Violet Hensley, died aged 109
Violet Hensley, an American luthier and fiddle player, died on August 7, 2026, aged 109. Born Violet Brumley in Mount Ida, Arkansas, she made and played the fiddle and later…
Immortal Verse dead at age 18
Immortal Verse, the Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 7, 2026, aged 18. Foaled on May 1, 2008, the Irish-bred, French-trained mare emerged as a promising two-year-old by winning on…
Jorge Messi obituary: died at age 68
Jorge Messi, the Argentine businessman and sports agent best known as the father and representative of Lionel Messi, died on August 7, 2026, aged 68. Born in Rosario on April…
Death of Bah Oumarou Sanda at age 86
Bah Oumarou Sanda, a Cameroonian diplomat and magistrate, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Garoua in 1940, he trained at the National School of Administration and Magistracy…
Obituary: Dominique Frot, dead at age 68
Dominique Frot, a French actress known for Enigma, Peut-être and Titane, died on August 7, 2026, aged 68. Born in Rochefort, France, she trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art…
Matt McQuillan obituary: died at age 45
Matt McQuillan, a Canadian golfer, died on August 7, 2026, aged 45. Born in Kingston, Ontario, in 1981, he turned professional and built his career on the Canadian Tour, where…
Death of Balendu Prakash at age 67
Balendu Prakash, an Indian Ayurveda practitioner and former physician to the President of India, died on August 7, 2026, aged 67. Known as Vaidya Balendu Prakash, he was born on…
Charles Hollis Jones dies at age 81
Charles Hollis Jones, the American furniture designer known for his use of acrylic and lucite, died on August 7, 2026, aged 81. Jones built a reputation for turning materials such…
Atle McAdam dies at 49
Atle McAdam, the Norwegian hurdler who held the national record in the 400 metres hurdles, died on August 7, 2026, aged 49, after a traffic collision. He represented Idrettsklubben Tjalve…
Valeriy Davydov dead at age 71
Valeriy Davydov, a Ukrainian artist and teacher, died on August 7, 2026, aged 71. He was born on November 21, 1954, in Kirovohrad and later studied at the Institute of…
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, died aged 75
Andrzej Gąsiorowski, a Polish academic and historian, died on August 7, 2026, aged 75. He worked as a research scientist at the Stutthof concentration camp Museum in Sztutowo and as…
Hà Đình Đức death at age 86
Hà Đình Đức, a Vietnamese biologist known for his work on the Hoan Kiem turtle, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. Born on March 23, 1940, in Thọ Xuân…
Death of Bernard Barton at age 74
Bernard Barton, an Irish barrister and Judge of the High Court, died on August 7, 2026, aged 74. Born Bernard Joseph Barton in Limerick in 1951, he was educated at…
Jim Miller, died aged 107
Jim Miller, the Australian footballer known formally as James Henry Miller, died on August 7, 2026, aged 107. Born in Footscray, Victoria, on May 30, 1919, he went on to…
Wimal Dissanayake died at age 86
Wimal Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan writer, literary critic and scholar of Asian cinema and communication theory, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. He was known as a creative writer…
Chikara Sakaguchi passes away at age 92
Chikara Sakaguchi, a Japanese politician who served as minister of health, labour and welfare and as a member of the House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026, aged 92.…
Austin Liato died at age 60
Austin Liato, a Zambian politician and former accountant, died on August 7, 2026, at age 60. Known also as Austin Chisangu Liato, he served in the National Assembly for Kaoma…
Roger Penn dies at age 77
Roger Penn, the British sociologist and writer, died on August 7, 2026, aged 77. Born Roger David Penn in Lytham, Lancashire, he studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1972,…
Mohamed Eusoff Chin death at age 90
Mohamed Eusoff Chin, a Malaysian lawyer and jurist who served as chief justice from 1994 to 2000, died on August 7, 2026, aged 90. A Malaysian national, he was the…
Bill Armstrong dies at 97
Bill Armstrong, an Australian music producer and Member of the Order of Australia, died on August 7, 2026, aged 97. Born in 1929, he grew up in Melbourne and began…
Peter Faber, died aged 82
Peter Faber, the German-born Dutch actor known for roles in films including A Bridge Too Far, Soldier of Orange and Max Havelaar, died on August 7, 2026, aged 82. Born…
Death of Keiko Kishi at age 93
Keiko Kishi, the Japanese actress known for films including The Makioka Sisters, Snow Country and The Rendezvous, died on August 7, 2026, aged 93. Born in Yokohama on August 11,…
Boris Conunov dies at 79
Boris Conunov, a Moldovan director and screenwriter, died on August 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Tashkent on May 24, 1947, he was identified in Russian-language sources as a Soviet…
Carola von Braun passed away at age 78
Carola von Braun, a German politician and women's rights activist who served in the Bundestag, the Senate of Berlin and the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026,…
Death of Aaron Marsh at age 81
Aaron Marsh, an American football player for the Boston Patriots, died on August 7, 2026, at age 81. Known as Butch, Aaron Washington Marsh Jr. was born on July 27,…
Eugene McDaniel passes away at age 94
Eugene McDaniel, an American Navy captain and naval aviator, died on August 7, 2026, at age 94; the cause was heart failure. Born Eugene Barker McDaniel in Kinston, North Carolina,…
Chandler David Hendry passed away at age 27
Chandler David Hendry, an American social media personality and founder of Restored Truth, died on August 7, 2026, at age 27 in a car crash in Lehi, Utah. Known as…
Alphonse Vandenrydt has died at age 99
Alphonse Vandenrydt, a Belgian Olympic distance runner, died on August 7, 2026, aged 99. Born in Ixelles on April 12, 1927, he was a Belgian athletics competitor who specialized in…