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Farhan Hassan Al-Mansour dead, public figure

Farhan Hassan Al-Mansour died on May 1, 2026. He was a public figure. Tags Other, 01 May 2026, Farhan, Al-Mansour, May 1, May 2026

May 1, 2026 4:24 pm

Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79

Stephen Owen, an American sinologist, died on May 1, 2026, at age 79. He specialized in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics, and taught Chinese literature and…

June 30, 2023 12:00 am

Dionysis Tsamis, died on May 1, 2026. Born on May 21, 1951, in Agrinio, he played as a midfielder. Tsamis began his football career in the youth team of Panetolikos in 1967 and later moved into senior football. He made his official debut on November 8, 1972, in the second leg of a UEFA Cup tie against Liverpool. He was also noted as a member of AEK Athens, according to the photograph on file with his Wikipedia article, died on May 1, 2026

Dionysis Tsamis dead at age 74, Greek footballer

Dionysis Tsamis, a Greek professional footballer and later manager, died on May 1, 2026. Born on May 21, 1951, in Agrinio, he played as a midfielder. Tsamis began his football…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Philippe Lazar dead at age 90, French statistician and epidemiologist

Philippe Lazar, French statistician and epidemiologist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as president of Inserm from 1982 to 1996 and as president of…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Péter Bikár, Hungarian ice hockey player, died on May 1, 2026

Péter Bikár dead at age 81, Hungarian ice hockey player

Péter Bikár, the Hungarian ice hockey player who represented his country at the 1964 Winter Olympics and in several World Championships, died on May 1, 2026. He was 80. Born…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Karl-Heinz Mühe dead at age 77, Teacher

Karl-Heinz Mühe, a German politician and member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1986 to 2003, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Schöppenstedt…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Juliet Winters Carpenter dead at age 77, American translator

Juliet Winters Carpenter, an American translator, died on May 1, 2026. She was a translator of modern Japanese literature whose fiction and nonfiction translations won numerous awards. Born in Ann…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Hans-Wilhelm Pesch dead at age 88, German politician

Hans-Wilhelm Pesch, a German politician and member of the Bundestag from 1983 to 1998, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on June 19, 1937, in…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Antonio Arcari, apostolic nuncio to Honduras, Mozambique, and Costa Rica, died on May 1, 2026

Antonio Arcari Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Honduras, Mozambique, and Costa…

Antonio Arcari, the Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as apostolic nuncio to Honduras from 2003 to 2008, Mozambique from 2008 to 2014, and Costa Rica from 2014 to 2019,…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Danny Mixon dead at age 76, Musician

Danny Mixon, an American jazz pianist, died on May 1, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 76. Born Daniel Asbury Mixon in Harlem, New York City, on August 19, 1949,…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Yevgeniy Duleyev dead at age 70, Olympic silver medallist

Yevgeniy Duleyev, the Russian rower and Olympic silver medallist, died on May 1, 2026. Born in Moscow on April 5, 1956, he competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Greg Hyman dead at age 78, American inventor

Greg Hyman, an American inventor and co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Greg Eaton Hyman on June 25, 1947, in…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Charlie Williams, American baseball player, died on January 27, 2015

Charlie Williams Maltese footballer dead at age 82

Charlie Williams, a Maltese footballer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 15, 1944, he learned to play football in the streets of Valletta…

January 27, 2015 12:00 am

Audrey Beth Davis American entertainment publicist dead at age 82

Audrey Beth Davis, an American entertainment publicist, died May 1, 2026. Audrey Beth Davis, 82, American entertainment publicist. Tags Other, 01 May 2026, America, Audrey, Davis, 2026-05-01, May 1, May…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

William W. Stinson dead at age 92, Canadian railway executive, president of the Canadian Pacific Ra…

William W. Stinson, the Canadian railway executive who served as president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited from 1981 to 1996, died on May 1, 2026. He was 92. Stinson also…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Alfredrick Hughes dead at age 63, American basketball player

Alfredrick Hughes, an American basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs, died on May 1, 2026. He was 63. Hughes was selected by the Spurs in the first…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Sudesh Kumar dead at age 95, Indian actor and film producer

Sudesh Kumar died on May 1, 2026. He was an Indian actor known for Saranga, Bharosa and Gopi, and also worked as a film producer. His death was reported at…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Csaba Takács, Engineer, died on May 1, 2026

Csaba Takács dead at age 71, Engineer

Csaba Takács died on May 1, 2026. He was a Romanian politician and served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1990 to 1994. Tags Politicians, 01 May…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Vladimir Bayunov, politician, died on May 1, 2026

Vladimir Bayunov dead at age 73, Engineer, politician

Vladimir Bayunov, a Russian politician and engineer who served as a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 1999, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 73.…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

René Henry Gracida, American Roman Catholic prelate, died on May 1, 2026

René Henry Gracida dead at age 102, American Roman Catholic prelate

René Henry Gracida, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997 and of Pensacola–Tallahassee from 1975 to 1983, died on May 1, 2026. He…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Stephen Greene dead at age 81, Irish hurler

Stephen Greene, Irish hurler, died on May 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Waterford in 1944, he played at club level with Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40

Michael Sollis, an Australian musician, died on May 1, 2026, aged 40, from bowel cancer. He was also an interdisciplinary artist, artistic director, researcher and teaching artist. Sollis founded and…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

René Paardekooper dead at age 39, Dutch footballer

René Paardekooper, the Dutch footballer who played for Helmond Sport, died on May 1, 2026. He was 39. Born on April 17, 1987, in Gemert, North Brabant, Paardekooper was a…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Tülay Özer, Turkish singer, died on May 1, 2026

Tülay Özer Turkish singer dead at age 79

Tülay Özer, a Turkish singer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 10, 1946, in Kemaliye, Turkey, she began her professional music career in…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

G. Robert Blakey, Law professor, died on May 1, 2026

G. Robert Blakey dead at age 90, Law professor

G. Robert Blakey, an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Georg Wadenius, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 80. Known as "Jojje" Wadenius, he was a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer who was active as a studio and session guitarist and bassist, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a founder-member of the Swedish groups Made in Sweden and Solar Plexus, and later moved to the United States to serve as lead guitarist of Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1972 to 1975. Wadenius was born in Stockholm and attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School. He received Swedish Grammis awards in 1970 for Made in Sweden and for his work on children's songs, died on May 1, 2026

Georg Wadenius public figure dead at age 80

Georg Wadenius, a Swedish guitarist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 80. Known as "Jojje" Wadenius, he was a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer who was active as…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Panayot Butchvarov dead at age 93, Bulgarian philosopher

Panayot Butchvarov, the Bulgarian philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, died on May 1, 2026. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 2, 1933, he…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Man Phatnothai, minister of information and communication technology, deputy prime minister, died on May 1, 2026

Man Phatnothai Thai politician, minister of information and communication technology, deputy prime…

Man Phatnothai, Thai politician and civil servant who served as minister of information and communication technology in 2008 and as deputy prime minister later that year, died on May 1,…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am

Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Swiss physician and advocate for therapeutic fasting, died on May 1, 2026

Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo dead at age 73, Swiss physician and advocate for therapeutic fasting

Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, a Swiss physician and advocate for therapeutic fasting, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Geneva on February 5, 1953, she…

May 1, 2026 12:00 am