Thongchai Yenprasert died at age 71
Thongchai Yenprasert, a Thai politician who served as president of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born on February 20, 1955, in Tha It,…
Recent Celebrity Deaths: Last 30 Days
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Miguel Mancera obituary: died at age 93
Miguel Mancera, the Mexican economist who directed the Bank of Mexico from 1982 to 1998, died on August 10, 2026, aged 93. Also known as Miguel Mancera Aguayo, he was…
Death of Slavko Pregl at age 80
Slavko Pregl, a Slovenian writer, editor and publisher, died on August 10, 2026, aged 80. Best known for his youth literature, he was born in Šentvid on September 9, 1945,…
Jean Paton obituary: died at age 97
Jean Paton, the British botanist and bryologist, died on August 10, 2026, aged 97. Also known as Jean Annette Paton and Jean A. Paton, she worked as a botanist, bryologist…
Juan Muhlethaler has died at age 71
Juan Muhlethaler, the Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward for Montevideo Wanderers and Técnico Universitario and won six caps for Uruguay, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born…
Mzikayifane Khumalo death at age 54
Mzikayifane Khumalo, a South African politician and Gauteng MPL, died on August 10, 2026, aged 54. Also known as Mzikayifane Elias Khumalo, he represented the African National Congress and served…
Vladimír Páral passes away at age 94
Vladimír Páral, the Czech fiction writer, died on August 10, 2026, aged 94. Born in Prague, he studied chemical engineering at a branch of the University of Chemistry and Technology…
Kurt Danziger dead at age 100
Kurt Danziger, a German-born Canadian academic whose work shaped the history of psychology, died on August 10, 2026, aged 100. Born in Wrocław on June 3, 1926, he studied at…
Timothy M. Carney died at age 82
Timothy M. Carney, a career U.S. diplomat and consultant, died on August 10, 2026, aged 82. A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, he spent 32 years as a Foreign Service…
Pavel Syutkin obituary: died at age 104
Pavel Syutkin, a Russian army officer and Soviet artilleryman, died on August 10, 2026, aged 104. Born on June 19, 1922, in Slobodskoy Uyezd, he rose to become a Soviet…
Zhu Senlin passes away at age 95
Zhu Senlin, the Chinese politician who served as governor of Guangdong and mayor of Guangzhou, died on August 10, 2026, aged 95. Born in October 1930 in Chuansha County, Shanghai,…
Ahn Jin-soo death at age 81
Ahn Jin-soo, a South Korean actor, died on August 10, 2026, aged 81. He is identified in available biographical records as a South Korean cross-country skier, born on June 27,…
James McHugh dead
James McHugh, an ESB and Gaelic footballer, died on August 10, 2026. Born in Letterkenny, he became known for his career with Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team, where…
Fawzi al-Mansouri dead, Fawzi al-Mansouri, Libyan military officer, director of the Military Intell…
Fawzi al-Mansouri, a Libyan military officer and director of the Military Intelligence Department, died on August 10, 2026. He held the rank of major general and had served as director…
Death of Russell Jack at age 91
Russell Jack, the Australian museum founder credited with founding the Golden Dragon Museum, died on August 10, 2026, aged 91. Also known as Russell Goldfield Jack and by the Chinese…
Natalia Trubnikova death at age 71
Natalia Trubnikova, the Russian ballerina and actress known for her appearances in 31 June, The Twelve Chairs and Formula of Love, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. She was…
Tania Verstak passed away at age 85
Tania Verstak, the Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962, died on August 10, 2026, aged 85. Born in Tianjin, China, she became the first migrant to…
Obituary: Douglas Franklin, dead at age 76
Douglas Franklin, the Brazilian footballer known for his spells with Santos and Bahia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 76, after cancer. Born Douglas da Silva Franklin in Barretos on…
Giancarlo Ferretti, died aged 84
Giancarlo Ferretti, the Italian road racing cyclist who later became a directeur sportif, died on August 9, 2026, aged 84. Born in Lugo on October 16, 1941, he first competed…
Death of Ben Jones at age 84
Ben Jones, the American politician and actor best known for playing Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard and serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993,…
Death of Edward B. Fort at age 95
Edward B. Fort, an American academic administrator who served as chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1981 to 1999, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95.…
Obituary: Diab Al-Louh, dead at age 67
Diab Al-Louh, a Palestinian diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to Egypt, died on August 9, 2026, aged 67. Born in Gaza City on December 28, 1958, he was…
Charlotte Puiseux death at age 39
Charlotte Puiseux, a French disability rights activist, died on August 9, 2026, at age 39. Born in Paris in 1986, she later became known for her advocacy on disability rights,…
Livio Berruti, died aged 87
Livio Berruti, the Italian athlete who won the 200-meter dash at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on August 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Turin on May 19, 1939, he…
Gary Dwyer dead, Gary Dwyer, British drummer
Gary Dwyer, the British drummer best known for his work with The Teardrop Explodes, died on August 9, 2026, of leukaemia. He played with the Liverpool band during its years…
John F. Link dead at age 91
John F. Link, the American film editor known for his work on Commando, Predator and Die Hard, died on August 9, 2026, aged 91. Also credited as John F. Link…
Don Nelson has died at age 86
Don Nelson, the American basketball player and coach who won five NBA championships with the Boston Celtics before becoming one of the league’s most influential head coaches, died on August…
Death of Maurice Buttin at age 97
Maurice Buttin, the French lawyer and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 97. Born in Meknes on December 10, 1928, he joined the Rabat Bar Association in 1954 and…
Lynn Council died at age 92
Lynn Council, an American victim of an aborted or mock lynching, died on August 9, 2026, aged 92. He was the African American man at the center of a 1952…
Romain Noble passes away at age 46
Romain Noble, the French wheelchair fencer and Paralympic champion, died on August 9, 2026, aged 46. Born in Bordeaux on June 24, 1980, he competed in international fencing competitions and…
Wacław Orłowski death at age 81
Wacław Orłowski, the Polish Olympic wrestler who competed at the 1968 Summer Games, died on August 9, 2026, aged 81. Born on January 5, 1945, Orłowski represented Poland in the…
Lee Yong-taek died at age 95
Lee Yong-taek, a South Korean politician and activist who served as an independent member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1988, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95. Born…
Death of Ilya Kuleshin at age 25
Ilya Kuleshin, a Russian footballer who played for Khimik-Arsenal, Arsenal Tula and Avangard Kursk, died on August 9, 2026, aged 25. Born Ilya Vladimirovich Kuleshin on August 29, 2000, in…
Death of Martin Fofié Kouakou at age 57
Martin Fofié Kouakou, an Ivorian military officer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 57. Born in Bondoukou in 1968, he served in the armed forces of Ivory Coast and rose…
John Crowley passes away at age 83
John Crowley, the American writer and screenwriter whose works of fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction included Little, Big, the Ægypt sequence and Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of…
Dennis Grey dead at age 79
Dennis Grey, an American basketball player who spent two seasons in the American Basketball Association, died on August 9, 2026, at age 79. A center, he played for the Los…
Brian Dyson obituary: died at age 90
Brian Dyson, the former chief executive of The Coca-Cola Company, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. An American businessman, Dyson was chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. from…
Erkki Pystynen has died at age 96
Erkki Pystynen, the Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 1986, died on August 9, 2026, aged 96. Born Erkki Topias Pystynen in…
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel obituary: died at age 89
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, an American diplomat and ambassador to Slovakia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 89. She served as the United States ambassador to Slovenia from 1998 to 2001.…
Obituary: Diab Al-Louh, dead at age 67
Diab Al-Louh, a Palestinian diplomat and politician, died on August 9, 2026, at age 67. He was a member of Fatah and had previously been held prisoner by Israel, according…
Dipak Bahadur K.C. dead at age 85
Dipak Bahadur K.C., a Nepali politician and former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, died on August 9, 2026, aged 85. He belonged to the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary…
Death of Piston van Wyk at age 82
Piston van Wyk, the South African rugby union player who represented Northern Transvaal, Natal and the Springboks, died on August 9, 2026, aged 82. Born Jacobus Frederick Beatrix van Wyk…
Arthur Price dead at age 80
Arthur Price, the British motorcycle speedway rider who died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, was born in Wolverhampton in 1946 and raced under his full name, Arthur Malcolm Price.…
Douglas died at age 76
Douglas, a Brazilian footballer best known for his time with Santos and Bahia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 76. Born in Barretos on September 9, 1949, he was an…
Obituary: Garreth Lynch, dead at age 83
Garreth Lynch, an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978, died on August 9, 2026, aged 83. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Death of Eduardo Parraguez at age 90
Eduardo Parraguez, a Chilean politician and former mayor of Pichilemu, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. Born Víctor Eduardo Parraguez Galarce on October 21, 1935, in Paredones, Chile, he…
Obituary: David H. Lund, dead at age 86
David H. Lund, an American philosopher and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 86. Born David Herbert Lund in Roseau, Minnesota, on October 23, 1939, he studied at the…
Reggie Bannister dies at 80
Reggie Bannister, the American actor best known for playing Reggie in the Phantasm film series, died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, of complications from dementia and Parkinson's disease. Born…