Hesham Yahya dies at 63
Hesham Yahya, an Egyptian journalist, novelist and screenwriter, died October 5, 2026, aged 63. His career joined newspaper journalism and literary writing, and also included television program preparation and screenwriting.…
Deaths on October 5
This archive lists notable deaths associated with October 5 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on October 5, 2026.
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare died at age 86
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, the British politician and author, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born in London on April 15, 1940, he was educated at Wellington School…
Death of George Fenton at age 76
George Richard Ian Howe Fenton, known professionally as George Fenton, the English composer, died October 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Bromley, Kent, he became best known for writing film…
Boualem Boualem death at age 73
Boualem Boualem, an Algerian jurist and politician, died on October 5, 2026, aged 73. Born in Aïn Sefra, then part of French Algeria, on October 16, 1952, he was affiliated…
Carlos Alberto Dias dies at 59
Carlos Alberto Dias, a Brazilian football player, died October 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Brasília on May 5, 1967, he is also known by the fuller name Carlos Alberto…
Death of Hans Egloff at age 66
Hans Egloff, a Swiss People’s Party (SVP) politician who served in Zurich’s Cantonal Council and the National Council, died October 5, 2026, aged 66. Born in Zurich on November 27,…
Don Pierce passed away at age 89
Don Pierce, an American Hall of Fame jockey, died October 5, 2026, aged 89. Born April 13, 1937, in Clebit, Oklahoma, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and later…
Tadeusz Lutak dies at 109
Tadeusz Lutak, a Polish World War II veteran and soldier, died October 5, 2026, aged 109. Born Tadeusz Władysław Lutak on August 29, 1917, in Żarnowa, then part of Austria-Hungary,…
Hélène Hazera death at age 74
Hélène Hazera, a French journalist and transgender rights activist, died October 5, 2026, aged 74. Born in Paris in 1952, she grew up in a violent household. At 17, she…
Ilie Datcu dead at age 89
Ilie Datcu, a Romanian footballer and coach who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 5, 2026, aged 89. Born in Bucharest, he began playing in the junior ranks of…
Death of Matt Howarth at age 72
Matt Howarth, an American comic book writer and artist, died October 5, 2026, aged 72. He was known for the series Those Annoying Post Bros, Savage Henry, Star Crossed and…
Michel de Guillenchmidt dies at 85
Michel de Guillenchmidt, a French civil servant and politician, died in Paris on October 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Paris on August 19, 1941, he studied at Sciences Po…
Obituary: Olivier Mourgue, dead at age 87
Olivier Mourgue, a French industrial designer, died October 5, 2026, aged 87. Born in Paris in 1939, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. His work spanned…
Death of Calvin Schofield Jr. at age 93
Calvin Schofield Jr., an American Episcopalian bishop, died October 5, 2026, aged 93. Known formally as Calvin Onderdonk Schofield Jr., he was born in Delhi, New York. He served as…
Vlado Jug death at age 79
Vlado Jug, a Slovenian ice hockey player and Olympian, died October 5, 2026, aged 79. Born in Jesenice, in what was then Yugoslavia, on April 6, 1947, he was identified…
Samuel Odoi-Sykes passes away at age 98
Samuel Odoi-Sykes, a Ghanaian politician, diplomat, information officer and teacher, died October 5, 2026, aged 98. Born in Accra, he was also known as Samuel Arthur Odoi-Sykes. He attended Accra…
Freddie Jackson dead at age 70
Freddie Jackson, the American rhythm and blues singer known for “You Are My Lady” and “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake),” died October 5, 2026, aged 70. Born Frederick…
Kalev Mutond obituary: died at age 69
Kalev Mutond, a Congolese civil servant and politician who served as general manager of the Agence nationale de renseignements from 2011 to 2019, died in Paris on October 5, 2026,…
Obituary: Michael Kearns, dead at age 76
Michael Kearns, an American actor and activist, died October 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he studied at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, graduating in…
Lena Martell dies at age 86
Lena Martell, the Scottish singer known for “One Day at a Time,” died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born Helen Thomson in Glasgow, she began singing at 11 with her…
Obituary: George Ali Murad Khan, dead at age 93
George Ali Murad Khan, the Pakistani monarch who served as Mir of Khairpur from 1947 to 1954, died October 5, 2026, aged 93. Born in Brighton, England, on June 29,…
Sam McDowell dead at age 84
Sam McDowell, the American former professional baseball player and starting pitcher known as “Sudden Sam,” died October 5, 2026, aged 84. Born in Pittsburgh on September 21, 1942, McDowell pitched…
Göksel Arsoy obituary: died at age 90
Göksel Arsoy, the Turkish actor known for films including Şafak Bekçileri, Gençlik Hülyaları and Şehirdeki Yabancı, died on October 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in Kayseri on March 15, 1936,…
Dennis Hastert died at age 84
Dennis Hastert, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007 and as speaker from 1999 to 2007, died October 5, 2026, aged 84.…
John Rudnicki passed away at age 75
John Rudnicki, an American engineer, died October 5, 2026, aged 75. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, he began studying at Brown University in 1969, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1973,…
Gabriele Sabatini passes away at age 50
Gabriele Sabatini, an Italian football player and manager, died on October 5, 2026, aged 50. Born in La Spezia on March 22, 1976, he played for Pisa, Castelnuovo and Cuneo…
Obituary: Fred Claire, dead at age 91
Fred Claire, the American baseball executive who served as vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, died October 5, 2026, aged 91. He worked in several capacities…
William Osorio dead at age 55
William Adalberto Osorio Rivera, the Salvadoran footballer known as William Osorio, died October 5, 2026, aged 55. Born in San Salvador on April 13, 1971, he was a retired player…
Colin Wilson passes away at age 54
Colin Wilson, the Australian heavyweight boxer known as “Kid Coalminer,” died on October 5, 2026, aged 54. Born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, on April 18, 1972, Wilson made his…
Benon Sevan dead at age 88
Benon Sevan, a Cypriot international diplomat and assistant secretary-general in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs from 1992 to 2005, died October 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Nicosia…
Jim Bakker dies at 86
Jim Bakker, an American televangelist known for The PTL Club, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born James Orsen Bakker in Muskegon, Michigan, he attended North Central University in Minneapolis,…
Tom J. Dugger, died aged 78
Tom J. Dugger, an accountant and former Oklahoma state senator, died October 5, 2026, aged 78. A Republican, he represented the state Senate’s 21st District after winning election in November…
Death of Erin Pizzey at age 86
British men's rights activist and novelist Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Claire Celsi passed away at age 59
American politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Ken Jacobs passes away at age 92
American filmmaker Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Obituary: Camille Senon, dead at age 100
French trade unionist Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Ruslan Țaranu died at age 72
Moldovan guitarist Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Dana Drábová passes away at age 64
Czech physicist and local politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Lun Gywe dies at 95
Burmese watercolor painter Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Yoshihiro Ito dead at age 43
Japanese baseball player (Chiba Lotte Marines) Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Bobby Allen death at age 81
American racing driver Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Yuri Makhotin death at age 95
Russian painter Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Obituary: John Woodvine, dead at age 96
English actor Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Ben Lewis has died at age 46
Australian actor Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Obituary: Mick Harrison, dead at age 79
English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Aimo Moroni passed away at age 91
culinary chef (Aimo and Nadia Moroni) Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Mohamed Tahir death at age 74
Sudanese politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Death of Pushpak Bhattacharyya at age 62
62-63 Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Obituary: Eva Bysing, dead at age 82
Swedish actress (Rederiet) Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Dame Jilly obituary: died at age 88
English novelist (Emily Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Orfeo Reda dies at age 92
Italian painter and artist Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Darmono passed away at age 72
Indonesian prosecutor Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Marcelo Galli dies at -1
Brazilian futsal goalkeepers' coach (Corinthians Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Katherine Clerides death at age 76
Cypriot politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Volodymyr Leontiev has died at age 60
60-61 Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Margaret Markey obituary: died at age 83
American politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
John E. dead at age 81
New Zealand botanist and bryologist Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Achille Enoc dies at 91
Italian politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Obituary: Daniel Bianchi, dead at age 63
Uruguayan politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Luis Stefanelli dies at 68
Venezuelan politician Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Giorgio Trevisan died at age 89
Italian comic artist (War Picture Library Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Timothy Darvill passes away at age 66
English archaeologist Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Dan Coughlin dead at age 86
American sportscaster (WJW) and journalist (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Jack Iker has died at age 75
American Anglican bishop Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Renat Akchurin passed away at age 79
Soviet and Russian cardiac surgeon Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Christopher Ciccone dies at 63
American dancer and interior designer Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Andrey Neretin, died aged 48
Russian actor Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Matthew Lewis death at age -1
American photojournalist Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Minas Hadjimichael death at age 67
Cypriot diplomat Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Death of Chazom Chazom at age 76
Israeli footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Death of Helmut Bauer at age 87
German Roman Catholic prelate Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Death of Helmut Bauer at age 87
German Roman Catholic prelate Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Death of Sammy Basso at age 28
Italian biologist and writer Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Sefedin Braho dead at age 71
Albanian footballer (Luftëtari Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Ildar Dadin dies at 42
Russian political dissident Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Ilmar Dadin has died at age 42
Russian political dissident Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Ana Velia dies at 49
Mexican journalist Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Ifigenia Martínez died at age 94
Mexican politician and diplomat Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Allan Blye death at age 87
Canadian-born American television writer (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Died on Sunday October 6th 2024
Death of Loren Cunningham at age 88
American missionary leader (Youth with a Mission) Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Murílio de died at age 90
Brazilian geographer and politician Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Moreira Alves has died at age 90
Brazilian academic and magistrate Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Death of Dominique Perrier at age 72
72-73 Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Death of Geneviève Viney at age 86
French law professor and jurist Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Ronnie Boomgaard dies at 78
Dutch footballer Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Francisco Vidal died at age 82
Spanish actor (El Crack Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Bruno Filippini dies at age 78
Italian singer Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Paul Ramboux passed away at age 91
Belgian cartoonist Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Vyacheslav Maksakov passed away at age 76
Russian film and dubbing director Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Esme Timbery died at age 92
Australian Indigenous artist and shellworker Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Mary Chronopoulou obituary: died at age 90
Greek actress Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Ibrahim Amin, died aged -1
Egyptian squash player Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Jordan Levy obituary: died at age 79
American politician and radio host Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Atila Pesyani dead at age 66
Iranian actor (The Redemption) Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Vilém Mandlík has died at age 87
Czech Olympic sprinter (1956 Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Bill Munro obituary: died at age 89
Scottish football player (Barrow) and manager (Clydebank Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Panos Theodorou death at age 29
Cypriot footballer Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Thor Nilsen died at age 92
Norwegian competition rower Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Death of Robert A. at age 89
American religious historian Died on Friday October 6th 2023