Obituary: Douglas Franklin, dead at age 76
Douglas Franklin, the Brazilian footballer known for his spells with Santos and Bahia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 76, after cancer. Born Douglas da Silva Franklin in Barretos on…
Deaths on August 9
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 9 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 9, 2026.
Giancarlo Ferretti, died aged 84
Giancarlo Ferretti, the Italian road racing cyclist who later became a directeur sportif, died on August 9, 2026, aged 84. Born in Lugo on October 16, 1941, he first competed…
Death of Ben Jones at age 84
Ben Jones, the American politician and actor best known for playing Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard and serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993,…
Death of Edward B. Fort at age 95
Edward B. Fort, an American academic administrator who served as chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1981 to 1999, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95.…
Obituary: Diab Al-Louh, dead at age 67
Diab Al-Louh, a Palestinian diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to Egypt, died on August 9, 2026, aged 67. Born in Gaza City on December 28, 1958, he was…
Charlotte Puiseux death at age 39
Charlotte Puiseux, a French disability rights activist, died on August 9, 2026, at age 39. Born in Paris in 1986, she later became known for her advocacy on disability rights,…
Livio Berruti, died aged 87
Livio Berruti, the Italian athlete who won the 200-meter dash at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on August 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Turin on May 19, 1939, he…
Gary Dwyer dead, Gary Dwyer, British drummer
Gary Dwyer, the British drummer best known for his work with The Teardrop Explodes, died on August 9, 2026, of leukaemia. He played with the Liverpool band during its years…
John F. Link dead at age 91
John F. Link, the American film editor known for his work on Commando, Predator and Die Hard, died on August 9, 2026, aged 91. Also credited as John F. Link…
Don Nelson has died at age 86
Don Nelson, the American basketball player and coach who won five NBA championships with the Boston Celtics before becoming one of the league’s most influential head coaches, died on August…
Death of Maurice Buttin at age 97
Maurice Buttin, the French lawyer and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 97. Born in Meknes on December 10, 1928, he joined the Rabat Bar Association in 1954 and…
Lynn Council died at age 92
Lynn Council, an American victim of an aborted or mock lynching, died on August 9, 2026, aged 92. He was the African American man at the center of a 1952…
Romain Noble passes away at age 46
Romain Noble, the French wheelchair fencer and Paralympic champion, died on August 9, 2026, aged 46. Born in Bordeaux on June 24, 1980, he competed in international fencing competitions and…
Wacław Orłowski death at age 81
Wacław Orłowski, the Polish Olympic wrestler who competed at the 1968 Summer Games, died on August 9, 2026, aged 81. Born on January 5, 1945, Orłowski represented Poland in the…
Lee Yong-taek died at age 95
Lee Yong-taek, a South Korean politician and activist who served as an independent member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1988, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95. Born…
Death of Ilya Kuleshin at age 25
Ilya Kuleshin, a Russian footballer who played for Khimik-Arsenal, Arsenal Tula and Avangard Kursk, died on August 9, 2026, aged 25. Born Ilya Vladimirovich Kuleshin on August 29, 2000, in…
Death of Martin Fofié Kouakou at age 57
Martin Fofié Kouakou, an Ivorian military officer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 57. Born in Bondoukou in 1968, he served in the armed forces of Ivory Coast and rose…
John Crowley passes away at age 83
John Crowley, the American writer and screenwriter whose works of fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction included Little, Big, the Ægypt sequence and Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of…
Dennis Grey dead at age 79
Dennis Grey, an American basketball player who spent two seasons in the American Basketball Association, died on August 9, 2026, at age 79. A center, he played for the Los…
Brian Dyson obituary: died at age 90
Brian Dyson, the former chief executive of The Coca-Cola Company, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. An American businessman, Dyson was chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. from…
Erkki Pystynen has died at age 96
Erkki Pystynen, the Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 1986, died on August 9, 2026, aged 96. Born Erkki Topias Pystynen in…
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel obituary: died at age 89
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, an American diplomat and ambassador to Slovakia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 89. She served as the United States ambassador to Slovenia from 1998 to 2001.…
Obituary: Diab Al-Louh, dead at age 67
Diab Al-Louh, a Palestinian diplomat and politician, died on August 9, 2026, at age 67. He was a member of Fatah and had previously been held prisoner by Israel, according…
Dipak Bahadur K.C. dead at age 85
Dipak Bahadur K.C., a Nepali politician and former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, died on August 9, 2026, aged 85. He belonged to the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary…
Death of Piston van Wyk at age 82
Piston van Wyk, the South African rugby union player who represented Northern Transvaal, Natal and the Springboks, died on August 9, 2026, aged 82. Born Jacobus Frederick Beatrix van Wyk…
Arthur Price dead at age 80
Arthur Price, the British motorcycle speedway rider who died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, was born in Wolverhampton in 1946 and raced under his full name, Arthur Malcolm Price.…
Douglas died at age 76
Douglas, a Brazilian footballer best known for his time with Santos and Bahia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 76. Born in Barretos on September 9, 1949, he was an…
Obituary: Garreth Lynch, dead at age 83
Garreth Lynch, an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978, died on August 9, 2026, aged 83. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Death of Eduardo Parraguez at age 90
Eduardo Parraguez, a Chilean politician and former mayor of Pichilemu, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. Born Víctor Eduardo Parraguez Galarce on October 21, 1935, in Paredones, Chile, he…
Obituary: David H. Lund, dead at age 86
David H. Lund, an American philosopher and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 86. Born David Herbert Lund in Roseau, Minnesota, on October 23, 1939, he studied at the…
Reggie Bannister dies at 80
Reggie Bannister, the American actor best known for playing Reggie in the Phantasm film series, died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, of complications from dementia and Parkinson's disease. Born…
Anas Al-Sharif passes away at age 28
Palestinian journalist Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Robbie Ellis dies at 82
American wrestler Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Death of Mizutani Minoru at age 77
Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Sebastian Västerlund dies at 34
Swedish reality television contestant (The Farm) Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Tatyana Chervenyakova death at age 71
Bulgarian physician Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Avraham Golik death at age 91
Israeli marine geologist and oceanographer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Manuel Lourenzo dies at age 82
Spanish theatre director Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Bobby Whitlock dies at age 77
American singer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Ray Brooks dead at age 86
English actor (Cathy Come Home Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Santos Beloki dies at age 89
Spanish Franciscan priest and bertsolaritza singer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Yevgeny Chyorny dies at age 90
Russian geologist Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Yuri Butusov dies at age 63
Russian theatre director Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Jack Morava dies at age 80
American mathematician Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Death of Kunishige Kamamoto at age 81
Japanese footballer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Hiromasa Urakawa, died aged 28
Japanese boxer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Calvin Seerveld death at age 94
American academic Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Mun Ki-nam dies at 77
North and South Korean footballer and coach Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Zhu Liang dies at 101
Chinese politician Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Kotofuji Takaya death at age 60
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Judy Bailey dies at age 89
New Zealand-Australian pianist Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Lloyd A., died aged 80
American community leader Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Urakawa Hiromasa dead at age 28
Japanese boxer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Jean-Louis Riguet dead at age 78
French writer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
León Balter dies at age 97
Spanish journalist Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Wolfgang Buresch has died at age 84
German puppeteer Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Julián Riera obituary: died at age 84
Spanish footballer (RCD Espanyol Died on Sunday August 10th 2025
Death of Liam Munroe at age 90
Irish footballer (Dundalk) Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Vahagn Hayotsian death at age -1
Armenian politician Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Tuíre Kayapó passed away at age 54
Brazilian indigenous rights activist Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Carlos Germán has died at age 96
Peruvian poet Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Natwar Singh dies at age 95
Indian diplomat and politician Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Obituary: Peter Kraus, dead at age 83
German field hockey player Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Ellen Corbett obituary: died at age 69
American politician Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Death of Ida Bagus at age 84
Indonesian bureaucrat and politician Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Jody O’Neill dead at age 87
Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Coalisland Na Fianna Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Carl Bevan dies at 51
Welsh rock drummer (60 Ft. Dolls) and painter Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Death of Kasper König at age 80
German museum director and curator Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Rudolf Jelínek died at age 89
Czech actor (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman) Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Obituary: Izabela Mrzygłocka, dead at age 65
Polish politician Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Samer al-Hajj died at age -1
Palestinian security official (Hamas) Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Dame June dead at age 92
New Zealand Māori community leader and sportswoman Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Vijay Kadam dies at age 67
Indian actor (De Danadan Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Susan Wojcicki obituary: died at age 56
American business executive and former CEO of YouTube Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Ahmed Ali dies at age 45
Emirati marine sports champion Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Leigh Verstraete passed away at age 61
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs) Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Michela Murgia died at age 51
Italian novelist Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Cesare Cipollini dies at 64
Italian Olympic cyclist Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Mike Santiago passed away at age 67
American football coach (Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Rosemary S. death at age 85
American judge Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Nechama Tec has died at age 92
Polish-American sociologist and writer Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Daniel death at age 84
Japanese clergyman and monk of the Japanese Orthodox Church Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Alec Jackson death at age 86
English footballer Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
María Cangá dead at age 60
Ecuadorian judoka Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Johnny Hardwick died at age 64
American voice actor (King of the Hill) Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Brice Marden obituary: died at age 84
American painter Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Nibedita Pradhan has died at age 60
Indian politician Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Jalila Hafsia dies at 95
Tunisian writer Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Death of Robert Arevalo at age 85
Filipino actor (The Moises Padilla Story Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Obituary: Hugh Segal, dead at age 72
Canadian academic and politician Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Gerry Bermingham death at age 82
British politician Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Vincentius Sutikno dies at 69
Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Antonella Lualdi has died at age 92
Italian actress (Miracle in Viggiù Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Aleksandr Viktorenko dead at age 76
Russian cosmonaut Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Aleksandar Matanović died at age 93
Serbian chess grandmaster Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Richard M. passes away at age 102
British-American atmospheric physicist Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Aderbal Freire obituary: died at age 82
Brazilian actor Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Fernando Villavicencio passed away at age 59
Ecuadorian politician Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Simon Carlyle dies at 47
British screenwriter (Two Doors Down Died on Thursday August 10th 2023