May 12 — Notable Deaths & Obituaries

Ataur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84

Ataur Rahman, a Bangladeshi stage and television actor, died on May 12, 2026. He was 84. Rahman was also a director and writer, and was known by the sobriquet Monchosharothi.…

May 12, 2026

Pedro Feist dead at age 90, Portuguese politician, MP

Pedro Feist, a Portuguese politician and businessman, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Pedro José del Negro Feist on March 11, 1936, he was a…

May 12, 2026

Yebrgual Melese Ethiopian long-distance runner dead at age 36

Yebrgual Melese, an Ethiopian long-distance runner, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 36. Born in Addis Ababa on April 18, 1990, she placed second at the 2015…

May 12, 2026

Jean Bonfils dead at age 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Viviers, bishop of Nice

Jean Bonfils, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Viviers from 1992 to 1998 and bishop of Nice from 1998 to 2005, died on May 12, 2026,…

May 12, 2026

Rex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalist

Rex Reed, an American film critic and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at age 87. Born Rex Taylor Reed on Oct. 2, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, he was…

May 12, 2026

William V. Tamborlane dead at age 79, American pediatrician and academic

William V. Tamborlane, an American pediatrician and academic, died on May 12, 2026. He was Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at Yale School of Medicine from 1986. Born in…

May 12, 2026

Emil Paul Tscherrig dead at age 79, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal

Emil Paul Tscherrig, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Unterems, Switzerland, on 3 February 1947, he was ordained a priest…

May 12, 2026

Patrick Arnold dead at age 59, American organic chemist

Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in…

May 12, 2026

Bassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmaker

Bassek Ba Kobhio, a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker, died on May 12, 2026, at age 69. Born in Nindjé, French Cameroon, in 1957, he worked as a film director, producer,…

May 12, 2026

Bobby Keasler dead at age 80, public figure

Bobby Keasler, an American college football coach, died on May 12, 2026, at age 80. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on September 8, 1945. Keasler served as head…

May 12, 2026

Stanisława Celińska dead at age 79, Polish actress

Stanisława Celińska, a Polish actress and voice actress, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Warsaw on April 29, 1947, she debuted in theatre in…

May 12, 2026

Anna Wagner dead at age 111, Austrian supercentenarian

Anna Wagner died on May 12, 2026. She was an Austrian supercentenarian. Anna Wagner [de], 111, Austrian supercentenarian. Tags Other, 12 May 2026, Anna, Austria, Wagner, 2026-05-12, May 12, May…

May 12, 2026

Barry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancer

Barry W. Blaustein, an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live…

May 12, 2026

Romuald Figuier dead at age 88, French singer

Romuald Figuier, a French singer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, Brittany, on May 9, 1938, he was also known mononymously as…

May 12, 2026

Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi dead at age 91, Indian classical dancer

Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi, an Indian classical dancer, died on May 12, 2026. She was associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, where she served as Principal and taught…

May 12, 2026

Miriam Gonczarska dead at age 53, Polish spiritual leader and journalist

Miriam Gonczarska, a Polish spiritual leader and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Warsaw in 1972, she was a Jewish spiritual leader who…

May 12, 2026

Charle Young dead at age 75, public figure

Charle Young, a Hall of Fame American football player who played tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on May 12, 2026, at age 75. Born…

May 12, 2026

Mark Fuhrman dead at age 74, American detective, cancer

Mark Fuhrman, an American detective known for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder case, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 74 from cancer. He was…

May 12, 2026

Jason Collins dead at age 47, American basketball player, glioblastoma

Jason Collins, an American basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, died on May 12, 2026, at age 47 from glioblastoma. Collins was…

May 12, 2026

Alexander Held dead at age 67, German actor

Alexander Held, a German actor known for roles in Der Untergang, Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, died on May 12, 2026, at age 67.…

May 12, 2026

Donald Gibb dead at age 71, Actor

Donald Gibb, an American actor known for Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport and 1st & Ten, died on May 12, 2026, at age 71. Gibb, whose full name was Donald…

May 12, 2026

Al Gregg dead at age 62, actor and screenwriter

Al Gregg, the English musician, actor and screenwriter best known for his work with punk band The Wall and appearances in ScreenPlay and Doctor Who, died on May 12, 2026,…

May 12, 2026

Swapan Sadhan Bose dead at age 78, Indian politician, MP and sports administrator, president of Moh…

Swapan Sadhan Bose, an Indian politician and sports administrator who was president of Mohun Bagan AC, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Also known as Tutu…

May 12, 2026

Zenonas Juknevičius dead at age 76, Lithuanian politician and lawyer

Zenonas Juknevičius, a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on June 10, 1949, in Valdeikiai, Pasvalys district, he graduated from the…

May 12, 2026

Herb Wharton dead at age 89, public figure

Herb Wharton, an Australian writer, died on May 12, 2026. Herbert Morsley Wharton AM was born in Cunnamulla, Queensland, in 1936 and was an Indigenous Australian former stockman who began…

May 12, 2026

Albrecht Weinberg dead at age 101, public figure

Albrecht Weinberg died on May 12, 2026. Albrecht Weinberg [de], 101, German Holocaust survivor. (death announced on this date) Tags Other, 12 May 2026, Albrecht, Germany, Weinberg, 2026-05-12, May 12,…

May 12, 2026

Jack Taylor dead at age 99, American actor

Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in…

May 12, 2026

John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dead at age 100, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for S…

John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12,…

May 12, 2026