Pon Paladraksa dead at age 102
Pon Paladraksa, a Thai police lieutenant general,
died on July 31, 2026, aged 102. Known in the Thai police service as a former commander of Provincial Police Region 3, he was also the father of Dr.…
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Antonio Mazzi dead at age 96
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David Trewavas dead at age 63, New Zealand politician, mayor of Taupō
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Mike Smedley dead at age 84
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Tom Chadbon dead at age 80
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died on July 27, 2026, aged 80.…
Marc Held dead at age 93, French architect, and interior designer
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Léon Strauss dead at age 98
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Johannes Krisch dead at age 59
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Ronnie Le Drew dead at age 78
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died on July 27, 2026. Born in Toronto on October…
Kevin Sinnott dead at age 78
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died on July 27, 2026, aged 78. Born in Sarn, South Wales, in 1947 to…
Sulemana Abdul Samed dead at age 32
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Jim Hopkins dead at age 79, New Zealand broadcaster and politician, member of the Waitaki District…
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died on July 27, 2026, aged 80. Born on January 1, 1946, Hopkins…
Zlatan Ibrahimbegović dead at age 78
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Susanta Singh dead at age 53
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Takeaki Matsumoto dead at age 67, Japanese politician, minister of foreign affairs and internal aff…
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Jerry Lamb dead at age 85, American Episcopal prelate, bishop of Northern California
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Betye Saar dead at age 99
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died on July 26, 2026, aged 99. Born Betye Irene Brown on July 30, 1926, in Los Angeles,…
Thomas W. Luce III dead at age 86
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died on July 26, 2026. He also worked as a nonprofit executive and served as an adviser to…
Abdul Ballout dead at age 21
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Frank Tusa dead at age 79
Frank Tusa, an American bassist and composer,
died on July 26, 2026, aged 79. Born in New York City on April 1, 1947, he became known as a…
John Anderson dead at age 71, American baseball player and coach, heart attack
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died on July 26, 2026, of a heart…
Parvez Butt dead at age 83
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died on July 26, 2026, at the age of 83. Born…
Octavio Gallotti dead at age 95
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died on July 26, 2026, aged 95. Born Luiz Octavio Pires e Albuquerque Gallotti in Rio…
Zdzisław Maszkiewicz dead at age 75
Zdzisław Maszkiewicz, a Polish politician and electronics technician who served in the Senate from 1997 to 2001,
died on July 26, 2026, aged 75. Born on November 28,…
Esther Tomljanovich dead at age 94, American judge, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
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died on July 26, 2026, at age 94. Born…
Gerry Kelly dead at age 77
Gerry Kelly, the Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist best known for his long presenting run on UTV,
died on July 26, 2026, aged 77. Born Gerard Kelly on…
Vlasta Pavelcová dead at age 94
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died on July 26, 2026, aged 94. Born in Ostrava on August 14, 1931, she began attending Mistr Gabzdyl’s ballet…
Bachtiar Aly dead at age 76
Bachtiar Aly, an Indonesian professor, politician and diplomat,
died on July 26, 2026, aged 76. Born in Banda Aceh on December 21, 1949, he built a career that…
Hira Singh Bisht dead at age 85, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA, heart attack
Hira Singh Bisht, an Indian politician and former Uttarakhand MLA,
died on July 26, 2026, after a heart attack. Born on November 4, 1940, in Pauri Garhwal district,…
Milan Knížák dead at age 86, visual art, art philosophy
Milan Knížák, the Czech artist, musician and performer who led the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and later directed the National Gallery Prague,
died on July 26,…
Ian Wood dead at age 84
Ian Wood, the Scottish businessman who founded and led Wood Group,
died on July 26, 2026. Born Ian Clark Wood in Aberdeen on July 21, 1942, he built…
Ravan A. G. Farhâdi dead at age 96, Afghan academic and diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations
Ravan A. G. Farhâdi, the Afghan academic and diplomat who served as Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 2006,
died on July 26, 2026. He…
Pié Masumbuko dead at age 94, Burundian politician, acting prime minister
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died on July 26, 2026, aged 94. A member of the Union for National Progress, he briefly…
Isabel McBryde dead at age 92
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died on July 26, 2026, aged 92. Born in Fremantle on July 16,…
Joel Cohen dead at age 84
Joel Cohen, an American musician and lutenist who specialized in early music,
died on July 26, 2026, aged 84. He was associated for decades with the Boston Camerata,…
Abdul Ballout dead at age 21
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died on July 26, 2026, after being shot by police. The 21-year-old was identified as…