Robin Cowling dead at age 82
Robin Cowling, the English rugby union player who represented Gloucester, Leicester Tigers and England,
died on August 3, 2026, aged 82. Born Robin James Cowling on March 24, 1944, he won eight caps for England between…
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Jimmy Cricket dead at age 80
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Michael Fingleton dead at age 88
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Valeriy Tursunov dead at age 71
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Scott Hylands dead at age 83
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Igor Sharapov dead at age 65, Russian trumpeter, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation
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Ivan Edeshko dead at age 81
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Manolo Solo dead at age 62
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died on July 30, 2026, aged 62. Born…
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Nadhira Al Harthy dead at age 48, First Omani woman to summit Mount Everest, Nanga Parbat
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died on July 30, 2026, aged 48. Also known…
Eugene Benson dead at age 98
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died on July 30, 2026, aged 98. Born in Northern Ireland in 1928, he went on to build a…
K. Jamuna Rani dead at age 88
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died on July 30, 2026, aged 88. Born on…
Geoffrey Arrand dead at age 82
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died on July 30, 2026, aged 82. Geoffrey William Arrand was born on 24 July 1944 and…
Johanna Fernández dead at age 55
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died on July 30, 2026, aged 55. A Dominican-American scholar based in New York City,…
Simone Forti dead at age 91
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Florence on March 25,…
Francis Teke Lysinge dead at age 87, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Mamfe
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 72. Born in Formosa Province, Argentina, he began his career in…
Carol Lynn Pearson dead at age 86, American poet, author and screenwriter
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died on July 29, 2026, at age 86. Born Carol Lynn…
Arlene Smith dead at age 84
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died on July 29, 2026, at age 84. Smith helped establish the group in…
Fred Doucette dead at age 61
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 61. A Republican from…
Jarosław Jechorek dead at age 65
Jarosław Jechorek, a Polish basketball player,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 65. Born in Poland on May 31, 1961, he was best known for his work with…
Gunnar Þórðarson dead at age 81
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 81. Born in Hólmavík on January 4, 1945, he became one of Iceland’s most influential…
Hernando Tovar dead at age 87
Hernando Tovar, a Colombian footballer who played for Santa Fe and the Colombia national team,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Girardot, he was a…
Turid Iversen dead at age 91
Turid Iversen, the Norwegian politician who served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in the 1993–1997 term,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 91.…
Ferdousi Shahriar dead at age 54
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 54. She served as director general of the Myanmar wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Khalid Nizami dead at age 78
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 78. He was…
Gordon Green dead at age 101
Gordon Green, the Australian footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 101. Green, also known as Gordon Stanley…
Glen Hansard dead at age 56, Irish musician, traffic collision
Glen Hansard, the Irish musician and frontman of The Frames,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 56, after a traffic collision. Born Glen James Hansard in Dublin, he…
Thaw Kaung dead at age 88
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 88. Known also as Sithu Thaw Kaung, he was born in Yangon on December 17,…
Don McDeed dead at age 95
Don McDeed, an Australian rugby player,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 95. A former international rugby union hooker, he was born in Hastings, Victoria, and educated at…
Jochen Bohl dead at age 76
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 76. Born in Lüdenscheid on April 19, 1950, he served as bishop of the…
Hassie van Wijk dead at age 87, Dutch footballer, assistant manager, and manager
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. A midfielder, he began his career with De Volewijckers and helped…
Tássio dead at age 41
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 41. Born Tássio Maia dos Santos in Rio…
Zlatko Žagmešter dead at age 83
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died on July 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Zagreb on July 6, 1943, he became one of the leading…
Erik Olssen dead at age 84
Erik Olssen, the New Zealand historian whose work examined the links between social structures, politics and ideas,
died on July 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hamilton on…
Harry Mitchell dead at age 86
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