Virginia Held dead at age 96, American philosopher
Virginia Held, an American philosopher and feminist theorist whose work helped shape the ethics of care, died on June 3, 2026. She was 96. Born Virginia Potter Held on October…
Deaths on May 26
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 26 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 26, 2026.
Sir Robin Denys Gill dead at age 98, British business, investor and television executive
Sir Robin Denys Gill, a British business, investor and television executive, died on May 26, 2026. Born on 7 October 1927, he attended Brasenose College, Oxford, and began his career…
Tim Johnston dead at age 63, American author
Tim Johnston died on May 26, 2026. He was an American author. Tags Writers, 26 May 2026, America, Johnston, Tim, May 2026, May 26
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy dead at age 86, American historian and academic
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, an American historian and academic, died on May 26, 2026, at age 86. Kennedy was among the founding feminists in the early women’s studies program at the…
Renato Rosaldo dead at age 85, American cultural anthropologist
Renato Rosaldo, an American cultural anthropologist, died on May 26, 2026. Born in Champaign, Illinois, on April 15, 1941, he carried out field research among the Ilongots of northern Luzon…
William Smithers dead at age 98, Actor
William Smithers, the actor best known for recurring roles on "Peyton Place" and "Dallas," died on May 26, 2026. Born Marion Wilkinson Smithers Jr. on July 10, 1927, in Richmond,…
Koji Tanaka dead at age 70, Japanese football player and manager
Koji Tanaka, a Japanese football player and manager, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Saitama on November 2, 1955, he graduated from Meiji University…
Neil V. Wake dead at age 77, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Neil V. Wake died May 26, 2026. He was an American jurist and a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Tags Lawyers, 26 May 2026,…
Victor Udoh dead at age 21, Southampton, Dynamo České Budějovice
Victor Udoh, a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 21. Born in Calabar on October 18, 2004, he came…
Gennaro Sasso dead at age 97, Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy
Gennaro Sasso died on May 26, 2026. He was 97. An Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy, Sasso was born in Rome on June 25, 1928. His work and teaching…
Abdillah Toha dead at age 84, Academic
Abdillah Toha, an Indonesian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2009, died on May 26, 2026. He was 84. A member of…
R. Fred Lewis dead at age 78, American judge
R. Fred Lewis, an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1998 to 2019, died on May 26, 2026, at age 78. Born…
Esa Klinga dead at age 86, 1968
Esa Klinga, a Finnish Olympic skier and Nordic combined competitor, died on May 26, 2026. He was born on November 21, 1939, in Mikkeli, Finland. Klinga competed in the Nordic…
Věra Nerušilová dead at age 91, Czech singer
Věra Nerušilová died on May 26, 2026. She was a Czech singer. Tags Musicians, 26 May 2026, Czechia, May 2026, May 26, Nerušilová, Věra
Terry Don Phillips dead at age 78, American college athletics administrator
Terry Don Phillips, an American college athletics administrator and former Clemson Tigers athletic director, died on May 26, 2026. He served as athletic director at Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty…
Alan Saret dead at age 81, American postminimalist artist
Alan Saret, an American postminimalist artist and sculptor whose wire works helped define parts of the Soho alternative art scene, died on May 26, 2026. He was 81. Born in…
Arnold Whittall dead at age 90, British musicologist
Arnold Whittall, the British musicologist who wrote widely on 20th- and 21st-century classical music, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on November…
Bob Horner dead at age 68, St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Horner, an American baseball player who starred for the Atlanta Braves and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on May 26, 2026. Born James Robert Horner on…
Theo Diegelmann dead at age 86, German footballer
Theo Diegelmann, a German football goalkeeper who played for SSV Reutlingen 05, VfL Bochum and 1. FC Nürnberg, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on…
Howard Storm dead at age 94, American actor and director
Howard Storm, an American actor and director known for work on "Take the Money and Run," "Once Bitten" and "Mork & Mindy," died on May 26, 2026. He was 94.…
Peter Nobel dead at age 94, Swedish human rights lawyer
Peter Nobel, the Swedish human rights lawyer who served as Sweden’s first ombudsman for discrimination, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on December 8, 1931,…
Donald Newhouse dead at age 96, Businessman
Donald Newhouse, the American businessman and publisher who led Advance Publications, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 96, according to the family company. Born in New York…
Klaus Lehnertz dead at age 88, German pole vaulter
Klaus Lehnertz, a German pole vaulter and Olympic bronze medalist, died on May 26, 2026. He was 88. Born in Solingen on April 13, 1938, Lehnertz competed for the United…
Marc Johnson dead at age 49, American skateboarder
Marc Johnson, an American skateboarder, died on May 26, 2026, at age 49. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on January 6, 1977, he was a professional skateboarder whose career included…
Robert Daley dead at age 96, American writer, journalist
Robert Daley, the American writer, journalist and New York City Police Department officer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 96. Daley, born in New York City on May 10,…
Gaël Da Silva dead at age 41, French Olympic gymnast
Gaël Da Silva, a French Olympic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, died on May 26, 2026. Born on December 30, 1984, in Vaulx-en-Velin, France, he represented the…
Edoardo Rovida dead at age 98, Italian Roman Catholic prelate
Edoardo Rovida, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and apostolic nuncio, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Alessandria on August 26, 1927, he was ordained…
Mohammed Odeh dead at age 51, public figure
Mohammed Odeh, a Palestinian Islamic militant and commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, died on May 26, 2026, in an airstrike. He was 51 or 52. Born in 1974…
Bjørn Tidmand dead at age 86, Singer
Bjørn Tidmand, a Danish singer, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Copenhagen on January 24, 1940, he began his career in 1959 after singing…
Samuel Yin dead at age 75, Businessman
Samuel Yin, a Taiwanese conglomerate industry executive, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a businessman best known as the founder of the Tang Prize…
Martine Prenen dead at age 62, journalist
Martine Prenen, the Belgian former model and television presenter known for Supertalent in Vlaanderen and Expeditie Robinson, died on May 26, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. She was 62. Prenen, born…
Dragoljub Mićunović dead at age 95, president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of…
Dragoljub Mićunović, a Serbian politician and former president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and of the Assembly of Serbia and…
Mark Bailey dead at age 64, American baseball player
Mark Bailey, an American baseball player who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants, died on May 26, 2026, at age 64. A catcher in Major League Baseball…
Forbes Kennedy dead at age 90, Canadian ice hockey player
Forbes Kennedy, the Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, died on May 25, 2026. He was 90. Born in Dorchester,…
Co Hoedeman
Dutch-born Canadian animator (The Sand Castle)Died on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Amanda Feilding
British drug policy activist and aristocratDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Maria Koleva
Bulgarian-born French writer and filmmakerDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Enea Riboldi
Italian cartoonist and illustratorDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Juan Ramón Verón
Argentine footballer (Estudiantes de La PlataDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Willie Stevenson
Scottish footballer (RangersDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Ernst Hilger
Austrian gallery ownerDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Waleed Al-Jasem
Kuwaiti footballerDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Ramón de Pablo Marañón
Spanish footballer (BarcelonaDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Elisabeth Orth
Austrian actress (Kurzer ProzessDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Ronnie Dugger
American journalist (The Texas Observer)Died on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Yaqob Beyene
Ethiopian linguist and academicDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Giuseppe Basini
Italian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Wilhelm Höynck
German diplomatDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Alberto Luis Aguilar
Bolivian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Pieter Biesboer
80–81Died on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Ibou Faye
Senegalese Olympic hurdler (1996)Died on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Silvia Radu
Romanian sculptorDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Len St. Jean
American football player (New England Patriots)Died on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Idriss Ngari
Gabonese politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Horace Speed
American baseball player (Cleveland IndiansDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Cathy Hudgins
American politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Fred Strutt
Australian rugby league player (St GeorgeDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Irianti Erningpraja
Indonesian singerDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Jean Tiberi
French politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Barry McIlheney
64–65Died on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Presley Chweneyagae
South African actor (TsotsiDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Phillip Jacobson
American architectDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Choi Jung-woo
South Korean actor (Like a VirginDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Banoth Madanlal
Indian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Antonio Baseotto
Argentine Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Freddie Aguilar
Filipino musician and singer-songwriterDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Ignasi Riera i Gassiot
Spanish politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Franz Demetz
Italian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Yuriy Hnatkevych
Ukrainian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Yurii Kruk
Ukrainian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf
Indonesian lawyer and activistDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Walid Assaf
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Stanley P. Goldstein
American businessmanDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Bertien van Manen
Dutch photographerDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Francesco Petrozzi
Peruvian lyric tenor and politicianDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Rodger Fox
New Zealand trombonist and jazz musicianDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Bill Walton
American basketball player (Portland Trail BlazersDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Rey Mysterio
47Died on Monday May 27th 2024
Ștefan Birtalan
Romanian handball playerDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Mathias Asoma Puozaa
Ghanaian politicianDied on Monday May 27th 2024
Emily Morgan
British journalist (ITV News)Died on Saturday May 27th 2023
Cotton Tree
c. 400Died on Saturday May 27th 2023
Héctor Lacognata
Paraguayan diplomat and politicianDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Ulf Högberg
Swedish Olympic runnerDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Kay B. Cobb
American jurist and politicianDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Roberto Cicciomessere
Italian politicianDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Seemin Jamali
Pakistani physicianDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Jayantha Dhanapala
Sri Lankan diplomatDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Mohamed Jamal
Lebanese singerDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Engin Ardıç
Turkish journalist and columnistDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
László Hódi
Hungarian-Australian Olympic basketball player (1952Died on Saturday May 27th 2023
Màrius Díaz
Spanish politicianDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
John Dunning
American authorDied on Saturday May 27th 2023
Lin Wenyue
Taiwanese writer and translatorDied on Saturday May 27th 2023