Peter Jaroš died at age 86
Peter Jaroš, a Slovak writer and politician, died November 8, 2026, aged 86. Born in Hybe, he began writing while at secondary school and attended the gymnasium in Liptovský Hrádok before studying Slovak and Russian at…
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Prakash Mani Tripathi dead at age 91
Prakash Mani Tripathi, an Indian politician, former Lok Sabha member and retired Army officer, died on November 8, 2026, aged 91. He represented Deoria in the Lok Sabha in two terms, from 1996 to 1998 and…
Jaswant Singh Yadav passed away at age 73
Jaswant Singh Yadav, an Indian politician and social worker who served as a member of Parliament and the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, died on November 8, 2026, aged 73. Born on August 5, 1953, in Silpata, in Rajasthan’s Kotkasim area of Alwar, he was associated with the Bharatiya Janata…
Paweł Kakietek passed away at age 51
Paweł Kakietek, a Polish Olympic boxer, died November 8, 2026, aged 51. Born in Milanówek on July 2, 1975, he represented Poland in the men’s middleweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in a shared ninth place. Kakietek competed for Gwardia Warszawa, a sports club in Warsaw,…
Cico Harahap, died aged 48
Cico Harahap, a Malay-Indonesian actor best known for the television series “Puteri Impian,” died November 8, 2026, aged 48. Born Ezzaq Farrouq Harahap Jamaludin in Kuala Lumpur on July 7, 1978, he began acting as a child, appearing as Yusman in the 1993 Malaysian film “Kekasih Awal dan…
Death of Pou Temara at age 78
Sir William Te Rangiua “Pou” Temara, a New Zealand academic at the University of Waikato, died November 8, 2026, aged 78. A professor of Māori language and tikanga Māori—the practices and customs of Māori communities—at Waikato, he was also recognised for his knowledge of whaikōrero (oratory), whakapapa (genealogy)…
Death of Mike Carter at age 71
Mike Carter, the American-Israeli former basketball player, died November 7, 2026, aged 71, from complications during a medical procedure. Born Michael Timothy Carter in Eagle Rock, in Los Angeles, California, on July 20, 1955, he was known by the nicknames “Jolly” and “Meshugah”; his name in Hebrew was…
Death of Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan at age 90
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 August 25, 2006, to August 25, 2011, after serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Azad Kashmir. Sardar…
Death of Kofi Wayo at age 71
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 Ghana’s Eastern Region; his parents were uncertain of his exact birth date. His father, Kwashie Akakpo, was a cocoa farmer…
Death of Richard Lloyd at age 75
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 Pittsburgh on October 25, 1951, he attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Interested in music from childhood, he…
Death of Lucette Lousteau at age 77
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, 1948, she entered elected regional politics when she won a seat on the Aquitaine council in 2010. In the 2012…
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina dead at age 88
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 films including Happy Go Lucky, The Red Snowball Tree and The Youth of Peter the Great. Her acting career began…
Ádám Rothermel, died aged 78
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 1972 Summer Olympics. Tags Athletes, 07 November 2026, Gemini, Hungary, Rothermel, Ádám, November 2026, November 7
Ritsuko Nakayama passes away at age 84
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’ hometown. Nakayama joined the Japan Professional Bowling Association in 1969 and represented Tokyo Tower Bowling Center. That year, she ranked…
Obituary: Robert Parmet, dead at age 87
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 on December 11, 1938, he studied at City…
Ben Reyes has died at age 79
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 Ben Torres Reyes, he was born in Burton, Texas, on February 16, 1947, and attended the University of Houston. A…
Platon Udovenko dies at 85
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 the settlement of Uspenka, he served as metropolitan of Feodosia and Kerch from 2012 to 2024. He was a retired…
Yuri Kayurov passes away at age 99
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, 1927, Kayurov trained at the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute and began his acting career in 1952. His work encompassed stage…
Ljubomir Maksimović died at age 87
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 Belgrade University’s Faculty of Philosophy. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1961, a master’s in 1965 and a…
Death of Sebastián Lelio at age 52
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 to Viña del Mar at age 52 with his Chilean mother, Valeria. His early years included frequent moves: after living…
Leonid Arkayev dead at age 86
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 on June 3, 1940, he was an artistic gymnast and later a coach in Soviet and Russian gymnastics. His honors…
Jay Rockefeller has died at age 89
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 IV in New York City on June 18, 1937, he moved to Emmons, West Virginia, in 1964 to work as…
Konstantin Trenchev passed away at age 71
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, he received his education in medicine before becoming a founder and leader of the labor organization. Trenchev established Podkrepa in…
Hossein Wahid Khorasani dead at age 108
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 Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani, and was also known as Vahid Khorasani. His education included study at Najaf Seminary, while his…
Billy Little obituary: died at age 86
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
Death of Michael Locke at age 47
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 performer from 2001 through 2026, with credits as an actor and stunt performer as well as a skateboarder. Locke was…
Vezhdi Rashidov obituary: died at age 74
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 Rashidov in Dimitrovgrad on December 14, 1951, he moved with his parents to Haskovo when he was two. His mother,…
Nicolas P. Retsinas died at age 79
Nicolas P. Retsinas, an American economist who held senior housing and financial-regulatory posts in the Clinton administration, died November 5, 2026, aged 79. He served as the U.S.…
Paul Langmack passes away at age 61
Paul Langmack, an Australian rugby league player and coach, died of a heart attack on November 5, 2026, aged 61. Born in Sydney on May 10, 1965, he…
Steve Davidson dies at 67
Steve Davidson, an American science fiction editor, died November 4, 2026, aged 67. Born December 18, 1958, he became editor of Amazing Stories in 2012, the year he…
Tom Jensen dies at 77
Thomas Lee Jensen, an American politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate, died in London, Kentucky, on November 4, 2026, aged 77. He was…
David Del Valle passed away at age 77
David Del Valle, an American film historian, journalist and commentator on genre films, died of esophageal cancer on November 4, 2026, aged 77. His professional work spanned journalism,…
Liudvikas Žukauskas dies at age 73
Liudvikas Žukauskas, a Lithuanian politician and public figure in Skuodas District Municipality, died on November 4, 2026, aged 73. Born on December 15, 1952, in Bolshaya Kosul, in…
Vadim Crîcimari, died aged 38
Vadim Crîcimari, a Moldovan footballer, died of cancer on November 4, 2026, aged 38. Born on August 22, 1988, Crîcimari played as a forward for Dacia Buiucani. At…
Death of Georges Werler at age 73
Georges Werler, a French actor and stage director, died on November 4, 2026, aged 73. Born Georges Wojazer on January 1, 1953, he trained at the Conservatoire national…
Hubert Aiwanger passes away at age 55
Hubert Aiwanger, the German politician serving as Bavaria’s deputy minister-president and leader of the Free Voters, died November 4, 2026, aged 55. Born in Ergoldsbach, he studied at…
Jack Mapanje death at age 82
Jack Mapanje, the Malawian poet and writer known for his 1987–91 imprisonment, died November 4, 2026, aged 82. Born John Alfred Clement Mapanje in Kadango Village, in Mangochi…
Ronald D. Castille passed away at age 82
Ronald D. Castille, an American judge who served as a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and later as its chief justice, died November 4, 2026, aged 82.…
Bernardo Rogora passed away at age 87
Bernardo Rogora, an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender, died on November 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Solbiate Olona on November 8, 1938, he developed…
Bernard Cafferty dead at age 92
Bernard Cafferty, the English chess master, writer and editor, died in Hastings, Sussex, on November 4, 2026, aged 92. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, he became one of England’s…
FC Metz dead at age 93
FC Metz, a French businessman and president of FC Metz, died on November 4, 2026, aged 93. Tags Politicians, 04 November 2026, France, Metz, FC, November 2026, November…
Herbert Blomstedt has died at age 99
Herbert Blomstedt, the Swedish-American conductor, died November 4, 2026, aged 99. Born Herbert Thorson Blomstedt in Springfield, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1927, he was the son of Swedish…
Obituary: Carlo Molinari, dead at age 93
Carlo Molinari, the French businessman and president of FC Metz, died November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Charles Molinari in Villerupt on February 28, 1933, he was of…
Obituary: Edward Anyamkyegh, dead at age 48
Edward Tyover Anyamkyegh, a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward, died on November 4, 2026, aged 48. Born in Gboko on October 10, 1978, he represented…
Kimmarie Johnson dead at age 50
Kimmarie Johnson, an American actress and model, died of a heart aneurysm on November 4, 2026, aged 50. Born Kim Marie Johnson on April 8, 1976, in Pittsburgh,…
Fred Forest dies at 93
Fred Forest, a French media artist, died November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born July 6, 1933, in Mascara, he worked across video, photography, print media, mail, radio, television,…
Tinto Brass, died aged 93
Tinto Brass, the Italian film director and screenwriter whose career encompassed avant-garde and erotic cinema, died on November 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Giovanni Brass in Milan on…
Obituary: Alessandro Staccioli, dead at age 94
Alessandro Staccioli, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as vicar apostolic of Luang Prabang and auxiliary bishop of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino, died November 4, 2026, aged…
Jesús María de Jesús Moya passed away at age 91
Jesús María de Jesús Moya, a Dominican Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros and bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, died…
Ray Alborn, died aged 87
Ray Alborn, an American football coach who led Rice and Lamar, died November 4, 2026, aged 87. Born Gus Raymond Alborn on December 23, 1938, he attended Rice…
María Alicia Delgado has died at age 77
Mexican actress and comedian María Alicia Delgado, aged 77, died November 4, 2026, in Mexico City. Born in Monterrey, she performed in Monterrey and Oaxaca for years before…
June Carpenter dies at age 88
June Carpenter, an American Shaker and librarian, died November 3, 2026, aged 88. She came from Brookline, Massachusetts, and worked in library sciences before joining the Shaker faith.…
Eliana Rocha obituary: died at age 82
Eliana Rocha, a Brazilian actress, died on November 3, 2026, aged 82. Born in Santos, she worked in theater, cinema and television, with theater at the center of…
Clem Cattini has died at age 89
Clem Cattini, the English rock and roll drummer and member of the Tornados, died November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born Clemente Anselmo Agustino Cattini in Stoke Newington, north…
John Nicks passed away at age 97
John Nicks, the British-American pair skater and figure skating coach, died November 3, 2026, aged 97. Born John Allen Wisden Nicks in Brighton on April 22, 1929, he…
Marta Gastón passes away at age 53
Marta Gastón, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53.…
Death of Larry Kristoff at age 83
Larry Kristoff, an American Olympic wrestler, died November 3, 2026, aged 83. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, on November 11, 1942, he competed in wrestling for the United States…
Lucia Modugno died at age 94
Lucia Modugno, the Italian actress, theater director and writer, died November 3, 2026, aged 94. Born on July 9, 1932, she worked in both cinema and theater. Her…
Marin Srakić death at age 89
Marin Srakić, a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Đakovo–Osijek and later as its archbishop, died November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born in Ivanovci…
Marta Gastón Menal death at age 53
Marta Gastón Menal, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged…
Jan Władysław Woś passes away at age 87
Jan Władysław Woś, a Polish bibliophile, historian, essayist and fiction writer, died on November 3, 2026, aged 87. Born in Warsaw, he studied at the University of Warsaw’s…
Toni Brogno dead at age 53
Toni Brogno, a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a striker, died of liver cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53. Born Antonio Brogno on July 19,…
Lonnie Thompson passes away at age 78
Lonnie Thompson, an American paleoclimatologist and university professor, died November 3, 2026, aged 78. At Ohio State University’s School of Earth Sciences, he pursued research into climate history…
Paul-Henri Rebut died at age 90
Paul-Henri Rebut, a French nuclear physicist whose work was in nuclear fusion, died November 3, 2026, aged 90. He studied physics at the École polytechnique in Paris and…
Janosch passes away at age 95
Janosch, the German children's author and illustrator born Horst Eckert, died November 3, 2026, aged 95. He was born on March 11, 1931, in Hindenburg, now Zabrze, Poland,…
Jesús de Miguel obituary: died at age 30
Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker, died November 3, 2026, aged 30, at Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. Born in…
Paul Kihara Kariuki obituary: died at age 72
Paul Kihara Kariuki, a Kenyan lawyer and politician who served as attorney general, died November 3, 2026, aged 72. His career also included service as a judge and…
Nand Lal dies at 72
Nand Lal, an Indian politician and Himachal Pradesh MLA, died in Shimla on November 3, 2026, aged 72. Born on April 16, 1954, in Deothi, in the Rampur…
John Frieda died at age 75
John Frieda, the British businessman and celebrity hairstylist who founded hair salon and hair-product businesses, died on November 3, 2026, aged 75. Born Alan Howard Frieda in London…
Carlos Albert has died at age 83
Carlos Albert Llorente, the Mexican footballer and journalist, died November 3, 2026, aged 83. Born in Mexico City on July 10, 1943, he played for Necaxa and represented…
Dulcy Singer dies at age 92
Dulcy Singer, an American television producer and executive producer of Sesame Street, died November 3, 2026, aged 92. Born on November 11, 1933, she built a long association…
Kjeld Thorst death at age 86
Kjeld Thorst, a Danish football player and manager, died on November 3, 2026, aged 86. Born in Øster Svenstrup, he began playing in the youth ranks of Skovsgaard…
Obituary: Harold Greene, dead at age 82
Harold Greene, an American news anchor, died November 3, 2026, aged 82. Born December 1, 1944, he built a television news career that began in Los Angeles and…
Yekaterina Raikina has died at age 89
Yekaterina Raikina, a Russian actress, died in Moscow on November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born in Leningrad on April 15, 1938, she was the daughter of actor Arkady…
Simon Winchester passed away at age 82
Simon Winchester, the British-American author and journalist associated with The Surgeon of Crowthorne, died of a heart attack on November 3, 2026, aged 82. Born in London, he…
Obituary: Erminia Ferrari, dead at age 94
Erminia Ferrari, an Italian model and costume designer, died November 2, 2026, aged 94. Born in Taormina on November 4, 1931, she was the daughter of a hotel…
Obituary: Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, dead at age 82
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, the Turkish industrialist and chairman of Zorlu Holding, died of cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 28, 1944, in Babadağ, in…
Patrik Eichler dies at age 42
Patrik Eichler, a Czech journalist and political commentator, died November 2, 2026, aged 42. He was director of the Masaryk Democratic Academy, a social-democratic think tank, and held…
Tobias Joaquim Dai died at age 75
Tobias Joaquim Dai, a Mozambican politician and minister of defence, died on November 2, 2026, aged 75. Born on November 25, 1950, Dai served as Mozambique’s minister of…
Obituary: Georg Hack, dead at age 76
Georg Hack, a German speedway rider, died on November 2, 2026, aged 76. Born in Landshut on February 20, 1950, he represented the West German national speedway team,…
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra passed away at age 74
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, an Indian neurosurgeon and academic known for craniopagus surgery and academic leadership, died November 2, 2026, aged 74. Born in Odisha, he built a career…
Don Knodel obituary: died at age 95
Don Knodel, an American basketball coach who led the Rice Owls and coached the Houston Angels, died November 2, 2026, in Houston. He was 95. Born in 1931,…
Obituary: Luis Rico, dead at age 81
Luis Rico Arancibia, the Bolivian singer-songwriter known as Luis Rico, died on November 2, 2026, aged 81. Born on May 15, 1945, in Tupiza, Bolivia, he worked as…
Obituary: John Killacky, dead at age 74
John Killacky, an American politician and former arts administrator who served in the Vermont House of Representatives, died of prostate cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 74. Elected…
Taurian Fontenette dies at age 43
Taurian Fontenette, an American basketball player known for streetball, died November 2, 2026, aged 43. Born in Hitchcock, Texas, on January 1, 1983, he attended Hitchcock High School…