Vadim Pokrovsky dead at age 71, Russian epidemiologist
Vadim Pokrovsky, a Russian epidemiologist, died on May 20, 2026.
Arthur Lewis dead at age 84, public figure
Arthur Lewis, a Welsh rugby union player and electrician, died on May 20, 2026, aged 84. Born Arthur John Llewellyn Lewis in Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, on September 26, 1941, he played international rugby for Wales and toured New Zealand with…
Barney Frank dead at age 86, public figure
Barney Frank, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86 of congestive heart failure. A Democrat, he represented Massachusetts in Congress and served as chairman…
George Eastman dead at age 83, Italian actor and screenwriter
George Eastman, an Italian actor and screenwriter, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Luigi Montefiori in Genoa in 1942, he was known for his acting roles in Antropophagus and Rabid Dogs and for writing the…
Mike Galloway dead at age 60, public figure
Mike Galloway, a professional football player and coach, died on May 20, 2026. He was 60. Born in Oswestry, England, he played for Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Heart of Midlothian, Celtic and Leicester City. A defender who could…
Sivia Qoro dead at age 70, public figure
Sivia Qoro, a Fijian politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on May 20, 2026. She served briefly in the House of Representatives in 2006 as a member of the Fiji Labour Party, representing the constituency of…
Alan Bradley dead at age 87, Canadian author
Alan Bradley, the Canadian author best known for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Toronto in 1938, he was a mystery writer known for the Flavia…
Veronika Valentová dead at age 52, Czech writer and translator
Veronika Valentová, a Czech writer and translator, died on May 19, 2026.
Aglaia Kremezi dead at age 79, Greek food writer and journalist
Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food writer and journalist, died on May 19, 2026, in Athens at the age of 79. Born in Athens on May 4, 1947, she was often considered one of Greece’s foremost cooking authorities. She lived on the…
Tore Berger dead at age 81, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist
Tore Berger, a Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Asker on 11 November 1944, he competed mainly in four-man events and represented Norway at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games.…
Al Hurricane Jr. dead at age 66, American singer-songwriter
Al Hurricane Jr., an American singer-songwriter, died on May 19, 2026, at age 66. Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez Jr. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 30, 1959, he was known professionally as Al Hurricane Jr. and as "El Godson" of…
Dale West dead at age 84, Canadian football player
Dale West, a Canadian football player with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, died on May 19, 2026. He was 84. West played defensive back for the Roughriders from 1962 to 1968 after attending the University of Arizona, the University of Saskatchewan and…
Hieromonk Roman dead at age 71, Russian hieromonk, poet, and singer
Hieromonk Roman, a Russian hieromonk, poet, and singer, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Alexander Ivanovich Matyushin on November 16, 1954, he was a Russian poet, singer-songwriter, and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church. He…
João Maurício Adeodato dead at age 70, Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher
João Maurício Adeodato, a Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher, died on May 19, 2026, at age 70. Born João Maurício Leitão Adeodato on March 12, 1956, he was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and moved to Pernambuco during childhood.…
Tore Berger dead at age 81, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist
Al Hurricane Jr. dead at age 66, American singer-songwriter
Al Hurricane Jr., an American singer-songwriter, died on May 19, 2026, at age 66. Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez Jr. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 30, 1959, he was known professionally as Al Hurricane Jr. and as "El Godson" of…
Dale West dead at age 84, Canadian football player
Dale West, a Canadian football player with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, died on May 19, 2026. He was 84. West played defensive back for the Roughriders from 1962 to 1968 after attending the University of Arizona, the University of Saskatchewan and…
Hieromonk Roman dead at age 71, Russian hieromonk, poet, and singer
Hieromonk Roman, a Russian hieromonk, poet, and singer, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Alexander Ivanovich Matyushin on November 16, 1954, he was a Russian poet, singer-songwriter, and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church. He…
João Maurício Adeodato dead at age 70, Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher
João Maurício Adeodato, a Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher, died on May 19, 2026, at age 70. Born João Maurício Leitão Adeodato on March 12, 1956, he was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and moved to Pernambuco during childhood.…
Tito Benady dead at age 95, Gibraltarian historian
Tito Benady, a Gibraltarian historian, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 95. Also known as Mesod Benady MBE, he was of Sephardic Jewish descent and specialised in the local and military history of Gibraltar. He was involved…
Totó la Momposina dead at age 85, Colombian singer
Totó la Momposina, the Colombian singer known for work in cumbia, bullerengue, porro and tambora chalupa, died on May 19, 2026, at age 85. Born Sonia Bazanta Vides on August 1, 1940, in Talaigua Nuevo, Bolívar, Colombia, she was of…
Wolfgang Steinmayr dead at age 81, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist
Wolfgang Steinmayr died on May 19, 2026. He was an Austrian Olympic racing cyclist who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Games.
Péter Scherer dead at age 64, Hungarian actor
Péter Scherer, a Hungarian actor, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Ajka on November 16, 1961, he studied at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, graduating in 1987. He was a member of…
Mike Purzycki dead at age 80, public figure
Mike Purzycki, the former mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, died on May 19, 2026. He was 80–81. Purzycki served as Wilmington’s 56th mayor from 2017 to 2025. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1945, he graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School…
Robert Irving dead at age 71, Canadian industrial, co-CEO of J.D. Irving, and sport administrator,…
Robert Irving, the Canadian industrialist and co-CEO of J.D. Irving, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 71 after cancer. Based in Moncton, New Brunswick, he was responsible for several businesses within the Irving Group of Companies with…
Christian Freeling dead at age 79, Dutch game designer and mathematician
Christian Freeling, a Dutch game designer and mathematician, died on May 19, 2026, in Enschede, Netherlands, at the age of 79. Born in Enschede on February 1, 1947, he was a retired mathematics teacher known for inventing abstract strategy games…
B.C. Khanduri dead at age 91, Indian politician, chief minister of Uttarakhand, minister of road tr…
B.C. Khanduri, the Indian politician who served as chief minister of Uttarakhand and as minister of road transport and highways, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 91. He led Uttarakhand as chief minister from 2007 to 2009…
Geovani Silva dead at age 62, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medallist, organ failure
Geovani Silva, a Brazilian footballer who played for Vasco da Gama, Bologna and the national team, died on May 18, 2026, of organ failure. He was 62. A midfielder, he began his career at Desportiva Ferroviária before moving to Vasco…
Gianclaudio Bressa dead at age 70, Italian politician, mayor of Belluno, deputy, and senator
Gianclaudio Bressa, an Italian politician who served as mayor of Belluno from 1990 to 1993, deputy from 1996 to 2018, and senator from 2018 to 2022, died on May 18, 2026. Born in Belluno on January 16, 1956, he also…
Peter Archer dead at age 64, Australian guitarist and songwriter
Peter Archer, an Australian guitarist and songwriter with Crow, died on May 18, 2026. His death was announced without further details. Archer was known for his work with the band Crow.
Étienne Davignon dead at age 93, public figure
Étienne Davignon, Belgian diplomat and civil servant who served as European commissioner from 1977 to 1985, died on May 18, 2026, at age 93. Born in Budapest on October 4, 1932, he received a doctorate in law from the Catholic…
Stepan Kubiv dead at age 64, Ukrainian politician, first deputy prime minister and chairman of the…
Stepan Kubiv, a Ukrainian politician who served as first deputy prime minister from 2016 to 2019 and as chairman of the National Bank in 2014, died on May 18, 2026. He was 64. Kubiv also served as acting chairman of…
Tom Kane dead at age 64, American voice actor, complications from a stroke
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was 64. Kane worked in animation and video games from 1977… · 13 July 2022 · July 2022 · Artists · July 13
Brenda Travis dead at age 81, American civil rights campaigner
Brenda Travis, an American civil rights campaigner, died on May 17, 2026. She was 81. Travis was an African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose imprisonments for protesting a segregated bus station and taking part…
Peter Checkland dead at age 95, British management scientist and academic
Peter Checkland, British management scientist and academic, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. He was an emeritus professor of systems at Lancaster University and developed soft systems methodology, or SSM, a systems-thinking approach to complex problem…
Toyabali Ahmadali dead at age 95, Surinamese politician
Toyabali Ahmadali, a Surinamese politician, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on January 21, 1931, he was a member of the Progressive Reform Party and served as minister of social affairs from 1969 to 1973.…
Ike Willis dead at age 70, American guitarist, prostate cancer
Ike Willis, an American guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with Frank Zappa, died on May 17, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 70. Born Isaac Willis in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 12, 1955, he played guitar…
Gérard Revol dead at age 89, French politician, deputy, mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Gérard Revol, French politician and former mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, died on May 17, 2026, aged 89. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze from 1995 to 2001 and as a deputy in the National Assembly…
Max Samper dead at age 87, French footballer
Max Samper died on May 17, 2026. He was a French footballer who played for RC Paris, Angoulême and the national team. His death was announced in obituary notices without further detail.
M. J. K. Smith dead at age 92, English cricketer
M. J. K. Smith, the English cricketer who played for Leicestershire, Warwickshire and England, died on May 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Michael John Knight Smith on 30 June 1933 in Westcotes, Leicestershire, he was educated at Stamford School and…
Anton Švajlen dead at age 88, Slovak footballer, Olympic silver medalist
Anton Švajlen, a Slovak footballer and 1964 Olympic silver medalist, died on May 17, 2026, aged 88. A goalkeeper for VSS Košice, he made 336 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League between 1959 and 1975. He competed for Czechoslovakia at…
Corrado Teneggi dead at age 90, Italian footballer
Corrado Teneggi died on May 17, 2026. He was an Italian footballer.
Peter G. Neumann dead at age 93, American computer science researcher, complications from a fall
Peter G. Neumann, an American computer science researcher, died on May 17, 2026, at age 93 from complications from a fall. He worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s and edited the RISKS Digest columns for ACM Software…
James Robison dead at age 82, public figure
James Robison, an American televangelist, died on May 17, 2026, at age 82, according to an announcement of his death. He was also a pastor, theologian, and author, and founded and served as president of the Christian relief organization Life…
Mohamed Ali Hafez dead at age 88, Saudi Arabian scouting executive and journalist, co-founder of Ar…
Mohamed Ali Hafez, a Saudi Arabian scouting executive and journalist who co-founded Arab News Network, died on May 17, 2026, aged 88–89. He served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1957 to…
Fred Negrit dead at age 76, public figure
Fred Negrit, a French educator and cultural promoter, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 76. He was known for his work promoting Indian languages and culture in Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France in the Caribbean. Born…
Scott Hastings dead at age 61, Scottish rugby union player, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union player and sports commentator, died on May 17, 2026, aged 61, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was a Scotland international and played for Watsonians, Edinburgh District and, later, Edinburgh Rugby when the provincial…
Jennifer Paes dead at age 72, Indian Olympic basketball player, cancer
Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer. She captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982. Paes, née Dutton, also accompanied her husband, field…
K. Rajan dead at age 85, Indian film producer and director, suicide by jumping
K. Rajan, an Indian film producer and director, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 85 after suicide by jumping. He worked on Tamil films and began his career as a producer with Brammacharigal (1983), starring Suresh. He…
John Maclean dead at age 80, Australian cricketer
John Maclean, Australian cricketer who played for Queensland and the national team, died on May 16, 2026, aged 80. Born in Herston, Queensland, on April 27, 1946, John Alexander Maclean played four Test matches and two One Day Internationals in…
John A. Lent dead at age 90, American comics scholar, founder of the International Journal of Comic…
John A. Lent died on May 16, 2026. He was an American comics scholar and the founder of the International Journal of Comics Art. Lent’s work was associated with the study and promotion of comics scholarship through the journal he…
Ryan Porter dead at age 46, American jazz trombonist, injuries sustained from traffic collision
Ryan Porter, an American jazz trombonist, died on May 16, 2026, from injuries sustained in a traffic collision. He was 46. Based in Los Angeles, Porter was a founding member of the West Coast Get Down jazz collective and a…
Jean-Claude Maene dead at age 71, Belgian politician, MP, Walloon deputy
Jean-Claude Maene, a Belgian politician and civil servant, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 71. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served in the Chamber of Representatives from 2004 to 2007, replacing Claude Eerdekens, and…
Hajibaba Azimov dead at age 87, Azerbaijani politician, member of the Supreme Soviet
Hajibaba Azimov, an Azerbaijani politician and member of the Supreme Soviet from 1991 to 1995, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 1, 1938, in Lankaran, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union, he was a member…
Frank Hayden dead at age 96, Canadian academic
Frank Hayden, a Canadian academic and physical education and kinesiology professor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Hayden was born in Windsor, Ontario, on January 11, 1930, and later lived in Burlington and Oakville. He earned…
Dennis Locorriere dead at age 76, American singer and guitarist, kidney disease
Dennis Locorriere, the American singer and guitarist best known for his work with Dr. Hook, died on May 16, 2026, of kidney disease. He was 76. Born Dennis Michael Locorriere in Union City, New Jersey, on June 13, 1949, he…
Silvio Benedetto dead at age 88, Argentine painter
Silvio Benedetto, the Argentine painter and sculptor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on March 21, 1938, he came from a family of artists of Italian origin. In 1956, at 18, he…
Cris Derksen dead at age 45, Canadian Cree cellist and composer, traffic collision
Cris Derksen, a Canadian Cree cellist and composer, died on May 16, 2026, in a traffic collision. She was 45. Derksen was a Juno Award-nominated musician from Northern Alberta, Canada, known for blending classical music with traditional Indigenous music in…
Bushy Maape dead at age 68, South African politician, premier of the North West
Bushy Maape, South African politician and premier of the North West from 2021 to 2024, died on May 16, 2026. He was 68. Maape also served as a member of the North West Provincial Legislature from September 2021 until May…
Tarsy Carballas dead at age 91, Spanish soil scientist
Tarsy Carballas, a Spanish soil scientist, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 91. Born María Tarsy Carballas Fernández in Taboada in 1934, she was a pioneer in the study of soils in the humid temperate zone of…
Albert Beckles dead at age 95, Barbadian bodybuilder
Albert Beckles, a Barbadian bodybuilder, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Barbados on July 14, 1930, he later immigrated to London and became a former IFBB pro bodybuilder and Mr. Universe. In the mid-1960s,…
Gary Cutsinger dead at age 86, American football player
Gary Leon Cutsinger, an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Houston Oilers, died on May 16, 2026, at age 86. Born in Perry, Oklahoma, on February 4, 1940, he played six seasons with the…
Edmund Phelps dead at age 92, public figure
Edmund Phelps, an American economist and 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, died on May 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 26, 1933, Phelps was known early in his career for research at…
Dai-won Moon dead at age 83, South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner
Dai-won Moon, a South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner, died on May 16, 2026, at age 83. Known as the Father of Mexican Taekwondo, he introduced the sport to Mexico in 1969. Moon was born in Duk Hap, a village 200…
Altaf Hassan Qureshi dead at age 94, Pakistani journalist
Altaf Hassan Qureshi, a Pakistani journalist, author and editor-in-chief of monthly Urdu Digest, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on March 3, 1932, in Hisar district, British India, he migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and…
Predrag Koraksić Corax dead at age 92, Serbian political caricaturist
Predrag Koraksić Corax, a Serbian political caricaturist, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 92. Born on June 15, 1933, in Gornja Gorevnica near Čačak, then in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he worked as a political caricaturist from…
Félicien Kabuga dead at age 93, Rwandan financier and génocidaire
Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan financier and génocidaire, died on May 16, 2026. He was 93. Born on March 1, 1933, in Muning, Mukarange, Byumba, Ruanda-Urundi, Kabuga was a Rwandan businessman who played a major role in the run-up to the…
Mizanur Rahman Sinha dead at age 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP
Mizanur Rahman Sinha, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 16, 2026. He was 83. A Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, Sinha represented Munshiganj-2 in the Jatiya Sangsad from 1996 to 2006. He completed his M.A. from…
Tatsuya Hori dead at age 90, Japanese politician, governor of Hokkaido, lung cancer
Tatsuya Hori, Japanese politician and governor of Hokkaido from 1995 to 2003, died on May 16, 2026, of cancer. He was 90. Hori was born in Tomakishi, Karafuto, on Nov. 22, 1935, and graduated from Hokkaido University’s Department of Agriculture…
André Laliberté dead at age 79, Canadian marionette puppeteer
André Laliberté, a Canadian marionette puppeteer, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 79. From Quebec, he was best known as the cofounder and longtime artistic director of Théâtre de l’Œil, which he launched with Francine Saint-Aubin in…
Shinichiro Tawada dead at age 78, Japanese linguist
Shinichiro Tawada, a Japanese linguist, died on May 15, 2026.
Jon Phipps McCalla dead at age 79, American judge
Jon Phipps McCalla, an American judge, died on May 15, 2026, at age 79. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. McCalla was born in Memphis, Tennessee,…
Jilke Michielsen dead at age 19, Belgian racing cyclist, Ewing sarcoma
Jilke Michielsen, a Belgian racing cyclist, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 19 after a battle with Ewing sarcoma. Born on January 5, 2007, she won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in the rookie category in…
Cho Il-hyeon dead at age 70, South Korean politician, MP
Cho Il-hyeon, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on July 15, 1955, in Hongcheon County, South Korea, he served as an MP from 1992…
Egon Loy dead at age 95, German footballer
Egon Loy, a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Eintracht Frankfurt, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on May 14, 1931, he began his senior career with TSV 04 Schwabach near Nuremberg and…
Jean Harlez dead at age 101, Belgian film director
Jean Harlez, the Belgian film director, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 101. Born in Erquelinnes, Belgium, on December 31, 1924, he worked as a filmmaker from 1955 to 2026. He was the first assistant to Charles…
Randal Marlin dead at age 88, Canadian academic
Randal Marlin, a Canadian academic and philosophy professor at Carleton University, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 88. He specialized in the study of propaganda and was known for his work on the ethics of persuasion. Born…
Sherman Lewis dead at age 83, American football player and coach
Sherman Lewis died on May 15, 2026. He was an American football player for the Toronto Argonauts and New York Jets and later coached for the Green Bay Packers. Lewis was known for his work in both playing and coaching…
Dame Felicity Lott dead at age 79, English soprano, cancer
Dame Felicity Lott, the English soprano, died on May 15, 2026, aged 79, after a reported illness with cancer. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on May 8, 1947, she studied piano from age 5, played violin and began singing lessons at…
Bas Westerweel dead at age 62, Dutch radio and television presenter
Bas Westerweel died on May 15, 2026. He was a Dutch radio and television presenter, known for Het Klokhuis. His work in radio and television formed the basis of his public profile.
Telesphore George Mpundu dead at age 78, public figure
Telesphore George Mpundu, a Zambian Roman Catholic prelate and former Archbishop of Lusaka, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on May 21, 1947, in Kopeka, Mpulungu District, Zambia, he served as coadjutor bishop of Lusaka…
Izz al-Din al-Haddad dead at age 55, Palestinian Islamic militant, commander of Hamas in the Gaza S…
Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a Palestinian Islamic militant and commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2025, died on May 15, 2026, in an airstrike. Also known by the nom de guerre Abu Suhaib, he was born in Gaza in…
Raúl Castronovo dead at age 77, public figure
Raúl Castronovo, an Argentine footballer, died on May 15, 2026. He was 77. Raúl Osvaldo Castronovo Zanón was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, and played as a striker. He began his career with Rosario Central in 1968 before moving to…
João Abel Manta dead at age 98, Portuguese architect, painter, and cartoonist
João Abel Manta, Portuguese architect, painter and cartoonist, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Lisbon on Jan. 29, 1928, he graduated in architecture from the Lisbon Higher School of Fine Arts in 1951. He…
Jane Healy dead at age 77, American journalist
Jane Healy, an American journalist, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 1949, she was the daughter of Paul and Connie. She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1967…
Aleksandr Borovkov dead at age 95, Russian mathematician, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Aleksandr Borovkov, a Russian mathematician and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, died on May 15, 2026, at age 95. Borovkov was born in Moscow on March 6, 1931. He received his Russian candidate degree in 1959 under Andrey…
Anand Nadkarni dead at age 68, public figure
Anand Nadkarni died on May 15, 2026.
Jimmy Mann dead at age 73, public figure
Jimmy Mann, the English footballer who played for Bristol City, Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers, died on May 15, 2026. He was 73. Born James Arthur Mann in Goole, Yorkshire, in 1952, he began his career at Leeds United before joining…
Brian Lindstrom dead at age 65, American documentary filmmaker, progressive supranuclear palsy
Brian Lindstrom, an American documentary filmmaker, died on May 15, 2026, at age 65. He was associated with documentaries on addiction, incarceration, mental illness and police brutality. His films included Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill, which premiered at…
Angelica Domröse dead at age 85, public figure
Angelica Domröse, the German actress known for Love's Confusion, The Adventures of Werner Holt and The Legend of Paul and Paula, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Berlin on April 4, 1941, she was…
Bengt Berger dead at age 83, Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer
Bengt Berger, a Swedish jazz drummer, composer and producer, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Stockholm on August 31, 1942, Berger studied north and south Indian music from the 1960s with Pandit Taranath Rama…
Jill Curzon dead at age 87, public figure
Jill Curzon, an English actress, died on May 15, 2026. Born in 1938, she was best known for her film and television work in the 1960s, including Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., in which she played Louise, the niece of…
Conceição Lima dead at age 64, São Toméan poet
Conceição Lima, a São Toméan poet known for A Dolorosa Raiz do Micondó, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 64. Born Maria da Conceição de Deus Lima on December 8, 1961, in Santana, São Tomé, she studied…
Malik Nadeem Kamran dead at age 72, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA
Malik Nadeem Kamran, a Pakistani politician and Punjab Member of the Provincial Assembly, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 72. He served as an MPA from 1997 to 1999, then again from 2008 to May 2018 and…
Nelson Wang dead at age 75, public figure
Nelson Wang, an Indian restaurateur and founder of China Garden in Mumbai’s Kemps Corner neighborhood, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 75 or 76. Born in Kolkata in 1950, Wang was of Chinese descent and is widely…
Dominic Su Haw Chiu dead at age 87, Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sibu
Dominic Su Haw Chiu, a Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Sibu from 1987 to 2011, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Sibu, Sarawak, on May 29, 1939, he studied at St Francis…
Morris Soller dead at age 94, public figure
Morris Soller, an American-Israeli agricultural geneticist, died on May 14, 2026. He was 94 or 95. Soller, whose Hebrew name was Moshe Morris Soller, was born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1931 and served as a research professor in…
Harald Metzkes dead at age 97, German painter and graphic artist
Harald Metzkes, a German painter and graphic artist, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Bautzen, Saxony, on January 23, 1929, he grew up there and later pursued art studies after completing his school leaving…
James F. Almand dead at age 77, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
James F. Almand, an American politician and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 77. He represented Arlington, Virginia, in the House from 1978 to mid-2003, and served as chair of…
Pete Naaden dead at age 98, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
Pete Naaden, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died on May 14, 2026, at age 98. He represented North Dakota’s 30th district from 1973 to 2000 as a Republican. Born in Braddock, North Dakota,…
Timmy dead, public figure
Timmy, a humpback whale also known as Hope, died on May 14, 2026, when his body was discovered near the Danish island of Anholt. He had strayed into the Baltic Sea in March 2026 and was stranded several times along…
Fred Nesler dead at age 81, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Fred Nesler, an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Born Aug. 2, 1944, he served in the Kentucky House from 1993 to 2014, according to the…
Noel Galea Bason dead at age 71, Maltese medalist and sculptor
Noel Galea Bason died on May 14, 2026. He was a Maltese medalist and sculptor.
Adone Brandalise dead at age 76, Italian literary critic and philosopher
Adone Brandalise, an Italian literary critic and philosopher, died on May 14, 2026. No further details about his death were provided. He was known for his work as a literary critic and philosopher.
John Bryan Taylor dead at age 97, British physicist
John Bryan Taylor, a British physicist, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Birmingham on December 26, 1928, he was known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application to fusion energy. Among his…
Thomas E. Breidenthal dead at age 75, American Episcopal bishop
Thomas E. Breidenthal, an American Episcopal bishop, died on May 14, 2026, at age 75. He served as the ninth Bishop of Southern Ohio from 2007 to 2020. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on March 3, 1951, he was…
Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond dead at age 95, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Luiza a…
Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, a Congolese Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Luiza from 1971 to 1997 and archbishop of Kananga from 1997 to 2006, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on August 31,…
Apollinaire Compaoré dead at age 72, Burkinabè businessman
Apollinaire Compaoré, a Burkinabè businessman, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 72. Born Apollinaire Timpiga Compaoré in Koassa on July 19, 1953, he grew up in a peasant family and later became a venture capitalist. He began…
Stanisław Rakowicz dead at age 90, Polish politician, voivode of Toruń
Stanisław Rakowicz, a Polish politician and former voivode of Toruń, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on September 20, 1935, in Kotuszów, Poland, he was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party and served…
Rubem Medina dead at age 83, Brazilian politician, deputy
Rubem Medina, a Brazilian politician and economist who served as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies from 1967 to 2003, died on May 14, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro. He was 83. Born in Rio de Janeiro on September…
Dennis Rush dead at age 74, public figure
Dennis Rush died on May 14, 2026.
Paul Boutilier dead at age 63, public figure
Paul Boutilier, a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets and Boston Bruins, died on May 14, 2026. He was 63. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Boutilier was selected 21st overall by…
David Burke dead at age 91, public figure
David Burke, the English actor known for his roles in "Sherlock Holmes," "Reilly, Ace of Spies" and "The Love School," died on May 14, 2026, aged 91. Born in Liverpool on May 25, 1934, he trained at the Royal Academy…
Jorge Urquía dead at age 79, Honduran footballer
Jorge Urquía, a Honduran footballer who played for Mallorca, Alavés and the national team, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 79. Jorge Alberto Urquía Elvir, nicknamed Indio, played for Olimpia in Honduras and Mallorca in Spain during…
Nikolay Tsaturyan dead at age 81, Armenian theatre director
Nikolay Tsaturyan, an Armenian theatre director, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Tsaturyan was also an actor and playwright and was named a People's Artist of Armenia in 2011. He served as Artistic Director of the…
Pierre Cao dead at age 88, public figure
Pierre Cao, the Luxembourgish composer and conductor, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Dudelange on Dec. 22, 1937, he studied composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Cao was the regular conductor…
Alan Rothwell dead at age 89, public figure
Alan Rothwell, the English actor and television presenter known for Coronation Street, Brookside and Heartbeat, died on May 14, 2026, aged 89. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, on 9 February 1937, he played David Barlow in Coronation Street as a regular…
Claudine Longet dead at age 84, public figure
Claudine Longet, a French-American singer and actress, died on May 14, 2026, at age 84. Born Claudine Georgette Longet in Paris on January 29, 1942, she was active from 1963 to 1975 and was known as a vocalist and actress…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz dead at age 80, public figure
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician, died on May 14, 2026, at age 80. Born in Warsaw on October 25, 1945, he studied law at Warsaw University and began practicing in 1973. He served in the Polish Senate…
David Kahler dead at age 89, public figure
David Kahler, an American architect and photographer, died on May 14, 2026, at age 89. Kahler led the Milwaukee-based firm Kahler Slater for much of his career. His work included the Golda Meir Library at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in…
Valie Export dead at age 85, Austrian artist
Valie Export, Austrian artist, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 85. Born Waltraud Lehner in Linz, Austria, she became known as an avant-garde artist whose work included provocative public performances and expanded cinema. Her practice also extended…
Marin Andrei dead at age 85, Romanian footballer
Marin Andrei, a Romanian footballer who played for Rapid București and the national team, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Târgoviște on 22 October 1940, he began his senior career in 1959 with Metalul…
Raymond Eugene Johnson dead at age 52, American convicted serial killer, execution by lethal inject…
Raymond Eugene Johnson, an American convicted serial killer, died on May 14, 2026, by lethal injection at age 52. Johnson was convicted of the 2007 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shortly after being paroled…
Abdelmadjid Meskoud dead at age 73, Algerian chaabi singer, complications from a stroke
Abdelmadjid Meskoud, an Algerian chaabi singer, died on May 14, 2026, in Algiers of complications from a stroke. He was 73. Born in Algiers on March 31, 1953, Meskoud began his musical career in 1969 and sang about his melancholy…
Sophie Garel dead at age 84, French media presenter and singer
Sophie Garel, the French media presenter and singer, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Lucienne Gabrielle Garcia in Oran, French Algeria, on April 22, 1942, she was a radio and television personality who performed under…
Clarence Carter dead at age 90, public figure
Clarence Carter, an American singer-songwriter, died on May 14, 2026. He was 90. Born Clarence George Carter in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 14, 1936, he was blind from birth and attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega before…
Zoya Boguslavskaya dead at age 102, Russian poet and writer
Zoya Boguslavskaya, a Russian poet and writer, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 102. Born in Moscow on April 16, 1924, she was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, critic and author. She studied at… · 14 May 2026 · May 2026
Sudhangshu Seal dead at age 81, Indian politician, MP and West Bengal MLA
Sudhangshu Seal, an Indian politician and former MP and West Bengal MLA, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. He represented the Kolkata North West constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 and served…
Teh Kew San dead at age 91, public figure
Teh Kew San, a Malaysian badminton player, died on May 14, 2026, at age 91 from complications of a urinary tract infection. Born in Penang, Malaya, on January 26, 1935, he won national and international titles from the late 1950s…
Caroline Jones dead at age 71, Welsh politician, MS, sepsis
Caroline Jones, a Welsh politician and Member of the Senedd for South Wales West from 2016 to 2021, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 71 from sepsis. Born in Llwynypia, Wales, on April 1, 1955, she was… · Australia · 19 May 2022 · Journalists · May 2022 · May 19
Mike Salisbury dead at age 84, British filmmaker
Mike Salisbury, the British filmmaker, died on May 13, 2026, aged 84. Born John Michael Salisbury in March 1942 in England, he was an English documentary filmmaker who specialised in natural history programmes for television. Over a career spanning four…
Selimir Milošević dead at age 86, public figure
Selimir Milošević, a Serbian football player and manager, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 86. Known as "Sele," he played primarily for Red Star Belgrade during the 1960s and also played abroad for the Oakland Clippers and…
El Cabrero dead at age 81, Spanish flamenco singer
El Cabrero, the Spanish flamenco singer born José Domínguez Muñoz, died on May 13, 2026, in Seville, Spain, at the age of 81. Born in Aznalcóllar on October 19, 1944, he grew up as a goat farmer, a trade he…
Khalifa Chater dead at age 90, Tunisian academic and historian
Khalifa Chater, a Tunisian academic and historian, died on May 13, 2026.
M. P. Jayasinghe dead at age 81, Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and governor of Uva and North Centr…
M. P. Jayasinghe, a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and former governor of Uva and North Central provinces, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Hambantota in 1945, he served as governor of Uva Province from…
Dionisio Quintana dead at age 68, Cuban javelin thrower and trainer
Dionisio Quintana, a Cuban javelin thrower and trainer, died May 13, 2026.
Hilda Farfante dead at age 95, Spanish teacher and activist
Hilda Farfante, a Spanish teacher and activist, died May 13, 2026.
Boutros Mouallem dead at age 98, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of Nossa Senhora d…
Boutros Mouallem, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch and bishop, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Eilabun, Galilee, in 1928, he was ordained a priest in 1955 for the Missionary Society of St. Paul. He…
Pierre Mouallem dead at age 96, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of Nossa Senhora do…
Pierre Mouallem, the Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch who served as bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo from 1990 to 1998 and as archbishop of Akka from 1998 to 2003, died on May 13, 2026. Born in…
Kamal Zarara dead at age 59, Algerian actor
Kamal Zarara, an Algerian actor, died on May 13, 2026.
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum dead at age 75, Cameroonian athletics official, president of the Confederatio…
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, a Cameroonian athletics official and president of the Confederation of African Athletics, died on May 13, 2026. He led the Confederation of African Athletics from 2003 until his death, succeeding Lamine Diack. Born on 11 November 1950…
Selemir Milošević dead at age 86, public figure
Selemir Milošević, a Serbian football player and manager, died on May 13, 2026. He was 86. Known as Sele, Milošević played primarily for Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia during the 1960s and also played abroad for the Oakland Clippers, Red…
Kamel Zerara dead at age 59, Algerian actor
Kamel Zerara died on May 13, 2026. He was an Algerian actor.
Peter Simpson dead at age 81, public figure
Peter Simpson, the English footballer who played most of his career as a defender with Arsenal, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, he joined Arsenal’s groundstaff in 1960, signed as an apprentice…
Fleury Di Nallo dead at age 83, French footballer
Fleury Di Nallo, the French footballer who played for Olympique Lyonnais, Montpellier and the national team, died on May 13, 2026, aged 83. A striker, he was one of the leading forwards in Division 1 in the 1960s and 1970s…
Kevin Buys dead at age 40, public figure
Kevin Buys, a South African rugby union player, died on May 13, 2026, aged 40. Born in Benoni on April 26, 1986, he began his career as a youth player with the Blue Bulls and made his senior debut in…
Kenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Cour…
Kenneth Keith, a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2006 to 2015, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auckland on 19 November…
Dileep Raj dead at age 47, Indian actor, heart attack
Dileep Raj, an Indian actor, died on May 13, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 47. Known for his work in Kannada cinema and television, he appeared in films including Milana, U Turn and Mahanadi. Raj made his film…
Vladimir Ovchinnikov dead at age 88, Russian painter, ethnographer and social activist
Vladimir Ovchinnikov, the Russian painter, ethnographer and social activist, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Dushanbe in 1938, he graduated from Moscow State University of Civil Engineering and worked on construction sites and in… · 26 September 2018 · September 2018 · September 26 · Journalists
Mosharraf Hossain dead at age 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP, minister of civil aviation and touris…
Mosharraf Hossain, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 13, 2026, at age 83. He served as minister of civil aviation and tourism from 1997 to 2001 and as minister of housing and public works from… · 18 April 2022 · April 2022 · April 18 · Athletes
Alexander Held dead at age 67, German actor
Alexander Held, a German actor known for roles in Der Untergang, Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, died on May 12, 2026, at age 67. Born in Munich on October 19, 1958, he trained at…
Mark Fuhrman dead at age 74, American detective, cancer
Mark Fuhrman, an American detective known for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder case, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 74 from cancer. He was a former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was primarily…
Miriam Gonczarska dead at age 53, Polish spiritual leader and journalist
Miriam Gonczarska, a Polish spiritual leader and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Warsaw in 1972, she was a Jewish spiritual leader who received her Semikhah in 2015 as the first European and…
Romuald Figuier dead at age 88, French singer
Romuald Figuier, a French singer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, Brittany, on May 9, 1938, he was also known mononymously as Romuald. He represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest in…
Anna Wagner dead at age 111, Austrian supercentenarian
Anna Wagner died on May 12, 2026. She was an Austrian supercentenarian.
Bobby Keasler dead at age 80, public figure
Bobby Keasler, an American college football coach, died on May 12, 2026, at age 80. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on September 8, 1945. Keasler served as head football coach at McNeese State University from 1990 to 1998…
Patrick Arnold dead at age 59, American organic chemist
Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in available reports as the chemist who introduced androstenedione, 1-androstenediol and…
William V. Tamborlane dead at age 79, American pediatrician and academic
William V. Tamborlane, an American pediatrician and academic, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. William Valentine Tamborlane Jr. was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 25, 1946, and grew up in Haworth, New…
Jean Bonfils dead at age 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Viviers, bishop of Nice
Jean Bonfils, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Viviers from 1992 to 1998 and bishop of Nice from 1998 to 2005, died on May 12, 2026, at age 96. Born in Montpellier, France, on February 15,…
Pedro Feist dead at age 90, Portuguese politician, MP
Pedro Feist, a Portuguese politician and businessman, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Pedro José del Negro Feist on March 11, 1936, he was a member of the CDS – People's Party and served in…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dead at age 100, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for S…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12, 2026, at age 100. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, on…
Albrecht Weinberg dead at age 101, public figure
Albrecht Weinberg died on May 12, 2026.
Herb Wharton dead at age 89, public figure
Herb Wharton, an Australian writer, died on May 12, 2026. Herbert Morsley Wharton AM was born in Cunnamulla, Queensland, in 1936 and was an Indigenous Australian former stockman who began publishing poetry and yarn-like novels in his fifties. A Murri…
Zenonas Juknevičius dead at age 76, Lithuanian politician and lawyer
Zenonas Juknevičius, a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on June 10, 1949, in Valdeikiai, Pasvalys district, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University in 1977 and qualified…
Swapan Sadhan Bose dead at age 78, Indian politician, MP and sports administrator, president of Moh…
Swapan Sadhan Bose, an Indian politician and sports administrator who was president of Mohun Bagan AC, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Also known as Tutu Bose, he was a member of the All India Trinamool…
Donald Gibb dead at age 71, American actor
Donald Gibb, an American actor known for Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport and 1st & Ten, died on May 12, 2026, at age 71. Gibb, whose full name was Donald Richard Gibb, was born in New York City and was…
Jason Collins dead at age 47, American basketball player, glioblastoma
Jason Collins, an American basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, died on May 12, 2026, at age 47 from glioblastoma. Collins was a center for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association…
Vladimir Molchanov dead at age 75, Russian television host and journalist
Vladimir Molchanov, the Russian television host and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Moscow on October 7, 1950, he was a Soviet and Russian TV and radio host, speaker and journalist. Molchanov was…
Charle Young dead at age 75, public figure
Charle Young, a Hall of Fame American football player who played tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on May 12, 2026, at age 75. Born in Fresno, California, on February 5, 1951, Young played college…
Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi dead at age 91, Indian classical dancer
Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi, an Indian classical dancer, died on May 12, 2026. She was associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, where she served as Principal and taught for several years before her retirement in 2006. She also…
Alexx Ekubo dead at age 40, Nigerian actor, kidney cancer
Alexx Ekubo, a Nigerian actor, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 40. He was known for his roles in Weekend Getaway, Lagos Cougars and The Bling Lagosians. Ekubo was active in film from 2003 to 2026 and…
Barry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancer
Barry W. Blaustein, an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live and for the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2…
Stanisława Celińska dead at age 79, Polish actress
Stanisława Celińska, a Polish actress and voice actress, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Warsaw on April 29, 1947, she debuted in theatre in 1968 and graduated the following year from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz…
Bassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmaker
Bassek Ba Kobhio, a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker, died on May 12, 2026, at age 69. Born in Nindjé, French Cameroon, in 1957, he worked as a film director, producer, writer and diplomat. He was known for The Great White…
Emil Paul Tscherrig dead at age 79, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal
Emil Paul Tscherrig, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Unterems, Switzerland, on 3 February 1947, he was ordained a priest on 11 April 1974 for the Diocese of Sion. He…
Rex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalist
Rex Reed, an American film critic and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at age 87. Born Rex Taylor Reed on Oct. 2, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, he was raised throughout the American South and educated at Louisiana State…
Yebrgual Melese Ethiopian long-distance runner dead at age 36
Yebrgual Melese, an Ethiopian long-distance runner, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 36. Born in Addis Ababa on April 18, 1990, she placed second at the 2015 Chicago Marathon. In 2016, at the 43rd Chevron Houston Marathon,…
Ataur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84
Ataur Rahman, a Bangladeshi stage and television actor, died on May 12, 2026. He was 84. Rahman was also a director and writer, and was known by the sobriquet Monchosharothi. Born on June 18, 1941, in Noakhali District in what… · Britain · 12 May 2026 · May 2026
Jack Taylor dead at age 99, American actor
Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in Oregon City, Oregon, on October 21, 1926, he began acting… · 12 May 2026 · May 2026
Maxwell Gamble dead at age 87, Australian Olympic rower
Maxwell Gamble, an Australian Olympic rower, died on May 11, 2026, aged 87. Born in Western Australia on 8 January 1939, he competed in the men's eight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Gamble's senior club rowing was with Edith…
David Lee dead at age 82, American football player
David Lee, an American football player who was a punter for the Baltimore Colts, died on May 11, 2026, at age 82. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Minden, Lee played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs before…
Mbemba Jatta dead, Gambian politician, MP
Mbemba Jatta, a Gambian politician and member of parliament from 1982 to 1994, died on May 11, 2026. He was a member of the People’s Progressive Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 1994. Jatta died…
Xuong Nguyen-Huu dead at age 92, American biochemist
Xuong Nguyen-Huu, an American biochemist and pioneer of protein crystallography technology, died on May 11, 2026, at age 92. Born in Vietnam in 1933, he focused his research on methods for determining protein structures and biological macromolecules, including protein crystallography…
Didier Pillet dead at age 77, French journalist, editor-in-chief of Ouest-France
Didier Pillet, a French journalist and editor-in-chief of Ouest-France from 1991 to 2005, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Rouen on September 9, 1948, he was also editor-in-chief of La Provence from 1989 to…
Buzz Capra dead at age 78, American baseball player
Buzz Capra, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, died on May 11, 2026, at age 78. Born Lee William Capra on October 1, 1947, he played in Major League Baseball from 1971…
Silva dead at age 67, Brazilian footballer
Luís Carlos da Silva Matos, a Brazilian footballer known as Silva, died on May 11, 2026. He was 67. A forward, Silva emerged in Botafogo’s youth system and played for the club in the early 1980s. He also had successful…
Bagi Kumar Verma dead at age 77, Indian politician, Bihar MLA
Bagi Kumar Verma, an Indian politician and Bihar legislator, died on May 11, 2026, at age 77. He served in the Bihar Legislative Assembly for three terms, representing Makhdumpur twice and Kurtha once. Verma was a former minister in the…
Jack Douglas dead at age 80, American record producer
Jack Douglas, an American record producer known for his work on "Toys in the Attic," "Rocks" and "Double Fantasy," died on May 11, 2026. He was 80. Douglas was a record producer, musician and engineer whose career in rock music…
Brandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball player
Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 29. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 1996, Clarke played college basketball for San Jose State and Gonzaga before…
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra dead at age 92, Egyptian actor
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra died on May 11, 2026. He was an Egyptian actor.
Lou Graham dead at age 88, American golfer, U.S. Open champion
Lou Graham, an American golfer and 1975 U.S. Open champion, died on May 11, 2026, at age 88. Born Louis Krebs Graham in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 7, 1938, he began playing golf at age seven. He attended Father Ryan…
José Adriano Gago Vitorino dead at age 80, Portuguese politician, MP, secretary of state for emigra…
José Adriano Gago Vitorino, a Portuguese politician and engineer, died on May 11, 2026, in Faro, Portugal. He was 80 or 81. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Assembly of the Republic from 1976 to…
Viorel Zgardan Moldovan actor dies
Viorel Zgardan died on May 11, 2026. He was a Moldovan actor.
Vasile Zgardan Moldovan actor dies
Vasile Zgardan, a Moldovan actor, died on May 11, 2026.
Legh Davis public figure dead at age 85
Legh Davis, Australian politician and former South Australian Legislative Council member, died on May 11, 2026, aged 85. He served in the council from 1979 to 2002 as a member of the Liberal Party and was past president of the…
Dovid Shmidel Israeli rabbi, chairman of Asra Kadisha dead at age 92
Dovid Shmidel, the Israeli rabbi who chaired Asra Kadisha, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 92. Also spelled Dovid Schmidel, he was born in Vienna, Austria, on April 2, 1934, and moved with his family to Mandatory…
Coquito public figure dead at age 60
Coquito, the Uruguayan footballer known as Daniel Gregorio Rodríguez Lima, died on May 11, 2026, aged 60. He played as a forward and began his career with Peñarol in Uruguay, making his debut at 15. He also played for Deportivo…
Hélène Mignon public figure dead at age 91
Hélène Mignon, a French politician and former member of parliament, died on May 11, 2026. She represented Haute-Garonne's 6th constituency in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2007 as a member of the Socialist…
Mal Anderson public figure dead at age 91
Mal Anderson, the Australian tennis player, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Malcolm James Anderson in Theodore, Queensland, on March 3, 1935, he was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Anderson won the…
Kenneth B. Wiberg dead at age 98, American chemist
Kenneth B. Wiberg, an American chemist and academic, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 98. He was Professor Emeritus of organic chemistry at Yale University. Wiberg contributed to several aspects of organic chemistry, including physical and synthetic…
Mark Ratner dead at age 83, American chemist
Mark Ratner, an American chemist and professor emeritus at Northwestern University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83. Ratner was known for his work on the interplay between molecular structure and molecular properties. He graduated from Harvard…
J. J. Barrie dead at age 92, Canadian singer, songwriter and comedian
J. J. Barrie, a Canadian singer, songwriter and comedian known for “No Charge,” died on May 10, 2026, at age 92. Born Barry Jackson Authors in Oshawa, Ontario, on July 7, 1933, he was active from the 1960s through the…
Günther Maria Halmer dead at age 83, German actor
Günther Maria Halmer, a German actor, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83, according to reports that said he died of cancer. Born in Rosenheim, Germany, on January 5, 1943, he was known for his work in…
Doug Searl dead at age 79, Australian footballer
Doug Searl, an Australian footballer who played for Fitzroy and Collingwood, died on May 10, 2026, aged 79. He began his VFL career with Collingwood in 1966 and played mostly as a centre half-forward, including in the 1966 VFL Grand…
Mary Lovelace O’Neal dead at age 84, American artist and arts educator
Mary Lovelace O'Neal, an American artist and arts educator, died on May 10, 2026, at age 84. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 10, 1942, she was known for painting and printmaking, with work focused on abstracted mixed-media and minimalism.…
Jan E. DuBois dead at age 95, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dis…
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A native of Philadelphia, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania…
John Barbour dead at age 93, Canadian actor, comedian, and television presenter
John Barbour, a Canadian actor, comedian and television presenter, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Jonathan Barbour in Toronto, Ontario, on April 24, 1933, he worked extensively in the United States after moving there in…
Cyril Simard dead at age 88, Canadian architect and ethnologist
Cyril Simard, a Canadian architect and ethnologist, died May 10, 2026.
Rainer Nitschke dead at age 79, German radio and television presenter
Rainer Nitschke, a German radio and television presenter, died on May 10, 2026. No cause of death was stated in the available information.
Bianca Gambino dead at age 52, Colombian journalist, radio announcer and television presenter
Bianca Gambino died on May 10, 2026. She was a journalist, radio announcer and television presenter. No further details were provided about her death or career.
Ralph Ottey Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran dead at age 102
Ralph Ottey died on May 10, 2026. He was a Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran. His death was reported without a stated cause.
Jim Colbert American golfer dead at age 85
Jim Colbert, an American professional golfer, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 9, 1941, he attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in…
Ali Fassi-Fihri Moroccan civil servant and business executive, president of the Royal Moroccan Foot…
Ali Fassi-Fihri, a Moroccan civil servant and business executive who served as president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation from 2009 to 2013, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Kenitra on February 22, 1955,…
René Cárdenas Nicaraguan sportswriter and announcer dead at age 96
René Cárdenas, a Nicaraguan sportswriter for La Prensa and announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on May 10, 2026, in Houston, Texas. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, on February 6, 1930, he was a sports journalist and announcer who joined…
Rosemarie Bergmans Belgian actress dead at age 82
Rosemarie Bergmans died on May 10, 2026. She was a Belgian actress known for Pauline and Paulette. No further details about her death were provided.
José Ballesta Spanish politician, mayor of Murcia, cancer dead at age 67
José Ballesta, the Spanish politician who served as mayor of Murcia, died on May 10, 2026, of cancer. He was 67. Born in Murcia in 1958, he was a medical professor and a full professor at the University of Murcia…
Abraham Foxman American lawyer and activist, director of the Anti-Defamation League dead at age 86
Abraham Foxman, an American lawyer and activist who served as director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10, 2026, at age 86. He was the organization’s national director emeritus at the time of his death.…
Anja Breien Norwegian film director dead at age 85
Anja Breien, a Norwegian film director and screenwriter, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. She was among the leading figures in the Norwegian film industry and one of the first women to rise to prominence as…
Michael Pennington public figure dead at age 82
Michael Pennington, the English actor, director and writer who co-founded the English Shakespeare Company, died on May 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cambridge on June 7, 1943, he was known on screen for his role as Moff Jerjerrod in…
D. Sudhakar Indian politician, Karnataka MLA, complications from knee surgery dead at age 66
D. Sudhakar, an Indian politician and Karnataka MLA, died on May 10, 2026, from complications following knee surgery. He was 66. Sudhakar served as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2018 and again from 2023. He…
Margareta Waterman dead at age 93, American poet and publisher
Margareta Waterman, an American poet and publisher, died on May 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Boston on December 8, 1932, and raised in New York City, she attended New York public schools before studying at Connecticut College, Hunter…
Michael Sefi dead at age 82, British philatelist
Michael Sefi, a British philatelist and former Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, died on May 9, 2026, aged 82. Born in London on December 11, 1943, Michael Richard Sefi was introduced to stamp collecting by his grandfather as a…
Theo van Boven dead at age 91, Dutch jurist
Theo van Boven, a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law, died on May 9, 2026. He was appointed in 1977 as director of the United Nations Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Rights Office.…
Mark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Mark Smythe died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 53 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was a New Zealand-born American composer known for Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, and The Reef: Stalked.
Craig Morton American football player dead at age 83
Craig Morton, the American football player best known for his time with the Denver Broncos, died on May 9, 2026, at age 83. Born in Flint, Michigan, on February 5, 1943, Morton was a quarterback in the National Football League…
Maurice Freund French tourism personality and entrepreneur dead at age 82
Maurice Freund, a French tourism personality and entrepreneur associated with Point Air, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. He was known for writing about his travels and sustainable development, and for developing charters in the 1970s aimed at…
Thomas G. Darling public figure dead at age 94
Thomas G. Darling, a retired major general in the United States Air Force, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Abilene, Texas, on April 30, 1932, he graduated from Texas A&M University in 1954. Darling…