Charlie Williams Maltese footballer dead at age 82
Charlie Williams, a Maltese footballer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 15, 1944, he learned to play football in the streets of Valletta…
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17 obituaries from 2026-05-01. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40
Michael Sollis, an Australian musician, died on May 1, 2026, aged 40, from bowel cancer. He was also an interdisciplinary artist, artistic director, researcher and teaching artist. Sollis founded and…
Tülay Özer Turkish singer dead at age 79
Tülay Özer, a Turkish singer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 10, 1946, in Kemaliye, Turkey, she began her professional music career in…
Man Phatnothai Thai politician, minister of information and communication technology, deputy prime…
Man Phatnothai, Thai politician and civil servant who served as minister of information and communication technology in 2008 and as deputy prime minister later that year, died on May 1,…
Antonio Arcari Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Honduras, Mozambique, and Costa…
Antonio Arcari, the Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as apostolic nuncio to Honduras from 2003 to 2008, Mozambique from 2008 to 2014, and Costa Rica from 2014 to 2019,…
Audrey Beth Davis American entertainment publicist dead at age 82
Audrey Beth Davis, an American entertainment publicist, died May 1, 2026. Audrey Beth Davis, 82, American entertainment publicist. Tags Other, 01 May 2026, America, Audrey, Davis, 2026-05-01, May 1, May…
Csaba Takács Hungarian-Romanian politician, deputy dead at age 71
Csaba Takács, a Hungarian-Romanian politician and deputy from 1990 to 1994, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Aiud, Romania, on March 30, 1955, he…
Vladimir Bayunov Russian politician, MP dead at age 73
Vladimir Bayunov, a Russian politician and engineer who served as a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 1999, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 73.…
René Henry Gracida American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Corpus Christi and Pensacola–Tallahas…
René Henry Gracida, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997 and of Pensacola–Tallahassee from 1975 to 1983, died on May 1, 2026. He…
Stephen Greene Irish hurler dead at age 81
Stephen Greene, Irish hurler, died on May 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Waterford in 1944, he played at club level with Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the…
G. Robert Blakey American attorney dead at age 90
G. Robert Blakey, an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the…
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo Swiss physician and advocate for therapeutic fasting dead at age 73
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, a Swiss physician and advocate for therapeutic fasting, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Geneva on February 5, 1953, she…
Philippe Lazar French statistician and epidemiologist, president of Inserm, president of the Resear…
Philippe Lazar, French statistician and epidemiologist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president of Inserm from 1982 to 1996 and as president of…
Hans-Wilhelm Pesch dead at age 88, German politician, MP
Hans-Wilhelm Pesch, a German politician and member of the Bundestag from 1983 to 1998, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on June 19, 1937, in…
Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79
Stephen Owen, an American sinologist, died on May 1, 2026, at age 79. He specialized in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics, and taught Chinese literature and…
Danny Mixon dead at age 76, American jazz pianist, prostate cancer
Danny Mixon, an American jazz pianist, died on May 1, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 76. Born Daniel Asbury Mixon in Harlem, New York City, on August 19, 1949,…