Ben Reyes has died at age 79
Ben Reyes, an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives and on the Houston City Council, died November 6, 2026, aged 79. Known formally as Ben Torres Reyes, he was born in Burton,…
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Platon Udovenko dies at 85
Platon Udovenko, a Ukrainian bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 85. Born Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko on November 17, 1940, in the settlement of Uspenka, he served as metropolitan…
Yuri Kayurov passes away at age 99
Yuri Ivanovich Kayurov, a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, died November 6, 2026, aged 99. Born in Cherepovets, then in the Soviet Union, on September 30, 1927, Kayurov trained at the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute and began his acting career in 1952. His work encompassed stage…
Death of Sebastián Lelio at age 52
Sebastián Lelio, the Chilean film director and Oscar winner, died November 6, 2026, aged 52. Born Sebastián Lelio Watt in Mendoza, Argentina, on March 8, 1974, he moved to Viña del Mar at age 52 with his Chilean mother, Valeria. His early years included frequent moves: after living…
Leonid Arkayev dead at age 86
Leonid Arkayev, a Russian gymnast and gymnastics coach inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow on June 3, 1940, he was an artistic gymnast and later a coach in Soviet and Russian gymnastics. His honors…
Jay Rockefeller has died at age 89
Jay Rockefeller, an American Democratic politician who served as governor of West Virginia and a U.S. senator, died on November 6, 2026, aged 89. Born John Davison Rockefeller IV in New York City on June 18, 1937, he moved to Emmons, West Virginia, in 1964 to work as…
Konstantin Trenchev passed away at age 71
Konstantin Trenchev, a Bulgarian physician and syndicalist who led the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa, died November 6, 2026, aged 71. Born in Stara Zagora on February 8, 1955, he received his education in medicine before becoming a founder and leader of the labor organization. Trenchev established Podkrepa in…
Hossein Wahid Khorasani dead at age 108
Hossein Wahid Khorasani, an Iranian Shia marja', died November 6, 2026, aged 108. Born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh on January 1, 1921, in Nishapur, he became known as Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani, and was also known as Vahid Khorasani. His education included study at Najaf Seminary, while his…
Death of Michael Locke at age 47
Michael Locke, the Welsh stuntman and skateboarder known as Pancho, died November 6, 2026, aged 47. Born Michael Richard Locke on March 13, 1979, he worked as a performer from 2001 through 2026, with credits as an actor and stunt performer as well as a skateboarder. Locke was…
Vezhdi Rashidov obituary: died at age 74
Vezhdi Rashidov, a Bulgarian sculptor and politician who served twice as minister of culture, died of a heart attack on November 6, 2026, aged 74. Born Vezhdi Letif Rashidov in Dimitrovgrad on December 14, 1951, he moved with his parents to Haskovo when he was two. His mother,…
David Hewitt passes away at age 87
David Hewitt, the Irish rugby union centre who represented Ireland and the British & Irish Lions, died on November 5, 2026, aged 87. Born in Belfast on September 9, 1939, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Hewitt earned 18 caps for Ireland between 1958 and…
Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar dies at 70
Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar, a Malaysian political spouse and the first wife of Najib Razak, died on November 5, 2026, aged 70. Born in 1956, she was also known as Ku Ri. She and Najib shared more than 10 years of married life before divorcing. Their three…
Patricia Walsh, died aged 74
Patricia Walsh, an Argentine politician and former deputy representing Buenos Aires city, died of respiratory failure on November 5, 2026, aged 74. Born in Buenos Aires on January 1, 1952, she was the daughter of Rodolfo Walsh and studied at the National University of La Plata. She served…
Ali-Asghar Fani died at age 72
Ali-Asghar Fani, an Iranian politician and former minister of education, died November 5, 2026, aged 72. Born in Tehran on January 3, 1954, he studied at the University of Tehran and worked as a civil engineer. He was also employed by Tarbiat Modares University. Fani had previously served…
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, died aged 50
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died by lethal injection on November 5, 2026, aged 50. His case stemmed from a fire set on April 9, 2010, at his girlfriend’s home in Evansville, Indiana, where…
Julian A. Brodsky has died at age 93
Julian A. Brodsky, an American businessman and co-founder of Comcast, died November 5, 2026, aged 93. Born in Philadelphia on July 16, 1933, he was raised in a Jewish family and graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served two years in the United…
Nimeño I passed away at age 81
Alain Montcouquiol, the French torero known as Nimeño I, died in Nîmes on November 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Ambert on September 4, 1945, he moved with his family to Nîmes when he was nine years old. The move brought him to the city where he would…
Jeffrey Weisheit passed away at age 50
Jeffrey Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died aged 50 on November 5, 2026, after being executed by lethal injection. Born Jeffrey Allen Weisheit on March 28, 1976, he became the subject of a criminal case stemming from a fire at his girlfriend’s home in Evansville, Indiana. On April…
Pavel Moiseyev dies at 39
Pavel Moiseyev, a Russian politician and educator who served in the Tambov Oblast Duma, died in a traffic collision on November 5, 2026, aged 39. His full name was Pavel Sergeyevich Moiseyev; he was born on April 17, 1987, in Tambov, then part of the Russian SFSR within…
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, died aged 50
Jeffrey Allen Weisheit, an American convicted murderer, died at age 50 by lethal injection on November 5, 2026. Born March 28, 1976, he was convicted in a case stemming from a 2010 fire at his girlfriend’s home in Evansville, Indiana. Weisheit set the house ablaze on April 9.…
Gianpietro Marchetti death at age 78
Gianpietro Marchetti, the Italian footballer who played as a defender for Atalanta, Juventus and the national team, died November 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Rudiano on October 22, 1948, Marchetti began his professional career in 1966 and ended it in 1980. His playing career encompassed club football…
Gianluca Pierobon passes away at age 59
Gianluca Pierobon, an Italian racing cyclist, died on November 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Gallarate on March 2, 1967, he was identified as a former racing cyclist and a cyclo-cross cyclist. His recorded sporting occupations included bicycle racing and cyclo-cross, and he was associated with both disciplines…
Antonio Carattoni passed away at age 80
Antonio Carattoni, a Sammarinese politician who served as Captain Regent of San Marino, died November 5, 2026, aged 80. Born on November 8, 1945, in Sant’Agata Feltria, he is also identified in biographical records by the name Antonio Carratoni. A member of the Party of Socialists and Democrats,…
Hossein Omoumi, died aged 82
Hossein Omoumi, an Iranian musician, composer, scholar and teacher of Persian traditional music, died on November 5, 2026, aged 82. Born July 17, 1944, in Isfahan, Iran, he began studying the ney, the country’s traditional reed flute, at 14 and learned from ney master Hassan Kassai. His musical…
Mikhail Vasiliev obituary: died at age 64
Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian ice hockey player, died November 5, 2026, aged 64. Born Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasiliev on June 8, 1962, in Elektrogorsk, in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union, he played in the Soviet Hockey League. His Soviet clubs were Torpedo Yaroslavl and HC CSKA Moscow.…
Obituary: Sir Lloyd Geering, dead at age 108
Sir Lloyd Geering, the New Zealand theologian who faced charges of heresy, died November 5, 2026, aged 108. Born in Rangiora on February 26, 1918, he was brought up in Dunedin and spent four years with his family in Australia before returning to New Zealand. He attended Otago…
Obituary: Alan Jones, dead at age 80
Alan Jones, the Australian racing driver and Formula One world champion, died November 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Alan Stanley Jones in Melbourne on November 2, 1946, he attended Xavier College and went on to compete in Formula One from 1975 to 1986. His defining achievement came in…
Clem Cattini has died at age 89
Clem Cattini, the English rock and roll drummer and member of the Tornados, died November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born Clemente Anselmo Agustino Cattini in Stoke Newington, north…
John Nicks passed away at age 97
John Nicks, the British-American pair skater and figure skating coach, died November 3, 2026, aged 97. Born John Allen Wisden Nicks in Brighton on April 22, 1929, he…
Marta Gastón passes away at age 53
Marta Gastón, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53.…
Death of Larry Kristoff at age 83
Larry Kristoff, an American Olympic wrestler, died November 3, 2026, aged 83. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, on November 11, 1942, he competed in wrestling for the United States…
Lucia Modugno died at age 94
Lucia Modugno, the Italian actress, theater director and writer, died November 3, 2026, aged 94. Born on July 9, 1932, she worked in both cinema and theater. Her…
Marin Srakić death at age 89
Marin Srakić, a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Đakovo–Osijek and later as its archbishop, died November 3, 2026, aged 89. Born in Ivanovci…
Marta Gastón Menal death at age 53
Marta Gastón Menal, a Spanish economist and politician who served as Aragon’s minister of economy and employment, senator and deputy, died of cancer on November 3, 2026, aged…
Jan Władysław Woś passes away at age 87
Jan Władysław Woś, a Polish bibliophile, historian, essayist and fiction writer, died on November 3, 2026, aged 87. Born in Warsaw, he studied at the University of Warsaw’s…
Toni Brogno dead at age 53
Toni Brogno, a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a striker, died of liver cancer on November 3, 2026, aged 53. Born Antonio Brogno on July 19,…
Lonnie Thompson passes away at age 78
Lonnie Thompson, an American paleoclimatologist and university professor, died November 3, 2026, aged 78. At Ohio State University’s School of Earth Sciences, he pursued research into climate history…
Paul-Henri Rebut died at age 90
Paul-Henri Rebut, a French nuclear physicist whose work was in nuclear fusion, died November 3, 2026, aged 90. He studied physics at the École polytechnique in Paris and…
Janosch passes away at age 95
Janosch, the German children's author and illustrator born Horst Eckert, died November 3, 2026, aged 95. He was born on March 11, 1931, in Hindenburg, now Zabrze, Poland,…
Jesús de Miguel obituary: died at age 30
Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker, died November 3, 2026, aged 30, at Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. Born in…
Paul Kihara Kariuki obituary: died at age 72
Paul Kihara Kariuki, a Kenyan lawyer and politician who served as attorney general, died November 3, 2026, aged 72. His career also included service as a judge and…
Nand Lal dies at 72
Nand Lal, an Indian politician and Himachal Pradesh MLA, died in Shimla on November 3, 2026, aged 72. Born on April 16, 1954, in Deothi, in the Rampur…
John Frieda died at age 75
John Frieda, the British businessman and celebrity hairstylist who founded hair salon and hair-product businesses, died on November 3, 2026, aged 75. Born Alan Howard Frieda in London…
Carlos Albert has died at age 83
Carlos Albert Llorente, the Mexican footballer and journalist, died November 3, 2026, aged 83. Born in Mexico City on July 10, 1943, he played for Necaxa and represented…
Dulcy Singer dies at age 92
Dulcy Singer, an American television producer and executive producer of Sesame Street, died November 3, 2026, aged 92. Born on November 11, 1933, she built a long association…
Kjeld Thorst death at age 86
Kjeld Thorst, a Danish football player and manager, died on November 3, 2026, aged 86. Born in Øster Svenstrup, he began playing in the youth ranks of Skovsgaard…
Obituary: Harold Greene, dead at age 82
Harold Greene, an American news anchor, died November 3, 2026, aged 82. Born December 1, 1944, he built a television news career that began in Los Angeles and…
Simon Winchester passed away at age 82
Simon Winchester, the British-American author and journalist associated with The Surgeon of Crowthorne, died of a heart attack on November 3, 2026, aged 82. Born in London, he…
Obituary: Erminia Ferrari, dead at age 94
Erminia Ferrari, an Italian model and costume designer, died November 2, 2026, aged 94. Born in Taormina on November 4, 1931, she was the daughter of a hotel…
Obituary: Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, dead at age 82
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, the Turkish industrialist and chairman of Zorlu Holding, died of cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 28, 1944, in Babadağ, in…
Patrik Eichler dies at age 42
Patrik Eichler, a Czech journalist and political commentator, died November 2, 2026, aged 42. He was director of the Masaryk Democratic Academy, a social-democratic think tank, and held…
Tobias Joaquim Dai died at age 75
Tobias Joaquim Dai, a Mozambican politician and minister of defence, died on November 2, 2026, aged 75. Born on November 25, 1950, Dai served as Mozambique’s minister of…
Obituary: Georg Hack, dead at age 76
Georg Hack, a German speedway rider, died on November 2, 2026, aged 76. Born in Landshut on February 20, 1950, he represented the West German national speedway team,…
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra passed away at age 74
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, an Indian neurosurgeon and academic known for craniopagus surgery and academic leadership, died November 2, 2026, aged 74. Born in Odisha, he built a career…
Don Knodel obituary: died at age 95
Don Knodel, an American basketball coach who led the Rice Owls and coached the Houston Angels, died November 2, 2026, in Houston. He was 95. Born in 1931,…
Obituary: Luis Rico, dead at age 81
Luis Rico Arancibia, the Bolivian singer-songwriter known as Luis Rico, died on November 2, 2026, aged 81. Born on May 15, 1945, in Tupiza, Bolivia, he worked as…
Obituary: John Killacky, dead at age 74
John Killacky, an American politician and former arts administrator who served in the Vermont House of Representatives, died of prostate cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 74. Elected…
Taurian Fontenette dies at age 43
Taurian Fontenette, an American basketball player known for streetball, died November 2, 2026, aged 43. Born in Hitchcock, Texas, on January 1, 1983, he attended Hitchcock High School…
Josef Mašín death at age 94
Josef Mašín, a Czech anti-communist resistance fighter and defector, died November 2, 2026, aged 94. With his brother Ctirad, he took up armed resistance against the communist regime…
John Evans passes away at age 79
John Evans, an English professional footballer and international bowls player, died on November 2, 2026, aged 79. Born in Torquay on March 24, 1947, John Charles Evans began…
Nadia Santini dead at age 73
Nadia Santini, an Italian chef known for Dal Pescatore, died November 2, 2026, aged 73. Born in San Pietro Mussolino, she became closely associated with the restaurant in…
Obituary: Don Murray, dead at age 80
Donald James Murray, the Scottish professional footballer known as Don Murray, died aged 80 on November 2, 2026, from complications of Lewy body dementia. Born on January 18,…
Jagdish Raj Sapolia dies at 80
Jagdish Raj Sapolia, an Indian politician and former member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, died November 2, 2026, aged 80. A member of the Indian National…
Obituary: Ignaty Lapkin, dead at age 87
Ignaty Lapkin, a Russian Orthodox preacher and author who also worked as a missionary, blogger and poet, died November 2, 2026, aged 87. Born in Karpovsky, in Russia’s…
M. Ramachandran has died at age 80
M. Ramachandran, an Indian politician and former Tamil Nadu MLA, died of cardiac arrest on November 2, 2026, aged 80. His legislative career included three assembly terms, following…
Freddie Mwila, died aged 80
Freddie Mwila, the Zambian footballer and coach, died November 2, 2026, aged 80. Born in Kasama on July 6, 1946, Mwila was among the first Zambians to play…
Beverly Whipple passed away at age 85
Beverly Whipple, an American sexologist and professor emerita at Rutgers University, died November 2, 2026, of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 85. Born January 1, 1934, she studied at Wagner…
Death of Ignatiy Lapkin at age 87
Ignatiy Lapkin, a Russian Orthodox preacher and author, died November 2, 2026, aged 87. Born in Karpovsky on June 10, 1939, he grew up in a large Old…
Capers Funnye has died at age 74
Capers Funnye, an African-American Conservative rabbi, died of cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 74. Also known as Capers C. Funnye Jr., he served as Chief Rabbi of…
Jeannot Gilbert passed away at age 85
Jeannot Gilbert, a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, died November 2, 2026, aged 85. Born in Grande-Baie, he built a professional career that lasted from 1960 to 1975,…
Hassan Habibi obituary: died at age 86
Hassan Habibi, an Iranian association football player and manager, died November 2, 2026, aged 86. Born in Kerman on February 7, 1939, he began his playing career with…
Pavel Hulva died at age 50
Pavel Hulva, a Czech zoologist and university professor, died on November 1, 2026, aged 50. Born on November 22, 1975, in Český Těšín, he attended Gymnázium Český Těšín…
Ellis Johnson obituary: died at age 83
Ellis Edward Johnson Jr., an American football player who played halfback and wide receiver for the Boston Patriots, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born July 9, 1943,…
John Leeson dies at age 83
John Leeson, the English actor known for voicing K9 in Doctor Who and portraying Bungle in Rainbow, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born John Francis Christopher Ducker…
Jerry Koosman death at age 83
Jerry Koosman, an American professional baseball pitcher, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born Jerome Martin Koosman in Appleton, he played in Major League Baseball from 1967 to…
Sheila Lapinsky has died at age 82
Sheila Lapinsky, a South African anti-apartheid and LGBTQ+ activist, died November 1, 2026, aged 82. Born Sheila Barsel in Johannesburg on January 1, 1944, she grew up in…
Rodney J. Clifton dies at 89
Rodney J. Clifton, an American civil engineer and professor, died November 1, 2026, aged 89. Born Rodney James Clifton in Orchard, Nebraska, on July 10, 1937, he was…
Hamid Alidoosti obituary: died at age 70
Hamid Alidoosti, an Iranian football player and manager who died of cancer, was 70 when he died on November 1, 2026. Born in Tehran on January 1, 1956,…
Tony Butala obituary: died at age 87
Tony Butala, the American singer who led the vocal group The Lettermen, died November 1, 2026, aged 87. Born Anthony Francis Butala in Sharon, Pennsylvania, on November 20,…
Obituary: Juan Atkins, dead at age 64
Juan Atkins, an American record producer, techno musician and DJ known for his work with the Belleville Three and Cybotron, died of a heart attack on November 1,…
Death of Jacques Bolognesi at age 79
Jacques Bolognesi, the French jazz musician and longtime member of the Orchestre National de Jazz, died November 1, 2026, aged 79. Born in Gap on January 6, 1947,…
Pavel Žák dies at age 85
Pavel Žák, a Czech composer and lyricist who also worked as a director, screenwriter and pianist, died November 1, 2026, aged 85. Born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou on…
Ate Gay died at age 55
Gil Aducal Morales, the Filipino comedian and television presenter known as Ate Gay, died on November 1, 2026, aged 55, from mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Born in Manila, Morales began…
QABM Rahman passed away at age 91
QABM Rahman, a Bangladeshi civil servant, died on November 1, 2026, aged 91. Born in Faridpur, then part of British India, on February 1, 1935, he entered maritime…
Death of Miquel Navarro at age 81
Miquel Navarro, Spanish sculptor, painter and contemporary poet, died on November 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Mislata, Valencia, on September 29, 1945, he studied painting at the…