 19, 2026, aged 88. Born in Seville in 1937, he was widely regarded…
Michele Pinto passed away at age 95
Michele Pinto, the Italian politician who served as minister of agriculture in the Prodi I Cabinet, died on August 19, 2026, aged 95. Born in Teggiano on January 2, 1931,…
José Suárez dies at age 55
José Suárez, an American broadcaster who led several Telemundo stations, died on August 19, 2026, at age 55 in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya. Suárez served as president…
Bérangère Bonvoisin death at age 73
Bérangère Bonvoisin, the French film director and actress known for The Adolescent, Les Égouts du paradis and Hôtel du Paradis, died on August 19, 2026, aged 73. Born in Rabat…
François Patriat obituary: died at age 83
François Patriat, the French politician who represented Côte-d'Or in the Senate and led the Senate group of Renaissance, died on August 19, 2026, aged 83. Born in Semur-en-Auxois on March…
Death of Tudor Chiriac at age 77
Tudor Chiriac, the Moldovan composer, died on August 19, 2026, aged 77. Born in Ciuciuleni, Moldova, on March 21, 1949, he became a professor doctor and was a member of…
Chutima Sidasathian died at age 44
Chutima Sidasathian, a Thai investigative journalist, died on August 19, 2026, aged 44. Known professionally as “Oi” and Chutima “Oi” Sidasathian, she worked for Phuketwan, the English-language newspaper in Phuket,…
Shmuel Harlap dies at age 81
Shmuel Harlap, the Israeli businessman who chaired the Colmobil Group, died on August 19, 2026, aged 81. He was known as an investor in startup companies and held a doctorate…
Ġorġ Mallia, died aged 68
Ġorġ Mallia, a Maltese communications academic, author and cartoonist, died on August 19, 2026, aged 68. Born in Malta on November 9, 1957, he built a career in communications, instructional…
Elaine Cheris obituary: died at age 80
Elaine Cheris, an American Olympic fencer, died on August 19, 2026, at age 80. Also known as Elaine Gayle Cheris, she was born in Dothan, Alabama, and became a foil…
Stephany Hollihan passes away at age 41
Stephany Hollihan, an Ecuadorian fashion designer and founder and chief executive of the label Sensi Studio, died on August 19, 2026, in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya, aged…
Bishnu S. Atal passes away at age 93
Bishnu S. Atal, an Indian physicist and engineer whose work helped shape modern speech coding, died on August 19, 2026, aged 93. Born in India in 1933, he studied at…
Ray MacDonald dies at 49
Ray MacDonald, the Thai actor known for Fun Bar Karaoke and Phobia 2, died on August 19, 2026, aged 49. Born in Thailand on May 21, 1977, he built a…
Lazar Radović death at age 88
Lazar Radović, a Montenegrin footballer who played for Budućnost Titograd, Partizan and the Yugoslavia national team, died on August 19, 2026, aged 88. Born in Podgorica on November 13, 1937,…
Glória Menezes died at age 92
Glória Menezes, the Brazilian actress known for films and television work including O Pagador de Promessas, Irmãos Coragem and Rainha da Sucata, died on August 18, 2026, aged 92. Born…
Anthony Devaney, died aged 86
Anthony Devaney, an American electrical engineer, died on August 18, 2026, at age 86. Born on February 1, 1940, in Braintree, Massachusetts, he attended Braintree High School, graduating in 1959,…
Charles Walker passed away at age 78
Charles Walker, an American politician and former state senator in Georgia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 78. A Democrat from Augusta, he was first elected to the Georgia Senate…
Roland Hahn dies at age 80
Roland Hahn, a German teacher and Social Democratic politician who served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1972 to 1984, died on August 18, 2026, aged 80. Born on January…
Death of G. Wallace Caulk Jr. at age 85
G. Wallace Caulk Jr., an American politician and member of the Delaware House of Representatives, died on August 18, 2026, at age 85. Known as Wally Caulk, he was born…
Tawfique Nawaz dead, Tawfique Nawaz, Bangladeshi political activist, complications from a stroke
Tawfique Nawaz, a Bangladeshi lawyer and senior advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, died on August 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He served as director of Transparency International…
B. C. Nagesh dies at 67
B. C. Nagesh, an Indian politician and Karnataka MLA, died on August 18, 2026, aged 67. Also known as Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh and B C Nagesh, he represented Tiptur in…
Juan Tamariz passed away at age 83
Juan Tamariz, the Spanish magician and television presenter, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón in Madrid on October 18, 1942, he became one of Spain’s…
Ollie Waldron passed away at age 83
Ollie Waldron, the Irish rugby union player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born Cornelius Oliver Waldron in Cork, he went on to represent Ireland at international level and…
Mieczysław Szyszka passes away at age 64
Mieczysław Szyszka, a Polish teacher and politician who served in the Senate from 2005 to 2007, died on August 18, 2026, aged 64. Born on December 8, 1961, in Nowa…
Vladek Lacina dies at 77
Vladek Lacina, a Czech Olympic rower, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Prague on June 25, 1949, he represented Czechoslovakia in three Summer Olympics, competing in 1972,…
P. E. Easterling passes away at age 92
P. E. Easterling, the English classical scholar and expert on Sophocles, died on August 18, 2026, aged 92. Born Patricia Elizabeth Fairfax in Blackburn on March 11, 1934, she studied…
Bill Rasmussen death at age 93
Bill Rasmussen, the American television executive and co-founder and president of ESPN and ESPN Inc., died on August 18, 2026, at age 93. Born William F. Rasmussen in Chicago on…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Obituary: Varenne, dead at age 31
Varenne, the Italian Standardbred racehorse who died on August 18, 2026, aged 31, died of a heart attack. Foaled in Copparo, Italy, on May 19, 1995, the dark bay trotter…
Death of Igor Akhba at age 77
Igor Akhba, an Abkhaz diplomat and politician who served as the first ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to Russia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Sukhumi…
Norman A. Bailey passes away at age 95
Norman A. Bailey, the American economist and former U.S. government official, died on August 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Chicago in 1931, he served as senior director of international…
Samir Radwan, died aged 83
Samir Radwan, the Egyptian economist and politician who served as minister of finance in 2011, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born in Koum Hamada in Beheira Governorate, he…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Phyllida Law passes away at age 94
Phyllida Law, the British actress, died on August 18, 2026, aged 94. Born in Glasgow in July 1932, she trained at Badminton School and began her career in 1958, working…
Yvette Roudy has died at age 97
Yvette Roudy, the French politician who served as Minister of Women's Rights, died on August 18, 2026, aged 97. Born in Pessac in 1929, she went on to build a…
Death of Cándido Cárdenas Villalba at age 84
Cándido Cárdenas Villalba, the Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Benjamín Aceval from 1998 to 2018, died on August 18, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sapucaí on…
Fulvio Lucisano dead at age 98
Fulvio Lucisano, the Italian film producer behind Night of the Sharks, Notte prima degli esami and Many Kisses Later, died on August 18, 2026, aged 98. Born in Rome on…
Satish Chandra Roy death at age 84
Satish Chandra Roy, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on August 18, 2026, aged 84. A member of the Bangladesh Awami League, he served as state minister…
Vereslav Eingorn, died aged 69
Vereslav Eingorn, a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach and author, died on August 18, 2026, aged 69. Born in Odesa in 1956, he earned the grandmaster title in 1986 and became…
Obituary: Flavia Lattanzi, dead at age 85
Flavia Lattanzi, an Italian lawyer and scholar of international law, died on August 18, 2026, aged 85. Born in Addis Ababa in 1940, she studied law at Sapienza University of…
Vedrana Rudan passes away at age 76
Vedrana Rudan, a Croatian journalist and novelist, died on August 18, 2026, aged 76. A native of Rijeka, she was born in 1949 and built a career across Croatian media…
Tamisuke Watanuki died at age 99
Tamisuke Watanuki, the Japanese politician who served as speaker of the House of Representatives from 2000 to 2003, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Born in Inami, Toyama Prefecture,…
Laura Cardoso has died at age 98
Laura Cardoso, the Brazilian actress whose career spanned cinema, theater and television, died on August 18, 2026, aged 98. Born Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso in São Paulo on September 13,…
Cindy Denby died at age 70
Cindy Denby, an American politician and member of the Michigan House of Representatives, died August 18, 2026, aged 70. A Republican from Michigan, she served in the state House from…
Death of Eduardo Maglioni at age 80
Eduardo Maglioni, the Argentine football striker who starred for Independiente and Huracán, died on August 18, 2026, aged 80, from complications from heart surgery. Born in Reconquista on April 14,…
Jean-Louis Brunaux, died aged 72
Jean-Louis Brunaux, the French archaeologist and historian known for excavations at the sanctuaries of Gournay-sur-Aronde and Ribemont-sur-Ancre, died on August 18, 2026, aged 72. Born in Lachelle in 1953, he…
Shaul Mishal dies at age 81
Shaul Mishal, the Israeli political scientist who studied Arab and Palestinian politics, died on August 18, 2026, aged 81. Born in Baghdad in 1945, he later made aliyah with his…
Yukio Ota died at age 86
Yukio Ota, the Japanese graphic designer best known for creating the ISO 7010 exit sign and the pictorial language LoCoS, died on August 18, 2026, aged 86. Born on September…
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska death at age 99
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a Polish psychologist, social activist and participant in the Warsaw Uprising, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Known by the pseudonyms “Pączek” and “Atma,” she was born…
Wayne McKoy has died at age 68
Wayne McKoy, an American basketball player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 68. Born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, he emerged as a highly recruited high school prospect at Long Island…
Abdelaziz Guerda has died at age 79
Abdelaziz Guerda, the Algerian actor and stage director, died on August 17, 2026, aged 79. Born on December 2, 1946, in the Casbah of Algiers, he built a career in…
Ron Smith has died at age 90
Ron Smith, the English footballer who played on the left wing for Altrincham, Crewe Alexandra and Southport, died on August 17, 2026, aged 90. Born in Liverpool on 7 June…
Paul Shaw has died at age 77
Paul Shaw, a Canadian Olympic sport shooter, died on August 17, 2026, aged 77. Born in Collingwood, Ontario, on April 20, 1949, he represented Canada in the men's trap event…
Itziar Alba Orbegozo passed away at age 83
Itziar Alba Orbegozo, a Spanish politician and member of the Basque Parliament, died on August 17, 2026, aged 83. Born in Goizueta in 1947, she was a member of the…
O. J. Brigance passed away at age 56
O. J. Brigance, an American football player who competed in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League, died on August 17, 2026, at age 56 from complications of…
Orientate passes away at age 28
Orientate, an American Thoroughbred racehorse and 2002 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner, died on August 17, 2026, aged 28. Foaled in Kentucky in 1999, the American-bred colt was bred by Gainesway…
Sylvie Rimbert has died at age 99
Sylvie Rimbert, the French geographer and cartographer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 99. A graduate of Strasbourg I University, she became a pioneer in the use of computer tools…
Obituary: Frank Beard, dead at age 77
Frank Beard, the American Hall of Fame rock drummer best known for his long run with ZZ Top, died on August 17, 2026, aged 77. Born Frank Lee Beard in…
Vincent Van Brunt has died at age 82
Vincent Van Brunt, an American chemical engineer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 82. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Friends Academy in Long Island before earning a bachelor’s…
Mike Bailey death at age 84
Mike Bailey, the English footballer and manager who played for Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England, died on August 17, 2026, aged 84, following complications from dementia. Born in Wisbech…
Bob Lee dead at age 81
Bob Lee, an American football player who spent part of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams, died on August 17, 2026, aged 81.…
Mile Korun passes away at age 97
Mile Korun, the Slovenian theatre director, died on August 17, 2026, aged 97. Born in Ljubljana on October 30, 1928, he worked across several theatre disciplines, including direction, сценography, costume…
Andreas Hoppe dies at age 66
Andreas Hoppe, the German actor best known for roles in Alaska.de and Black Forest, died on August 17, 2026, aged 66. Born in West Berlin on June 1, 1960, he…
Nick Glennie-Smith dead at age 74
Nick Glennie-Smith, the English film composer behind scores for The Rock, The Man in the Iron Mask and We Were Soldiers, died on August 17, 2026, aged 74. Born Nickolas…
Klaus Törnudd obituary: died at age 94
Klaus Törnudd, the Finnish diplomat and researcher, died on August 17, 2026, aged 94. Born in Helsinki on December 26, 1931, he studied at the University of Helsinki and later…
Johnny Schuth death at age 84
Johnny Schuth, the French football goalkeeper known for his time with Strasbourg and Metz, died on August 17, 2026, aged 84. Born Jean Schuth in Saint-Omer on December 7, 1941,…
Stanislas Lalanne died at age 78
Stanislas Lalanne, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Pontoise from 2013 to 2024, died on August 17, 2026, aged 78. Born Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne…