Paul Kimelman died at age 79
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RJ Mitte dies at age 34
RJ Mitte, the American actor and producer known for Breaking Bad, Switched at Birth and The Guardians of Justice, died by suicide on October 12, 2026, aged 34. Born Roy…
Jean-Luc Mongrain, died aged 75
Canadian journalist and news presenter Jean-Luc Mongrain died of cancer on October 12, 2026, aged 75. Born July 16, 1951, he studied at Collège Notre-Dame and the University of Sherbrooke,…
Pavel Půta passed away at age 78
Pavel Půta, a Czech guitarist, singer-songwriter and lyricist, died October 12, 2026, aged 78. Born in Pačejov on March 14, 1948, he was a bassist in the orchestra of Svatopluk…
Wayne Steeves died at age 81
Wayne Steeves, a Canadian politician who served as a New Brunswick MLA from 1999 to 2014, died October 12, 2026, aged 81. Born December 12, 1944, in Lower Coverdale, New…
Obituary: Vladimir Vuletić, dead at age 47
Vladimir Vuletić, a Serbian lawyer, associate professor and former vice president of FK Partizan, died in Belgrade on October 12, 2026, aged 47; his body was found that day. Born…
James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay dead at age 70
James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, a Scottish hereditary peer, businessman and politician who served in the House of Lords from 1989 to 2026, died on October 12, 2026, aged…
Sarah Dambanevana obituary: died at age 36
Sarah Dambanevana, a Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket umpire, died on October 12, 2026, aged 36. Born on May 26, 1990, she represented the Zimbabwe women’s cricket team from 2009 to…
René-Pierre Signé passed away at age 96
René-Pierre Signé, the French politician who served as mayor of Château-Chinon and as a senator, died October 12, 2026, aged 96. Born on September 16, 1930, he was a member…
Lucian Piane dies at 46
Lucian Piane, an American composer and music producer associated with RuPaul’s Drag Race, died in a traffic collision on October 12, 2026, aged 46. Born in Kansas City, Piane studied…
Gary Waddell died at age 74
Australian actor Gary Waddell died on October 12, 2026, aged 74. Born in Carlton, Victoria, on August 7, 1952, he was a film and television performer whose career began in…
Doug Loft died at age 39
Doug Loft, an English professional footballer, died on October 12, 2026, aged 39. Known also as Douglas James Loft, he was born in Maidstone on December 25, 1986. A midfielder,…
Roger Cooreman, died aged 85
Roger Cooreman, a Belgian racing cyclist, died October 12, 2026, aged 85. Born on June 25, 1941, he competed professionally from 1965 to 1971, with much of his racing career…
Raul Daza obituary: died at age 91
Raul Daza, a Filipino lawyer, certified public accountant and politician who held elected office in Northern Samar, died October 12, 2026, aged 91. Born in Manila on May 2, 1935,…
Giorgio Bracardi dies at 93
Giorgio Bracardi, the Italian actor and comedian, died on October 12, 2026, aged 93, from complications of a broken femur. Born in Rome on May 3, 1933, by Caesarean section,…
Senji Kuroi dies at age 94
Senji Kuroi, a Japanese writer of fiction and essays, died on October 12, 2026, aged 94. Born Osabe Shunjirō, he published under the pen name Kuroi Senji. He belonged to…
Rolf Nyhus died at age 84
Rolf Nyhus, a Norwegian football referee and sports administrator, died on October 12, 2026, aged 84. Born on July 9, 1942, he officiated as a FIFA referee from 1969 to…
Zaynolabideen Ghorbani passed away at age 93
Zaynolabideen Ghorbani, an Iranian ayatollah who represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Gilan Province, died on October 12, 2026, aged 93. Born on January 8, 1933, in Panchah, Gilan,…
Liu Changcheng obituary: died at age 62
Liu Changcheng, a Chinese Olympic volleyball player who later coached in Germany, died October 12, 2026, aged 62. Born in Beijing on May 3, 1964, he represented China at the…
Madhu Kambikar dead at age 73
Madhu Kambikar, an Indian actress and folk performer, died on October 12, 2026, aged 73. Born on July 28, 1953, in Ahilyanagar, she came from Maharashtra’s Kolhati community and worked…
Sheana Davis death at age 57
Sheana Davis, an American cheesemaker, chef and culinary educator, died October 12, 2026, aged 57. Born in Sonoma, California, in 1969, she founded the Epicurean Connection in Sonoma and created…
Jean-Paul Defrang passed away at age 70
Jean-Paul Defrang, a Luxembourgish footballer and goalkeeper, died October 12, 2026, aged 70. Born on June 22, 1956, he played for Jeunesse Esch and Progrès Niederkorn and represented Luxembourg’s national…
Jeffrey Goldstone dies at 93
Jeffrey Goldstone, a British theoretical physicist and academic, died October 12, 2026, aged 93. Born in Manchester on September 3, 1933, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge,…
John Mocatta dies at age 90
John Mocatta, an English first-class cricketer who represented Oxford University, died October 12, 2026, aged 90. Born John Edward Abraham Mocatta in St John’s Wood, London, on May 6, 1936,…
Peter Thomas passed away at age 53
Peter Thomas, an Australian political theorist and professor, died of a heart attack on October 11, 2026, aged 53. A Marxist scholar whose work focused on Antonio Gramsci, he was…
Keith Ellis dies at age 90
Keith Ellis, an English professional footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City and Scunthorpe United, died on October 11, 2026, aged 90. Also known as Keith Duncan Ellis, he…
Joan M. Clark, died aged 104
Joan M. Clark, an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta, died October 11, 2026, aged 104. Born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, on March 27, 1922, she…
Obituary: Meta Grosman, dead at age 90
Meta Grosman, a Slovenian linguist, anglicist and literary historian, died in Ljubljana on October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Ljubljana on May 18, 1936, she attended the Classical Gymnasium…
Tom’s d’Etat dead at age 13
Tom's d'Etat, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died October 11, 2026, aged 13. Born July 1, 2013, he made his first start at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2016, finishing 11th.…
Wilma De Angelis dead at age 96
Wilma De Angelis, the Italian singer and television presenter associated with “Nessuno,” died October 11, 2026, aged 96. Born in Milan on April 8, 1930, she began her career in…
Juan Pablo Cárdenas Squella died at age 76
Chilean journalist Juan Pablo Cárdenas Squella died of cancer on October 11, 2026, aged 76. Born in Santiago on December 1, 1949, he attended the German Lyceum of Santiago and…
Death of Gabriel Prieto at age 65
Gabriel Antonio Prieto Escobar, the Chilean actor known as Gabriel Prieto, died in Santiago on October 11, 2026, aged 65. Born in Santiago on February 2, 1961, he studied acting…
Grant Heiken death at age 84
Grant H. Heiken, an American volcanologist who studied volcanic processes and materials on Earth and the moon, died of mesothelioma on October 11, 2026, aged 84. Born on October 11,…
Jiří Štěpnička passed away at age 79
Jiří Štěpnička, a Czech actor and dubbing actor, died October 11, 2026, aged 79. Born Jiří Samec in London on April 16, 1947, he studied at the Faculty of Theatre…
Ray Kolle dead at age 85
Ray Kolle, an Australian screenwriter whose television credits included Neighbours, Home and Away and Prisoner, died October 11, 2026, aged 85. Born on July 1, 1941, he became best known…
Tony Forsberg passed away at age 93
Tony Forsberg, a Swedish cinematographer whose work spanned film and television, died October 11, 2026, aged 93. Born Tonny Olof Forsberg on August 13, 1933, he worked in the industry…
Che Hongcai obituary: died at age 90
Che Hongcai, a Chinese linguist and lexicographer who specialized in Pashto, died October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hailun, Heilongjiang province, in 1936, he enrolled at Beijing Foreign Studies…
Cheryl Smith has died at age 56
Cheryl Moana Smith, a New Zealand rugby union player, coach and administrator who represented Auckland and the national team, died of bowel cancer on October 11, 2026, aged 56. Born…
Rachna Shroff dies at 47
Rachna Shroff, an American oncologist, died October 11, 2026, aged 47. Born Rachna Trivedi, she grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where her father worked as a biochemist and her mother…
Hiroshi Tsuchida obituary: died at age 54
Hiroshi Tsuchida, a Japanese actor and voice actor known for Ninja Sentai Kakuranger and Attack on Titan, died of heart failure on October 11, 2026, aged 54. Born in Tokyo…
Death of Nasima Khan at age 82
Nasima Khan, a Bangladeshi film actress, died October 11, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 6, 1944, in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka, she entered Bengali cinema in 1959 with Jago Hua…
Ralph Hosack, died aged 90
Ralph Hosack, a Canadian Olympic boxer, died October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in 1935, he competed in the men’s middleweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. That Olympic appearance…
Jean Borella passed away at age 96
Jean Borella, a French philosopher and theologian, died October 11, 2026, aged 96. Born in Nancy on May 21, 1930, he received a Catholic education and attended traditional public secondary…
Death of Bobby Gould at age 69
Bobby Gould, a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, died October 10, 2026, aged 69. Born Robert Alexander Gould in Petrolia, Ontario, he attended the University of New Hampshire before…
Giuseppe Schifilliti, died aged 88
Giuseppe Schifilliti, an Italian-American mobster and prominent member of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family, died October 10, 2026, aged 88. Known as Pino, he was born in Tripoli, Italian Libya,…
Jack Hearn dies at 103
Jack Hearn, the English judo instructor known as Judo Jack, died on October 10, 2026, aged 103. Born John Hearn in North Shields on September 19, 1923, he was raised…
Michael W. Rice passed away at age 82
Michael W. Rice, an American food company executive and chairman of Utz Brands, died October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born December 9, 1943, he was the son of Francis Xavier…
Pierre Joliot, died aged 94
Pierre Joliot, a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died October 10, 2026, aged 94. Born in Paris on March 12, 1932, he pursued research focused…
Guruvayur Dorai dies at age 91
Guruvayur Dorai, an Indian percussionist and senior mridangam exponent, died in Mylapore on October 10, 2026, aged 91. Born Vaidynathan in Guruvayur, Kerala, on July 2, 1935, he became known…
Sir Donald Insall passes away at age 100
Sir Donald Insall, the British architect, conservationist and author, died October 10, 2026, aged 100. Born in Bristol, he attended Bristol Grammar School and served in the Coldstream Guards during…
Marcellino Taiji Tani died at age 73
Marcellino Taiji Tani, a Japanese Roman Catholic prelate and former bishop of Saitama, died October 10, 2026, aged 73. Born in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, on February 13, 1953, he was…
Stephen Dow Beckham has died at age 85
Stephen Dow Beckham, an American historian, died October 10, 2026, aged 85. His scholarship focused on Native Americans and the American West, with particular attention to the Pacific Northwest and…
Death of Bud Zipfel at age 87
Marion Sylvester “Bud” Zipfel, an American baseball player who appeared with the Washington Senators, died October 10, 2026, aged 87. Born in Belleville, Illinois, on November 18, 1938, he graduated…
Keven McDonald has died at age 70
Keven McDonald, an American basketball player and lawyer, died October 10, 2026, aged 70. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he attended Seton Hall Preparatory School, where he scored 1,774 career…
Vladimir Baranov dies at age 70
Vladimir Baranov, a Russian actor whose film credits included Torpedo Bombers, Breakthrough and Russian Ark, died in Ryazan on October 10, 2026, aged 70. Born in Ryazan on May 26,…
Obituary: Robert Williamson, dead at age 88
Robert Williamson, the British-Australian geneticist and molecular biologist, died on October 10, 2026, aged 88. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Scottish parents, he moved to Britain at 16 when his…
Freddie Foreman has died at age 94
Freddie Foreman, the English publican and gangster who was an associate of the Kray twins, died October 10, 2026, aged 94. Born Frederick Gerald Foreman at 22 Sheepcote Lane in…
Musa Taimazov obituary: died at age 42
Musa Taimazov, a Russian Paralympic athlete, died October 10, 2026, aged 42. Born on April 8, 1984, he competed in para-athletics for Russia. His full name was Musa Izamutdinovich Taimazov.…
Eusi Kwayana dies at 101
Eusi Kwayana, the Guyanese politician and former member of Parliament, died October 10, 2026, aged 101. Born Sydney Evanson King in Lusignan, he moved with his family to Buxton at…
Ellen Meliesie dies at age 63
Ellen Meliesie, the Dutch Olympic rower who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, died of breast cancer on October 10, 2026, aged 63. Born Elisabeth Johanna Wilhelmina Meliesie in Zwolle…
Rory Bourke passes away at age 84
Rory Bourke, an American country music songwriter and music publisher, died October 10, 2026, aged 84. Born Rory Michael Bourke in Cleveland on July 14, 1942, he attended Mount St.…
Obituary: Telma de Souza, dead at age 82
Telma Sandra Augusto de Souza, the Brazilian professor, teacher and politician known as Telma de Souza, died of a stroke on October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Santos on…
Jean-Max de Chavigny passes away at age 60
Jean-Max de Chavigny, a French windsurfer, died October 10, 2026, aged 60. Born in Schœlcher on October 12, 1965, he represented France in windsurfing. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he…
Wilfredo Gómez dies at age 69
Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame boxer and former three-division world champion, died October 10, 2026, aged 69. Born Wilfredo Gómez Rivera in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico,…
Pierre Lindstedt died at age 83
Pierre Ernst Vilhelm Lindstedt, the Swedish actor, died on October 10, 2026, aged 83. Born on August 15, 1943, in Dalarö, Sweden, he began his acting career in 1966. Lindstedt…
Trevor Ryan dies at 72
Trevor Ryan, an Australian rugby league footballer, died of lung cancer on October 10, 2026, aged 72. Born in Bellingen, New South Wales, on May 4, 1954, he grew up…
Marcellino Taiji Tani died at age 73
Marcellino Taiji Tani, a Japanese Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Saitama, died on October 10, 2026, aged 73. Born Daiji Tani in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on…
Obituary: Billy Ray Smith, dead at age 82
Billy Ray Smith, a Kentucky farmer and politician who served as commissioner of agriculture, died October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born William Ray Smith on April 5, 1944, he came…
Larry Bertlemann obituary: died at age 71
Larry Bertlemann, an American surfer known as “Rubberman,” died October 10, 2026, aged 71, from complications of a heart attack. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, on August 7, 1955, he moved…
Indra Briķe passes away at age 68
Indra Briķe, a Latvian actress, died on October 9, 2026, aged 68. Born in Durbe on December 29, 1957, she studied at Durbe Secondary School and Liepāja’s First Secondary School…
Josep Pinyol obituary: died at age 73
Josep Pinyol, a Catalan historian, entrepreneur, political analyst and independence activist, died on October 9, 2026, aged 73. Born in Cornellà de Llobregat in 1952, he graduated in modern and…
Lou Yulie died at age 91
Lou Yulie, a Chinese philosopher and professor of philosophy and religious studies at Peking University, died October 9, 2026, aged 91. Born in Hangzhou on December 10, 1934, he attended…
Eduardo Vilarete dead at age 73
Eduardo Vilarete, a Colombian footballer associated with Atlético Bucaramanga, Atlético Nacional and the national team, died in Bogotá on October 9, 2026, aged 73. Born in Santa Marta, Vilarete represented…
Jacques Proulx, died aged 87
Jacques Proulx, a Canadian trade unionist and president of the Union des producteurs agricoles from 1981 to 1993, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Saint-Camille, Quebec, on April…
Bakir Bayakhunov died at age 93
Bakir Bayakhunov, a Kazakh composer and People’s Artist of Kazakhstan, died October 9, 2026, aged 93. Born in Almaty on September 15, 1933, he studied at the Almaty Conservatory, now…
Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury died at age 97
Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury, a Bangladeshi politician, barrister and diplomat, died on October 9, 2026, aged 97. Born on September 2, 1929, in Hailakandi, in the Barak Valley of British India,…
Jim Richards passes away at age 90
Jim Richards, an American basketball coach who led Western Kentucky’s Hilltoppers, died October 9, 2026, aged 90. He coached the men’s team for seven seasons, from 1971 through 1978. Richards…
Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, an American football player and coach associated with the Chicago Bears, died October 9, 2026, aged 86. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, he was named Michael Dyczko at birth…
Alan Thornett death at age 89
Alan Thornett, a British activist, car worker and Trotskyist, died October 9, 2026, aged 89. Born on June 15, 1937, he began working in the car industry in 1959 at…
Death of Carl Abbott at age 90
American architect Carl Abbott died October 9, 2026, aged 90. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he was the youngest member of the original Sarasota School of Architecture.…
Jean Geney, died aged 87
Jean Geney, a French politician and automotive technician who served as mayor of Étupes and as a deputy in the National Assembly, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in…
Salah Bachir has died at age 71
Salah Bachir, a Canadian business executive and entrepreneur, died October 9, 2026, aged 71. Born in Lebanon on October 3, 1955, Bachir built a career spanning media, publishing, business and…
Bakir Bayakhunov died at age 93
Kazakh composer Bakir Bayakhunov died on October 9, 2026, aged 93. Born in Alma-Ata, now Almaty, on September 15, 1933, he worked in classical and operatic music and was a…
Patrice Warrener died at age 78
Patrice Warrener, a French light artist, died October 9, 2026, aged 78. He was best known for Chromolithe, his polychromatic illumination system, through which he brought colored light to buildings.…
Burudi Nabwera death at age 99
Burudi Nabwera, a Kenyan politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States in 1964, died October 9, 2026, aged 99. His public career spanned diplomatic representation, ministerial…
Death of Federico l’Olandese at age 76
Federico l'Olandese Volante, the Dutch-born Italian radio host, died on October 9, 2026, aged 76. Born Frederik Matthijs Van Stegeren in Deventer, the Netherlands, he grew up there and often…
Goran Bare death at age 62
Goran Bare, a Croatian musician known as the founder and lead vocalist of the Vinkovci rock band Majke, died on October 9, 2026, aged 62. Born in Vinkovci on August…
Les Latcham dead at age 83
Les Latcham, an English footballer who played as a defender for Burnley, Plymouth Argyle and Bradford City, died on October 9, 2026, aged 83. Born Leslie Arnold Latcham in Crook…
Chris Wickham, died aged 76
Chris Wickham, a British historian and academic, died on October 9, 2026, aged 76. Born Christopher John Wickham in Rossett, Wales, on May 18, 1950, he attended Millfield before studying…
Obituary: Sven Hirdman, dead at age 87
Sven Hirdman, a Swedish diplomat and ambassador, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born Henrik Sven Hirdman on September 28, 1939, in Stavanger, Norway, he worked in diplomacy from 1963…
Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche obituary: died at age 100
Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche, a French harpist, died October 9, 2026, aged 100. She was also a harp teacher and the aunt of French actress Juliette Binoche. Her musical training began in…
António Vitalino Dantas dead at age 84
António Vitalino Dantas, a Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Lisbon and bishop of Beja, died October 9, 2026, aged 84. Born on November 3, 1941,…
Ray Nilsson passes away at age 87
Ray Nilsson, an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and South Melbourne, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born on November 26, 1938, he played in the VFL during…
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche dies at age 100
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche, a French harpist and harp teacher, died on October 9, 2026, aged 100. Her musical training began in Paris, where she started studying harp with Marcel Tournier at…
Darragh Nelson death at age 36
Darragh Nelson, an account manager and Irish Gaelic footballer, died of sarcoma on October 8, 2026, aged 36. Born and raised in Ballyroan, Dublin, he attended Coláiste Éanna, where he…
Colin Mackerras dies at age 87
Colin Patrick Mackerras, the Australian sinologist, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. Born in Sydney on August 26, 1939, he became a specialist in Chinese culture whose work ranged across…
Obituary: Abdelghani El Mansouri, dead at age 84
Abdelghani El Mansouri, a Moroccan footballer, died on October 8, 2026, aged 84. Born in 1942, he was an association football player who competed in the men’s tournament at the…
Stephen A. Schuker died at age 87
Stephen A. Schuker, an American historian who served as William W. Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. He studied at Cornell…