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Dame Shirley Porter dead at age 95, Politician

Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Boris Volodin dead at age 94, politician

Boris Volodin, a Russian politician and member of the Soviet of the Union from 1984 to 1989, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Boris Mikhailovich…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Linda Kuk dead at age 71, Film producer

Linda Kuk died May 2, 2026. She was a film producer. Tags Actors, 02 May 2026, Cancer, Kuk, Linda, May 2, May 2026

May 2, 2026 4:24 pm

Colin H. Williams dead at age 75, Welsh academic

Colin H. Williams, a Welsh academic, died on May 2, 2026. Tags Scientists, 02 May 2026, Colin, Wales, Williams, May 2, May 2026

May 2, 2026 4:24 pm

Chet Dobis American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives dead at age 83

Chet Dobis died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Ben Morea, American artist and anarchist activist, died on May 2, 2026

Ben Morea dead at age 84, American artist and anarchist activist

Ben Morea, an American painter and anarchist activist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84–85. Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in poverty, he became addicted to heroin…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

James Lawrence King, American judge, died on May 2, 2026

James Lawrence King American judge dead at age 98

James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

John MacDonald dead at age 88, British major general

John MacDonald, the British major general and former Royal Corps of Transport officer who also represented Scotland as a rugby union international, died on May 2, 2026, aged 88. Born…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Roque Avallay, Huracán, national team, died on May 2, 2026

Roque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80

Roque Avallay, an Argentine footballer who played for Newell's Old Boys, Huracán and the Argentina national team, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 80. Avallay, whose full…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Donald Sidney-Fryer, poet, died on May 2, 2026

Donald Sidney-Fryer dead at age 91, writer, poet

Donald Sidney-Fryer, an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry,…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Finn Wagle, Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, died on May 2, 2026

Finn Wagle dead at age 84, Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman

Finn Wagle, a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Dominique Soltner dead at age 89, Agronomic engineer

Dominique Soltner, the French agronomic engineer, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 1, 1936, he wrote and published books on agronomy intended for agricultural education. In 1978, he…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

David Kendall dead at age 68, American television writer and producer and film director

David Kendall, an American television writer and producer and film director, died on May 2, 2026, at age 68. He worked on television series including "Boy Meets World" and "Growing…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Norman Lacy dead at age 84, Australian politician

Norman Lacy, Australian politician, died on May 2, 2026, aged 84. He was a minister in the Hamer and Thompson cabinets of the Victorian government from May 1979 to April…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Michel Debost dead at age 92, French flutist

Michel Debost, a French flutist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Peter R. Moody Jr. dead at age 82, American political scientist and sinologist

Peter R. Moody Jr., an American political scientist and sinologist, died on May 2, 2026. He was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame in South…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Stanislav Petrov dead at age 87, Russian military officer, chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troo…

Stanislav Petrov died on May 2, 2026, in an apparent suicide. He was a Russian military officer and served as chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops from 1992 to…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Doris F. Fisher, Businesswoman, died on May 2, 2026

Doris F. Fisher dead at age 94, Businesswoman

Doris F. Fisher, the American businesswoman who co-founded Gap Inc., died on May 2, 2026. She was 94. Fisher, born Doris Lee Feigenbaum on August 23, 1931, in San Francisco,…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira dead at age 85, Brazilian journalist

Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, a Brazilian journalist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 85. He was part of the team that launched Veja magazine and later worked as…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Ubaldo Biordi dead at age 87, Politician

Ubaldo Biordi, a Sammarinese politician and captain regent, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 87. He served two terms as one of San Marino’s joint heads of…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Alex Zanardi, Italian racing driver and paracyclist, died on May 2, 2026

Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59

Alex Zanardi, the Italian racing driver and paracyclist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 59. Born Alessandro Zanardi in Bologna on October 23, 1966, he won the…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Yaya Ceesay dead at age 88, Gambian politician

Yaya Ceesay, Gambian politician and member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026, in Kanifing, The Gambia, aged 88–89. A member of the People's Progressive Party, he served as Minister…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

José María Cruz Novillo, Designer, died on May 2, 2026

José María Cruz Novillo dead at age 89, Designer

José María Cruz Novillo, the Spanish painter, designer and sculptor, died on May 2, 2026. Born in Cuenca on May 21, 1936, he was also a sculptor, engraver and graphic…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Emily Grosholz dead at age 75, American poet

Emily Grosholz, an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 17, 1950, in Philadelphia, she was the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Moslem Uddin Bangladeshi politician, MP dead at age 88

Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Castell V. Bryant dead at age 88, American academic administrator

Castell V. Bryant, an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Soheir Zaki, Egyptian belly dancer and actress, died on May 2, 2026

Soheir Zaki Egyptian belly dancer and actress dead at age 81

Soheir Zaki, the Egyptian belly dancer and actress known for her work in "Cairo 30," died on May 2, 2026. She was 81. Born Suheir Zaki Abdullah in Mansoura, Egypt,…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am

Martin C. Weisskopf, American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026

Martin C. Weisskopf dead at age 84, American space scientist

Martin C. Weisskopf, an American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May…

May 2, 2026 12:00 am