Roman Knap dead at age 51
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died on August 11, 2026, aged 51. He took up the post in June 2018…
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Matsushige Ono dead at age 90, Japanese politician, deputy chief cabinet secretary
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Phil Parkes dead at age 79
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Rachel Naomi Remen dead at age 88
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Jorge Messi dead at age 68
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Dominique Frot dead at age 68
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died on August 7, 2026, aged 97. Born in 1929, he grew up in Melbourne…
Peter Faber dead at age 82
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died on August 7, 2026, aged…
Carola von Braun dead at age 78, German politician and women’s rights activist, member of the…
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Peter Katsis dead at age 69
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 69.…
Carlos Garfias Merlos dead at age 75, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, ar…
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Catherine Dasté dead at age 96
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Harry C. Dorn dead at age 82
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 82. Dorn, whose full name was…
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Zuca Sardan dead at age 92, Brazilian poet, complications from a fall
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Geraldão dead at age 77
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 77. A forward, he rose to prominence as the top scorer in…
Martha Rivers Ingram dead at age 90
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Flo Anthony dead at age 74
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Jerney Kaagman dead at age 79, Dutch singer, complications from Parkinson’s disease
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Rashid al-Rajih dead at age 81
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Kapeliele Faupala dead at age 86
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 86. Born…
Shimon Shelah dead at age 94
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died on August 6, 2026, at age 94. Born…
Giuseppe Marchioro dead at age 90
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 90. Born in Milan on March 13, 1936, he…
Matthew Jukes dead at age 58
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 58. Based in the United Kingdom, he was known for publishing annual wine reports including the…
Francesco Guccini dead at age 86
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Modena on June 14, 1940, he became one…
Daniel Sivan dead at age 76
Daniel Sivan, a professor and Moroccan-born Israeli linguist,
died on August 6, 2026, at age 76. Born in Casablanca on August 21, 1949, he was known as an…
Manuel Martín Piñera dead at age 95
Manuel Martín Piñera, the Spanish racing cyclist who won five stages of the Vuelta a España,
died on August 6, 2026, aged 95. Born in Cabezón de la…
Kuulo Kalamees dead at age 92
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died on August 6, 2026, aged 92. Born in Tartu on April 15, 1934, he studied at the University of Tartu and went…
Ann Bogan dead at age 85
Ann Bogan, the American singer known for her work with the Motown groups the Andantes and the Marvelettes,
died on August 6, 2026, at age 85. Sometimes credited…
Tedde Moore dead at age 79
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 79. Born Dorothea Mavor Moore…
Bilgesu Erenus dead at age 82, Turkish playwright, screenwriter and activist
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 82. She began her career at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation as a…
Bruno Battisti D’Amario dead at age 88
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Rome on October 5, 1937, he was also a teacher…
Terry Buffalo Ware dead at age 76, American guitarist and composer, lung cancer
Terry Buffalo Ware, an American guitarist and composer,
died on August 5, 2026, at age 76. A native of Woodward, Oklahoma, he grew up in northwest Oklahoma and…
Oleksii Yukov dead at age 40, Ukrainian war archaeologist, killed by landmine
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 40, after being killed by a landmine. Known formally…
Hugh O’Flaherty dead at age 88, Irish barrister, judge of the supreme court
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in 1937, he was educated at University College…
John Langeloth Loeb Jr. dead at age 96, American diplomat, ambassador to Denmark
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Manhattan on May 2, 1930, he also…
Uma Shankar Singh dead at age 55
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died on August 5, 2026, aged 55. Known also as Thakur Umashankar Singh, he represented the Rasara constituency…
Tomás Parra dead at age 88
Tomás Parra, a Mexican sculptor,
died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mexico City on January 1, 1937, he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura,…