May 23 — Notable Deaths & Obituaries

Birçe Hasko dead at age 84, The Man with the Cannon, Slogans

Birçe Hasko died on May 23, 2026. He was an Albanian actor known for Përrallë nga e kaluara, The Man with the Cannon and Slogans. News of his death was…

May 23, 2026

Philip Aaberg dead at age 77, pneumonia

Philip Aaberg, the American pianist and composer, died on May 23, 2026, at age 77 of pneumonia. Born in Havre, Montana, in 1949 and raised in Chester, he began performing…

May 23, 2026

Thérèse Liotard dead at age 80, French actress

Thérèse Liotard, a French actress known for Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle, died on May 23, 2026. Born in Lille, Nord,…

May 23, 2026

Arleen Schloss dead at age 82, American performance artist

Arleen Schloss, an American performance artist, died on May 23, 2026. She was 82. Schloss was known for performance art, video and film art, sound poetry, directing and curating, and…

May 23, 2026

Sergei Rozhkov dead at age 83, Russian football player and manager

Sergei Rozhkov died on May 23, 2026. He was a Russian football player and manager, known for his time with Spartak Moscow and the Soviet Union national team. Rozhkov later…

May 23, 2026

Albert Wolsky dead at age 95, French costume designer

Albert Wolsky, the French costume designer, died on May 23, 2026. He was 95. Wolsky was known for work in film and on stage, with a career that included costume…

May 23, 2026

Tom Lund dead at age 75, Norwegian footballer and manager

Tom Lund, the Norwegian footballer and manager associated with Lillestrøm SK and the national team, died on May 23, 2026, aged 75. A striker, he spent his entire playing career…

May 23, 2026

Piotr Pyzik dead at age 67, Civil servant

Piotr Pyzik, a Polish politician and member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2019, died on May 23, 2026. He was 67. Born Piotr Mieczysław Pyzik on January 1, 1959,…

May 23, 2026

Richard A. Tapia dead at age 88, public figure

Richard A. Tapia, an American mathematician, died on May 23, 2026. He was known for his work in mathematical optimization and iterative methods for nonlinear problems, with more recent research…

May 23, 2026

Norbert Kartmann dead at age 77, member and president of the Landtag of Hesse

Norbert Kartmann, a German politician and longtime member and president of the Landtag of Hesse, died on May 23, 2026. He was 77. A member of the Christian Democratic Union,…

May 23, 2026

Yusuf Hossain Humayun dead at age 90, Bangladeshi politician, MP

Yusuf Hossain Humayun, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament from 1973 to 1979, died on May 23, 2026. He was elected to parliament from Barisal-4 in 1973 as…

May 23, 2026

Jens Kampmann dead at age 89, MP, minister of public works and pollution control

Jens Kampmann, the Danish politician and former minister, died on May 23, 2026. He was 89. Kampmann served as a member of the Folketing from 1966 to 1978 and held…

May 23, 2026

Howard Moscoe dead at age 86, public figure

Howard Moscoe, a Canadian politician and former Toronto city councillor, died on May 23, 2026. He was 86. Moscoe served on Toronto City Council from 1978 to 2010 and represented…

May 23, 2026

Ann Fox Chandonnet dead at age 83, American poet

Ann Fox Chandonnet, an American poet, died on May 23, 2026, at age 83. She was also known as a journalist, book reviewer, and culinary historian. Born Ann Alicia Fox…

May 23, 2026

Gabriel Ganley dead at age 22, Brazilian bodybuilder and influencer

Gabriel Ganley died on May 23, 2026. He was a Brazilian bodybuilder and influencer. His death was noted by sources identifying him as 22 years old. Gabriel Ganley, 22, Brazilian…

May 23, 2026

William W. Parmley dead at age 90, American cardiologist

William W. Parmley, an American cardiologist, died on May 23, 2026, at age 90. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 22, 1936, and was also known…

May 23, 2026

Parviz Ghelichkhani dead at age 80, Iranian footballer

Parviz Ghelichkhani, the Iranian footballer who played for Taj and Persepolis and captained the national team, died on May 23, 2026. He was 80. Ghelichkhani was an Iranian-French player who…

May 23, 2026

Lucienne Hamon dead at age 95, Ho!, Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed

Lucienne Hamon, a French actress known for her roles in The Lovers, Ho! and Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 95. Hamon…

May 23, 2026

Tadateru Konoe dead at age 87, Japanese humanitarian, president of the International Federation of…

Tadateru Konoe, the Japanese humanitarian who served as president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 2009 to 2017, died on May 23, 2026. He…

May 23, 2026

Petr Zeman dead at age 79, Czech security expert and dissident

Petr Zeman died on May 23, 2026. He was a Czech security expert and dissident. He was 79. Petr Zeman, 79, Czech security expert and dissident. Tags Other, 23 May…

May 23, 2026

Trevor Meath dead at age 82, public figure

Trevor Meath, the English footballer who played for Walsall and Lincoln City, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 82. A midfielder, he made 110 Football League appearances…

May 23, 2026

Lino Carletto dead at age 82, Italian cyclist

Lino Carletto, an Italian cyclist, died on May 23, 2026. Born on July 20, 1943, in Vigasio, Italy, he built his career as a racing cyclist and was part of…

May 23, 2026

Brian Large dead at age 87, English opera director

Brian Large, the English opera director, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 87. He was known as one of the leading television directors specializing in opera and…

May 23, 2026

Martin Šolc dead at age 77, expert in comet physics and history of astronomy

Martin Šolc died on May 23, 2026. He was a Czech pedagogue and an expert in comet physics and the history of astronomy. His work was associated with teaching and…

May 23, 2026

Ruth Shack dead at age 94, American politician

Ruth Shack, an American politician, died on May 23, 2026, at age 94. She served as the sponsor of the 1977 Human Rights Ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and was…

May 23, 2026

Dang Van Phuoc dead at age 90, Vietnamese-American photojournalist

Dang Van Phuoc, a Vietnamese-American photojournalist, died on May 23, 2026. He was 90. Born in 1935 in a village near Quảng Ngãi Province in central Vietnam, he moved to…

May 23, 2026

Dame Jools Topp dead at age 68, New Zealand musician and comedian, breast cancer

Dame Jools Topp, the New Zealand musician and comedian known as one half of the Topp Twins, died on May 23, 2026, aged 68. A performer active from 1975 to…

May 23, 2026

Linda Crutchfield-Bocock dead at age 84, Canadian Olympic alpine skier and luger

Linda Crutchfield-Bocock died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 84. She was a Canadian Olympic alpine skier and luger who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics. Born in…

May 23, 2026

Toman Brod dead at age 97, anti-communist dissident and Holocaust survivor

Toman Brod, a Czech historian, anti-communist dissident and Holocaust survivor, died on May 23, 2026. He was 97. Brod was born in Prague on January 18, 1929, to an assimilated…

May 23, 2026

Jan Renders dead at age 88, GVAV, national team

Jan Renders died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 88. He was a Dutch footballer who played for PSV Eindhoven, GVAV and the Netherlands national team. Renders appeared…

May 23, 2026