Isami Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95
Isami Okamoto died on April 15, 2026. He was a Japanese baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and later served as a coach. His career was linked to Japanese…
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21 obituaries from 2026-04-15. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ned New Zealand snail dies
Ned, a New Zealand snail known for its left-spiralling shell, died on April 15, 2026. Ned was discovered in August 2025 in the garden of Giselle Clarkson in the Wairarapa,…
Lou Zocchi American gaming distributor and publisher dead at age 91
Lou Zocchi, an American gaming distributor and publisher, died on April 15, 2026, at age 91. Born Louis Joseph Zocchi in Chicago on February 16, 1935, he was a gaming…
Pip Wedge British-born Canadian broadcaster dead at age 97
Pip Wedge, a British-born Canadian broadcaster, died on April 15, 2026. Pip Wedge, 97, British-born Canadian broadcaster. Tags Journalists, 15 April 2026, Britain, Canada, Pip, Wedge, 2026-04-15, April 15, April…
José Santamaría public figure dead at age 96
José Santamaría, a footballer and manager, died on April 15, 2026. He was 96. Born José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias in Montevideo, he spent his 18-year playing career with Nacional and…
Sir Peter Beale British Army lieutenant general dead at age 92
Sir Peter Beale, the British Army lieutenant general and military physician, died on April 15, 2026, aged 92. Lieutenant-General Sir Peter John Beale was born on 18 March 1934 in…
Osvaldas Balakauskas Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat dead at age 88
Osvaldas Balakauskas, Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat, died on April 15, 2026. He was 88. Balakauskas was born on December 19, 1937, in Miliūnai and graduated from Vilnius…
Daniel Grataloup French-Swiss architect dead at age 88
Daniel Grataloup, a French-Swiss architect, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Lyon, France, on December 25, 1937, he spent much of his career in…
Kevin Klose American broadcast executive, president of NPR, complications from Alzheimer’s disease…
Kevin Klose, the American broadcast executive who served as president of National Public Radio from 1998 to 2008, died on April 15, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was…
Rico Rizzitelli French journalist, complications from diabetes dead at age 64
Rico Rizzitelli, a French journalist, died on April 15, 2026, in Santiago, Chile, from complications from diabetes. He was 64. Rizzitelli reported for So Foot, Libération and L'Équipe, and served…
Mark Mobius American-born German businessman dead at age 89
Mark Mobius, the American-born German businessman and emerging markets fund manager, died on April 15, 2026, at age 89. Born Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius in Hempstead, New York, he founded…
Carolina Flores Gómez Mexican beauty queen, shot dead at age 27
Carolina Flores Gómez, a Mexican beauty queen and content creator, died on April 15, 2026, after being shot in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City. She was 27. A former…
Phil Rockefeller American politician, member of the Washington Senate dead at age 87
Phil Rockefeller, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Washington Senate from 2005 to 2011, died on April 15, 2026. He represented the 23rd legislative district as a…
Alexander Morton public figure dead at age 81
Alexander Morton, the Scottish actor known for roles in Monarch of the Glen, Take the High Road and Taggart, died on April 15, 2026, aged 81. Born in Glasgow on…
Frosted American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized dead at age 13
Frosted, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was euthanized on April 15, 2026, at the age of 13. Foaled on April 18, 2012, he was a gray colt and a son of…
Bob Novogratz public figure dead at age 89
Bob Novogratz, an American football player and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 89. He played college football for the Army…
Mick Erwin Australian footballer dead at age 82
Michael "Mick" Erwin, an Australian footballer who played for Richmond and Collingwood, died on April 15, 2026, aged 82. Born in Stawell, Victoria, on June 6, 1943, he played in…
Izumi Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95
Izumi Okamoto died on April 15, 2026. He was a Japanese baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and later worked as a coach. His death was announced on that…