Vivienne Binns dead at age 85
Vivienne Binns, the Australian artist who played a significant role in the Women’s Art Movement in Australia and in feminist and community arts practice, died on August 1, 2026, aged…
Vincent Pastore dies at 80
Vincent Pastore, the American actor best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos, died on August 1, 2026, aged 80. Born in New York City on…
Marcel J. Mélançon, died aged 88
Marcel J. Mélançon, a Canadian bioethicist and academic, died on August 1, 2026, at age 88. Born in Saint-Barnabé-Nord on April 3, 1938, he was also known as Marcel Melançon…
Nariman Hasanzade passed away at age 95
Nariman Hasanzade, the Azerbaijani poet and playwright, died on August 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Nariman Alimammad oglu Hasanzade on February 18, 1931, in Poylu, he was educated at Baku…
Death of Thottam Rajasekharan at age 95
Thottam Rajasekharan, an Indian writer, died on August 1, 2026, aged 95. Born in Thiruvananthapuram on September 24, 1930, he was known as a Malayalam writer and was active from…
Francisco Mora dies at age 74
Francisco Mora, a Cuban Olympic rower, died on August 1, 2026, aged 74. Known also as Francisco Mora Molina, he was born on July 30, 1952, and competed for Cuba…
Monty Roberts dies at 91
Monty Roberts, the American horse trainer and author who promoted natural horsemanship through his Join-Up International organization, died on August 1, 2026, aged 91. Born Marvin Earl Roberts in Salinas,…
Grzegorz Lipowski, died aged 90
Grzegorz Lipowski, a Polish engineer and politician, died on August 1, 2026, aged 90. A member of the Democratic Left Alliance, he served as voivode of Częstochowa from 1980 to…
Death of Natalia Dontcheva at age 57
Natalia Dontcheva, the Bulgarian actress known for her roles in Lady J, Sashinka and A Man and His Dog, died on August 1, 2026, at age 57. Born in Sofia…
Rom Kostřica, died aged 77
Rom Kostřica, a Czech professor of otorhinolaryngology and former member of the Czech parliament, died on August 1, 2026, aged 77. Born in Brno on March 13, 1949, he studied…
Can Kolukısa dead at age 92
Can Kolukısa, a Turkish actor known for roles in Züğürt Ağa, King of the Doormen and Selamsız Bandosu, died on August 1, 2026, aged 92. Born in Eskişehir on May…
Jonathan Leo Fairbanks death at age 93
Jonathan Leo Fairbanks, an American art curator and artist, died on August 1, 2026, at age 93. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 19, 1933, he became an authority…
Igor Yerusalimov dead, Igor Yerusalimov, Russian army officer
Igor Yerusalimov, a Russian army officer who served as head of the Western Military District Headquarters from 2020 to 2024, died on August 1, 2026. Known in full as Igor…
Fred Hoaglin death at age 82
Fred Hoaglin, an American football player and coach, died on August 1, 2026, aged 82. A native of Alliance, Ohio, he was born George Frederick Hoaglin on January 28, 1944,…
Line Bareiro death at age 75
Line Bareiro, the Paraguayan political scientist, died on August 1, 2026, aged 75. Born in Asunción on August 30, 1950, she became known as a political scientist, lawyer and human…
Nariman Hasanzade passed away at age 95
Nariman Hasanzade, the Azerbaijani poet, died on August 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Nəriman Əliməmməd oğlu Həsənzadə on February 18, 1931, in Poylu in Qazakh district, he was also known…
Kath Pettingill passed away at age 91
Kath Pettingill, the former brothel owner and matriarch of the Melbourne criminal Pettingill family, died on August 1, 2026, aged 91. Born Kathleen Pettingill on March 27, 1935, she was…
Lou Sekora dies at 94
Lou Sekora, a Canadian politician, died on August 1, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hafford, Saskatchewan, Sekora entered civic politics in Coquitlam, British Columbia, winning election to city council in…
Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar, died aged 76
Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar, a Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly, died on August 1, 2026, aged 76, from complications from a brain hemorrhage. He represented Bahawalpur-born political…
Sam Nusum dead at age 82
Sam Nusum, a Bermudian soccer player who played as a goalkeeper, died on August 1, 2026, aged 82. Born in Bermuda on October 3, 1943, he represented his country at…
Gonzalo Díaz Beitia passed away at age 89
Gonzalo Díaz Beitia died on August 1, 2026, aged 89. He was a Spanish footballer. No further details about his career or personal life were provided in the available record.…
Obituary: Philip Ruppe, dead at age 99
Philip Ruppe, an American politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979, died on August 1, 2026, aged 99. Born Philip Edward Ruppe in…
Ulla Flegel died at age 86
Ulla Flegel, the Austrian athlete who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on August 1, 2026, aged 86. Born in Linz on October 22, 1939, she was a pentathlete,…
Marijke Moser passed away at age 79
Marijke Moser, the Dutch-born Swiss Olympic runner who became a respected middle- and long-distance athlete, died on August 1, 2026, aged 79. Born Marijke Van de Graaf in the Netherlands…
Ryotaro Shimizu passes away at age 37
Ryotaro Shimizu, a Japanese actor and impressionist, died on August 1, 2026, at age 37. Born in Tokyo on August 15, 1988, he began his career in 2006 after enrolling…
Beitia obituary: died at age 89
Beitia, the Spanish footballer known as Gonzalo Díaz Beitia, died on August 1, 2026, aged 89. A forward who played in Spanish football from 1955 to 1967, he was born…
Alexeis Argilagos death at age 51
Alexeis Argilagos, a Cuban volleyball player and member of the country’s men’s national team, died on August 1, 2026, aged 51. He represented Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics in…