Alexander Kluge, the German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Halberstadt in 1932, he studied with Theodor W. Adorno in Frankfurt and later… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Dolors Lamarca, a Spanish philologist and librarian, died on March 25, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Granollers, Catalonia, in 1943, she led the Service of Libraries and Bibliographic Heritage of the Generalitat de Catalunya and later directed the National Library… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
William Lukuvi, a Tanzanian politician and presidential adviser who served as a Member of Parliament from 2015 and as minister of lands from 2015 to 2022, died on March 25, 2026, after a heart attack. He was a CCM politician… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Burchell McPherson, a Jamaican Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Montego Bay from 2013 to 2023, died on March 25, 2026, in Kingston, Jamaica, at the age of 74. Born in Mavis Bank on May 7, 1951, he studied at… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Tordis Ørjasæter, a Norwegian literary critic, died on March 25, 2026. She was also a biographer, professor of educational science and novelist, and was particularly engaged in culture and literature for children. Born in Oslo on March 25, 1927, she… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov, a Russian herpetologist, died on March 25, 2026, at age 73. He was a Soviet and Russian researcher of Southeast Asian herpetofauna, particularly that of northern Annam. Born on June 12, 1952, in Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Esther Roord, a Dutch actress, died on March 25, 2026. She was 61. Born in Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, on January 25, 1965, she graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam in 1991. Roord was active as an… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Catherine Saunders, New Zealand broadcasting personality, public relations executive and radio producer, died on March 25, 2026, in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 83. Born Catherine Rosaleen Dowling in Dunedin on April 4, 1942, she trained as a teacher before deciding… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Ken Clay, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners, died on March 25, 2026. He was 71. Clay, whose full name was Kenneth Earl Clay, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and… · Heart And Kidney Issues · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Pat Steir, an American painter and printmaker, died on March 25, 2026, at age 87. Born Iris Patricia Sukoneck in Newark, New Jersey, she was known for work loosely associated with conceptual art and minimalism early in her career. She… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Jaysinghrao Pawar, an Indian historian, died on March 25, 2026. He was an authority on Maratha and Kolhapur history and worked for more than three decades as a professor. Born on December 30, 1941, in Tadsargaon village in Pune district,… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Imre Taveter, an Estonian Olympic sailor who competed in the Finn class at the 2000 and 2004 Games, died on March 25, 2026, aged 58. Born in Keila in 1967, he began sailing in the Optimist class at Kalev Yacht… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Giuseppe Savoldi, the Italian footballer who played for Bologna, Napoli and the Italy national team, died on March 25, 2026. A forward who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he began his Serie A career with Atalanta in 1965… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
József Varró, a Hungarian equestrian who competed at the 1972 and 1980 Summer Olympics, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Kóka, Hungary, on March 2, 1944, he represented Hungary in Olympic equestrian competition in… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Abdikalyk Akmatov, a Kyrgyz actor and theatre personality, died on March 25, 2026. Born in 1955 in Ak-Bulak, in the Nookat district of the Osh region, he began his career as a lighting technician in 1975 at the Osh Regional… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
David Winnick, the British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 1970 and from 1979 to 2017, died on March 25, 2026, aged 92. Born in Brighton on 26 June 1933, he served 42… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
John Andreassen, a Norwegian television producer, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 82. He worked with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1964 and was behind a number of TV productions for the broadcaster. In 2000, he was… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Sir Colin Crichton Mackay, a British judge and barrister who served as a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales from 2001 to 2013, died on March 25, 2026. Born on 26 September 1943, he attended Radley College… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Dash Crofts, the American musician and songwriter best known as one half of Seals & Crofts, died on March 25, 2026, from complications from heart surgery. Born Darrell George Crofts on August 14, 1938, in Cisco, Texas, he was a… · Heart Surgery Complications · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Wilson Bombarda, a Brazilian basketball player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on October 7, 1930, in Lins, São Paulo, Brazil, he represented Brazil… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Harold Ellis, an English surgeon, died on March 25, 2026, aged 100. Born in Stepney Green on January 13, 1926, he was a professor of surgery at the University of London and professor in the Department of Anatomy and Human… · Britain · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Paula Hollinger, an American politician and former Maryland state senator, died on March 25, 2026, at age 85. A Democrat, she represented Maryland’s 11th district in the state Senate from 1987 to 2007 after serving in the Maryland House of… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026 · Leukemia