Joseph Katema dies at age 64
Joseph Katema, a Zambian politician and general medical practitioner, died on August 2, 2026, aged 64. Born on 20 November 1961 in Northern Rhodesia, he served as a member of…
Deaths on August 2
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 2 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 2, 2026.
Anbar Saeed died at age 67
Anbar Saeed, the Kuwaiti footballer who was a forward and one of the most celebrated figures in Kuwait’s game, died on August 2, 2026, at age 67. Known for his…
David Z passes away at age 78
David Z, the American record producer and musician known for his work on “She Drives Me Crazy” and “Looking for a New Love,” died on August 2, 2026, aged 78.…
Obituary: Monika Helfer, dead at age 78
Monika Helfer, the Austrian writer, died on August 2, 2026, aged 78. Born in Au on October 18, 1947, she became one of Austria’s noted literary voices and was invested…
Rick Sapienza passes away at age 90
Rick Sapienza, an American football player who was a defensive back for the New York Titans, died on August 2, 2026, at age 90. Born Americo Sapienza in Boston, he…
Janet Howell dies at age 82
Janet Howell, the American politician who served in the Virginia Senate for more than three decades, died on August 2, 2026, aged 82. A Democrat, Howell was elected to the…
Obituary: Paul Bradshaw, dead at age 72
Paul Bradshaw, the English footballer who played for Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday, died on August 2, 2026, aged 72. Born in Sheffield on 2 October 1953, he came through the…
Manmohan Singh Liberhan passes away at age 88
Manmohan Singh Liberhan, an Indian judge and justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, died on August 2, 2026, aged 88. A retired chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High…
Alberto Tedesco passes away at age 77
Alberto Tedesco, an Italian politician and business executive who served as a senator from 2009 to 2013, died on August 2, 2026, aged 77. Born in Bari on April 8,…
Ioannis Varvitsiotis has died at age 93
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the Greek politician who served as minister of defence and a member of parliament, died on August 2, 2026, aged 93. Born in Athens on August 2, 1933,…
Margot Eppinger obituary: died at age 72
Margot Eppinger, the German Olympic pentathlete who competed in the women’s pentathlon at two Summer Games, died on August 2, 2026, aged 72. Born on January 8, 1952, in Denkendorf,…
Fernando d’Alessio has died at age 82
Fernando d'Alessio, a Peruvian politician and university administrator, died on August 2, 2026, aged 82. Born Fernando Antonio d'Alessio Ipinza in Lima on March 25, 1944, he was an independent…
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi dead at age 31
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi, a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 2, 2026, aged 31. Foaled on April 6, 1995, in the Saru district, he was a son of Symboli Rudolf and…
Death of Sepp Puschnig at age 79
Sepp Puschnig, the Austrian Olympic ice hockey player who represented his country at three Winter Games, died on August 2, 2026, aged 79. Born Josef Puschnig in Klagenfurt, Austria, on…
Romeo Jalosjos Sr. dies at age 85
Romeo Jalosjos Sr., a Filipino politician and businessman who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002, died on August 2, 2026, aged 85. Known also as Romeo…
Rod Liddle death at age 66
Rod Liddle, the English journalist and broadcaster, died on August 2, 2026, aged 66. Born in Abbey Wood on April 1, 1960, he worked at the BBC and became editor…
Farrokh Saidi has died at age 96
Farrokh Saidi, an Iranian surgeon and academic, died on August 2, 2026, aged 96. Born in Tehran on November 22, 1929, he studied at Cornell University from 1947 to 1950…
Anbar Said died at age 67
Anbar Said, a Kuwaiti footballer who played as a forward, died on August 2, 2026, aged 67, after a traffic collision. Born in Iraq in 1959, Said joined Al-Arabi in…
Death of Michael Fingleton at age 88
Michael Fingleton, the retired chief executive of Irish Nationwide Building Society, died on August 2, 2026, aged 88. An Irish banker known in the banking community as “Fingers,” he was…
Anbar Saeed died at age 67
Anbar Saeed, a Kuwaiti footballer who played as a forward, died on August 2, 2026, aged 67, after a traffic collision. Saeed, whose full name was Anbar Saeed Maqroun, represented…
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi dead at age 31
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi, a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 2, 2026, aged 31. Foaled on April 6, 1995, in Saru district, he was a son of Symboli Rudolf and later…
Agostino Superbo dies at 86
Agostino Superbo, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Sessa Aurunca and of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti and later as archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo, died on August…
Valeriy Tursunov passed away at age 71
Valeriy Tursunov, a Tajikistani football player and manager, died on August 2, 2026, aged 71. Also known as Valeriy Yuldashevich Tursunov, he was born in Kulob on August 3, 1954,…
Bill Goichberg died at age 83
Bill Goichberg, an American chess player, died on August 2, 2026, at age 83. Widely known in chess circles as both a master and a tournament organizer, he founded the…
Franz Hasiba dead at age 93
Franz Hasiba, the Austrian politician who served as mayor of Graz, deputy governor of Styria and a member of the Landtag of Styria, died on August 2, 2026, aged 93.…
Kay Granger has died at age 83
Kay Granger, the American politician who represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2025, died on August 2, 2026, at age 83. A Republican, she chaired…
Obituary: Bagre Fagundes, dead at age 86
Bagre Fagundes, the Brazilian gaucho musician known as Euclides Fagundes Filho, died on August 2, 2026, aged 86. Born in Uruguaiana on October 3, 1939, he was described as a…
Death of Sir Anthony Evans at age 92
Sir Anthony Evans, British judge and lord justice of appeal from 1992 to 2000, died on August 2, 2026, aged 92. Known also as Sir Anthony Howell Meurig Evans, he…
Jonathan Kaplan has died at age 77
American film and television director (The Accused Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Jan Dukszta, died aged 93
Canadian politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Loni Anderson, died aged 79
American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati) Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Robert Nadeau obituary: died at age 81
American professor Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Fritz Lobinger dead at age 96
German Roman Catholic prelate Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Giuseppe Malandrino died at age 94
Italian Catholic priest Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Hilary Weston passed away at age 83
Irish-Canadian businessman and politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Roy William passed away at age 85
American lawyer Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Death of Wayne W. at age 95
American politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Satyapal Anand passes away at age 94
Indian-American poet and writer Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Walker Evans passes away at age 86
American racing driver (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series) Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Federico Caputi obituary: died at age 75
Italian football player (Taranto FC Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Margaret Maritz has died at age 118
South African supercentenarian Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Maurício Silveira passed away at age 48
Brazilian actor (Cobras & Lagartos Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Eric Heath dead at age 101
New Zealand artist Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Deoroop Teemal dead at age -1
Trinidadian politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Peter Veselovský dead at age 60
Slovak ice hockey player (TJ VSŽ Košice Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Ercole Spada, died aged 88
Italian designer Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Obituary: Léandre Bergeron, dead at age 91
Canadian writer Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Elchin Afandiyev passed away at age 82
Azerbaijani writer and politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Sam Backo has died at age 64
Australian rugby league player (Canberra Raiders Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Rhoda Kalema, died aged 96
Ugandan politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Obituary: Howie Tee, dead at age -1
English DJ Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
M. Shamsher passes away at age 87
Bangladeshi astrophysicist Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Ross Ariffin passed away at age 63
Malaysian composer and record producer Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Sona Hüseynova died at age 100
Azebaijani politician Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Obituary: Dedi Borowitz, dead at age 84
Israeli businessman Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
David Roach passed away at age -1
American singer (Junkyard) Died on Sunday August 3rd 2025
Waldo Ramos passed away at age 80
Spanish football manager (Palamós Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Leonard Engelman has died at age 83
American makeup artist (Ghostbusters Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Obituary: Henry Lim, dead at age 72
Filipino businessman Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Viktor Podvesko passes away at age 72
Russian footballer Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Kamel Najmi dies at age 60
Syrian sports journalist (Tishreen) Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Gary Dotter died at age 81
American baseball player (Minnesota Twins) Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Phloen Phromdaen died at age 85
Thai singer Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Joey Gilmore dies at 80
American singer Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Death of Kalin Stepanyan at age 69
Russian football player (Oryol Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Antônio Meneses death at age 66
Brazilian cellist Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Ajay Shastry, died aged -1
Indian film director (Nenu Meeku Telusa) Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Danny Clarke, died aged -1
Jamaican singer (The Meditations) Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Yamini Krishnamurthy, died aged 83
Indian Bharatanatyam dancer Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Daniel Selznick obituary: died at age 88
American film and television producer (Blood Feud Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Obituary: Mustapha Moussa, dead at age 62
Algerian boxer Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Taral Wayne dies at age 72
Canadian artist Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Pasi Ikonen obituary: died at age 44
Finnish orienteering competitor Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Sir Ken dead at age 87
British trade unionist Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Peter Wyder passes away at age 90
Swiss physicist Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Ramadan Al-Bakshishi, died aged 86
Libyan painter Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Obituary: Alan Cooke, dead at age 92
American judge Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Sergio Codognato passes away at age 80
Italian football coach and player Died on Saturday August 3rd 2024
Death of Morris Solomon at age 80
American serial killer Died on Friday August 2nd 2024
Raymond Desfossés dies at 73
Canadian gangster Died on Friday August 2nd 2024
Myron Goldfinger has died at age 90
American architect Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Obituary: Tane Norton, dead at age 81
New Zealand rugby union player (national team) Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Arthur Blanch passes away at age 94
Australian country singer Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Charles Ayo dies at age 64
Nigerian academic administrator Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Death of Ignacy Sachs at age 96
Polish economist Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Bruno Mealli, died aged 85
Italian road racing cyclist Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Death of Viktor Maslov at age 93
Russian mathematical physicist Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Gilles Perrault passes away at age 92
French writer and journalist Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Sherry Combs dies at age 84
American Hall of Fame rodeo barrel racer Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
W. A. died at age 82
Indian jurist Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Peter Dixon dies at 79
English rugby union player (British & Irish Lions Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Kailas Nath dies at age 65
Indian actor (Etho Oru Swapnam Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Vincent Speranza dies at 98
American World War II veteran Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Herman Chumachek passes away at age 73
Russian ice hockey player and coach Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Irina Miroshnichenko obituary: died at age 81
Russian actress (Walking the Streets of Moscow Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Vsevolod Coroliuc has died at age 67
Moldavian multiinstrumentalist and composer Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Carl Davis passed away at age 86
American born composer and conductor Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Sunil Dev died at age 75
Indian cricketer (Delhi) Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023