László Vincze, a Hungarian educator and politician, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born on February 19, 1952, in Csongrád, Hungary, Vincze served as a member of the National Assembly for Csongrád (Csongrád County Constituency IV) from 1998… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Jane Lapotaire, the English actress, died on March 5, 2026, aged 81. Born Jane Elizabeth Marie Burgess in Ipswich, Suffolk, on December 26, 1944, she was from Suffolk and worked as an actress from 1965 to 2026. Her performance in… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Bob Rosenfarb, an American television producer and writer known for Step by Step, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born Robert Martin Rosenfarb on September 16, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Maurice J. Freedman, an American librarian and former president of the American Library Association, died on March 5, 2026, at age 86. Known as Mitch Freedman, he was recognized for his advocacy for socially responsible cataloging and library technologies, and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy film The Child of Man was Latvia's submission for the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Joaquín Palacín, a Spanish politician, died on March 5, 2026, following a long illness in Aínsa, Spain, at the age of 51. Palacín, a leader of the Chunta Aragonesista, served in the Cortes of Aragon from 2011 to 2026. Born… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026 · Joaquin
Pedro Friedeberg, the Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work, died on March 5, 2026. He was best known for the “Hand-Chair,” a sculpture-chair designed for people to sit on the palm, with the fingers serving as… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Gyula Gobby Fehér, a Serbian writer, died on March 5, 2026. He was born in Bácsfeketehegy on April 11, 1943, to László Fehér and Julianna Vranyó. From 1974 to 1983, he served as deputy editor-in-chief of Novi Sad Television, and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Bob Harlan, the American football executive who served as president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. Harlan also held the titles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Pasquale Fiore, an Italian footballer who played for Napoli and Udinese, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 72. He was Napoli’s second goalkeeper from 1977 to 1984 and made 13 appearances across six seasons, serving as the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Bernard Lafayette, American civil rights activist, died on March 5, 2026, at age 85. Also known as Bernard LaFayette Jr., he was a civil rights organizer and Baptist minister who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He played… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Cecil L. Alexander, an American politician and lobbyist who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1979, died on March 5, 2026. He was a Democratic member of the House and served one term as Speaker. Alexander… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Sandy Wernick, an American film and television producer, died on March 5, 2026. Born Sanford Wernick on March 22, 1939, in the Bronx, New York, he was a graduate of New York University and a partner at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Yonehiko Kitagawa, a Japanese voice actor known for work on Kinnikuman, Tiger Mask and Sally the Witch, died on March 5, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 94. Born Kunihiko Takeda in Tokyo on June 9, 1931, he was also credited… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Eddie Germano, an American cartoonist best known for his sports cartoons, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1924, he began working at an office of The Boston Post at age 16. After serving in… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Jacques Michel, the Canadian singer-songwriter known professionally as Jacques Michel, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Jacques Rodrigue in Sainte-Agnès-de-Bellecombe, Quebec, Canada, on June 27, 1941, he was the recipient of the Grand Prix de… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
V. R. Muthu, an Indian businessman and chief executive officer of Idhayam oil, died on March 5, 2026. He was born on October 6, 1953, and grew up in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. Muthu attended K.V.S. Higher Secondary School and St.… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Bobby Cummines, an English rehabilitated business crime leader and former chief executive of Unlock, The National Association of Reformed Offenders, died on March 5, 2026, aged 74. Born Robert Cummines in Islington, London, on November 23, 1951, he worked at… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Russell W. Meyer Jr., an American aviation executive who led the Cessna Aircraft Company for three decades and later served as president of Textron’s Aviation Sector, died on March 5, 2026. Meyer transformed American Aviation Corporation into Grumman American before… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Masaru Urata, a Japanese politician, died on March 5, 2026. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1983 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1998. Urata was born on June 20,… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
António Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese novelist and medical doctor, died on March 5, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, at age 83. Born in Lisbon on September 1, 1942, he studied at the University of Lisbon and graduated as a medical doctor… · Austria · 05 March 2026 · March 2026 · Antonio
Jerzy Józefiak, a Polish politician, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Jerzy Marian Józefiak on December 1, 1937, in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he was a member of the Polish Social Democratic Union and served in the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Marguerite Lamour, French politician and former mayor of Ploudalmézeau, died on March 5, 2026. Born Marguerite Arzel on June 12, 1956, she served as mayor of Ploudalmézeau from 2001 until her resignation in 2025. She was a member of the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Eigra Lewis Roberts, a Welsh-language author and writer, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog on 7 August 1939, she wrote about 30 plays, short stories, children's books and novels. Roberts won several… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
András Katona, a Hungarian water polo player, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Budapest on February 20, 1938, he competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the Olympic tournament that year, he was a… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Joan Leitzel, an American mathematician and university administrator, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. She served as interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for six months before becoming president of the University of New Hampshire, a post… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Chris Wheeler, an English chef, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Swanage, Dorset, in 1973, he began his career at the Domaine De Bassible Hotel and Michelin-starred restaurant in the French town of Segos. He worked with Jean-Christophe Novelli… · Britain · 05 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Corey Parker, an American actor and acting coach, died on March 5, 2026, in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 60. Born in New York City on July 8, 1965, he committed to acting full time after high school and was a… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Lubomír Šik, a Czech regional historian, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Litovel on February 2, 1928, he graduated from the industrial school in Šumperk in 1949 after World War II. He later worked in the Křižík turntable production… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026 · Ľubomír
Eli Shamir, an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 91. He was the Jean and Helene Alfassa Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Born Eliahu Shamir in… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Reinaldo Aleluia, a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward, died on March 5, 2026, in Salvador at the age of 53 after cardiorespiratory arrest complicated by kidney disease. Reinaldo de Aleluia Silva was born on January 31, 1973, and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Tony Hoare, the British computer scientist known for his work on Quicksort, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 92. Also known as Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, he made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems,… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026