Jill Gomez passes away at age 83
Jill Gomez, the Trinidadian-British soprano who built an active career on the operatic stage and in the concert hall, died on August 13, 2026, aged 83. Born Barbara Jill Gomez…
Richard Čemus died at age 72
Richard Čemus, a Czech Catholic priest, Jesuit and professor of the spirituality of the Christian East at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, died on August 13, 2026, aged 72.…
Obituary: Jack Crabtree, dead at age 87
Jack Crabtree, an English painter and teacher, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Rochdale in 1938, he studied at Rochdale College of Art before continuing at Saint…
Stan Adelstein dies at 94
Stan Adelstein, an American politician who served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and Senate, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Adelstein, a Republican, represented the House from…
James T. Laney, died aged 98
James T. Laney, an American minister, professor and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to South Korea from 1993 to 1996 and as president of Emory University from 1977 to…
Sumit Sarkar has died at age 87
Sumit Sarkar, the Indian historian of modern India, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. A Marxist historian and writer, he was among the leading scholars of modern Indian history…
Death of Bill Kerby at age 88
Bill Kerby, an American screenwriter whose credits included the 1970s films "Hooper" and "The Rose," died on August 13, 2026, aged 88. Born in the United States, he built a…
Peter Maher passed away at age 79
Peter Maher, the Canadian radio broadcaster best known as the Calgary Flames’ longtime play-by-play voice, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, he began broadcasting…
Adolf Prokop dies at age 87
Adolf Prokop, a German football referee, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Altenbuch on February 2, 1939, he began his refereeing career in 1969 and became best…
Prichard Colón died at age 33
Prichard Colón, the Puerto Rican boxer who became an honorary WBC World Champion, died on August 13, 2026, aged 33, from complications of a brain hemorrhage. Born in Maitland, Florida,…
Wolfgang Haber dead at age 100
Wolfgang Haber, the German biologist who helped establish landscape ecology, died on August 13, 2026, aged 100. Born in Datteln in 1925, he studied botany, zoology, chemistry and geography at…
Obituary: Jana Hádková, dead at age 74
Jana Hádková, a Czech director, documentarian and dramaturg at Czech Television, died on August 13, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Prague on April 4, 1952, she worked…
Helmut Lethen death at age 87
Helmut Lethen, the German Germanist and cultural scholar, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Mönchengladbach in 1939, he studied at universities in Bonn, Amsterdam and Berlin after…
Jacques Wallage died at age 79
Jacques Wallage, the Dutch politician who served as a Labour Party (PvdA) member of the House of Representatives and later as mayor of Groningen, died on August 13, 2026, aged…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician and judge who served as minister of justice from 2001 to 2005, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. Born Anton Iliev Stankov on February…
Death of Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez at age 84
Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez, the Spanish-Venezuelan actress and model known professionally as Chelo Rodríguez, died on August 13, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sober, Galicia, Spain, she moved to Venezuela with…
Lucio Montanaro dead at age 75
Lucio Montanaro, the Italian actor and comedian known for work in films such as Zappatore, La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà and La dottoressa preferisce i marinai, died…
Abderrahmane Alane passes away at age 55
Abderrahmane Alane, the Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on August 13, 2026, aged 55. He was a member of JS Kabylie’s title-winning sides in the 1994–95 Algerian…
Tyler Duckworth passes away at age 44
Tyler Duckworth, an American reality television contestant known for appearing on The Real World: Key West and multiple seasons of The Challenge, died on August 13, 2026, aged 44. Duckworth…
Vito Gruosso, died aged 78
Vito Gruosso, an Italian trade unionist and politician, died on August 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in San Fele, Italy, on April 23, 1948, he was a member of the…
Dick Proctor has died at age 85
Dick Proctor, a Canadian political activist, former New Democratic Party member of Parliament and journalist, died on August 13, 2026, aged 85. Born in Toronto on February 12, 1941, he…
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, died aged 74
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, the Bangladeshi chief of air force staff, died on August 13, 2026, aged 74. Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Islam served as the 10th chief of the Bangladesh…
Elżbieta Barys obituary: died at age 79
Elżbieta Barys, a Polish lawyer and politician who served in the Sejm from 1997 to 2001, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Elżbieta Krystyna Barys, she was a…
Dumitru Marcu dies at 76
Dumitru Marcu, the Romanian football player and manager known as “Mitică,” died on August 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Drăghiceni on April 9, 1950, he began playing junior football…
Yukio Shimomura obituary: died at age 94
Yukio Shimomura, the Japanese football player and manager who represented Japan as both a player and coach, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hiroshima on January 25,…
Horst Jaunich has died at age 96
Horst Jaunich, a German politician and trade unionist who served in the Bundestag from 1972 to 1994, died on August 13, 2026, aged 96. Born on June 7, 1930, in…
Ruby Andrews passes away at age 79
Ruby Andrews, the American soul singer known professionally by that name, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Ruby Mae Stackhouse in Hollandale, Mississippi, she began her career in…
Obituary: Robert Shageev, dead at age 49
Robert Shageev, a Ukrainian-Russian Navy officer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 49. He commanded the Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia and served as an officer in the Ukrainian Navy before later…
Brendan Myers dies at age 52
Brendan Myers, a Canadian philosopher and author, died on August 13, 2026, aged 52. Also known as Brendan Cathbad Myers, he was recognized for work in environmental philosophy, Druidry and…
Gregor Benko passed away at age 82
Gregor Benko, the American music historian behind the International Piano Archives, died on August 13, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cleveland on August 4, 1944, he built a career as…
Death of Carlos Domingos Massoni at age 87
Carlos Domingos Massoni, the Brazilian basketball player and Olympic bronze medallist known as Mosquito, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in São Paulo on January 4, 1939, Massoni…
Agim Bubeqi dies at 63
Agim Bubeqi, an Albanian footballer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 63. Born in Vlorë on April 7, 1963, he spent his entire professional career as a striker with Flamurtari…
Jim Powers has died at age 89
Jim Powers, a Canadian hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks, died on August 13, 2026, aged 89. Born James Leroy Powers in Claresholm, Alberta, he built a lengthy…
Janez Kajzer dies at 88
Janez Kajzer, a Slovene writer and journalist, died on August 13, 2026, aged 88. Born in Vižmarje in 1938, he built a career across several corners of the literary and…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician who served as minister of justice, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. He held the justice portfolio in Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005 and…