Valery Fabrikant: key obituary facts
Is Valery Fabrikant dead? Yes. Valery Fabrikant died on June 27, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Valery Fabrikant's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Valery Fabrikant known for?
He was a Canadian mathematician of Belarus-Sovietic descent.
More about Valery Fabrikant
Born: 28 January 1940.
Place of birth: Minsk.
Place of death: Archambault Institution.
Gender: male.
Occupation: university teacher, serial killer, mathematician.
Nationality: Canada, Soviet Union.
Education: Moscow Power Engineering Institute.
Employer: Concordia University, Rybinsk State Technical University of Aviation.
Career began: 24 August 1992.
Career ended: 24 August 1992.
Also known as: Valery I. Fabrikant, V. I. Fabrikant, Valery Iosifovich Fabrikant.
Valery Fabrikant, a Belarusian-born Canadian academic and convicted mass murderer, died on June 27, 2026.
Born Valery Iosifovich Fabrikant in Minsk on January 28, 1940, he became an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Concordia University in Montreal. His name became widely known after the 1992 Concordia University massacre, which led to a life sentence.
He was later denied parole or temporary leave in 2015 and again in 2022, and a Quebec court declared him a vexatious litigant in 2000 after repeated legal filings.