Peter Messent, a British academic and professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham, died on March 24, 2026, aged 79. Born in Wimbledon, London, he attended Wimbledon College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Makarios Djan, a Ghanaian sprinter and Olympic competitor, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on June 3, 1955, he competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics. · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Loana Petrucciani, a French reality television personality known for her work on the television series Loft Story, died on March 24, 2026. She was 48. Petrucciani was born on 30 August 1977 and became known through her appearance on the… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
José Maria Ricciardi, a Portuguese banker, died on March 24, 2026. He was a Portuguese economist and banker who earned a degree in Sciences Economiques Appliqués from the Institute of Business Administration of the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium,… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
The Bridewell Taxis, an English singer and Leeds-based indie rock group associated with the Madchester scene, died on March 24, 2026. The band, later known as The Bridewells, was active from 1987 to 1993. Formed in Leeds in 1987, it… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Geoff Vowden, the English footballer who played for Birmingham City, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, died on March 24, 2026. Born Geoffrey Alan Vowden on 27 April 1941 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, he was raised in Jersey before moving to England… · America · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Theodore L. Brown, an American scientist and author, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1928, he was known for research, teaching, and writing in physical inorganic chemistry, as well as for his work… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Biruté Galdikas, the Canadian primatologist, conservationist and author known for her work with orangutans and as founder of the Orangutan Foundation International, died on March 24, 2026. She was 79. Galdikas, a professor at Simon Fraser University, was recognized as… · 24 March 2026 · Lung Cancer · March 2026 · Birutė
Larry Ronald Kennedy, a Canadian politician and family physician, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, on November 8, 1949, he studied at the University of New Brunswick and earned a Bachelor… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 80. Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Chime Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and teacher, died on March 24, 2026, in London, England, at the age of 84. Born near Jyekundo, Kham, Tibet, on October 8, 1941, he fled Tibet in 1959 after the annexation and reached India… · America · Britain · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Bob Rossell, an American racing driver and pioneering driver of modified stock cars, died on March 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Wrightstown, New Jersey, he began his career in 1958 at what is now New Egypt Speedway with… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 53. Schilling, born Melanie Jane Schilling in Melbourne… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cancer
Gino Paoli, the Italian singer-songwriter behind "Il cielo in una stanza," "Senza fine" and "Sapore di sale," died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Monfalcone on September 23, 1934, he moved to Genoa as a… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Esteri Tebandeke, a Ugandan filmmaker, actress and visual artist, died on March 24, 2026. Born Esther Brenda Apolot in Kampala on May 16, 1984, she was also a dancer and a graduate of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Jerome Dhas Varuvel, Indian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kuzhithurai from 2014 to 2020, died on March 24, 2026, from complications of dementia and Parkinson's disease. He was born on October 21, 1951, in Paduvoor, Madras State, India. Varuvel… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026 · Jérôme
Western Dreamer, an American Standardbred racehorse and 1997 Pacing Triple Crown winner, died on March 24, 2026. Foaled in Georgetown, Kentucky, he won the U.S. Pacing Triple Crown in 1997. Driven by Michel Lachance, his winning time of 1:51 1/5… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Manuel Estella, a Spanish politician and president of the Cortes of Castile and León from 1991 to 2003, died on March 24, 2026. Estella Hoyos was a deputy in the Cortes of Castile and León from 1983 to 2003. A… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Pavlo Fedorenko, a Ukrainian academic and mining engineer, died on March 24, 2026. He was born on October 8, 1936, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, then in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Fedorenko received the State Prize of Ukraine in… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Janusz Jasiński, a Polish historian, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Wołomin on September 4, 1928, he completed an undergraduate degree in history at the Catholic University of Lublin in 1954. He earned a PhD from the University of… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Toumba Diakité, a Guinean politician and convicted criminal, died on March 24, 2026, of peritonitis. Also known as Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, he served as aide-de-camp to President Moussa Dadis Camara from 2008 to 2009 and headed the presidential guard during… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026