Deaths on August 5 | Dead-People.com

Tedde Moore, Actress, died on August 5, 2026

Tedde Moore dead at age 79

Tedde Moore, the Canadian actress who also worked as a script editor, creative consultant and acting instructor,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 79. Born Dorothea Mavor Moore in Toronto…

August 5, 2026 11:56 pm

Bilgesu Erenus, screenwriter and activist, died on August 5, 2026

Bilgesu Erenus dead at age 82, Turkish playwright, screenwriter and activist

Bilgesu Erenus, the Turkish playwright, screenwriter and activist,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 82. She began her career at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation as a producer and…

August 5, 2026 11:55 pm

Bruno Battisti, Italian classical guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026

Bruno Battisti D’Amario dead at age 88

Bruno Battisti D'Amario, the Italian classical guitarist and composer,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Rome on October 5, 1937, he was also a teacher and became…

August 5, 2026 10:55 pm

Terry Buffalo Ware, lung cancer, died on August 5, 2026

Terry Buffalo Ware dead at age 76, American guitarist and composer, lung cancer

Terry Buffalo Ware, an American guitarist and composer,
died on August 5, 2026, at age 76. A native of Woodward, Oklahoma, he grew up in northwest Oklahoma and studied at…

August 5, 2026 10:55 pm

Oleksii Yukov, killed by landmine, died on August 5, 2026

Oleksii Yukov dead at age 40, Ukrainian war archaeologist, killed by landmine

Oleksii Yukov, a Ukrainian war archaeologist and head of the volunteer group Platzdarm,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 40, after being killed by a landmine. Known formally as Oleksii…

August 5, 2026 9:55 pm

Hugh O’Flaherty, judge of the supreme court, died on August 5, 2026

Hugh O’Flaherty dead at age 88, Irish barrister, judge of the supreme court

Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish barrister and former judge of the Supreme Court,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in 1937, he was educated at University College Dublin and…

August 5, 2026 8:55 pm

Sammy Price, American football player, died on August 5, 2026

Sammy Price dead at age 82

Sammy Price, an American football player who ran for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League,
died on August 5, 2026, at age 82. Born on October 1, 1943,…

August 5, 2026 7:55 pm

John Langeloth Loeb Jr., ambassador to Denmark, died on August 5, 2026

John Langeloth Loeb Jr. dead at age 96, American diplomat, ambassador to Denmark

John Langeloth Loeb Jr., the American diplomat and former ambassador to Denmark,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Manhattan on May 2, 1930, he also served as…

August 5, 2026 7:55 pm

Uma Shankar Singh, MLA, died on August 5, 2026

Uma Shankar Singh dead at age 55

Uma Shankar Singh, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 55. Known also as Thakur Umashankar Singh, he represented the Rasara constituency in Ballia…

August 5, 2026 7:55 pm

Tomás Parra, Mexican sculptor, died on August 5, 2026

Tomás Parra dead at age 88

Tomás Parra, a Mexican sculptor,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mexico City on January 1, 1937, he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y…

August 5, 2026 6:55 pm

Manfred Rühl, German higher education teacher, died on August 5, 2026

Manfred Rühl dead at age 92

Manfred Rühl, a German higher education teacher and communication scholar,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nuremberg on December 31, 1933, he studied economics and social sciences…

August 5, 2026 6:55 pm

Shimon Charnuha, Israeli footballer, died on August 5, 2026

Shimon Charnuha dead at age 78

Shimon Charnuha, an Israeli footballer who played for Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born on May 10, 1948, in Jerusalem, he was a…

August 5, 2026 6:55 pm

Eugene Stockton, Australian priest, died on August 5, 2026

Eugene Stockton dead at age 91

Eugene Stockton, an Australian priest,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. He was also an archaeologist, scholar, Aboriginal chaplain, teacher and educator who spent many years in the Blue…

August 5, 2026 5:56 pm

Sydney Towle, Influencer, died on August 5, 2026

Sydney Towle dead at age 26

Sydney Towle, an American social media influencer who shared her life with cholangiocarcinoma online,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 26. Towle, whose full name was Sydney Elizabeth Towle, had…

August 5, 2026 5:55 pm

Maria-Luise Egerer, Farmer, died on August 5, 2026

Maria-Luise Egerer dead at age 80

Maria-Luise Egerer, an Austrian farmer and politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Austria from 1993 to 2003,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Maria-Luise Fuchs, she…

August 5, 2026 5:55 pm

Gloria Carlin, Canadian actress, died on August 5, 2026

Gloria Carlin dead at age 84

Gloria Carlin, a Canadian actress known for The Hanoi Hilton,
died on August 5, 2026, at age 84. Carlin’s screen work included the 1987 war drama, and she is identified…

August 5, 2026 5:55 pm

Jean Lodge, British actress, died on August 5, 2026

Jean Lodge dead at age 99

Jean Lodge, the British actress known for Death of an Angel, Brandy for the Parson and Glad Tidings,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 99. Born Jean Margaret Lodge in…

August 5, 2026 4:55 pm

Daniel Bernard, Businessman, died on August 5, 2026

Daniel Bernard dead at age 80

Daniel Bernard, the French retail executive who chaired Carrefour from 1992 to 2005 and later Kingfisher plc from 2009 to 2017,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Also known…

August 5, 2026 4:55 pm

Alejandro Royo-Villanova, Lawyer, died on August 5, 2026

Alejandro Royo-Villanova dead at age 85

Alejandro Royo-Villanova, a Spanish lawyer and politician,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Madrid on April 7, 1941, he was a member of both the People’s Party…

August 5, 2026 4:55 pm

Peter Lai, complications from a stroke, died on August 5, 2026

Peter Lai dead at age 76, Hong Kong lyricist, complications from a stroke

Peter Lai, a Hong Kong lyricist and actor,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 76, of complications from a stroke. Born in British Hong Kong and also known as Peter…

August 5, 2026 4:55 pm

Ardak Amirkulov, Film director, died on August 5, 2026

Ardak Amirkulov dead at age 70

Ardak Amirkulov, the Kazakh film director known for "The Fall of Otrar,"
died on August 5, 2026, aged 70. Born Ardak Zhamansaryuly Amirkulov on December 10, 1955, in Talas District,…

August 5, 2026 3:55 pm

Didier Decoin, Writer, died on August 5, 2026

Didier Decoin dead at age 81

Didier Decoin, the French writer and screenwriter who won the Prix Goncourt in 1977,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt on March 13, 1945, he began…

August 5, 2026 3:55 pm

Zoltán Melis, Hungarian Olympic rower, died on August 5, 2026

Zoltán Melis dead at age 78

Zoltán Melis, the Hungarian Olympic rower who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Budapest on September 11, 1947, he…

August 5, 2026 2:55 pm

Laurence E. Nyquist, American planetary scientist, died on August 5, 2026

Laurence E. Nyquist dead at age 87

Laurence E. Nyquist, an American planetary scientist,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 87. He was known for work on the chronometry of planetary materials, research that helped scientists better…

August 5, 2026 2:55 pm

David Owori, Ugandan footballer, died on August 5, 2026

David Owori dead at age 27

David Owori, a Ugandan footballer with SC Villa and the Uganda national team,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 27, after complications from beating. Born in Tororo on September 23,…

August 5, 2026 1:55 pm

Wilhelmina Lust, Dutch Olympic athlete, died on August 5, 2026

Wilhelmina Lust dead at age 94

Wilhelmina Lust, the Dutch Olympic athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Games,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 94. Born Wilhelmina Maria Lust in Zaandam on June 19, 1932,…

August 5, 2026 12:55 pm

Bernt H. Lund, politician and diplomat, ambassador to Namibia, died on August 5, 2026

Bernt H. Lund dead at age 101, Norwegian civil servant, politician and diplomat, ambassador to Nami…

Bernt H. Lund, the Norwegian civil servant, politician and diplomat who served as Norway’s first ambassador to Namibia,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 101. Lund, also known as Bernt…

August 5, 2026 11:55 am

Rustem Zhantiev, scientist, died on August 5, 2026

Rustem Zhantiev dead at age 88

Rustem Zhantiev, a Russian scientist and entomologist,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Yalta on October 11, 1937, he specialized in the systematics, ecology and physiology of…

August 5, 2026 11:55 am

Egon Rusch, Austrian Olympic boxer, died on August 5, 2026

Egon Rusch dead at age 97

Egon Rusch, the Austrian Olympic boxer,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 97. Rusch represented Austria at the Olympic level and is identified in the record as an Austrian boxer…

August 5, 2026 10:55 am

Bae In-gyu, South Korean gender activist, died on August 5, 2026

Bae In-gyu dead at age 36

Bae In-gyu, a South Korean gender activist and YouTuber who founded and led the anti-feminist group New Men’s Solidarity,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 36. Born in 1990, he…

August 5, 2026 9:55 am

Oladele Awobuluyi, African linguistics, language policy, died on August 5, 2026

Oladele Awobuluyi dead at age 89, Yoruba linguistics, African linguistics, language policy

Oladele Awobuluyi, a Nigerian linguist, professor and author known for his work in Yoruba linguistics, African linguistics and language policy,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 89. Born on July…

August 5, 2026 6:55 am

Cozell McQueen, American basketball player, died on August 5, 2026

Cozell McQueen dead at age 64

Cozell McQueen, an American basketball player who was part of North Carolina State’s 1983 NCAA championship team,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 64. Born in Paris, McQueen played center…

August 5, 2026 3:55 am

Vincent Browne, Irish sculptor, died on August 5, 2026

Vincent Browne dead at age 78

Vincent Browne, the Irish sculptor,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin in 1947, he studied at the National College of Art and Design and later at…

August 5, 2026 1:55 am

Ken Mitchell, poet, died on August 5, 2026

Ken Mitchell dead at age 85, novelist, poet

Ken Mitchell, the Canadian poet, novelist and playwright who helped shape Saskatchewan’s literary life,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born Kenneth Ronald Mitchell in Moose Jaw on December…

August 5, 2026 1:55 am