Pete Banaszak has died at age 82
Pete Banaszak, an American football player who was a running back for the Oakland Raiders, died October 24, 2026, aged 82. Born Peter Andrew Banaszak on May 21, 1944, in Crivitz, Wisconsin, he attended Crivitz High…
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Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi passed away at age 55
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi, a Nigerian civil servant and former director general of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, died on October 24, 2026, aged 55. Born in Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria, on August 3, 1971, he…
Derrick Harriott obituary: died at age 87
Derrick Harriott, the Jamaican singer and record producer, died October 24, 2026, aged 87. Born in Kingston on February 6, 1939, he was identified by the full name Derrick Clifton Harriott and the honorific OD. His career began in 1958 and continued through 2026, spanning reggae, ska and…
Ali Haroun death at age 99
Ali Haroun, an Algerian politician and member of the High Council of State, died October 24, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Mohamed Ali Haroun, he was born on February 8, 1927, in Bir Mourad Raïs, then part of French Algeria. Haroun was a lawyer as well as…
Choi Hyung-woo dies at 91
Choi Hyung-woo, a South Korean politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 1993 to 1994, died on October 24, 2026, aged 91. Tags Politicians, 24 October 2026, Choi, Hyung-woo, October 2026, October 24, South Korea
Obituary: Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, dead at age 77
Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, a Bangladeshi journalist and Awami League politician who represented Chandpur-4 in parliament, died of a stroke on October 24, 2026, aged 77. Born on September 25, 1949, in Faridganj Upazila, he studied at the University of Dhaka before becoming known in public life as both…
Barry Murphy, died aged 86
Barry Murphy, the English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley, died October 24, 2026, aged 86. Born in Consett on February 10, 1940, he was also known as Laurence Barry Murphy and by the nickname “Spud.” Murphy joined Barnsley from South Shields in 1962 and…
Slavcho Binev passed away at age 60
Slavcho Binev, a Bulgarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament, died aged 60 in Sofia on October 24, 2026, after being shot. Born in Sofia as Slavcho Penchev Binev, he was also known as Slavi Binev and became a prominent figure in Bulgarian politics and sport.…
Arch Jelley passes away at age 104
Arch Jelley, a New Zealand Hall of Fame athletics coach, died October 24, 2026, aged 104. Born Albert Archibald Jelley in Dunedin on August 13, 1922, he trained at Dunedin Teachers’ Training College and worked as a teacher alongside his coaching, athletics administration and bridge tutoring. Active as…
Lawrence McCutcheon died at age 76
Lawrence McCutcheon, an American professional football player and running back, died October 23, 2026, aged 76. Born in Plainview, Texas, he graduated from Plainview High School in 1968 before playing college football at Colorado State University. The Los Angeles Rams selected him in the third round of the…
Dale Brown dies at age 90
Dale Brown, an American college basketball coach, died October 23, 2026, aged 90. His full name was Dale Duward Brown; he was born October 31, 1935, in Minot, North Dakota. Raised in a family of limited means, he and his two older sisters were brought up by their…
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, died aged 100
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player and jurist who served as a senator of the College of Justice, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born William Lorn Kerr Cowie in Glasgow on June 1, 1926, he studied at Clare College and played for West of…
Fedir Stryhun passed away at age 86
Fedir Stryhun, the Ukrainian actor and director whose screen credits included The Lost Letter, Such Late, Such Warm Autumn and The Guide, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in 1939 in Tomasivka, in what is now Cherkasy region, he trained in the workshop of…
Fedir Stryhun passed away at age 86
Fedir Stryhun, a Ukrainian actor and director, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Tomashivka in the Cherkasy region on November 1, 1939, he trained at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, graduating in 1961 from the workshop of…
Dónal Lunny death at age 79
Dónal Lunny, an Irish folk musician and producer, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 79. Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, on March 10, 1947, he moved with his family to Newbridge, County Kildare, when…
Judith Blegen dies at age 85
Judith Blegen, an American soprano associated with light lyric roles in French, Italian and German repertories, died October 23, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lexington on April 27, 1941, Blegen was raised in Missoula, Montana, where she attended high school with her sister Barbara. During those years, she…
Obituary: William Cowie, Lord Cowie, dead at age 100
William Lorn Kerr Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player who played for West of Scotland and represented Scotland internationally, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born in Glasgow on June 1, 1926, Cowie was educated at Clare College before pursuing a legal career. He joined the…
Asim Kurjak has died at age 84
Asim Kurjak, a Croatian scientist and gynecologist, died October 23, 2026, aged 84. He served as president of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine and director of the Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound. His professional affiliations included the World Academy of Art and Science, the European…
Jean-Paul Huchon death at age 80
Jean-Paul Huchon, a French politician and retired civil servant who led the Regional Council of Île-de-France, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris’s 1st arrondissement on July 29, 1946, he was a member of the Socialist Party. His political career included both municipal…
Francis Duru death at age 57
Francis Duru, Nigerian actor known for Blood Money, Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons and Blood Vessel, died on October 23, 2026, aged 57. Born in Cameroon on July 27, 1969, to Nigerian parents from Imo State, he completed his primary and secondary education there. He later moved…
Ryū Murakami dies at 74
Ryū Murakami, the Japanese novelist whose books included *Almost Transparent Blue*, *Audition* and *In the Miso Soup*, died October 23, 2026, aged 74. Born Ryūnosuke Murakami in Sasebo, Nagasaki, on February 19, 1952, he attended school there and later studied at Musashino Art University. His novels examined human…
Death of Daniel Stewart at age 37
Daniel Stewart, an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL), died on October 23, 2026, aged 37. Born on October 30, 1988, he developed through several levels of Australian football before joining Port Adelaide. His junior football included Norwood, an Eastern…
Death of Harry Shorstein at age 86
Harry Shorstein, an American lawyer and former Florida state attorney, died in Jacksonville on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Jacksonville on August 3, 1940, he grew up in the city and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. He attended the University of Florida, where he…
Russell Stone died at age 103
Russell Stone, a New Zealand historian, author and academic, died on October 22, 2026, aged 103. Born Russell Cyril James Stone in Mount Eden, Auckland, on April 7, 1923, he attended Mount Albert Grammar School before studying at Auckland University College, now the University of Auckland. He graduated…
Death of Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou at age 64
Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou, an Ivorian politician and magistrate who served as minister of justice from 2012 to 2017, died in Abidjan on October 22, 2026, aged 64. Born in Korhogo on August 10, 1962, he entered public life in Ivory Coast, where his documented professional roles brought together…
Leaname Maotoanong passes away at age 35
Leaname Maotoanong, a Motswana Olympic sprinter who competed in the 200 and 400 metres, died October 22, 2026, aged 35. Born May 9, 1991, in Shoshong, Botswana, he represented his country at the 2016 Olympic Games. His events included two individual sprint distances, while the 4 × 400…
Ricardo Durán dies at age 88
Ricardo Durán, an Argentine Olympic rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on October 22, 2026, aged 88. Born on September 20, 1938, Durán represented Argentina in the men’s coxless pair event at the Tokyo Games. His Olympic participation is the documented event in his rowing…
Jan Kříž dies at 51
Jan Kříž, a Czech physicist and university educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 51. Born in Hradec Králové, he built his academic career at the University of…
Ng Joo Pong dies at 80
Ng Joo Pong, a Malaysian Olympic cyclist, died October 21, 2026, aged 80. Born in Kuala Lumpur on June 19, 1946, he competed for Malaysia on the international…
David Mouradian has died at age 74
David Mouradian, an Armenian philologist, writer and film critic, died on October 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Yerevan on December 12, 1951, he graduated from Yerevan State…
Ken Ring dies at age 86
Ken Ring, a New Zealand writer and astrologer, died October 21, 2026, aged 86. Born in England during the Second World War, he emigrated with his family to…
Boris Kolar, died aged 94
Boris Kolar, a Croatian film director and animator, died October 21, 2026, aged 94. Born in Zagreb on April 13, 1933, he studied architecture there before beginning his…
John Anderson dies at age 71
John Anderson, an American country singer, died October 21, 2026, aged 71, in Smithville, Tennessee. Born John David Anderson in Apopka, Florida, on December 13, 1954, he attended…
Dan Davis passed away at age 84
Dan Davis, an American radio broadcaster known as “The Duke,” died October 21, 2026, aged 84. He spent nearly 30 years in radio, beginning in 1963 at WEMJ…
Şahan Arzruni has died at age 83
Şahan Arzruni, Armenian-Turkish pianist, composer and lecturer, died October 21, 2026, aged 83. Born in Istanbul, he was also described as an Armenian classical pianist, ethnomusicologist, writer and…
Keith Bailey dies at age 65
Keith Bailey, a Canadian professional soccer player whose clubs included Bradford City and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, died October 21, 2026, aged 65. He was born in Toronto,…
Death of John M. Geddes at age 74
John M. Geddes, an American journalist and editor at The New York Times, died of lung disease on October 20, 2026, aged 74. Born in Providence, Geddes graduated…
Obituary: Julio Dalmao, dead at age 86
Julio Dalmao, a Uruguayan footballer who played for Nacional, Vélez Sarsfield and Uruguay’s national team, died October 20, 2026, aged 86. Born in Montevideo on March 1, 1940,…
Alex Sanders died at age 88
Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr., an American jurist, politician and academic administrator, died October 20, 2026, aged 88. Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he served in the…
Michael Joseph Melloy death at age 78
Michael Joseph Melloy, an American jurist who served as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, died of cancer on October 20, 2026,…
Manuel Otto obituary: died at age 30
Manuel Otto, a German game developer known for Stick Run, died by suicide on October 20, 2026, aged 30. He developed Stick Run, a free-to-play jump-and-run game that…
Paul Barril has died at age 80
Paul Barril, a French military officer and former National Gendarmerie officer, died on October 20, 2026, aged 80. Born on April 13, 1946, in Vinay, he studied at…
Manuel Otto obituary: died at age 30
Manuel Otto, a German video game developer who created Stick Run, died by suicide on October 20, 2026, aged 30. Born on July 18, 1996, Otto was a…
Sir Philip Otton, died aged 93
Sir Philip Otton, the British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1995 to 2001, died October 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on 28 May…
Mehdi Khanbaba Tehrani obituary: died at age 92
Mehdi Khanbaba Tehrani, an Iranian politician, died on October 20, 2026, aged 92. A political and media activist who lived in Europe, Tehrani became involved in politics during…
Eva Ngigi–Sarwari passed away at age 45
Eva Ngigi–Sarwari, a Kenyan financial services executive, died October 20, 2026, aged 45. Born in Kenya in 1981, she was born Eva Ngigi. She graduated from Moi University…
Allen Bailey death at age 37
Allen Bailey, an American football player who played defensive end in the NFL, died October 20, 2026, aged 37. Born March 25, 1989, on Sapelo Island, Georgia, he…
Early Voting dies at age 7
Early Voting, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died of colic on October 20, 2026, aged 7. Born on March 7, 2019, and bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm,…
Antonio Grimau death at age 82
Antonio Grimau, an Argentinian actor whose career spanned film, theater and television, died October 20, 2026, aged 82. Born Antonio Rebolini in Lanús, Buenos Aires province, on March…
Kalju Kruusa dies at 53
Kalju Kruusa, the Estonian poet, editor and translator, died October 20, 2026, aged 53. Born Jaanus Valk in Tallinn on October 10, 1973, he became known by the…
Rajaa Mohammed has died at age 64
Rajaa Mohammed, the Kuwaiti actress and singer, died on October 20, 2026, aged 64. Born Raja Mohammed Saleem on October 4, 1962, she began her artistic career in…
Sergey Kucherov obituary: died at age 46
Sergey Kucherov, a Russian track cyclist who competed for his country in the men’s team sprint at two Summer Olympics, died on October 20, 2026, aged 46. Born…
Noah Musingku, died aged 61
Noah Musingku, a Papuan con artist and fugitive, died October 20, 2026, aged 61. Born in 1964 in Tonu on Bougainville Island, he became known for U-Vistract, a…
Obituary: Oleg Garin, dead at age 60
Oleg Garin, the Russian footballer and manager associated with Okean Nakhodka and Lokomotiv Moscow as a player and Dynamo Bryansk as a manager, died October 20, 2026, aged…
William Reaves has died at age 77
William Reaves, an American convicted murderer, was executed by lethal injection on October 20, 2026, at age 77. His conviction was connected to the 1986 killing of Richard…
Amel Baccouche death at age 77
Amel Baccouche, a Tunisian actress, died on October 20, 2026, aged 77. Born on March 14, 1949, in Bab Souika, a district of Tunis, she grew up in…
Mr. Whitekeys, died aged 79
Mr. Whitekeys, an American musician also known as W. Keys, died October 19, 2026, aged 79. A musician, recording artist, entrepreneur, writer, media personality and ornithologist in Alaska,…
Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo obituary: died at age 80
Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo, an Indonesian Army general, died in Yogyakarta on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born in Yogyakarta on June 12, 1946, he studied at the Akademi…
Hilkka Kinnunen dies at age 101
Hilkka Kinnunen, a Finnish operatic soprano and actress, died October 19, 2026, aged 101. Born Hilkka Terttu Annikki Kinnunen in Viipuri on March 19, 1925, she began theatre…
Death of Andy King at age 78
Andy King, the British Labour politician who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament from 1997 to 2005, died on October 19, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 14,…
Kamaruddin Simanjuntak passed away at age 52
Indonesian lawyer Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, whose full name was Kamaruddin Hendra Simanjuntak, died on October 19, 2026, aged 52. Born on May 21, 1974, he completed secondary school at…
Coos Huijsen obituary: died at age 87
Coos Huijsen, a Dutch historian, writer and politician who served in the House of Representatives, died October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born Jacobus Huijsen in The Hague on…
Geoff Thompson has died at age 86
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson, known as Geoff Thompson, a barrister and solicitor and former New Zealand National Party politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in…
Florin Cotora death at age 53
Florin Cotora, a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 19, 2026, aged 53. Born in Sibiu on December 12, 1972, Cotora built a career…
Demetris Kizas died at age 73
Demetris Kizas, a Cypriot footballer who played for Enosis Neon Paralimni, Panathinaikos, Panachaiki and OFI, died on October 19, 2026, aged 73. Born in Paralimni on September 6,…
Chuck Amato death at age 80
Chuck Amato, an American college football coach who led NC State and coached at Florida State, died of throat cancer on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born Charles…
Carlos Miguel Suárez dead, Carlos Miguel Suárez, Mexican actor and salesman
Carlos Miguel Suárez, the Mexican actor and salesman known professionally as Carlos Miguel, died on October 19, 2026. His full name was Carlos Miguel Suárez Soto. During the…
Emmanuel Uduaghan passes away at age 71
Emmanuel Uduaghan, a Nigerian politician and former governor of Delta State, died October 19, 2026, aged 71. A physician by training, he led the state from 2007 to…
Yusef Majidzadeh obituary: died at age 90
Yusef Majidzadeh, an Iranian archaeologist, died on October 19, 2026, aged 90. A native of Tabriz, he built his career around the study of Iran’s archaeological past. He…
Frank Goode has died at age 86
Frank Goode, an Australian rules footballer and coach, died October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born on December 19, 1939, he played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football…
Ediémou Blin Jacob dies at 80
Ediémou Blin Jacob, an Ivorian pastor and civil servant, died in Abidjan on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born in Grand-Bassam on November 5, 1945, he attended high…
Kenneth Atchity dead at age 82
Kenneth Atchity, an American film producer, died October 19, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth John Atchity in Eunice, Louisiana, on January 16, 1944, he worked in film and…
Tom Daniel dies at age 89
Tom Daniel, an American designer aged 89, died October 19, 2026. Tags Other, 19 October 2026, America, Daniel, Tom, October 19, October 2026
Vladlen Dozortsev dead at age 87
Vladlen Dozortsev, a Russian-Latvian politician who served in Latvia’s legislature, died in Latvia on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast,…
Vladlens Dozorcevs, died aged 87
Vladlens Dozorcevs, a Russian-Latvian politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, he was educated…
Ibrahima Sory Sow passed away at age 85
Ibrahima Sory Sow, a Guinean politician and member of Ghana’s Parliament from 1995 to 2002, died in Dakar on October 18, 2026, aged 85. Born in Conakry on…
Larry Hibbard dead at age 81
Larry Hibbard, a rancher and Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, died October 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Larry Paul Hibbard on September 14, 1945, in…
Henry Dougier dies at age 90
Henry Dougier, a French publisher, died October 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on December 27, 1936, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Dougier was associated with two publishing ventures: the magazine…
Ann Hornaday obituary: died at age 66
Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post’s chief film critic, died October 18, 2026, aged 66. She was an American film critic and journalist whose career included work at national…
Jost Hochuli death at age 93
Jost Hochuli, a Swiss graphic designer known for his book designs, died October 18, 2026, aged 93. Born in St. Gallen on June 8, 1933, he began his…
Ronald Lancaster dies at age 95
Ronald Lancaster, the British Anglican clergyman, chemist and businessman who founded Kimbolton Fireworks, died October 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Huddersfield, he became interested in fireworks after…
Lua Blanco passed away at age 39
Lua Blanco, a Brazilian actress and singer known for Rebelde and the band Rebeldes, died of cancer on October 18, 2026, aged 39. Born in São Paulo on…
Ana Rita Sithole dead, Ana Rita Sithole, Mozambican politician
Ana Rita Sithole, a Mozambican politician and member of FRELIMO, died October 18, 2026. She had served in the Assembly of the Republic since 2000, spending more than…
Gregory Ibe death at age 63
Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe, a Nigerian industrialist, politician and academic who founded Gregory University, Uturu, died on October 18, 2026, aged 63. Born in Kaduna on December 10, 1963,…
Mary Fell dies at age 79
Mary Fell, an American poet and academic, died October 18, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 22, 1947, she graduated…