Solange Alexandre, a French World War II resistance fighter and schoolteacher, died November 10, 2026, aged 104. Born Solange Dubuisson on September 9, 1922, in Mamers, Sarthe, she trained at a normal school before working as…
Shaji Kumar, an Indian cinematographer whose work spanned Malayalam and Tamil films, died of heart failure on November 10, 2026, aged 57. Born in Kochi, Kerala, he was active in film from 2002 through 2026. He…
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, the Indian educationist and founder of the Barefoot College, died in Tilonia, Rajasthan, on November 10, 2026, aged 81. Born in Burnpur on June 30, 1945, he attended The Doon School, where he was a contemporary of Rajiv Gandhi, and later studied at St. Stephen’s…
Ryan Ghietti, an Australian rugby league player who represented Italy internationally and played for Northern Pride, died on November 10, 2026, aged 37. Born in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, on July 22, 1989, he played his junior rugby league with Innisfail Brothers. Ghietti later played for Northern Pride in…
Dafydd Morgan “Dai” Henwood, the New Zealand comedian and television host, died November 10, 2026, aged 48. Born in Wellington, Henwood began performing comedy while studying Theatre and Film at Victoria University of Wellington. His television career started in 1999 with an appearance on TV2’s Pulp Comedy, where…
Dilyara Alkayeva, a Russian jurist who served as a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Tatarstan, died November 9, 2026, aged 77. Born on September 8, 1949, she was known in Russian as Dilyara Akhmetovna Alkayeva (Диляра Ахметовна Алкаева). Her judicial service on the Constitutional…
Tibor Palánkai, a Hungarian economist, university teacher and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, died November 9, 2026, aged 88. Born in Jakabszállás on March 1, 1938, he studied at Corvinus University of Budapest and later became an emeritus professor there. His academic leadership included serving as…
Francis Pipelin, a French professional racing cyclist, died in Noyal-sur-Vilaine on November 9, 2026, aged 93. Born on July 7, 1933, in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, France, he was a French bicycle racer whose career included participation in four editions of the Tour de France. That record places him among the…
Vanderlei Lázaro, a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back, died on November 9, 2026, aged 77. Born in Uberaba on June 20, 1947, he began his career at Nacional de Uberaba in 1967 and moved to Corinthians the following year. He later returned to Minas Gerais…
Maurice Hasson, a French-Venezuelan violinist, died November 9, 2026, aged 92. Born July 6, 1934, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Line Talluel and Joseph Calvet. He won a First Prize for violin and a Grand Prix for chamber music, as well as the first Prix d’Honneur…
Bob Mills, an American businessman and founder of Bob Mills Furniture, died November 9, 2026, aged 79. Born in Roswell, New Mexico, on July 13, 1947, he was raised in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Putnam City High School in 1965 and earned a degree in business administration…
Badrul Kamal, an Indonesian politician and former mayor of Depok, died November 9, 2026, aged 80. Born in Bogor on December 20, 1945, he was the son of Kyai Haji Jahja Sudja’i, a religious scholar, and Siti Djuariah. He attended Sekolah Rakyat, then SMP Negeri 1 Bogor and…
Ronald J. Canestrari, an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, died November 9, 2026, aged 83. Born May 22, 1943, in Cohoes, New York, he attended Christian Brothers Academy, Fordham University and Fordham University School of Law. Canestrari…
Gary Fisketjon, an American editor, died November 9, 2026, aged 72. Born in 1954, he worked in editorial roles at Random House, the Atlantic Monthly Press and Alfred A. Knopf. At Random House, he created Vintage Contemporaries, a line of paperbacks. He was editorial director of the Atlantic…
Dennis Breakwell, the English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Somerset, died on November 9, 2026, aged 78. Born in Brierley Hill on July 2, 1948, to John (Jack) Breakwell and Florence Emily Talbot, he made…
Ballabriggs, an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and 2011 Grand National winner, died on November 9, 2026, aged 25. Born on April 20, 2001, he was trained by Donald McCain Jr. in Cholmondeley, Cheshire, and owned by Trevor Hemmings. His racecourse debut came at Uttoxeter on May 14, 2006, in…
Tommy Walsh, the English television presenter and celebrity builder, died on November 9, 2026, aged 69. Born in South Hackney on December 18, 1956, he was educated at Parmiter’s School, then a grammar school in Bethnal Green, before entering the building trade. He became familiar to television audiences…
Lenita Airisto, a Finnish journalist and businesswoman, died November 9, 2026, aged 89. Born Hymmi Lenita Aulikki Airisto in Helsinki on January 1, 1937, she studied at Hanken School of Economics and worked in business, journalism and authorship. She was also a model and television journalist, and promoted…
Agneta Ekmanner, the Swedish actress associated with Hugs and Kisses, died November 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Stockholm on December 4, 1938, she studied at the Malmö Theatre Academy and also worked as a model. Her acting career began in 1965, and she appeared in more than…
Ron Turner, an Australian rugby league player who represented Cronulla-Sutherland and Australia, died November 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Turner played in the 1970s as a hooker, representing both New South Wales and Australia. He joined Cronulla-Sutherland in 1970 and became the club’s…
Daryl Lilley, a New Zealand professional rugby union player who represented Taranaki, Canterbury and the Hurricanes, died on November 9, 2026, aged 52. Born in New Plymouth, he attended New Plymouth Boys’ High School and began his provincial career with Taranaki in 1993. Four years later, he moved…
Manilal Nag, an Indian sitar player and exponent of Bengal’s Bishnupur gharana, died on November 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Bankura on August 16, 1939, he learned the sitar from his father, Gokul Nag, and made his first public appearance at the All India Music Conference in…
Paweł Anweiler, a Polish Lutheran clergyman of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland, died November 9, 2026, aged 76. Born in Kalisz on June 16, 1950, he began his ministry there as a curate, serving from 1974 to 1976. From 1976 to 1979, he was administrator of the Evangelical…
Bob Boone, an American baseball player and manager who was a four-time Major League Baseball All-Star, died November 9, 2026, aged 78. Born Robert Raymond Boone in San Diego, California, he played as a catcher in the major leagues and later managed the Kansas City Royals. His playing…
Michal Oksinski, a 24-year-old Polish spree killer, died November 9, 2026, from injuries sustained in a shooting. He was shot by police during a gun battle after an attack in Kraków two days earlier. Around 3 p.m. on November 7, a black Subaru hatchback bearing an Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski…
Arpita Singh, an Indian artist whose figurative and modernist paintings brought together narrative and densely layered imagery, died November 9, 2026, aged 89. Born Arpita Dutta in Baranagar, near Calcutta, in 1937, she left the city with her mother and brother in 1946. She studied at the Delhi…
Panda Nababan, an Indonesian politician and senior journalist who served as a member of parliament from 1999 to 2012, died November 9, 2026, aged 82. Born Pandapotan Maruli Asi Nababan, he became widely known by the shortened name Panda Nababan. He attended Nasrani junior high school in Medan,…
Jeffrey Lynn Julian, known as Jeff Julian, a New Zealand Olympic marathon runner, died November 7, 2026, aged 91. Born in Taumarunui on October 9, 1935, he trained…
Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan, a Pakistani politician who served as president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, died on November 7, 2026, aged 90. He held the presidency from…
Leonid Grigoryevich Leiman, a Russian fencer and Soviet fencing coach, died on November 7, 2026, aged 95. Born on August 2, 1931, he specialized in sabre and represented…
Kofi Wayo, a Ghanaian businessman and politician, died on November 7, 2026, aged 71. Born Charles Eric Kofi Wayo, he was born around 1955 in Kofi Pare, in…
Frank Bergemann, a German handball coach, died on November 7, 2026, aged 70. Born on April 20, 1956, Bergemann coached HG Erlangen and CSG Erlangen before moving to…
G. William Whitehurst, an American politician who represented Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House for nine terms, died November 7, 2026, aged 101. Born George William…
Bobby Sheehan, the American ice hockey player also known as Robert Richard Sheehan, died November 7, 2026, aged 77. A center, he played in the National Hockey League…
Richard Lloyd, the American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Television, died of bile duct cancer on November 7, 2026, aged 75. Born in…
Lucette Lousteau, a French politician who served as a deputy from 2012 to 2017, died on November 7, 2026, aged 77. Born in Oran, Algeria, on December 20,…
Yan Zhen, a Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher known chiefly for his writing, died November 7, 2026, aged 96. Born in 1930 in Laiyang, Shandong province, he spent…
Yui Ueda, a Japanese professional golfer who competed on the Japan Golf Tour, died November 7, 2026, aged 52. Born March 9, 1974, in Gifu Prefecture, Ueda was…
Roberto Cervellati, an Italian physicist and explorer, died aged 92 on November 7, 2026, in a traffic collision. Born in Rome, he died there. A researcher at ENEA,…
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, the Russian actress, died of heart failure on November 7, 2026, aged 88. Born in Leningrad on September 25, 1938, she became known for roles in…
Ádám Rothermel, the Hungarian footballer and Olympic silver medallist, died on November 7, 2026, aged 78. Born in Budapest, he competed in the men’s football tournament at the…
Ritsuko Nakayama, a Japanese professional bowler, died November 7, 2026, aged 84. Born in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan, on October 12, 1942, she later moved to Kagoshima, her parents’…
T. Cullen Davis, an American oil tycoon and murder suspect, died November 6, 2026, aged 93. Born Thomas Cullen Davis in Fort Worth on September 22, 1933, he…
Billy C. Sanders, a retired U.S. Navy senior enlisted sailor who served as the fifth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, died November 6, 2026, aged 90.…
Robert Parmet, an American writer and professor of history at York College, City University of New York, died November 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in New York City…
Ben Reyes, an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives and on the Houston City Council, died November 6, 2026, aged 79. Known formally as…
Platon Udovenko, a Ukrainian bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 85. Born Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko on November 17, 1940, in…
Danuta Beata Postnikoff, a Polish journalist, film director and screenwriter, died on November 6, 2026, aged 78. Born in Sopot on May 13, 1948, she was also known…
Yuri Ivanovich Kayurov, a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, died November 6, 2026, aged 99. Born in Cherepovets, then in the Soviet Union, on September 30,…
Ljubomir Maksimović, a Serbian historian and Byzantinist, died November 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in Skopje on November 27, 1938, he pursued his education and academic career at…
Sebastián Lelio, the Chilean film director and Oscar winner, died November 6, 2026, aged 52. Born Sebastián Lelio Watt in Mendoza, Argentina, on March 8, 1974, he moved…
Marcel Ndalé, a Central African militant and warlord who was shot, died on November 6, 2026, aged 60. Born Gbokaho Minang Sylvain in Niem, Nana-Mambéré, in the Central…
David Chelule, a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the half marathon, died on November 6, 2026, aged 49. Born on July 7, 1977, he competed in athletics…
Leonid Arkayev, a Russian gymnast and gymnastics coach inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow…
Jay Rockefeller, an American Democratic politician who served as governor of West Virginia and a U.S. senator, died on November 6, 2026, aged 89. Born John Davison Rockefeller…
Konstantin Trenchev, a Bulgarian physician and syndicalist who led the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa, died November 6, 2026, aged 71. Born in Stara Zagora on February 8, 1955,…
Hossein Wahid Khorasani, an Iranian Shia marja', died November 6, 2026, aged 108. Born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh on January 1, 1921, in Nishapur, he became known as Grand Ayatollah…
Arnošt Binter, a Czech educator and strength and conditioning coach for hockey players, died November 6, 2026, aged 98. Born in Bratislava on July 22, 1928, he was…
Billy Little, a Scottish football player and manager, died November 6, 2026, aged 86. Tags Athletes, 06 November 2026, Billy, Capricorn, Little, Scotland, November 2026, November 6
Michael Locke, the Welsh stuntman and skateboarder known as Pancho, died November 6, 2026, aged 47. Born Michael Richard Locke on March 13, 1979, he worked as a…
Vezhdi Rashidov, a Bulgarian sculptor and politician who served twice as minister of culture, died of a heart attack on November 6, 2026, aged 74. Born Vezhdi Letif…
Platon Udovenko, a Ukrainian Russian Orthodox prelate who served as Metropolitan of Feodosia and Kerch, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 85. Born Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko…
Bismarck Vinicyus Freire do Nascimento, the Brazilian footballer known as Bismarck, died aged 36 on November 6, 2026, after being shot during a robbery at a bar in…
Nilton Travesso, a Brazilian television director and producer associated with TV Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete and SBT, died in São Paulo on November 6, 2026, aged 92.…
David Hewitt, the Irish rugby union centre who represented Ireland and the British & Irish Lions, died on November 5, 2026, aged 87. Born in Belfast on September…
Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar, a Malaysian political spouse and the first wife of Najib Razak, died on November 5, 2026, aged 70. Born in 1956, she was…
Patricia Walsh, an Argentine politician and former deputy representing Buenos Aires city, died of respiratory failure on November 5, 2026, aged 74. Born in Buenos Aires on January…
Ali-Asghar Fani, an Iranian politician and former minister of education, died November 5, 2026, aged 72. Born in Tehran on January 3, 1954, he studied at the University…
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died by lethal injection on November 5, 2026, aged 50. His case stemmed from a fire set on April 9, 2010,…
Julian A. Brodsky, an American businessman and co-founder of Comcast, died November 5, 2026, aged 93. Born in Philadelphia on July 16, 1933, he was raised in a…
Alain Montcouquiol, the French torero known as Nimeño I, died in Nîmes on November 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Ambert on September 4, 1945, he moved with…
Jeffrey Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died aged 50 on November 5, 2026, after being executed by lethal injection. Born Jeffrey Allen Weisheit on March 28, 1976, he…
Pavel Moiseyev, a Russian politician and educator who served in the Tambov Oblast Duma, died in a traffic collision on November 5, 2026, aged 39. His full name…
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died at age 50 by lethal injection on November 5, 2026. Born March 28, 1976, he was convicted in a case…
Gianpietro Marchetti, the Italian footballer who played as a defender for Atalanta, Juventus and the national team, died November 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Rudiano on October…
Gianluca Pierobon, an Italian racing cyclist, died on November 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Gallarate on March 2, 1967, he was identified as a former racing cyclist…
Antonio Carattoni, a Sammarinese politician who served as Captain Regent of San Marino, died November 5, 2026, aged 80. Born on November 8, 1945, in Sant’Agata Feltria, he…
Hossein Omoumi, an Iranian musician, composer, scholar and teacher of Persian traditional music, died on November 5, 2026, aged 82. Born July 17, 1944, in Isfahan, Iran, he…
Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian ice hockey player, died November 5, 2026, aged 64. Born Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasiliev on June 8, 1962, in Elektrogorsk, in the Russian SFSR of…
Sir Lloyd Geering, the New Zealand theologian who faced charges of heresy, died November 5, 2026, aged 108. Born in Rangiora on February 26, 1918, he was brought…
Alan Jones, the Australian racing driver and Formula One world champion, died November 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Alan Stanley Jones in Melbourne on November 2, 1946, he…
John Prausnitz, an American chemical engineer known for molecular thermodynamics, died November 5, 2026, aged 98. Born in Berlin on January 7, 1928, he studied at Cornell University…
Allen Ballard, an American author, died November 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Philadelphia, he was raised there and graduated from Central High School before entering Kenyon College…
Stuart Holland, the British economist and politician who represented Vauxhall as a Labour MP, died on November 5, 2026, aged 86. Born on March 25, 1940, and also…
Gonzalo Moratorio, a Uruguayan virologist, died of cancer in Montevideo on November 5, 2026, aged 44. Born in the city on October 8, 1982, he was known for…