Obituary: Shi Baoyuan, dead at age 89
Shi Baoyuan, a Chinese soldier and lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, died on July 25, 2026, aged 89. He was a native of Huoxian village in Hebei’s…
Richard Lerblance, died aged 80
Richard Lerblance, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate, died on July 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Richard Charles Lerblance on March 9, 1946,…
Gilbert Kanyankore dies at age 72
Gilbert Kanyankore, a Rwandan football manager, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in 1954 in Butare, Rwanda, he fled to Burundi with his family as…
Helen Konek has died at age 95
Helen Konek, an Inuk elder and artist from Arviat, Nunavut, died on July 25, 2026, aged 95. Also known as Helen Agaaqtuq Konek, she was born in 1932 and became…
Ambrogio Colombo died at age 86
Ambrogio Colombo, an Italian cyclist, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in San Vittore Olona on May 6, 1940, he competed as a racing cyclist…
Obituary: Rosemary Crumlin, dead at age 93
Rosemary Crumlin, an Australian art historian and educator, died on July 25, 2026, aged 93. Born Rosemary Anne Crumlin in Sydney, she was a Sister of Mercy, art historian, educator…
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk has died at age 53
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk, a Ukrainian sculptor, died on July 25, 2026, aged 53. Born on April 26, 1973, in Uman, Cherkasy region, he graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and…
Michael McNay death at age 91
Michael McNay, the British journalist and author who spent 37 years at The Guardian, where he became arts editor, died on July 25, 2026, aged 91. Born Michael George McNay…
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk has died at age 53
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk died on July 25, 2026, aged 53. He was a sculptor. Tags Artists, 25 July 2026, Dakhivnyk, Taurus, Vitaliy, July 2026, July 25
Ekaterina Verzilina dies at age 96
Ekaterina Verzilina, a Russian farmer leader and supervisor of the Ilyich Collective Farm in Lipetsk Oblast, died on July 25, 2026, aged 96. Born Ekaterina Sergeyevna Verzilina on December 5,…
Ayo Bamgbose dead at age 94
Ayo Bamgbose, the Nigerian academic linguist and first professor of linguistics in Nigeria, died on July 25, 2026. Born on January 27, 1932, he was known for contributions to education…
Leung Choi-yuen died at age 75
Leung Choi-yuen, a Hong Kong television producer, died on July 25, 2026. Known in the industry as Uncle Choi, he worked at TVB as both a producer and a production…
Jérémie Gustave Nzamba has died at age 66
Jérémie Gustave Nzamba, a Gabonese journalist, died on July 25, 2026, aged 66. Known as Djidjen, he worked at Africa Radio for more than 40 years, presenting news programs and…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Lomeña, dead at age 72
Juan Carlos Lomeña, a Spanish politician and former deputy and mayor of Coín, died on July 25, 2026, aged 72. Born in Coín, Málaga, on November 24, 1953, he served…
Obituary: Leonid Margolin, dead at age 68
Leonid Margolin, a Russian musician, died on July 25, 2026, aged 68. Born on September 5, 1957, in Zhytkavichy, he was a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose career spanned…
Daniel Bohr death at age 82
Daniel Bohr, the Argentinian-born Danish theatre manager and stage director, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Buenos Aires on December 29, 1943, he built…
Hirokazu Mizuta obituary: died at age 88
Hirokazu Mizuta, a Japanese business executive who served as president and later chairman of Tokyu Department Store, died on July 25, 2026, aged 88. Known in Japanese as Mizuta Hirokazu,…
Obituary: José Ignacio Ascasibar Zarrao, dead at age 82
José Ignacio Ascasibar Zarrao, a Spanish professional road cyclist, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Elgeta on November 28, 1943, he competed in the…
Bill Oddie dead at age 85
Bill Oddie, the English wildlife presenter and comedian best known for Springwatch, Birding with Bill Oddie and his work with The Goodies, died on July 25, 2026, aged 85. Born…
John Horam death at age 87
John Horam, the British politician who served as an MP and later as a member of the House of Lords, died on July 25, 2026, following complications from a fall.…
Horacio Muratore passed away at age 74
Horacio Muratore, the Argentine basketball executive who served as president of the International Basketball Federation from 2014 to 2019, died on July 25, 2026. He was 74. Born in San…
Branislav Drobnjak obituary: died at age 65
Branislav Drobnjak, the Montenegrin footballer who played for Budućnost Titograd, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje and the Yugoslavia national team, died on July 25, 2026. Born on March 16, 1961, in Bijelo…
Sabri Al-Ramahi dead at age 78
Sabri Al-Ramahi, an Iraqi television host and director, died on July 25, 2026. Born in Baghdad on July 1, 1948, he studied at the Institute of Fine Art in Baghdad…
Charles Sam Faddis has died at age 68
Charles Sam Faddis, an American Central Intelligence Agency officer, died on July 25, 2026, aged 68. Better known as Sam Faddis, he served as a CIA operations officer and was…
Māzin Mubārak has died at age 95
Māzin Mubārak, a Syrian writer and scholar of Arabic, died on July 25, 2026, aged 95. He was regarded as one of Syria’s leading grammarians, served as a member of…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Lomeña Villalobos, dead at age 72
Juan Carlos Lomeña Villalobos, a Spanish Socialist Party politician, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Coín, Málaga, on November 24, 1953, he studied through…
Death of Marie-Paule Belle at age 80
Marie-Paule Belle, the French singer and pianist known for "La Parisienne," died on July 25, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She was 80. Born on January 25, 1946, in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, she began…
Albert Sorensen died at age 94
Albert Sorensen, an American politician and member of the Iowa Senate, died on July 25, 2026, aged 94. A Democrat, he served in the Iowa State Senate from 1991 to…
George Israel dies at 78
George Israel, the American politician who served as mayor of Macon, Georgia, died July 25, 2026, at age 78. Born in Bibb County, Georgia, he later became mayor of Macon,…