Bill McGlaughlin died at age 82
Bill McGlaughlin, the American composer and radio host who led the public radio programs Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday, died on July 22, 2026. He was 82. Born William…
Chuck Russell, died aged 68
Chuck Russell, the American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” “The Blob,” “The Mask,” “Eraser” and “The Scorpion King,” died…
Wang Quanying dies at 105
Wang Quanying, a Chinese soldier remembered as the last living female participant in the Long March, died on July 22, 2026. Born in May 1921 in Jinchuan County, Sichuan, she…
Émile Constant Bombet passes away at age 85
Émile Constant Bombet, an Ivorian politician and military officer, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on March 16, 1941, in Rubino in what was then…
Fernando, died aged 72
Fernando Guisini Neto, a Brazilian footballer and coach, died on July 22, 2026. Known also as Fernando, Fernando Guisini, Fernando Nariz and Fernando Narigudo, he was born on March 8,…
Purificação Araújo dead at age 99
Purificação Araújo, the Portuguese obstetrician and gynecologist known as the “mother of family planning” in Portugal, died on July 22, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Maria da Purificação Araújo,…
Axel Ganz has died at age 88
Axel Ganz, the German journalist who helped shape magazines at Bunte and Gruner + Jahr, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auggen on July…
Luís Represas dies at 69
Luís Represas, the Portuguese singer and composer born Luís Paulo Fontes Represas, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Lisbon on November 24, 1956, he…
Obituary: Greg Sewell, dead at age 93
Greg Sewell, the Australian rules footballer who served Essendon as an assistant coach and president, died on July 22, 2026, aged 93. Gregory George Sewell was born on June 30,…
Obituary: Chris Murphy, dead at age 58
Chris Murphy, an American politician and attorney who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, died on July 22, 2026. He represented the 98th District, covering parts of Dorchester…
Haim Yavin obituary: died at age 93
Haim Yavin, the Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker who became one of the country’s best-known news presenters, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Heinz…
Heinz Stücke dies at 86
Heinz Stücke, the German cyclist, photographer and world traveler who spent most of his life riding through every country in the world, died on July 22, 2026. He was 86.…
Celina Jesionowska passed away at age 92
Celina Jesionowska, the Polish sprinter who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on July 22, 2026. She was 92. Born in Łomża on November 3, 1933, Jesionowska was known…
Luiz Carlos Barreto passes away at age 98
Luiz Carlos Barreto, the Brazilian film producer and screenwriter, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Sobral on May 28, 1928, he began his career…
Huang Zhiquan dies at 84
Huang Zhiquan, a Chinese politician who served as governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government from 2001 to 2006, died on July 22, 2026. Born in February 1942 in Tongxiang,…
Kim Jong-im passes away at age 91
Kim Jong-im, a North Korean politician and one of the few women to hold senior positions in the country's government apparatus, died on July 22, 2026. She was 91. Kim…
Shir-Mohammad Espandar died at age 98
Shir-Mohammad Espandar, an Iranian musician known for his mastery of the donali, died on July 22, 2026. Born in 1927 in Bampur, Balochistan, he was an Iranian Baloch musician whose…
Mitch Byrd obituary: died at age 63
Mitch Byrd, an American comic book artist and penciller, died on July 22, 2026. Born on July 28, 1962, Byrd began his major comics work on Cat and Mouse, collaborating…
Paddy McNally death at age 88
Paddy McNally, the British businessman and racing driver who ran Allsport Management and helped shape Formula One’s advertising and hospitality operations, died on July 22, 2026. Born Patrick Sean McNally…
Waldtraut Oertel passed away at age 89
Waldtraut Oertel, the German Olympic diver who competed at the 1960 Summer Games, died on July 22, 2026, aged 89. Born Waldtraut Skrzipek on October 14, 1936, in Halle (Saale),…
Barbara L. Nichols passed away at age 87
Barbara L. Nichols, an American nurse executive and leader, died on July 22, 2026, at age 87. Born in Waterville, Maine, on July 19, 1939, she became the first Black…
Frank Barrow has died at age 83
Frank Barrow, the English rugby league footballer and coach, died on July 22, 2026. Born in St Helens, Lancashire, on January 11, 1943, he played as a fullback for St…
Omololu Meroyi passed away at age 76
Omololu Meroyi, a Nigerian politician and senator who represented Ondo South in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2003, died on July 22, 2026. Born in Ondo State, he entered…
Semere Russom, died aged 82
Semere Russom, an Eritrean politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States, died on July 22, 2026. He was 82. Russom began his career as a teacher…
Alambadi obituary: died at age 90
Alambadi, an Indian politician and Samajwadi Party leader who served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Also…
Mary Linda passed away at age 90
Mary Linda, the Greek singer known for her folk-pop recordings, died on July 22, 2026, at age 90. Born Maria Dimitropoulou in Pyrgos in 1935, she later moved with her…
Eiji Bandō has died at age 86
Eiji Bandō, the Japanese baseball player and entertainer known for his time with the Chunichi Dragons, died on July 22, 2026, at age 86. A native of Hulin, he became…
John Sheffield dead at age 89
John Sheffield, a British physicist, died on July 22, 2026, aged 89. Born in London on December 15, 1936, he studied at Imperial College London, where he earned a BSc…
Ingar Tore Narvhus obituary: died at age 98
Ingar Tore Narvhus, a Norwegian Air Force general and chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1978 to 1981, died on July 22, 2026. Born Ingar Tore Johannessen in…
Gordon G. Gallup death at age 85
Gordon G. Gallup, an American psychologist known for his research in biopsychology, died on July 22, 2026, aged 85. He was a professor in the University at Albany’s psychology department…
Oliver Jones died at age 91
Oliver Jones, the Canadian jazz pianist, died on July 22, 2026. Born Oliver Theophilus Jones in Montreal on September 11, 1934, he built a long career as a pianist, organist,…
David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, died aged 96
David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, a British aristocrat and pottery designer, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 96. Born David Harrington Angus Douglas in London on…