Obituary: Terry Matthews, dead at age 90
Terry Matthews, the English footballer who played for Aldershot, Gillingham and West Ham United, died on August 27, 2026, aged 90. Born George Terence Leonard Matthews in Leyton on 25…
Obituary: Carla Marchelli, dead at age 91
Carla Marchelli, the Italian Olympic skier who competed in alpine skiing at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics, died on August 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Genoa on April…
Enda Bonner died at age 76
Enda Bonner, the Irish politician and accountant who served as a senator from 1997 to 2002, died on August 27, 2026, aged 76. He represented Fianna Fáil and was a…
Rukidi IV of Tooro has died at age 34
Rukidi IV of Tooro, the Ugandese traditional ruler and Omukama of Tooro, died on August 27, 2026, aged 34. Known also as King Oyo and Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru…
Bill Edwards dies at 81
Bill Edwards, an American businessman who owned numerous properties in St. Petersburg, Florida, died on August 27, 2026, at age 81 of multiple organ failure and pneumonia. Born Edward Francis…
Rich Rowland died at age 62
Rich Rowland, an American baseball player who spent parts of six major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, died on August 27, 2026, aged 62. Born…
Alfred Rohr passed away at age 80
Alfred Rohr, an Austrian politician and member of the Landtag of Burgenland, died on August 27, 2026, aged 80. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the…
Filip Štojdl dies at 50
Filip Štojdl, a Czech bishop of the Pilsen diocese of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and former CČSH clergyman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 50. He served as bishop of…
Mamtaz Sanghamita dead at age 80
Mamtaz Sanghamita, an Indian politician and gynaecologist who served as a member of parliament from Bardhaman-Durgapur in the 16th Lok Sabha, died on August 27, 2026, aged 80. She entered…
Karel Barták has died at age 72
Karel Barták, a Czech journalist and former Czech News Agency foreign correspondent, died on August 27, 2026, aged 72. Barták built his reputation at ČTK, where he worked in the…
Obituary: Jacques Doucet, dead at age 86
Jacques Doucet, the Canadian radio announcer of baseball play-by-play in French, died on August 27, 2026, at age 86. Born in Montreal, he became one of the most familiar voices…
Luděk Hrzal died at age 60
Luděk Hrzal, a Czech disc jockey, presenter and producer best known for his work with Evropa 2, died on August 27, 2026, aged 60. He became widely recognized as a…
Christian Breseghello passed away at age 71
Christian Breseghello, a French rugby union player for Stade Toulousain, died on August 27, 2026, aged 71. Born in Mazères on January 23, 1955, he played for UA Saverdun from…
Samuel Monroe Jr., died aged 52
Samuel Monroe Jr., an American actor known for roles in Menace II Society and The Players Club, died on August 27, 2026, at age 52 from complications of meningitis. Born…
Ratko Mladić passes away at age 84
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb former military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska during the Yugoslav Wars, died on August 27, 2026, aged 84. Born in Božanovići, he…
Death of David Thauberger at age 77
David Thauberger, a Canadian painter, died on August 27, 2026, at age 77. Born in Holdfast, Saskatchewan, he became known for paintings shaped by popular culture, postcard imagery, folk art…
Death of Patrick Baudelaire at age 81
Patrick Baudelaire, a French computer scientist and engineer recognized as a pioneer in desktop publishing and computer graphics, died on August 27, 2026, aged 81. Born on March 30, 1945,…
Obituary: Richard Hayward, dead at age 72
Richard Hayward, the English cricketer, died on August 27, 2026, aged 72. Born in Ickenham, Middlesex, on 15 February 1954, he played first-class cricket in England for Hampshire and in…
Shigeko Kagawa died at age 115
Shigeko Kagawa, a Japanese supercentenarian who was Japan’s oldest living person, died on August 27, 2026, aged 115. Born in Nara Prefecture on May 28, 1911, she graduated from Kansai…
Obituary: David Odell, dead at age 83
David Odell, an American television writer and screenwriter, died on August 27, 2026, aged 83. He wrote for The Muppet Show and later worked on screenplays including The Dark Crystal…
Death of T. K. D. Muzhappilangad at age 80
T. K. D. Muzhappilangad, an Indian writer, died on August 27, 2026, aged 80, after injuries sustained in a traffic collision. Born T.K. Damodaran in Muzhappilangad, a coastal village in…
Jean Allaire dies at age 96
Jean Allaire, a Canadian lawyer and politician, died on August 27, 2026, at age 96. A French Canadian from Laval, Quebec, he was best known for authoring the Allaire Report…
Mary Tsingou obituary: died at age 97
Mary Tsingou, the American physicist and mathematician known for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem, died on August 27, 2026, aged 97. Born in Milwaukee, she was one of the first programmers on…
Robert C. Hughes dies at age 85
Robert C. Hughes, an American chemist, died on August 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Robert Clark Hughes on November 27, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied chemistry at Carleton College…
Brad Johns dies at 70
Brad Johns, an American hair colorist known for creating Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s signature blonde hair, died on August 27, 2026, at age 70. Born Bradley Salvatore Johns in McKees Rocks,…
Death of Steven F. Havill at age 81
Steven F. Havill, an American author of mysteries and westerns, died on August 27, 2026, aged 81. He was known for writing two police-procedural series set in the fictional Posadas…
Granville Straker passed away at age 86
Granville Straker, an American record producer and businessman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Saint Vincent in 1939, he moved to Brooklyn from Trinidad in 1959 and…