Ignacio Anastacio dies at 76
Ignacio Anastacio, former speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau, died on August 29, 2026, at age 76. A Palauan politician and businessman, he served as speaker from January…
Deaths on August 29
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 29 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 29, 2026.
Death of Gene Bertoncini at age 89
Gene Bertoncini, the American jazz guitarist born in New York City on April 6, 1937, died on August 29, 2026, aged 89. A native of New York, he grew up…
Helch passed away at age 34
Helch, the British graffiti artist known for his stylised capital lettering and widely seen HELCH tag, died on August 29, 2026, aged 34. Operating mainly in the United Kingdom, he…
Death of Peter R. Griffiths at age 84
Peter R. Griffiths, a British chemist and professor, died on August 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in London in 1942, he studied at St John’s College, Oxford, where he earned…
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós dead at age 82
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós, a Spanish businessman and civil servant who chaired Iberia and Aviaco from 1983 to 1985, died on August 29, 2026, aged…
Shu Takahashi passed away at age 96
Shu Takahashi, a Japanese painter, printmaker and sculptor, died on August 29, 2026, aged 96. Born in the Ashina district in 1930, he also worked as an art director and…
Mehdi Zana passes away at age 85
Mehdi Zana, the Turkish Kurdish politician and human rights defender who served as mayor of Diyarbakır from 1977 to 1980, died on August 29, 2026, aged 85. Born in Silvan,…
Lee Yong-joo dead at age 44
Lee Yong-joo, a South Korean actor and businessman, died on August 29, 2026, aged 44. Born on August 21, 1982, he was identified in Korean biographical sources as both an…
Walter Tresch passes away at age 78
Walter Tresch, the Swiss alpine skier, died on August 29, 2026, aged 78. Born in Silenen on April 4, 1948, he represented Switzerland in alpine skiing at the 1972 and…
Narana Coissoró obituary: died at age 94
Narana Coissoró, a Portuguese lawyer, academic and politician, died on August 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Goa, then in Portuguese India, on October 3, 1931, he moved to Portugal…
Death of Giacomo Aimoni at age 86
Giacomo Aimoni, an Italian ski jumper, died on August 29, 2026, aged 86. Born in Ponte di Legno on December 23, 1939, he represented Italy in ski jumping at the…
Obituary: Triona Holden, dead at age 66
Triona Holden, the British author, artist, journalist and former BBC presenter and correspondent, died on August 29, 2026, aged 66. Writing under the name Triona Palmer after her marriage, she…
Helao Shityuwete death at age 92
Helao Shityuwete, the Namibian writer and military commander, died on August 29, 2026, aged 92. A politician, military commander and author, he was born on August 25, 1934, in Evale,…
Franco Fontana dies at 92
Franco Fontana, the Italian photographer known for his abstract colour landscapes, died on August 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in Modena on December 9, 1933, he began taking photographs in…
Neil Walter obituary: died at age 83
Neil Walter, a New Zealand public servant and diplomat who served as Administrator of Tokelau, died on August 29, 2026, aged 83. Known formally as Neil Douglas Walter CNZM, he…
Antonino Fogliani obituary: died at age 50
Antonino Fogliani, the Italian conductor, died on August 29, 2026, aged 50. Born in Messina on June 29, 1976, he studied composition at the Conservatorio "G. B. Martini" in Bologna…
Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés dies at 89
Antonio Landeta y Álvarez-Valdés, a Spanish politician and former member of parliament, died on August 29, 2026, aged 89. Born in A Coruña, he entered the national parliament in 1993…
Hana Pastejříková passes away at age 82
Hana Pastejříková, a Czech actress known for her work in film and television, died on August 29, 2026, aged 82. Born in Prague on March 2, 1944, she was a…
Ian Martin, died aged 75
Ian Martin, the Australian rugby league footballer who was a multi-premiership winner with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, died on August 29, 2026, aged 75. Born on July 1, 1951, Martin…
Frankie Miller obituary: died at age 94
Frankie Miller, an American country singer, died on August 29, 2026, at age 94. Born Frank Miller, Jr., in Victoria, Texas, he began performing as a teenager on the local…
Obituary: Jeffrey G. Williamson, dead at age 90
Jeffrey G. Williamson, an American academic and economic historian, died on August 29, 2026, aged 90. He was the Laird Bell Professor of Economics emeritus at Harvard University and also…
Johnny Hooper died at age 91
Johnny Hooper, the Irish Olympic sailor, died on August 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Dublin on December 13, 1934, he represented Ireland in two Summer Olympics and became part…
Dimi Mavropoulos obituary: died at age 76
Dimi Mavropoulos, the Cypriot rally driver, businessman and automobile collector known for his role in Cypriot rallying and the Cyprus Historic & Classic Motor Museum, died on August 29, 2026,…
Alain Bonfand has died at age 68
French philosopher Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
François Bouillon dies at 81
French artist Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
A. K., died aged 92
American fly fisher and angling writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Pat Moore dead at age 89
American model Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Obituary: Jonathan K., dead at age 86
American politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Chad McArver dead at age 63
American academic and lighting designer (High Society) Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Gabriel Feltz dies at age 54
German conductor Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Mathew Frith obituary: died at age 64
British nature conservationist Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Mark Knoller dead at age 73
American journalist (CBS News) Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Job Ndugai passed away at age 62
Tanzanian politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Attila Mizser has died at age 50
Czech-born Hungarian-Slovak writer and poet Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Tran Trong passes away at age 92
Vietnamese prison warden Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Nikolay Usoltsev passes away at age 68
Russian bandy player Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Kurt-Hans Goedicke death at age 90
German-born English timpanist (London Symphony Orchestra) Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Alain Belmondo passes away at age 93
French film producer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Sergey Aleksashkin obituary: died at age 73
Russian opera singer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Antti Einiö has died at age 89
Finnish music promoter Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Naun Shundi passes away at age 66
Albanian actor Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Tibor Hajdu has died at age 95
Hungarian historian Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Merrick Bobb, died aged 79
American attorney Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Anta Toros dead at age 77
Turkish actress Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Fernand Tomasi died at age 90
Belgian sculptor Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Irina Zorina obituary: died at age 87
Russian historian Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Konstantinos Pylarinos died at age 91
Greek politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Marlon Snow passed away at age 77
American politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Thelma Admon death at age 75
Israeli writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Alberto Padilla dead at age 60
Mexican journalist and television presenter Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Lee Roy passed away at age 84
American football player (Dallas Cowboys) Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Yves Cuau, died aged 90
French writer and journalist (Le Figaro Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Arantza Arruti obituary: died at age 79
Spanish politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Álvaro Vidal dies at 82
Peruvian politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Obituary: Roberto Posse, dead at age -1
Italian actor (Island of the Fishmen Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Death of A.K. Best at age 92
American fly fisher and angling writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Ema Hurskainen passed away at age 53
Finnish drummer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Pedro Rosas, died aged 73
Venezuelan economist and politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Uhuru Moiloa, died aged -1
South African politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Stanislav Tarasov dead at age 72
Russian political scientist Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Carol Saline, died aged 86
American journalist (Philadelphia) Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Ramón Tolosa death at age 65
Colombian road cyclist Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Rinchen Barsbold passed away at age 89
Mongolian paleontologist Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Neil de died at age 56
South African politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Frederica Massiah-Jackson dies at -1
American judge Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Death of Janet Grieve at age 85
New Zealand biological oceanographer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Louise Rummel dies at 88
New Zealand nurse and nursing educator Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Luis Fernando dies at 88
Brazilian writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Karel Gult obituary: died at age 77
Czech actor Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Bud Brocken death at age 67
Dutch footballer (Willem II Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Liisa Suihkonen died at age -1
Finnish cross-country skier Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Andriy Parubiy passed away at age 54
Ukrainian politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Ex Tuuttiz has died at age 36
36–37 Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
María Izaguirre dead at age 73
Mexican politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Taimo Toomast obituary: died at age 63
Estonian operatic singer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Ram Caspi obituary: died at age 86
Israeli attorney Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Obituary: Joe Stevens, dead at age 87
American photographer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Klaus Thunemann dies at 88
German bassoonist Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Tony Saletan, died aged 94
American folk singer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Margaret Walton-Roberts dies at 57
Canadian geographer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Michael Bywater obituary: died at age 74
British writer Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Lucia de obituary: died at age 63
Dutch wrongly convicted murder Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Mohamad Ali death at age 82
Iranian poet Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Sir Shridath passes away at age 95
Guyanese diplomat Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Stephen Freese dies at age 64
American politician Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Darrel J. dead at age 67
Canadian Cree writer Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Jack Conaty passed away at age 77
American broadcast journalist and political reporter Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Obituary: Blanca Flor, dead at age 72
Salvadoran politician Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Death of Claire Lomas at age 44
British charity campaigner and event rider Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Luis Escobar dies at age 97
Chilean economist and politician Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Miquel Caminal died at age 71
Spanish politician Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Carlos Nieto passed away at age 61
Venezuelan lawyer and prisoner's rights activist Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Lencho Salazar obituary: died at age 92
Costa Rican folk musician Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Hervé Laurent death at age 67
French sailor Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Matthew Gaudreau dies at 29
American ice hockey player (Boston College Eagles Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Josef Bartončík dies at 81
Czech lawyer and politician Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Jean-Charles Tacchella dies at 98
French filmmaker (Cousin Cousine) Died on Friday August 30th 2024
Johnny Gaudreau passed away at age 31
American ice hockey player (Calgary Flames Died on Friday August 30th 2024