Death of Tahir Nikšić at age 76
Tahir Nikšić, a Bosnian actor and theatre artist, died on September 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Mostar on June 12, 1950, he began his stage career at the National…
Famous Dead Artists: Recent Artist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 4,000 obituaries of famous dead artists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Libor Balák has died at age 65
Libor Balák, the Czech painter and illustrator, died on September 2, 2026, aged 65. Born in Brno on February 10, 1961, he also worked as a draughtsman, comic-book artist and…
Chen Kuan-tai dead at age 80
Chen Kuan-tai, the Hong Kong actor, director and action choreographer known for films including The Chinese Boxer, Vengeance and Heroes Two, died on September 2, 2026, aged 80. Born in…
Obituary: Edith Barr, dead at age 90
Edith Barr, the Peruvian Creole singer known as the Flor Morena de la Canción Criolla, died on September 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Nora Edith Barr García in Lima on…
Obituary: Jonathan Meléndez, dead at age 38
Jonathan Meléndez, the Mexican keyboardist and composer known as Honas, died on September 1, 2026, aged 38. Born Jonathan Samuel Meléndez Ochoa in Mexico City, he helped found the synth-pop…
Geles Cabrera obituary: died at age 100
Geles Cabrera, the Mexican sculptor, died on September 1, 2026, aged 100. Born Geles Cabrera Alvarado in Mexico City on August 2, 1929, she built a career as a sculptor…
Jean-François Leroy passes away at age 69
Jean-François Leroy, the French journalist and photographer who directed Visa pour l'image, died on August 31, 2026, aged 69. Born in Paris on October 3, 1956, he helped found the…
Death of Jean-François Leroy at age 69
Jean-François Leroy, the French journalist and photographer who directed the Visa pour l’image festival from 1989, died on August 31, 2026, aged 69. Born in Paris on October 3, 1956,…
Jean-François Leroy passes away at age 69
Jean-François Leroy, the French journalist and photographer who directed the Visa pour l'image festival from 1989, died on August 31, 2026, aged 69. The identity record identifies him as a…
Death of Gene Bertoncini at age 89
Gene Bertoncini, the American jazz guitarist born in New York City on April 6, 1937, died on August 29, 2026, aged 89. A native of New York, he grew up…
Helch passed away at age 34
Helch, the British graffiti artist known for his stylised capital lettering and widely seen HELCH tag, died on August 29, 2026, aged 34. Operating mainly in the United Kingdom, he…
Obituary: Triona Holden, dead at age 66
Triona Holden, the British author, artist, journalist and former BBC presenter and correspondent, died on August 29, 2026, aged 66. Writing under the name Triona Palmer after her marriage, she…
Franco Fontana dies at 92
Franco Fontana, the Italian photographer known for his abstract colour landscapes, died on August 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in Modena on December 9, 1933, he began taking photographs in…
Kenneth Treister dead at age 96
Kenneth Treister, an American architect best known for the Holocaust Memorial he designed in Miami Beach, Florida, died on August 28, 2026, aged 96. A Fellow of the American Institute…
Will Murray has died at age 73
Will Murray, an American novelist, journalist and comic book writer, died on August 28, 2026, aged 73. Born William Patrick Murray on April 28, 1953, he wrote fiction, short stories…
Filip Štojdl dies at 50
Filip Štojdl, a Czech bishop of the Pilsen diocese of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and former CČSH clergyman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 50. He served as bishop of…
Death of David Thauberger at age 77
David Thauberger, a Canadian painter, died on August 27, 2026, at age 77. Born in Holdfast, Saskatchewan, he became known for paintings shaped by popular culture, postcard imagery, folk art…
Granville Straker passed away at age 86
Granville Straker, an American record producer and businessman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Saint Vincent in 1939, he moved to Brooklyn from Trinidad in 1959 and…
Death of Péter Nádas at age 83
Péter Nádas, the Hungarian writer, playwright and essayist best known for works including A Book of Memories, Parallel Stories and The End of a Family Story, died on August 26,…
Dolly Parton dies at age 80
Dolly Parton, the American singer and actress known for “Jolene” and 9 to 5, died on August 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Dolly Rebecca Parton in Pittman Center, Tennessee, she…
Sliman Mansour obituary: died at age 79
Sliman Mansour, the Palestinian painter, sculptor and author, died on August 24, 2026, aged 79. Also known as Suleiman or Suliman Mansour, he was born in 1947 in Birzeit and…
Jay Maisel dies at age 95
Jay Maisel, an American photographer, died on August 23, 2026, aged 95. Born in Brooklyn on January 18, 1931, he studied at Abraham Lincoln High School under Leon Friend before…
Tofig Bakikhanov dies at 95
Tofig Bakikhanov, the Azerbaijani composer and music educator, died on August 23, 2026, at age 95. Born Tofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov in Baku on December 8, 1930, he came from…
Obituary: Fabrizio Plessi, dead at age 86
Fabrizio Plessi, the Italian installation artist known for work centered on water and other elemental materials, died on August 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Reggio Emilia on April 3,…
Death of James Lew at age 73
James Lew, an American stuntman and actor, died on August 23, 2026, aged 73. Born James Jene Fae Lew in Escalon, California, he built a long career in film and…
Bun’yō Ishikawa dies at age 88
Bun'yō Ishikawa, the Japanese photographer and photojournalist, died on August 23, 2026, aged 88. Born in Chiba Prefecture on March 10, 1938, he covered the Vietnam War while stationed in…
Nick Bougas obituary: died at age 71
Nick Bougas, an American film director and illustrator, died on August 23, 2026, aged 71. Born Nicholas Bougas in Savannah, Georgia, he worked across film, illustration, record production, and screenwriting…
Janie Bradford obituary: died at age 87
Janie Bradford, the American songwriter whose work was closely associated with Motown, died on August 22, 2026, aged 87. Born in Charleston, Missouri, on June 2, 1939, she began her…
Kaiser has died at age 65
Kaiser, the Burmese singer-songwriter also known as Kaizar, died on August 22, 2026, aged 65. A Rakhine artist whose career began in 1978, he was widely heard in Myanmar from…
Dave Morice, died aged 79
Dave Morice, an American poet, died on August 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in St. Louis on September 10, 1946, he also worked as a writer, visual artist, performance artist…
Death of Sowcar Janaki at age 94
Sowcar Janaki, the Indian actress known for films including Iru Kodugal, Puthiya Paravai and Kaviya Thalaivi, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. Born Sankaramanchi Janaki on December 12, 1931,…
Ġorġ Mallia, died aged 68
Ġorġ Mallia, a Maltese communications academic, author and cartoonist, died on August 19, 2026, aged 68. Born in Malta on November 9, 1957, he built a career in communications, instructional…
Yukio Ota died at age 86
Yukio Ota, the Japanese graphic designer best known for creating the ISO 7010 exit sign and the pictorial language LoCoS, died on August 18, 2026, aged 86. Born on September…
Sofia Södergård dies at 39
Sofia Södergård, a Swedish dancer, choreographer, drag performer and actor, died on August 17, 2026, aged 39. Born Hanna Sofia Charlotta Södergård Treichl in Selångers församling in Sundsvall, she trained…
Dariya Alioshkina passes away at age 44
Dariya Alioshkina, a Ukrainian sculptor and traditional handicrafts artist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 44. Born in Kyiv on March 5, 1982, she was the daughter of noted Ukrainian…
Heinz Cibulka died at age 83
Heinz Cibulka, the Austrian photographer and assemblage artist, died on August 14, 2026, aged 83. Born in Vienna on January 16, 1943, he worked as a photographer and assemblage artist…
Brian Holguin obituary: died at age 62
Brian Holguin, an American cartoonist and comic book writer, died on August 14, 2026, aged 62. He was known for his work on Aria and Todd McFarlane's Spawn, and also…
Bou Meng has died at age 85
Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of the Tuol Sleng prison camp, died on August 14, 2026, aged 85. Born in 1941 in Kampong Cham Province, he was among…
Mary Heilmann death at age 86
Mary Heilmann, an American painter, died on August 14, 2026, at age 86. Based in Manhattan and Bridgehampton on Long Island, New York, she was known for abstract paintings that…
Yayoi Kusama passes away at age 97
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese installation and performance artist whose work helped define postwar avant-garde art, died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Born in Matsumoto in 1929 and known also…
Obituary: Nikki Ross, dead at age 54
Nikki Ross, an American gospel singer, died on August 14, 2026, at age 54. A singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and composer from Houston, Texas, she was known for her work…
Obituary: Jack Crabtree, dead at age 87
Jack Crabtree, an English painter and teacher, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Rochdale in 1938, he studied at Rochdale College of Art before continuing at Saint…
Olivier Echaudemaison has died at age 84
Olivier Echaudemaison, the French makeup artist, died on August 12, 2026, aged 84. Born in Périgueux on April 4, 1942, he went on to build a long career in fashion…
Sami Mohammad dies at 82
Sami Mohammad, the Kuwaiti sculptor and artist known for bronze works exploring freedom, oppression, genocide and suffering, died on August 11, 2026, aged 82. Born in Rumaithiya on October 1,…
Krishneswara Rao dead, Krishneswara Rao, Indian actor and writer
Krishneswara Rao, an Indian actor and writer known for his work in Telugu films and stage theatre, died on August 11, 2026. Born in Guntur district, he was credited as…
Jean Paton obituary: died at age 97
Jean Paton, the British botanist and bryologist, died on August 10, 2026, aged 97. Also known as Jean Annette Paton and Jean A. Paton, she worked as a botanist, bryologist…
Reggie Bannister dies at 80
Reggie Bannister, the American actor best known for playing Reggie in the Phantasm film series, died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, of complications from dementia and Parkinson's disease. Born…
La Norma Fox has died at age 100
La Norma Fox, the Danish-born American aerialist and trapeze artist also known as La Norma, died on August 8, 2026, aged 100. Born Norma Nielsen in Randers, Denmark, she built…
Charles Hollis Jones dies at age 81
Charles Hollis Jones, the American furniture designer known for his use of acrylic and lucite, died on August 7, 2026, aged 81. Jones built a reputation for turning materials such…
Valeriy Davydov dead at age 71
Valeriy Davydov, a Ukrainian artist and teacher, died on August 7, 2026, aged 71. He was born on November 21, 1954, in Kirovohrad and later studied at the Institute of…
Peter Katsis has died at age 69
Peter Katsis, an American music manager and talent manager who helped guide acts including the Backstreet Boys, Korn and Jane’s Addiction, died on August 6, 2026, aged 69. Born in…
Christian Bernard dead at age 76
Christian Bernard, the French art curator who directed the Villa Arson in Nice and later became the first director of MAMCO in Geneva, died on August 6, 2026, aged 76.…
Zuca Sardan died at age 92
Zuca Sardan, the literary name of Carlos Felipe Alves Saldanha, died on August 6, 2026, aged 92, in Hamburg, Germany, of complications from a fall. A Brazilian poet, writer, draughtsman…
Jerney Kaagman died at age 79
Jerney Kaagman, the Dutch singer best known as the lead vocalist of Earth and Fire, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Born Christina Henriette…
Tomás Parra dies at 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, Escultura y…
Vincent Browne dies at 78
Vincent Browne, the Irish sculptor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin in 1947, he studied at the National College of Art and Design and later at…
Obituary: Tristam Nada, dead at age 68
Tristam Nada, the French singer and painter also known as Pascal Dequatremare, died on August 4, 2026, aged 68. Born in Paris on August 3, 1958, he co-founded the punk…
Terry Trotter passes away at age 85
Terry Trotter, the American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the theme music for "Everybody Loves Raymond," died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Los Angeles in 1940,…
Paula Alí has died at age 88
Paula Alí, the Cuban actress known for films including Letters from the Park, The Elephant and the Bicycle and The Waiting List, died on August 3, 2026, aged 88. Born…
Vivienne Binns dead at age 85
Vivienne Binns, the Australian artist who played a significant role in the Women’s Art Movement in Australia and in feminist and community arts practice, died on August 1, 2026, aged…
Jonathan Leo Fairbanks death at age 93
Jonathan Leo Fairbanks, an American art curator and artist, died on August 1, 2026, at age 93. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 19, 1933, he became an authority…
Igor Sharapov obituary: died at age 65
Igor Sharapov, a Russian trumpeter and teacher, died on July 30, 2026, aged 65. Born in Leningrad on June 19, 1961, he went on to become a soloist with the…
Death of Simone Forti at age 91
Simone Forti, the American postmodern dancer, choreographer and artist whose work helped shape postmodern dance, died on July 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Florence on March 25, 1935, she…
Kavinsky dies at age 50
Kavinsky, the French musician and DJ best known for the songs “Nightcall” and “Odd Look,” died on July 28, 2026, aged 50. Born Vincent Belorgey in Paris in 1975, he…
Konrad Beikircher passed away at age 80
Konrad Beikircher, the German cabaret artist, musician and author, died on July 28, 2026, aged 80. Born Konrad Johann Aloysia Beikircher in Bruneck, South Tyrol, he built a career that…
Marc Held has died at age 93
Marc Held, the French architect, photographer and interior designer, died on July 27, 2026, aged 93. Born Marcel Held in Paris on August 16, 1932, he built a career that…
Kevin Sinnott dies at 78
Kevin Sinnott, the Welsh painter known for his contemporary depictions of Welsh life, died on July 27, 2026, aged 78. Born in Sarn, South Wales, in 1947 to Irish parents,…
Betye Saar dies at age 99
Betye Saar, the American artist known for her assemblage work, died on July 26, 2026, aged 99. Born Betye Irene Brown on July 30, 1926, in Los Angeles, she built…
Milan Knížák passed away at age 86
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, 2026. Born…
Helen Konek has died at age 95
Helen Konek, an Inuk elder and artist from Arviat, Nunavut, died on July 25, 2026, aged 95. Also known as Helen Agaaqtuq Konek, she was born in 1932 and became…
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk has died at age 53
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk, a Ukrainian sculptor, died on July 25, 2026, aged 53. Born on April 26, 1973, in Uman, Cherkasy region, he graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and…
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk has died at age 53
Vitaliy Dakhivnyk died on July 25, 2026, aged 53. He was a sculptor. Tags Artists, 25 July 2026, Dakhivnyk, Taurus, Vitaliy, July 2026, July 25
Bill Oddie dead at age 85
Bill Oddie, the English wildlife presenter and comedian best known for Springwatch, Birding with Bill Oddie and his work with The Goodies, died on July 25, 2026, aged 85. Born…
Death of Gunther von Hagens at age 81
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who invented plastination, died on July 24, 2026. He was 81. Born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen in Skalmierzyce, in what is now Greater Poland Voivodeship,…
Hanna Drul, died aged 65
Hanna Drul, a Ukrainian decorative ceramics artist, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 65. Born on September 22, 1960, in Chervonohrad, now Sheptytskyi, in Lviv Oblast, she…
Rémi Trotereau, died aged 70
Rémi Trotereau, a French painter and sculptor, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Vierzon on January 26, 1956, he built a career as an…
Paul Sanasardo, died aged 97
Paul Sanasardo, the American dancer and choreographer, died on July 23, 2026, at age 97. Born in Chicago on September 15, 1928, to a Sicilian family from Palermo, he studied…
William Orbit dies at 69
William Orbit, the English musician, DJ and record producer known professionally under that name, died on July 23, 2026, aged 69. Born William Mark Wainwright in London on December 15,…
Heinz Stücke dies at 86
Heinz Stücke, the German cyclist, photographer and world traveler who spent most of his life riding through every country in the world, died on July 22, 2026. He was 86.…
Mitch Byrd obituary: died at age 63
Mitch Byrd, an American comic book artist and penciller, died on July 22, 2026. Born on July 28, 1962, Byrd began his major comics work on Cat and Mouse, collaborating…
David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, died aged 96
David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, a British aristocrat and pottery designer, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 96. Born David Harrington Angus Douglas in London on…
Tofig Mirzoyev, died aged 94
Tofig Mirzoyev, an Azerbaijani actor known for roles in films including The Last Night of Childhood, Tahmina and Nesimi, died on July 21, 2026. He was 94. Mirzoyev was born…
Tofik Mirzoyev, died aged 94
Tofik Mirzoyev, the Azerbaijani actor known for roles in The Last Night of Childhood, Tahmina and Nesimi, died on July 21, 2026. He was 94. Azerbaijani sources identified him as…
Death of Zale Parry at age 93
Zale Parry, an American scuba diver and actress, died on July 20, 2026. She was 93. Born in Milwaukee on March 19, 1933, Parry became known as a pioneer in…
Obituary: Patrick Gleeson, dead at age 91
Patrick Gleeson, an American composer and musician, died on July 19, 2026, aged 91. An American musician, synthesizer pioneer, composer and producer, he helped shape electronic music through his work…
Christine Borland has died at age 61
Christine Borland, the British sculptrix and Scottish artist, died on July 19, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1965, she became associated with the…
Jennifer Finch passed away at age 59
Jennifer Finch, an American musician and photographer best known as the bass player for the punk rock band L7, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 59. Born…
Alan Walden death at age 83
Alan Walden, an American music manager, publisher, booking agent and promoter known for his work with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Otis Redding, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Macon, Georgia,…
Romano Garofalo dies at 84
Romano Garofalo, the Italian cartoonist, writer and journalist whose work helped shape popular comics in Italy, died on July 15, 2026, in Rimini. Born in Rimini on November 11, 1941,…
Obituary: Moozhikkal Pankajakshi, dead at age 90
Moozhikkal Pankajakshi, an Indian Nokkuvidya pavakali performer, died on July 15, 2026, at age 90. A noted artist of Nokkuvidya paava kali, a form of puppetry, she was born on…
Plas Johnson dies at 94
Plas Johnson, the American soul-jazz saxophonist widely known for his tenor saxophone solo on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme," died on July 15, 2026. He was 94. Born Plas…
Guy Tudor death at age 91
Guy Tudor, an American ornithologist, bird illustrator and conservationist, died on July 14, 2026, aged 91. A self-taught artist as well as a naturalist, he helped document and preserve nature…
Pat Oliphant dead at age 90
Pat Oliphant, the Australian-born American political cartoonist whose work tracked American and global politics for more than six decades, died on July 13, 2026. Born Patrick Bruce Oliphant in Adelaide…
Death of Barry Dickins at age 76
Barry Dickins, an Australian author, artist, actor, educator and journalist, died on July 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Reservoir in Melbourne, he became known for historical dramas and for…
Luis Sanguino dies at age 91
Luis Sanguino, the Spanish sculptor known for monumental bronze works in Spain and the Americas, died on July 12, 2026. Born Luis Antonio Sanguino de Pascual in Barcelona on August…
Serge Malenfant dead
Serge Malenfant, a Canadian painter, died on July 12, 2026, in Sherbrooke. He was best known for trompe-l'œil murals created for the city of Sherbrooke, beginning with a work installed…
Chris Scheuer dead at age 73
Chris Scheuer, an Austrian comic book author and illustrator, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Graz on September 19, 1952, he built a career…
Jun Isezaki has died at age 90
Jun Isezaki, a Japanese potter and ceramicist, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Bizen on February 20, 1936, he studied at Okayama University and…
Bob Farrell has died at age 77
Bob Farrell, an American Christian musician and songwriter best known for his work in the duo Farrell and Farrell, died on July 11, 2026. He was 77. Formed in 1977…