Edna Arbel dead at age 82, Israeli judge
Edna Arbel died on July 1, 2026, at the age of 82. She was an Israeli judge born in Jerusalem on June 22, 1944. Arbel studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. Tags…
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Vasilis Leventis dead at age 74, Greek politician
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Vladimir McTavish dead, Scottish comedian
Vladimir McTavish died on July 1, 2026. He was a journalist, actor and comedian. Tags Actors, Journalists, 01 July 2026, Scotland, Vladimir,…
Aleksandr Vysokovsky dead at age 62, Russian actor
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Park Su-gwang dead at age 79, South Korean politician
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John Ripard dead at age 96, public figure
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P. A. Madhavan dead at age 80, Indian politician
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Vijaya Mehta dead at age 91, Indian actress and director
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Elio Cotena dead at age 80, Italian Olympic boxer
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Mahmoud Mollaghasemi dead at age 97, public figure
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Sir Neville Trotter dead at age 94, British politician
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Les Mills dead at age 91, New Zealand shot put and discus thrower, and politician
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Antoinette Miggiani dead at age 88, public figure
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Tami Bezaleli dead at age 73, Israeli painter, sculptor and writer
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Luis Gini dead at age 90, Paraguayan footballer
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Bob Maaskant dead at age 88, Dutch football manager
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Faniya Suleymanova dead at age 87, Russian journalist
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Madan Mohan Lakhera dead at age 88, Indian army lieutenant general
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Humphrey Smith dead at age 81, British brewer
Humphrey Smith, the British brewer and chairman of Samuel Smith Old Brewery, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 81.…
Ervin László dead at age 94, American philosopher
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Ron Raper dead at age 80, Australian rugby league player and coach
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Dame Penelope Keith dead at age 86, English actress
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Tan Ling Houw dead at age 95, Indonesian footballer
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Teruki Gotō dead at age 43, Japanese musician and political activist
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Robert Słaboń dead at age 72, Polish motorcycle speedway rider
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Antoni Misiaszek dead at age 88, Polish Roman Catholic priest
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Alla Chernova dead at age 82, Russian actress
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Justin Richards dead at age 64, British writer
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Wolfgang Paul dead at age 86, German footballer
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Alla Chernova dead at age 82, Russian actress
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Artur Dmitriev dead at age 58, Russian figure skater
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Tom Siddon dead at age 84, Canadian politician
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Charles Leblanc dead at age 75, Canadian actor, poet and translator
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Rune Mields dead at age 91, German visual artist
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Sergei Sorokin dead at age 93, American cytologist
Sergei Sorokin died on June 27, 2026, in Winchester. He was a scientist. Born on April 13, 1933, in Winchester, he was the son of sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.…
Benjamín Trillo Trillo dead at age 94, Spanish lawyer and writer
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Thomas Fey dead at age 65, German orchestral conductor
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Khadijah Farrakhan dead at age 90, American political activist
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David S. Doty dead at age 96, American jurist, judge of the United States District Court for the Di…
David S. Doty, an American jurist who served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, died on June 27, 2026, at…
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Dramane Yaméogo died on June 27, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Politicians, 27 June 2026, Cancer, Dramane, June 2026, June 27, Yaméogo
Konstantin Khudyakov dead at age 81, Russian artist
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Eeva Kilpi dead at age 98, Finnish writer
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Simon L. Leis Jr. dead at age 92, American prosecuting attorney and sheriff
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Jean-Paul Jauffret dead at age 95, French oenologist, and businessman
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David Andrews dead at age 91, Irish politician
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Valery Fabrikant dead at age 86, Belarusian-born Canadian academic and convicted mass murderer
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Mykola Frolov dead at age 67, Ukrainian politician and academic administrator
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Siegfried Verbeke dead at age 85, Belgian Holocaust denier
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Waldo Urrego dead at age 80, Colombian actor
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Raisa Mkrtchyan dead at age 84, Armenian singer
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Margaret Britton Vaughn dead at age 87, American poet
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Mykola Frolov dead at age 67, Ukrainian politician
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Raúl Castro dead at age 89, Argentine writer
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Yuri Novikov dead at age 89, Russian engineer and politician
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Kairat Kadyrzhanov dead at age 80, Kazakh scientist
Kairat Kadyrzhanov died on June 26, 2026. He was a scientist born on December 5, 1945, in Taldyqorğan. Further details about his career were not provided in the…
Andreas Koller dead at age 65, Austrian journalist
Andreas Koller died on June 26, 2026. Tags Journalists, 26 June 2026, Andreas, Austria, Koller, June 2026, June 26
Emilian Nica dead at age 54, Romanian Orthodox cleric
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Tom Ligon dead at age 85, American actor
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Tom Glass dead at age 77, Canadian chuckwagon racer and stuntman
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Huno Rätsep dead at age 98, public figure
Huno Rätsep, an Estonian linguist and longtime University of Tartu professor, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Tartu on December 28, 1927,…
John T. Pawlikowski dead at age 85, American Servite priest
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Gail Bowen dead at age 84, Canadian playwright and writer
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Cui Kun dead at age 100, Chinese academic, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Cui Kun died on June 26, 2026. Tags Scientists, 26 June 2026, China, Cui, Kun, June 2026, June 26
Günter Lenz dead at age 87, German jazz bassist and composer
Günter Lenz, the German jazz bassist and composer, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Frankfurt am Main on 25 July 1938, he…
Martha Lillard dead at age 78, American polio survivor
Martha Lillard, an American polio survivor and the last known person in the United States to rely on an iron lung, died on June 26, 2026, at age…
Tapani Peltola dead at age 66, Finnish bowler
Tapani Peltola died on June 26, 2026. Tags Other, 26 June 2026, Finland, Peltola, Tapani, June 2026, June 26
Philip Doyle dead at age 61, Irish rugby union coach
Philip Doyle, the Irish rugby union coach who guided women’s teams at international and club level, died on June 26, 2026, aged 61. Born in Dublin on November…
Kadir İnanır dead at age 77, Turkish actor
Kadir İnanır, the Turkish actor and filmmaker, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 77. Born on April 15, 1949, in Fatsa, he became one of…
Rosetta Miller-Perry dead at age 91, American journalist
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Likulia Bolongo dead at age 86, Congolese politician
Likulia Bolongo, a Congolese politician who served as prime minister of Zaire in 1997, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Norbert Likulia Bolongo…
Joe Doering dead at age 44, American professional wrestler
Joe Doering, an American professional wrestler best known for his work with TNA, died on June 26, 2026, at age 44. Born Joseph Doering on April 16, 1982,…
Tamás Horváth dead at age 75, Hungarian chess grandmaster
Tamás Horváth, a Hungarian chess player and International Master, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Zalaegerszeg on October 23, 1951, he rose…
Nail Kutlugildin dead at age 79, Russian politician
Nail Kutlugildin, a Russian politician who served as a member of the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan from 1999 to 2013, died on June 26, 2026,…
Bahij Tabbara dead at age 97, Lebanese jurist and politician
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František Wiendl dead at age 102, Czech resistance fighter
František Wiendl died on June 26, 2026. He was a Czech resistance fighter. Tags Other, 26 June 2026, Czechia, Wiendl, František, June 2026, June 26
Giulio Castelli dead at age 88, Italian journalist and writer
Giulio Castelli died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 88. He was an Italian journalist and writer, born in Rome on February 13, 1938. His work…