Frank Pieter Israel passed away at age 79
Frank Pieter Israel, a Dutch astronomer, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born in Delft on December 31, 1946, he earned his PhD in astronomy at Leiden Observatory in…
Joyce L. Kennard dies at age 85
Joyce L. Kennard, the American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1989 to 2014, died on September 18, 2026, aged 85. Born Josephine…
Death of Richard Harrison at age 90
Richard Harrison, the American actor known for Secret Agent Fireball, 100.000 dollari per Ringo and The Invincible Gladiator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 90. Born in Salt Lake City…
Obituary: Bryan Bishop, dead at age 48
Bryan Bishop, an American radio personality and production and sound-effects worker known to podcast listeners as Bald Bryan, died on September 18, 2026, aged 48. He was best known for…
Arthur B. Hancock III obituary: died at age 83
Arthur B. Hancock III, a Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner of Stone Farm, died September 18, 2026, at age 83. Born in the United States on February 22, 1943, he…
Hans Grodotzki passes away at age 90
Hans Grodotzki, the East German long-distance runner who won two silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics, died on September 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on April 4, 1936, in…
Mike Burton dies at 79
Mike Burton, an American Olympic swimmer and later swimming coach, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born Michael Jay Burton in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 3, 1947, he…
Albert S. Axelrad died at age 87
Albert S. Axelrad, an American rabbi and author, died on September 18, 2026, aged 87. A Reform rabbi, educator and community leader, he helped foster the American Jewish counterculture of…
Mohamed Salah Arfaoui dies at 70
Mohamed Salah Arfaoui, a Tunisian politician and civil engineer, died on September 18, 2026, aged 70. A native of Bizerte, he was an independent and built a career in public…
Vissarion Stretovych, died aged 72
Vissarion Stretovych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, died on September 18, 2026, aged 72. Born on December 4, 1953, in Polianka, he was an Eastern Orthodox priest…
Miguel Mumbere Masaisai dies at 23
Miguel Mumbere Masaisai, a Congolese cyclist and activist, died on September 18, 2026, aged 23, after a collision with a car in Ouésso, Republic of the Congo. Born in Goma,…
Colin Powers died at age 70
Colin Powers, a British boxer, died on September 18, 2026, aged 70. Born in London in 1956, he turned professional in June 1975 with a win over Kevin Quinn and…
Death of Jimmy Revie at age 79
Jimmy Revie, the British boxer who held the British featherweight title from 1969 to 1971, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born in Stockwell, London, in 1947, he made…
Peter Petrel dies at 86
Peter Petrel, the German singer best known for the 1972 number-one hit “How Do You Do,” died on September 18, 2026, aged 86. Born Peter Sauer in Bad Frankenhausen on…
Stephanie Cole died at age 84
Stephanie Cole, the English actress known for roles in Tenko, Doc Martin and Coronation Street, died on September 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Patricia Stephanie Cole in Solihull on October…
Obituary: Chanmyay Sayadaw, dead at age 98
Chanmyay Sayadaw, a Burmese monk and teacher, died on September 18, 2026, aged 98. Known in Buddhism as U Janakābhivaṃsa, he was born on July 24, 1928, in Taungdwingyi Township,…
Obituary: Alfred Tyrone Cooke, dead at age 86
Alfred Tyrone Cooke, an Indian pilot and Vir Chakra recipient, died on September 18, 2026, aged 86. Known as Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke, he was decorated for his role…
Zimani Kadzamira passed away at age 85
Zimani Kadzamira, the Malawian academic, civil servant and diplomat, died on September 18, 2026, aged 85. Also known as Zimani David Kadzamira, he was born in Harare in July 1941…
Margaret Chant-Papandreou dead at age 102
Margaret Chant-Papandreou, an American-born Greek women’s rights activist, writer and former first lady, died on September 18, 2026, aged 102. Born Margaret Esther Chant in Oak Park, Illinois, she later…
Vissarion Stretovych, died aged 72
Vissarion Stretovych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, died on September 18, 2026, aged 72. Born Vasyl Oleksandrovych Stretovych in the village of Polyanka in Zhytomyr region, he…
Grazia Daddario passed away at age 94
Grazia Daddario, an Italian actress, died on September 18, 2026, aged 94. Born in Bari on July 12, 1932, she made her theater debut in 1980 alongside Nico Salatino and…
Obituary: Sō Kuramoto, dead at age 91
Sō Kuramoto, a Japanese screenwriter and playwright, died on September 18, 2026, at age 91. Born in Tokyo, he attended Azabu Junior and Senior High School and the University of…
Eugenio Zanetti, died aged 79
Eugenio Zanetti, the Argentine dramatist and set designer who won an Academy Award for Best Production Design, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born in Córdoba in 1946, Zanetti…
Arthur R. Kudart dies at 96
Arthur R. Kudart, an American lawyer and former Iowa state senator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 96. Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa, on July 27, 1930, Kudart attended Cornell…
Bruce Swayze obituary: died at age 87
Bruce Swayze, a Canadian professional wrestler and manager, died on September 18, 2026, aged 87. Born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, he began wrestling in 1958 and later built a career…
Karal Ann Marling dead at age 82
Karal Ann Marling, an American historian and writer, died on September 18, 2026, at age 82. A professor emerita at the University of Minnesota, she was an American studies scholar…
Anton Kurnia, died aged 52
Anton Kurnia, an Indonesian writer and translator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 52. He studied geological engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology and journalism at IAIN Sunan Gunung…