Jesse Hector English musician dead at age 78
Jesse Hector, the English musician fronting the rock group The Gorillas, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Kilburn, northwest London, on July 17, 1947,…
Ronald Russell American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter dead at age 71
Ronald Russell, an American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, on June 10, 1954, he represented…
Mert Lawwill American motorcycle racer dead at age 85
Mert Lawwill, an American motorcycle racer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Boise, Idaho, on September 25, 1940, he competed in the AMA Grand…
Fili Seru dead at age 56, national team) player, complications from motor neuron disease
Fili Seru, a Fijian rugby union and rugby league player, died on May 6, 2026, of complications from motor neuron disease. Born on March 11, 1970, he represented Fiji in…
Aryeh Stern Israeli rabbi dead at age 81
Aryeh Stern, an Israeli rabbi and the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a member of the Chief Rabbinate…
Heinrich Kofler dead at age 96, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Vorarlberg
Heinrich Kofler, an Austrian politician and former member of the Landtag of Vorarlberg, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 96. A member of the Austrian People's Party,…
Kenji Ohba Japanese actor and stuntman dead at age 71
Kenji Ohba, a Japanese actor and stuntman, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Kenji Takahashi in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, he was known professionally as…
Judith Barnard dead at age 94, American writer, heart failure
Judith Barnard, the American writer known as Judith Michael, died on May 6, 2026, of heart failure. She wrote under the name Judith Michael. Judith Barnard, 94, American writer (Judith…
Marc Plantegenest Saint Pierrais politician, deputy, senator dead at age 82
Marc Plantegenest, a Saint Pierrais politician and civil servant, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Saint-Pierre on June 11, 1943, he served as a…
John L. Marion dead at age 92, American auctioneer
John L. Marion, the American auctioneer and philanthropist who chaired Sotheby’s from 1975 to 1994, died on May 6, 2026. Born in Gardiner, New York, on November 27, 1933, Marion…
Evaristo Beccalossi Italian footballer, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage dead at age 69
Evaristo Beccalossi, an Italian footballer who played for Brescia, Inter Milan and Sampdoria, died on May 6, 2026, of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 69. A midfielder from…
Manuela Hoelterhoff German-born American cultural journalist, cancer dead at age 77
Manuela Hoelterhoff, a German-born American cultural journalist who was executive editor of Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News, died on May 6, 2026, of cancer. She was…
Harold K. Brown dead at age 92, Civil rights leader
Harold K. Brown, an American civil rights leader, died on May 6, 2026. He was 92. Brown worked in San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego State University…
Rajko Kasagić Bosnian Serb politician dead at age 83
Rajko Kasagić, a Bosnian Serb politician, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Serb Democratic Party, he served as prime minister of Republika…
José Navarro public figure dead at age 77
José Navarro, a Peruvian football defender who played for Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal and the national team, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 77. Navarro, whose full…
László Fazekas Hungarian football player and coach dead at age 78
László Fazekas, Hungarian football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on 15 October 1947, he played the third most international games for…
Algis Jurgis Kundrotas Lithuanian physicist dead at age 75
Algis Jurgis Kundrotas, a Lithuanian physicist, died on May 6, 2026, at age 75. He was also a habilitated doctor of physical sciences, university professor and independent researcher. Born on…
Cavayé Yéguié Djibril Cameroonian politician, president of the National Assembly dead at age 86
Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, Cameroonian politician and president of the National Assembly, died on May 6, 2026, aged 86. He held the post from 1992 to 2026, making him the longest-serving…
Lawrence J. Smith American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 93
Lawrence J. Smith, an American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on May 6, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida, at the age of 85. A Florida…
Shin Jong-o South Korean judge, suicide dies
Shin Jong-o died on May 6, 2026, by suicide. He was a South Korean judge associated with Kim Keon Hee. The death was reported without further details. Shin Jong-o, South…
Jake Hall British actor, model and reality television star, head injury dead at age 35
Jake Hall, British actor, model and reality television star known for The Only Way Is Essex, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 35 after sustaining a head…
Ted Turner American media proprietor dead at age 87
Ted Turner, the American media proprietor who founded CNN, WTBS and TNT, died on May 6, 2026, at age 87. Born Robert Edward Turner III on November 19, 1938, in…
Aimable Karasira Rwandan academic, YouTuber and dissident, drug overdose dies
Aimable Karasira, a Rwandan academic, singer, YouTuber and political activist, died on May 6, 2026, of a drug overdose. Karasira was an ethnic Tutsi whose parents were killed in the…
Timo Kautonen public figure dead at age 81
Timo Kautonen, a Finnish footballer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He played 42 matches for the Finland national football team from 1964 to 1976 and…
Morris Watts dead at age 89, American football player and coach
Morris Watts, an American football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026. He was 88. Watts spent much of his career in coaching, serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks…
Pierre-François Veil French lawyer and civil servant, president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de…
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72.…
Carlos Malcolm Jamaican trombonist, percussionist and bandleader dead at age 91
Carlos Malcolm, a Jamaican trombonist, percussionist and bandleader, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Carlos Antonio Malcolm in Colón, Panama, on November 10, 1934, to…
Georgy Golitsyn dead at age 91, Russian scientist
Georgy Golitsyn, a Russian scientist known for his work in atmospheric physics, died on May 6, 2026. He was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR…
Dick Hughes American baseball player dead at age 88
Dick Hughes, an American baseball player, died on May 6, 2026, at age 88. Born Richard Henry Hughes on February 13, 1938, he pitched in three seasons for the St.…
Anatoly Rusanov dead at age 94, Russian chemist
Anatoly Rusanov, a Russian chemist, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Leningrad on April 20, 1932, he was a member of the Russian Academy…
Russ Hodge American Olympic decathlete dead at age 86
Russ Hodge, an American Olympic decathlete, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Roscoe, New York, in 1939, Hodge was a track and field athlete…
Vladimir Cvetković Serbian basketball player and sports administrator dead at age 84
Vladimir Cvetković, a Serbian basketball player and sports administrator, died on May 6, 2026, at age 84. He was the honorary president of Crvena zvezda and spent his entire playing…
Liviu Volconovici Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor, Minister of Agriculture, Regional…
Liviu Volconovici, a Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment in 2018, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 69.…