Obituary: Tedde Moore, dead at age 79
Tedde Moore, the Canadian actress who also worked as a script editor, creative consultant and acting instructor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 79. Born Dorothea Mavor Moore in Toronto…
Bilgesu Erenus dies at 82
Bilgesu Erenus, the Turkish playwright, screenwriter and activist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 82. She began her career at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation as a producer and…
Tim Jeal passes away at age 81
Tim Jeal, the British biographer and novelist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in London on January 27, 1945, as John Julian Timothy Jeal, he built a career…
Bruno Battisti, died aged 88
Bruno Battisti D'Amario, the Italian classical guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Rome on October 5, 1937, he was also a teacher and became…
Terry Buffalo Ware passes away at age 76
Terry Buffalo Ware, an American guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026, at age 76. A native of Woodward, Oklahoma, he grew up in northwest Oklahoma and studied at…
Oleksii Yukov obituary: died at age 40
Oleksii Yukov, a Ukrainian war archaeologist and head of the volunteer group Platzdarm, died on August 5, 2026, aged 40, after being killed by a landmine. Known formally as Oleksii…
Hugh O’Flaherty has died at age 88
Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish barrister and former judge of the Supreme Court, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in 1937, he was educated at University College Dublin and…
Sammy Price death at age 82
Sammy Price, an American football player who ran for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League, died on August 5, 2026, at age 82. Born on October 1, 1943,…
Death of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. at age 96
John Langeloth Loeb Jr., the American diplomat and former ambassador to Denmark, died on August 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Manhattan on May 2, 1930, he also served as…
Uma Shankar Singh dead at age 55
Uma Shankar Singh, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA, died on August 5, 2026, aged 55. Known also as Thakur Umashankar Singh, he represented the Rasara constituency in Ballia…
Tomás Parra dies at 88
Tomás Parra, a Mexican sculptor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mexico City on January 1, 1937, he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y…
Death of Manfred Rühl at age 92
Manfred Rühl, a German higher education teacher and communication scholar, died on August 5, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nuremberg on December 31, 1933, he studied economics and social sciences…
Obituary: Shimon Charnuha, dead at age 78
Shimon Charnuha, an Israeli footballer who played for Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born on May 10, 1948, in Jerusalem, he was a…
Eugene Stockton has died at age 91
Eugene Stockton, an Australian priest, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. He was also an archaeologist, scholar, Aboriginal chaplain, teacher and educator who spent many years in the Blue…
Sydney Towle dies at 26
Sydney Towle, an American social media influencer who shared her life with cholangiocarcinoma online, died on August 5, 2026, aged 26. Towle, whose full name was Sydney Elizabeth Towle, had…
Maria-Luise Egerer obituary: died at age 80
Maria-Luise Egerer, an Austrian farmer and politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Austria from 1993 to 2003, died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Maria-Luise Fuchs, she…
Gloria Carlin died at age 84
Gloria Carlin, a Canadian actress known for The Hanoi Hilton, died on August 5, 2026, at age 84. Carlin’s screen work included the 1987 war drama, and she is identified…
Jean Lodge, died aged 99
Jean Lodge, the British actress known for Death of an Angel, Brandy for the Parson and Glad Tidings, died on August 5, 2026, aged 99. Born Jean Margaret Lodge in…
Jack Mortland, died aged 91
Jack Mortland, an American Olympic racewalker, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. Born John Eggart Mortland on January 23, 1935, he represented the United States in the men’s 20…
Daniel Bernard, died aged 80
Daniel Bernard, the French retail executive who chaired Carrefour from 1992 to 2005 and later Kingfisher plc from 2009 to 2017, died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Also known…
Alejandro Royo-Villanova death at age 85
Alejandro Royo-Villanova, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Madrid on April 7, 1941, he was a member of both the People’s Party…
Ardak Amirkulov obituary: died at age 70
Ardak Amirkulov, the Kazakh film director known for "The Fall of Otrar," died on August 5, 2026, aged 70. Born Ardak Zhamansaryuly Amirkulov on December 10, 1955, in Talas District,…
Didier Decoin death at age 81
Didier Decoin, the French writer and screenwriter who won the Prix Goncourt in 1977, died on August 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt on March 13, 1945, he began…
Zoltán Melis died at age 78
Zoltán Melis, the Hungarian Olympic rower who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Budapest on September 11, 1947, he…
Laurence E. Nyquist passes away at age 87
Laurence E. Nyquist, an American planetary scientist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 87. He was known for work on the chronometry of planetary materials, research that helped scientists better…
David Owori passes away at age 27
David Owori, a Ugandan footballer with SC Villa and the Uganda national team, died on August 5, 2026, aged 27, after complications from beating. Born in Tororo on September 23,…
Wilhelmina Lust death at age 94
Wilhelmina Lust, the Dutch Olympic athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Games, died on August 5, 2026, aged 94. Born Wilhelmina Maria Lust in Zaandam on June 19, 1932,…
Obituary: Bernt H. Lund, dead at age 101
Bernt H. Lund, the Norwegian civil servant, politician and diplomat who served as Norway’s first ambassador to Namibia, died on August 5, 2026, aged 101. Lund, also known as Bernt…
Rustem Zhantiev passes away at age 88
Rustem Zhantiev, a Russian scientist and entomologist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Yalta on October 11, 1937, he specialized in the systematics, ecology and physiology of…
Egon Rusch obituary: died at age 97
Egon Rusch, the Austrian Olympic boxer, died on August 5, 2026, aged 97. Rusch represented Austria at the Olympic level and is identified in the record as an Austrian boxer…
Bae In-gyu dead at age 36
Bae In-gyu, a South Korean gender activist and YouTuber who founded and led the anti-feminist group New Men’s Solidarity, died on August 5, 2026, aged 36. Born in 1990, he…
Oladele Awobuluyi death at age 89
Oladele Awobuluyi, a Nigerian linguist, professor and author known for his work in Yoruba linguistics, African linguistics and language policy, died on August 5, 2026, aged 89. Born on July…
Cozell McQueen dead at age 64
Cozell McQueen, an American basketball player who was part of North Carolina State’s 1983 NCAA championship team, died on August 5, 2026, aged 64. Born in Paris, McQueen played center…
Ken Mitchell dies at age 85
Ken Mitchell, the Canadian poet, novelist and playwright who helped shape Saskatchewan’s literary life, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born Kenneth Ronald Mitchell in Moose Jaw on December…
Vincent Browne dies at 78
Vincent Browne, the Irish sculptor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin in 1947, he studied at the National College of Art and Design and later at…