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 and began organized soccer at age 10 with the Valletta… · America · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27
Audrey Beth Davis, an American entertainment publicist, died May 1, 2026.
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 round, 14th overall, of the 1985 NBA draft. A Chicago…
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 work spanned acting and film production, and his name is associated with several Hindi…
Csaba Takács, a Hungarian-Romanian politician and deputy from 1990 to 1994, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Aiud, Romania, on March 30, 1955, he was an engineer and a member of the Democratic Union… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
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. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation,…
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 was 102. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 9,…
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 Waterford senior hurling team. Greene came through the juvenile and…
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 directed The Griffyn Ensemble in the early 2000s, serving as…
René Paardekooper, a Dutch footballer who played for Helmond Sport, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 39. Born in Gemert, North Brabant, he began playing football with local club VV Gemert before joining Helmond Sport’s youth teams.…
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 1972 after working in accountancy. She was known for pop…
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 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, and…
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 a studio and session guitarist and bassist, particularly in the…
Panayot Butchvarov, a Bulgarian philosopher, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 2, 1933, he was a Bulgarian-born American philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.…
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, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Bangkok on…
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 studied medicine in Geneva and graduated in 1982. She continued…
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 comparative literature at Harvard University, where he was James Bryant… · Canada · 29 June 2023 · Politicians · June 2023 · June 29
Dionysis Tsamis, a Greek former professional footballer and manager, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 74. Tsamis played as a midfielder and began his career in 1967 with the youth team of Panetolikos. He later moved into…
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 the Research Institute for Development from 1997 to 2001. Lazar…
Péter Bikár died on May 1, 2026. He was a Hungarian ice hockey player.
Karl-Heinz Mühe, a German politician and former member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 77. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Landtag from 1986 to 2003.…
Juliet Winters Carpenter, an American translator of modern Japanese literature, died on May 1, 2026. She was born in 1948 in the American Midwest and studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language…
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 Rheydt, Germany, he was a member of the Christian Democratic…
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, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 72.…
Yevgeniy Duleyev, a Russian rower and Olympic silver medallist, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Moscow on April 5, 1956, he competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980…
Iranian environmentalist · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1 · Other
French film director (Bananes mécaniques · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · French · May 1 · Other
American blues musician · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · Walker · May 1
French resistance fighter · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · Vasselot · French · May 1 · Other
American video and installation artist · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1
Italian-American model (died May 1) · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · Caringi · Other
Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate · 01 May 2025 · Malagasy · May 2025 · May 1 · Other
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1 · Other
American comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and actress (Sesame Street · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1
Filipino actor (Ang Padrino · 01 May 2025 · Filipino · May 2025 · May 1
Latvian footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1
Indian film actor (Kaiyethum Doorath · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1
New Zealand property investor and politician · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · Jones · May 1
American comics artist (Apocalypse) · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1
French rugby union player (SC Mazamet · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · French · May 1
Pakistani Catholic priest · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
Scottish singer and entertainer · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
American general authority · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other · Cook
Algeria's pioneering singer · 01 May 2024 · Becharia · May 2024 · May 1
Burkinabè economist and politician · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · Damiba · May 1
Dutch competitive figure skater · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · Dutch · May 1
English cricket (Worcestershire) · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
Sri Lankan philosopher and a political analyst · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Silva
Indian composer (Raakadhan) · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
Uzbek actor (Sohni Mahiwal) · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
English golfer and broadcaster · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
Russian costume designer (Treasure Island) · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
Serbian football coach and player · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
British philanthropist · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
66–67 · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · Martin · May 1 · Other
Sierra Leonean plant breeder · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
American news anchor (WPRI-TV) · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
German Olympic wrestler (1972 · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
Latvian chess grandmaster · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
Japanese legal academic · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1
Swedish classical musician · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · Hemming · May 1
American actress (M*A*S*H) · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
Russian actor (The Return of the Battleship · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
Ugandan minister · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1952) · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
French-born New Zealand academic · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · French · May 1
British playwright and director (Stovepipe · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
Russian fashion designer · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1 · Other
Chinese hydraulic engineer · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1 · Other
South African academic administrator · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · Kgwadi · May 1
Mexican actor and television director (Las dos caras de Ana · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · Gaston · May 1
Palestinian Islamic militant · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1 · Other
Indian-American author and activist · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · Gandhi · May 1
Scottish noblewoman and philanthropist · 01 May 2023 · Buccleuch · May 2023 · May 1 · Other
American film editor · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
American Olympic hurdler · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1 · Other
American Marine Corps general · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1 · Other
Canadian singer ("The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" · 01 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 1
Czech writer and politician · 01 May 2022 · May 2022 · Czech · May 1
American actor (One Life to Live · 01 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 1
Brazilian businessman and politician · 01 May 2022 · Ferreira · May 2022 · May 1