Carla Van Zon dead at age 74, Artistic director
Carla Van Zon, a New Zealand artistic director, died on April 29, 2026, aged 74. Born Carla Marja Olga van Zon in Te Atatū on January 20, 1952, she worked…
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Carla Van Zon, a New Zealand artistic director, died on April 29, 2026, aged 74. Born Carla Marja Olga van Zon in Te Atatū on January 20, 1952, she worked…
J. Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, of complications from cancer. He was 79.…
Donald MacRae, a Scottish folk singer who sang primarily in Gaelic, died on April 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Stornoway on August 26, 1941, he grew up on crofts…
Robyn Woodhouse, the Australian Olympic high jumper who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 29, 2026. She was 82. Woodhouse was born in New South Wales on…
Volker Hage, the German journalist, author and literary critic who worked for Der Spiegel, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Hamburg in 1949, he…
Sirisumana Godage, Sri Lankan entrepreneur and book publisher, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 90. He was the chairman of Godage International Publishers, one of Sri Lanka's…
Geoff Ablett, the Australian rules footballer and former Casey City Council member, died on April 29, 2026, aged 71. Born Geoffrey Norman Ablett on March 13, 1955, he played in…
Yair Garbuz, an Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Givatayim, Mandatory Palestine, on September 29, 1945, he…
Gordon Snell, the British author of children's literature and scriptwriter, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Singapore on October 1, 1932, he worked as…
Eddy Pratomo, an Indonesian diplomat and law scholar, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 72. He served as Indonesia’s ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013 and…
Vladimir Voevodin, a Russian computer scientist, died on April 29, 2026. He was 63. Born in Moscow on May 25, 1962, Voevodin studied at Moscow State University, where he graduated…
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026. He was 81. A Democrat, Adamini…
Merle Bettenhausen, an American racing driver, died on April 29, 2026, at age 82 of complications from a stroke. Born June 9, 1943, in Tinley Park, Illinois, he was the…
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth, the British Anglican clergyman and life peer who served as Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006 and sat in the House of Lords…
David Allan Coe, an American country singer and songwriter, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for songs including "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile"…
Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, at age 79 from complications from cancer. Venter,…