Ruben Yesayan
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Dame Karen Poutasi
New Zealand public health official
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Mohamed Harbi
Algerian historian
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Imants Freibergs
Latvian computer scientist
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Tajik-Russian football player (Tajikistan national team
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Tim Robertson
English-born Australian actor (Chances
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Margaret Anne Staggers
American politician
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Jeon Jun-ho
South Korean baseball player (Hyundai Unicorns
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Nexhat Daci
Kosovan politician
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Candy Raymond
Australian actress (Don's Party
Died on Thursday January 1st 2026
Morris Kahn
South African-born Israeli entrepreneur
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Dean C. Jessee, an American historian of the early Latter Day Saint movement and a leading expert on the writings of Joseph Smith Jr.,
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Enno Hallek, a Swedish artist and academic,
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Bobby Gosh, an American musician and singer-songwriter known for writing “A Little Bit More,”
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Jerry Bledsoe, an American author and journalist,
died on December 31, 2025, at age 84. Born in Danville, Virginia, on July 14, 1941, he was known for several true crime…
Billy Ray Barnes American football player dead at age 90
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died on December 31, 2025, at age 90. Barnes was a halfback in the National Football League, playing for the Philadelphia…
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Dick Zimmer, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997,
died on December 31, 2025, at age 81. A Republican from New Jersey,…
Gillian Wagner Writer and philanthropist dead at age 98
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died on December 31, 2025, aged 98. Born Gillian Mary Millicent Graham in London on October 25, 1927, she…
Hayden Thompson American rockabilly musician dead at age 87
Hayden Thompson, an American singer, songwriter and rockabilly musician,
died on December 31, 2025, at age 87. Born in Booneville, Mississippi, Thompson was a member of the Rockabilly Hall of…
Yuri Sudakov Russian boxer dead at age 77
Yuri Sudakov, a Russian boxer and boxing coach,
died on December 31, 2025, at the age of 77. Born Yuri Evgenievich Sudakov on July 3, 1948, in Moscow, he competed…
Harvey Pratt Forensic artist dead at age 84
Harvey Pratt, an American forensic and Native American artist,
died on December 31, 2025, at age 84. Pratt, also known as Harvey Phillip Pratt, worked for more than 40 years…
Mark McCullough American lighting designer dead at age 62
Mark McCullough, an American lighting designer,
died on December 31, 2025. A native of North Carolina, he studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Yale School…
Elizabeth Kelly Actress dead at age 104
Elizabeth Kelly, the English actress best known for playing Nellie Ellis in the BBC soap opera EastEnders,
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