Marģers Vestermanis, died aged 100
Marģers Vestermanis, the Latvian Holocaust survivor and historian who founded the museum Jews in Latvia and later served as its former director, died on July 30, 2026, aged 100. Born…
Magic Weisner has died at age 27
Magic Weisner, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on July 30, 2026, aged 27. Bred by Nancy H. Alberts, he was sired by Ameri Valay and traced his lineage to Bold…
Death of Jiří Nykodým at age 81
Jiří Nykodým, the Czech lawyer and Constitutional Court judge, died on July 30, 2026, aged 81. A graduate of the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, he earned…
Obituary: Walter Kammermann, dead at age 94
Walter Kammermann, the Swiss Olympic runner, died on July 30, 2026, aged 94. Born in Zürich on December 6, 1931, he represented Switzerland in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase at…
Igor Sharapov obituary: died at age 65
Igor Sharapov, a Russian trumpeter and teacher, died on July 30, 2026, aged 65. Born in Leningrad on June 19, 1961, he went on to become a soloist with the…
Ivan Edeshko, died aged 81
Ivan Edeshko, the Belarusian basketball player and coach, died on July 30, 2026, at age 81. Born Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko on March 25, 1945, in Stsiatski in the Byelorussian SSR,…
Kazimira Prunskienė obituary: died at age 83
Kazimira Prunskienė, the Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister and later as minister of agriculture, died on July 30, 2026, aged 83. Born in Vasiuliškė on February 26, 1943,…
Beto Cabrera died at age 92
Beto Cabrera, the Argentine comedian and actor known professionally as Beto Cabrera, died on July 30, 2026, aged 92. Born Alberto Pedro Cabrera in Buenos Aires on November 24, 1933,…
Seppo Sairanen died at age 74
Seppo Sairanen, the Finnish footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper and later coached FC Jazz, died on July 30, 2026, aged 74. Born in Pori on March 23,…
Iga Cembrzyńska obituary: died at age 87
Iga Cembrzyńska, the Polish actress known for films including The Saragossa Manuscript, Salto and Hydrozagadka, died on July 30, 2026, aged 87. Born Maria Elżbieta Cembrzyńska in Radom on July…
Death of Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni at age 80
Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni, a Syrian-born Venezuelan Syriac Catholic hierarch who served as Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela for the Syriac Catholics, died on July 30, 2026, aged 80. Born in Aleppo,…
Death of Sokrat Khanyan at age 96
Sokrat Khanyan, the Armenian poet and literary critic, died on July 30, 2026, aged 96. Born on January 22, 1930, in Ağbulaq, he was also known as a translator, prose…
Donatille Mukabalisa passed away at age 66
Donatille Mukabalisa, a Rwandan politician and former MP and senator, died on July 30, 2026, aged 66. Born in Nyamata on July 30, 1960, she was elected Speaker of the…
Kili Pemba Sherpa, died aged 45
Kili Pemba Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer, died on July 30, 2026, aged 45. Also known as Kilu Pemba Sherpa, he was part of the first winter ascent of K2 in…
Death of Pur Bahadur Gurung at age 37
Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese mountaineer and expedition guide known for climbing four eight-thousanders in Pakistan in 12 days and for reaching K2 in 24 hours, died on July 30,…
Obituary: Václav Větvička, dead at age 88
Václav Větvička, a Czech botanist and publicist, died on July 30, 2026, at age 88. Born in Prague on January 13, 1938, he was also described as a biologist and…
Nirmal Purja dead at age 43
Nirmal Purja, the Nepali mountaineer known as Nims or Nimsdai, died on July 30, 2026, aged 43, after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak. Born on July 25, 1983, in…
Abubakar Alhaji, died aged 89
Abubakar Alhaji, the Nigerian diplomat and politician who served as minister of finance, died on July 30, 2026, aged 89. A long-serving administrator, he held senior posts in the Nigerian…
Obituary: Manolo Solo, dead at age 62
Manolo Solo, the Spanish actor known for The Fury of a Patient Man, The Good Boss and Close Your Eyes, died on July 30, 2026, aged 62. Born Manuel Jesús…
Obituary: Tadeusz Gapiński, dead at age 78
Tadeusz Gapiński, a Polish footballer, died on July 30, 2026, aged 78. Born in Łódź on January 7, 1948, he was a Polish former association football player whose career is…
Nadhira Al Harthy dies at 48
Nadhira Al Harthy, the Omani civil servant and mountaineer who became the first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest, died on July 30, 2026, aged 48. Also known as Nadhira…
Eugene Benson died at age 98
Eugene Benson, a writer and Canadian professor of English, died on July 30, 2026, aged 98. Born in Northern Ireland in 1928, he went on to build a career as…
K. Jamuna Rani dies at age 88
K. Jamuna Rani, the Indian playback singer known for her work in films including Valayapathi, Gulebakavali and Seda Sulang, died on July 30, 2026, aged 88. Born on May 17,…
Obituary: Geoffrey Arrand, dead at age 82
Geoffrey Arrand, the English archdeacon who served as archdeacon of Suffolk, died on July 30, 2026, aged 82. Geoffrey William Arrand was born on 24 July 1944 and was educated…
Johanna Fernández dead at age 55
Johanna Fernández, an American historian and associate professor of history at Baruch College, died on July 30, 2026, aged 55. A Dominican-American scholar based in New York City, she focused…
Death of James Munkres at age 95
James Munkres, an American mathematician known for his work in topology and the Hungarian algorithm, died on July 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he studied at Nebraska…
Thea Dückert passes away at age 76
Thea Dückert, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Saxony and later in the Bundestag, died on July 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Thea Wischer in Berlin…