Dame Shirley Porter dead at age 95
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council,
died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…
Boris Volodin dead at age 94
Boris Volodin, a Russian politician and member of the Soviet of the Union from 1984 to 1989,
died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Boris Mikhailovich…
Linda Kuk dead at age 71
Linda Kuk died May 2, 2026. She was a film producer. Tags Actors, 02 May 2026, Cancer, Kuk, Linda, May 2, May 2026
Colin H. Williams dead at age 75
Colin H. Williams, a Welsh academic,
died on May 2, 2026. Tags Scientists, 02 May 2026, Colin, Wales, Williams, May 2, May 2026
Moslem Uddin Bangladeshi politician, MP dead at age 88
Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament,
died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he…
Castell V. Bryant dead at age 88
Castell V. Bryant, an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University,
died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida…
Soheir Zaki Egyptian belly dancer and actress dead at age 81
Soheir Zaki, the Egyptian belly dancer and actress known for her work in "Cairo 30,"
died on May 2, 2026. She was 81. Born Suheir Zaki Abdullah in Mansoura, Egypt,…
Martin C. Weisskopf dead at age 84
Martin C. Weisskopf, an American space scientist,
died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May…
Chet Dobis American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives dead at age 83
Chet Dobis
died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana…
Ben Morea dead at age 84
Ben Morea, an American painter and anarchist activist,
died on May 2, 2026, at age 84–85. Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in poverty, he became addicted to heroin…
James Lawrence King American judge dead at age 98
James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida,
died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on…
John MacDonald dead at age 88
John MacDonald, the British major general and former Royal Corps of Transport officer who also represented Scotland as a rugby union international,
died on May 2, 2026, aged 88. Born…
Roque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80
Roque Avallay, an Argentine footballer who played for Newell's Old Boys, Huracán and the Argentina national team,
died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 80. Avallay, whose full…
Finn Wagle dead at age 84
Finn Wagle, a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008,
died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on…
Dominique Soltner dead at age 89
Dominique Soltner, the French agronomic engineer,
died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 1, 1936, he wrote and published books on agronomy intended for agricultural education. In 1978, he…
David Kendall dead at age 68
David Kendall, an American television writer and producer and film director,
died on May 2, 2026, at age 68. He worked on television series including "Boy Meets World" and "Growing…
Norman Lacy dead at age 84
Norman Lacy, Australian politician,
died on May 2, 2026, aged 84. He was a minister in the Hamer and Thompson cabinets of the Victorian government from May 1979 to April…
Michel Debost dead at age 92
Michel Debost, a French flutist,
died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French…
Peter R. Moody Jr. dead at age 82
Peter R. Moody Jr., an American political scientist and sinologist,
died on May 2, 2026. He was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame in South…
Stanislav Petrov dead at age 87, Russian military officer, chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troo…
Stanislav Petrov
died on May 2, 2026, in an apparent suicide. He was a Russian military officer and served as chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops from 1992 to…
Doris F. Fisher dead at age 94
Doris F. Fisher, the American businesswoman who co-founded Gap Inc.,
died on May 2, 2026. She was 94. Fisher, born Doris Lee Feigenbaum on August 23, 1931, in San Francisco,…
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira dead at age 85
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, a Brazilian journalist,
died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 85. He was part of the team that launched Veja magazine and later worked as…
Ubaldo Biordi dead at age 87
Ubaldo Biordi, a Sammarinese politician and captain regent,
died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 87. He served two terms as one of San Marino’s joint heads of…
Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59
Alex Zanardi, the Italian racing driver and paracyclist,
died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 59. Born Alessandro Zanardi in Bologna on October 23, 1966, he won the…
Yaya Ceesay dead at age 88
Yaya Ceesay, Gambian politician and member of parliament,
died on May 2, 2026, in Kanifing, The Gambia, aged 88–89. A member of the People's Progressive Party, he served as Minister…
Emily Grosholz dead at age 75
Emily Grosholz, an American poet and philosopher,
died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 17, 1950, in Philadelphia, she was the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American…