Parvez Butt dead at age 83
Parvez Butt, the Pakistani mechanical engineer who chaired the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 2001 to 2006,
died on July 26, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Gujranwala on October 4, 1942, he was…
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Greg Sewell dead at age 93
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Paddy McNally dead at age 88
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Barbara L. Nichols dead at age 87
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Frank Barrow dead at age 83
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died on July 22, 2026, at the age of…
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Oliver Jones dead at age 91
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David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry dead at age 96
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Josep Vallverdú dead at age 103
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died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 103. Born in Lleida on July 9, 1923, he became known as…
Ruby Kless Sondock dead at age 100
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Brian Doerksen dead at age 60
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Scott Brown dead at age 69
Scott Brown, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds,
died on July 21, 2026. Born Scott Edward Brown on August 30, 1956, in DeQuincy, Louisiana,…
Béla Bodó dead at age 67
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Jean-Marc Sylvestre dead at age 79
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died on July 21, 2026, at the age of…
Olivera Katarina dead at age 86
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Edward Wiley Ray dead at age 99
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died on July 21, 2026. Born on December 21, 1926, he built a career…
Taras Loshak dead at age 46
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died on July 21, 2026. He was known as a sopilka master, artisan and creator of…
Kim Hyeong-gwang dead at age 91
Kim Hyeong-gwang, a South Korean politician and lecturer,
died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 91. Born on May 12, 1935, he served in the National…
Erwin Vandendaele dead at age 81
Erwin Vandendaele, the Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1971 while playing for Club Brugge,
died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 81.…
Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas dead at age 91
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died on July 21, 2026. He was 91. Born in…
Olaf Tufte dead at age 50, Norwegian rower, Olympic champion
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Kaylee Hottle dead at age 18
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died on July 21, 2026, in a traffic…
Edgar C. Otálvora dead at age 66, writer, policy analyst, journalist
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died on July 21, 2026. Born Edgar Omar Contreras Otálvora on September 6, 1959, in Tovar, he built a…
Pippo Di Marca dead at age 86
Pippo Di Marca, an Italian actor,
died on July 21, 2026. Born in Catania on October 12, 1941, he became a central figure in Italian experimental theatre, working…
Tofig Mirzoyev dead at age 94
Tofig Mirzoyev, an Azerbaijani actor known for roles in films including The Last Night of Childhood, Tahmina and Nesimi,
died on July 21, 2026. He was 94. Mirzoyev…
Tofik Mirzoyev dead at age 94
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died on July 21, 2026. He was 94. Azerbaijani sources identified…
Anicia Berton dead at age 50
Anicia Berton, a Martiniquais environmental and social activist,
died on July 21, 2026. Known by the nickname Az fanm Djok, she was recognized as Martinique’s woman of the…
Philippe Chaulet dead at age 84
Philippe Chaulet, a French politician associated with the RPR,
died on July 21, 2026. Born on July 28, 1942, in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, he built a political career in…
James Woolsey dead at age 84, American lawyer, director of central intelligence
James Woolsey, the American lawyer who served as director of central intelligence from 1993 to 1995,
died on July 21, 2026. Born Robert James Woolsey Jr. on September…
Charles Gaines dead at age 84
Charles Gaines, the American writer and outdoorsman known for "Pumping Iron,"
died on July 21, 2026. Born Charles Latham Gaines Jr. in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 6, 1942,…
David R. Cooke dead at age 88
David R. Cooke, a Canadian politician and lawyer,
died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Oshawa on August 4, 1937, he studied at…
David Lucas dead at age 58, Spanish politician, secretary of state for transport, senator, and mayo…
David Lucas, the Spanish politician who served as secretary of state for transport in 2023,
died on July 20, 2026, aged 58. Born Francisco David Lucas Parrón in…
Francesco Massaro dead at age 90
Francesco Massaro, the Italian film director and screenwriter behind films including Il generale dorme in piedi, Il lupo e l'agnello and Private Affairs,
died on July 20, 2026.…
Roland Korn dead at age 96
Roland Korn, the German architect whose work helped shape major public buildings in East Berlin,
died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on May…
Werner Enke dead at age 85
Werner Enke, the German film actor and screenwriter,
died on July 20, 2026. Born in Berlin on April 25, 1941, he began his career in 1963 and was…
Edwin Smith dead at age 92
Edwin Smith, the English cricketer who spent his entire first-class career with Derbyshire,
died on July 20, 2026, aged 92. Born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire, on January 2, 1934,…