Glória Menezes died at age 92
Glória Menezes, the Brazilian actress known for films and television work including O Pagador de Promessas, Irmãos Coragem and Rainha da Sucata, died on August 18, 2026, aged 92. Born…
Anthony Devaney, died aged 86
Anthony Devaney, an American electrical engineer, died on August 18, 2026, at age 86. Born on February 1, 1940, in Braintree, Massachusetts, he attended Braintree High School, graduating in 1959,…
Charles Walker passed away at age 78
Charles Walker, an American politician and former state senator in Georgia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 78. A Democrat from Augusta, he was first elected to the Georgia Senate…
Roland Hahn dies at age 80
Roland Hahn, a German teacher and Social Democratic politician who served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1972 to 1984, died on August 18, 2026, aged 80. Born on January…
Death of G. Wallace Caulk Jr. at age 85
G. Wallace Caulk Jr., an American politician and member of the Delaware House of Representatives, died on August 18, 2026, at age 85. Known as Wally Caulk, he was born…
Tawfique Nawaz dead, Tawfique Nawaz, Bangladeshi political activist, complications from a stroke
Tawfique Nawaz, a Bangladeshi lawyer and senior advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, died on August 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He served as director of Transparency International…
B. C. Nagesh dies at 67
B. C. Nagesh, an Indian politician and Karnataka MLA, died on August 18, 2026, aged 67. Also known as Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh and B C Nagesh, he represented Tiptur in…
Juan Tamariz passed away at age 83
Juan Tamariz, the Spanish magician and television presenter, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón in Madrid on October 18, 1942, he became one of Spain’s…
Ollie Waldron passed away at age 83
Ollie Waldron, the Irish rugby union player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born Cornelius Oliver Waldron in Cork, he went on to represent Ireland at international level and…
Mieczysław Szyszka passes away at age 64
Mieczysław Szyszka, a Polish teacher and politician who served in the Senate from 2005 to 2007, died on August 18, 2026, aged 64. Born on December 8, 1961, in Nowa…
Vladek Lacina dies at 77
Vladek Lacina, a Czech Olympic rower, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Prague on June 25, 1949, he represented Czechoslovakia in three Summer Olympics, competing in 1972,…
Bill Rasmussen death at age 93
Bill Rasmussen, the American television executive and co-founder and president of ESPN and ESPN Inc., died on August 18, 2026, at age 93. Born William F. Rasmussen in Chicago on…
P. E. Easterling passes away at age 92
P. E. Easterling, the English classical scholar and expert on Sophocles, died on August 18, 2026, aged 92. Born Patricia Elizabeth Fairfax in Blackburn on March 11, 1934, she studied…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Obituary: Varenne, dead at age 31
Varenne, the Italian Standardbred racehorse who died on August 18, 2026, aged 31, died of a heart attack. Foaled in Copparo, Italy, on May 19, 1995, the dark bay trotter…
Death of Igor Akhba at age 77
Igor Akhba, an Abkhaz diplomat and politician who served as the first ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia to Russia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Sukhumi…
Norman A. Bailey passes away at age 95
Norman A. Bailey, the American economist and former U.S. government official, died on August 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Chicago in 1931, he served as senior director of international…
Samir Radwan, died aged 83
Samir Radwan, the Egyptian economist and politician who served as minister of finance in 2011, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born in Koum Hamada in Beheira Governorate, he…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Phyllida Law passes away at age 94
Phyllida Law, the British actress, died on August 18, 2026, aged 94. Born in Glasgow in July 1932, she trained at Badminton School and began her career in 1958, working…
Yvette Roudy has died at age 97
Yvette Roudy, the French politician who served as Minister of Women's Rights, died on August 18, 2026, aged 97. Born in Pessac in 1929, she went on to build a…
Death of Cándido Cárdenas Villalba at age 84
Cándido Cárdenas Villalba, the Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Benjamín Aceval from 1998 to 2018, died on August 18, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sapucaí on…
Fulvio Lucisano dead at age 98
Fulvio Lucisano, the Italian film producer behind Night of the Sharks, Notte prima degli esami and Many Kisses Later, died on August 18, 2026, aged 98. Born in Rome on…
Satish Chandra Roy death at age 84
Satish Chandra Roy, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on August 18, 2026, aged 84. A member of the Bangladesh Awami League, he served as state minister…
Vereslav Eingorn, died aged 69
Vereslav Eingorn, a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach and author, died on August 18, 2026, aged 69. Born in Odesa in 1956, he earned the grandmaster title in 1986 and became…
Obituary: Flavia Lattanzi, dead at age 85
Flavia Lattanzi, an Italian lawyer and scholar of international law, died on August 18, 2026, aged 85. Born in Addis Ababa in 1940, she studied law at Sapienza University of…
Vedrana Rudan passes away at age 76
Vedrana Rudan, a Croatian journalist and novelist, died on August 18, 2026, aged 76. A native of Rijeka, she was born in 1949 and built a career across Croatian media…
Tamisuke Watanuki died at age 99
Tamisuke Watanuki, the Japanese politician who served as speaker of the House of Representatives from 2000 to 2003, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Born in Inami, Toyama Prefecture,…
Laura Cardoso has died at age 98
Laura Cardoso, the Brazilian actress whose career spanned cinema, theater and television, died on August 18, 2026, aged 98. Born Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso in São Paulo on September 13,…
Cindy Denby died at age 70
Cindy Denby, an American politician and member of the Michigan House of Representatives, died August 18, 2026, aged 70. A Republican from Michigan, she served in the state House from…
Death of Eduardo Maglioni at age 80
Eduardo Maglioni, the Argentine football striker who starred for Independiente and Huracán, died on August 18, 2026, aged 80, from complications from heart surgery. Born in Reconquista on April 14,…
Jean-Louis Brunaux, died aged 72
Jean-Louis Brunaux, the French archaeologist and historian known for excavations at the sanctuaries of Gournay-sur-Aronde and Ribemont-sur-Ancre, died on August 18, 2026, aged 72. Born in Lachelle in 1953, he…
Shaul Mishal dies at age 81
Shaul Mishal, the Israeli political scientist who studied Arab and Palestinian politics, died on August 18, 2026, aged 81. Born in Baghdad in 1945, he later made aliyah with his…
Frank R. Fisher passed away at age 99
Frank R. Fisher, an American jazz trumpeter and composer, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Born Frank Rufus Fisher in Huntsville, Texas, in 1926, he built a career that…
Yukio Ota died at age 86
Yukio Ota, the Japanese graphic designer best known for creating the ISO 7010 exit sign and the pictorial language LoCoS, died on August 18, 2026, aged 86. Born on September…
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska death at age 99
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a Polish psychologist, social activist and participant in the Warsaw Uprising, died on August 18, 2026, aged 99. Known by the pseudonyms “Pączek” and “Atma,” she was born…
Wayne McKoy has died at age 68
Wayne McKoy, an American basketball player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 68. Born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, he emerged as a highly recruited high school prospect at Long Island…