Don Schlitz has died at age 73
Don Schlitz, an American songwriter known for "The Gambler," "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "When You Say Nothing at All," died on April 16, 2026. He was 73. Schlitz wrote…
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31 obituaries from 2026-04-16. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Paris Harvey 91. American Methodist minister and human rights activist dies
Paris Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died on April 16, 2026. Harvey was known for work in both ministry and…
Laura Balbo, died aged 92
Laura Balbo, an Italian politician and sociologist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Padua on November 30, 1933, she graduated from the University of…
David Smith obituary: died at age 82
David Smith, an Australian politician and Western Australia MLA from 1983 to 1996, died on April 16, 2026, aged 82. He was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly…
Jan Potměšil died at age 60
Jan Potměšil, a Czech actor, died on April 16, 2026, at age 60. Born in Prague in 1966, he worked from 1976 to 2026 and was known for his roles…
Kazuo Imanishi dies at 85
Kazuo Imanishi, a Japanese football player and manager, died on April 16, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 85. Imanishi played for Toyo Industries, later Mazda, after graduating from Tokyo University…
Andy Kershaw passed away at age 66
Andy Kershaw, the English broadcaster and radio DJ, died on April 16, 2026, after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 66. Born Andrew J. G. Kershaw in Littleborough, Lancashire, on…
Raza Kazim, died aged 96
Raza Kazim, a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a…
Death of Jim Jabir at age 63
Jim Jabir, an American women’s basketball coach who worked at Dayton, Siena and Marquette, died on April 16, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. Jabir, a native of Brooklyn,…
Mamadou Sylla dead at age 66
Mamadou Sylla, a Guinean arms dealer and politician, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Boké on January 25, 1960, he became wealthy after being…
Death of Barbara Flynn Currie at age 85
Barbara Flynn Currie, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 85. A Democrat,…
Alex Manninger passes away at age 48
Alex Manninger, an Austrian footballer and goalkeeper, died on April 16, 2026. He was 48. Manninger played internationally for the Austria national team on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro…
Garret Anderson dies at 53
Garret Anderson, an American baseball player who played for the Los Angeles Angels, died on April 16, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 53. Anderson played 17 seasons in…
Cerina Fairfax Former second lady of Virginia, murdered by husband dies
Cerina Fairfax, former second lady of Virginia, was murdered by her husband on April 16, 2026. She is identified in available records as having held the role of second lady…
Death of James Hayward at age 82
James Hayward, an American abstract painter, died on April 16, 2026. He was 82. Born in 1943 in San Francisco, California, Hayward was known for paintings divided into two bodies…
Justin Fairfax obituary: died at age 47
Justin Fairfax, an American politician and former lieutenant governor of Virginia, died on April 16, 2026, in Wakefield, Virginia, at age 47. A Democrat, he served as Virginia’s 41st lieutenant…
Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony dies at 82
Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, the British lawyer, judge and life peer who served in the House of Lords from 2009 to 2020, died on April 16, 2026, aged…
Ivan Rebernik obituary: died at age 86
Ivan Rebernik, a Slovenian diplomat and librarian, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as Slovenia’s ambassador to the Vatican and as Chancellor of the…
Obituary: Seigō Tsuchida, dead at age 82
Seigō Tsuchida, Japanese politician and mayor of Higashine since 1998, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 82. He served as mayor of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, for seven…
Narayana Ramachandran dies at 77
Narayana Ramachandran, an Indian sports administrator and president of the Indian Olympic Association from 2014 to 2017, died on April 16, 2026, aged 77. He was also an Indian squash…
Dory Selinger died at age 54
Dory Selinger, an American cyclist and Paralympic champion, died on April 16, 2026, after being struck by a vehicle while riding near his home in McKinney, Texas. He was 54.…
Miguel Canto has died at age 78
Miguel Canto, a Mexican boxer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Miguel Angel Canto Solis in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on January 30, 1948, he was…
Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez passed away at age 84
Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate and bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río, died on April 16, 2026. He was 84. Born in Cienfuegos on March 16,…
Oleg Maisenberg death at age 80
Oleg Maisenberg, a Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Odessa, then in the Ukrainian SSR, he received his first piano lessons…
André Bernard died at age 90
André Bernard, a French Olympic modern pentathlete, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Lille, France, on November 17, 1935, he competed in the modern…
Masayoshi Tsuchida dead at age 82
Masayoshi Tsuchida, a Japanese politician, died on April 16, 2026. Masayoshi Tsuchida [ja], 82, Japanese politician. Tags Politicians, 16 April 2026, Japan, Masayoshi, Tsuchida, 2026-04-16, April 16, April 2026
Death of Giorgos Gonios at age 79
Giorgos Gonios, a Greek footballer best known for his career with Panathinaikos, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 79. A defender, he began his career as a…
Patrick Ground died at age 93
Patrick Ground, a British politician and barrister, died on April 16, 2026, aged 93. Known as Reginald Patrick Ground QC, he served as a Conservative councillor on the London Borough…
Obituary: Craig Krampf, dead at age 80
Craig Krampf, an American drummer, died on April 16, 2026, at age 80. Born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on August 25, 1945, he worked as a drummer, percussionist, arranger, record producer…
Ernie Smith dead at age 80
Ernie Smith, a Jamaican reggae singer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 80. Born Glenroy Anthony Michael Archangelo Smith in Kingston, Jamaica, in May 1945, he was…
Edoardo Borzatti von Löwenstern passes away at age 91
Edoardo Borzatti von Löwenstern died on April 16, 2026. He was an Italian archaeologist and paleontologist. Edoardo Borzatti von Löwenstern [it], 91, Italian archaeologist and paleontologist. Tags Scientists, 16 April…