Ariel Fenster dies at age 83
Ariel Fenster, a French-born Canadian chemist and science educator, died on August 20, 2026, aged 83. Born in Bergerac, France, he became a founding member of McGill University’s Office for…
Fikile Mokgohloa dead at age 65
Fikile Mokgohloa, a South African jurist and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, died on August 20, 2026, aged 65. Born in Pretoria on June 1, 1961, she began…
Carlos Reyes López dies at 69
Carlos Reyes López, a Mexican politician and former deputy, died on August 20, 2026, aged 69. Born on 24 February 1957 in José Mariano Jiménez, he was known as Carlos…
Tomislav Simović death at age 91
Tomislav Simović, the Serbian general and retired Yugoslav People’s Army lieutenant colonel general, died on August 20, 2026, aged 91. Born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1935, he spent…
John Iliffe dies at age 87
John Iliffe, a historian of Africa, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. A British scholar whose work focused especially on the history of Tanzania, he was educated at Framlingham…
Leslie Lea obituary: died at age 83
Leslie Lea, the English footballer who played for Blackpool, Cardiff City and Barnsley, died on August 20, 2026, aged 83. Born in Manchester on October 5, 1942, he was a…
Obituary: Mostafa Derkaoui, dead at age 82
Mostafa Derkaoui, the Moroccan film director and screenwriter known for socially engaged and revolutionary films, died on August 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oujda in 1944, he studied philosophy…
Farit Zigangirov passed away at age 72
Farit Zigangirov, the Russian field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, died on August 20, 2026, aged 72. Born in Kirov on August 15,…
Messan Toudji passes away at age 29
Messan Toudji, a Togolese footballer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. A defender, he began his career with Anges FC before later playing for ASKO Kara and Gomido FC.…
Terry Dyson death at age 91
Terry Dyson, the English footballer who starred as a winger for Tottenham Hotspur, died on August 20, 2026, aged 91. Born in Malton on November 29, 1934, and educated at…
Death of Merrelyn Emery at age 86
Merrelyn Emery, an Australian social scientist known for her work on open systems theory, died on August 20, 2026, aged 86. Her research helped develop open systems theory as a…
Elisabeth Kiausch dies at 93
Elisabeth Kiausch, a German politician and retailer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on January 19, 1933, in Hamburg, she was a member of the Social Democratic Party…
Louis Pelâtre has died at age 86
Louis Pelâtre, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as vicar apostolic of Istanbul, died on August 20, 2026, aged 86. Born on May 12, 1940, in Pancé, Ille-et-Vilaine, he…
Nanda Malini dies at age 82
Nanda Malini, the Sri Lankan singer also known as Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera, died on August 20, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 23, 1943, in Aluthgama, she was…
Obituary: Isao Tsukamoto, dead at age 92
Isao Tsukamoto, a Japanese academic and translator, died on August 20, 2026, aged 92. He was a Japanese scholar of Korean language and a former professor at Osaka University of…
Christian Styles died at age 29
Christian Styles, an American pornographic actor and adult model, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. Born Zachary Christian Jaghab on January 17, 1997, in Canton, Michigan, he entered the…
Ileana Cotrubaș dies at 87
Ileana Cotrubaș, the Romanian operatic soprano, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. Born in Galați, Romania, she built a career that ran from 1964 to 1990 and was noted…
Wilem Frischmann passed away at age 95
Wilem Frischmann, the British structural engineer whose work helped shape Centre Point, Tower 42 and Drapers Gardens, died on August 20, 2026, aged 95. Also known as Wilem William Frischmann,…
Death of Sajjan Kumar at age 79
Sajjan Kumar, an Indian politician convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in inciting and abetting mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide, died on August 20, 2026, aged…
Billy Smith passed away at age 84
Billy Smith, the Australian rugby league player who starred for St. George and represented New South Wales and Australia, died on August 20, 2026, aged 84. Born in Fremantle on…
Barry Rogerson death at age 90
Barry Rogerson, a British bishop who served as the first Bishop of Wolverhampton and later as Bishop of Bristol, died on August 20, 2026, aged 90. Born on July 25,…
Brent Carter dies at age 77
Brent Carter, the American poker player and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, died on August 20, 2026, aged 77. A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Carter built a…
Perry Rosemond death at age 89
Perry Rosemond, a Canadian television writer and producer, died August 20, 2026, aged 89. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he built a long career in television as a writer, producer and…
Darrell Hickman dead at age 91
Darrell Hickman, an American jurist and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died on August 20, 2026, at age 91. Hickman served on the state’s highest court from 1977 to…
Bob Ives died at age 87
Bob Ives, an American politician, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Robert Stuart Ives, he was born on December 16, 1938, and was educated at the…
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli dies at 39
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli, a Monegasque racing driver, died on August 20, 2026, aged 39. Born in Monte Carlo, he became a familiar figure in sportscar racing and competed for AF Corse…
Nancy Kissinger dead at age 92
Nancy Kissinger, an American philanthropist and longtime Rockefeller aide, died on August 20, 2026, at age 92. Born Nancy Sharon Maginnes in Manhattan, she was educated at The Masters School,…