Donald Ross, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003, died on May 5, 2026, at age 85. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he attended grade school in Vinita, later returned to Tulsa for… · South Africa · Britain · 07 July 2014 · July 2014 · Doctors · July 7
Geoff Ablett, the Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn, Richmond and St Kilda, died on May 5, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 71. Ablett played in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s and 1980s,…
Shaikh Idrees, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was born in 1961 in Turangzai, in…
Dante Arevalo Ang Sr., Filipino journalist and chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times, died on May 5, 2026. Born on June 27, 1942, Ang bought The Manila Times in 2001 from Mark Jimenez and was later appointed chairman…
Servet Pëllumbi, Albanian politician and speaker of parliament, died on May 5, 2026, following a brief illness. He was 89. Born in Korçë on December 12, 1936, he served as Chairman of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania from…
Claude Morin, a Canadian politician and former Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly for Louis-Hébert, died on May 5, 2026. He was 96. Born in Montmorency, Quebec, Morin earned a bachelor's degree from Université Laval and a master's degree…
Carlos Garaikoetxea, the Spanish politician who served as lehendakari from 1979 to 1985, died on May 4, 2026, of a heart attack. He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on June 2, 1938. Garaikoetxea was a leading figure in the Basque…
Lee Hong-koo, the South Korean politician who served as prime minister from 1994 to 1995, died on May 4, 2026. He was 92. Lee also served as South Korean ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States, and was…
Konstantin Tolkachyov, a Russian politician, died on May 4, 2026.
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, Cameroonian magistrate and president of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, died on May 4, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bonaléa on March 25, 1942, he earned a licentiate in law from the Federal University…
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as lord mayor of Westminster from 1991 to 1992. Born Shirley…
Krzysztof Pawłowski, a Polish politician and senator from 1989 to 1993, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Nowy Sącz on June 26, 1946, he was a physicist by occupation. He served in the Senate…
Régis Barroso, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as a deputy from 1967 to 1971, died on May 3, 2026, in Fortaleza, Brazil, at the age of 84. Born Francisco Régis Monte Barroso in Fortaleza on August 4, 1941,…
Jean Raquin, a French politician and farmer who served as a member of the General Council of Jura from 1994 to 2015 and as its president from 2008 to 2011, died on May 3, 2026. He represented the Canton of…
Paul Schwartz, a Romanian Jewish community leader, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as president of the Jewish community of Bucharest until his death and was vice-president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of…
Babulal Bairwa, an Indian politician and former Rajasthan MLA, died on May 3, 2026, from complications of diabetes. He was 72. Bairwa served in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kathumar and held office during 1980–1990, 2008–2013 and 2018–2023. A member…
Leslie Campbell, a Jamaican politician, died on May 3, 2026. He was a member of the Labour Party and served in the Senate of Jamaica. Campbell also held the post of Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Józef Michalik, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop of Przemyśl, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 85. He served as bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów from 1986 to 1993 and as archbishop of Przemyśl from 1993 to 2016.…
Boris Volodin, a Russian politician and member of the Soviet of the Union from 1984 to 1989, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Boris Mikhailovich Volodin on August 21, 1931, in Svetlograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet…
Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who represented the Mymensingh-6…
Chet Dobis died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana House for more than four decades, according to the provided…
Ubaldo Biordi, a Sammarinese politician and captain regent, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 87. He served two terms as one of San Marino’s joint heads of state, in 1981–1982 and again in 1985–1986. Biordi entered the…
Yaya Ceesay, Gambian politician and member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026, in Kanifing, The Gambia, aged 88–89. A member of the People's Progressive Party, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1969 and…
Vladimir Bayunov, a Russian politician and engineer who served as a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 1999, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 73. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation,…
Man Phatnothai, Thai politician and civil servant who served as minister of information and communication technology in 2008 and as deputy prime minister later that year, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Bangkok on…
Csaba Takács, a Hungarian-Romanian politician and deputy from 1990 to 1994, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Aiud, Romania, on March 30, 1955, he was an engineer and a member of the Democratic Union… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Eddy Pratomo, an Indonesian diplomat and law scholar, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Semarang, Central Java, on October 5, 1953, he was a career diplomat whose service in the foreign ministry spanned three…
Vladimir Voevodin, a Russian computer scientist, died on April 29, 2026. He was 63. Born in Moscow on May 25, 1962, Voevodin studied at Moscow State University, where he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics…
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026, at age 81. A Democrat, he represented a portion of the Upper Peninsula during his tenure…
Helge Mortensen died on April 28, 2026. He was a Danish politician who served as minister of transport from 1993 to 1994 and as a member of the Folketing from 1984 to 2005. His career in the Folketing and his…
Ange Édouard Poungui, a Congolese politician, died on April 28, 2026, at age 84. He served as Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from August 7, 1984, to August 7, 1989, under President Denis Sassou Nguesso. In December 1969, he was included…
Bill Grayden, an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 and as a Western Australian Legislative Assembly member from 1947 to 1949 and again from 1956 to 1993, died on…
Abu Kasenally, a Mauritian politician and physician who served as an MP from 2005 to 2014, died on April 27, 2026. Born on August 10, 1941, in Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius, he practised surgery from 1974 and later served as…
Daniele Roscia died on April 27, 2026. He was an Italian politician and served as a deputy from 1994 to 2001.
Luciana Novaes, a Brazilian social worker, politician and Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 42. Novaes, who was affiliated with the Workers’ Party, was elected three times as a city councilor in…
Golam Sarwar Milon, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on April 26, 2026. Born in Dhaka on November 6, 1957, he was elected to parliament from Manikganj-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988, served…
Samuel Michael Hunt, an American politician and educator, died on April 26, 2026. He was 83. Born in Billings, Montana, on December 9, 1942, Hunt served in the Washington State legislature from 2001 to 2025. He represented the 22nd District…
Peter Morris, the Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998 and as minister of transport from 1983 to 1987, died on April 26, 2026, aged 93. Born in Sydney on July…
Vladimir Grachev, a Russian scientist and politician, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 84. He was also an ecologist, a professor, and a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Grachev held a doctorate in engineering…
Raghu Rai, an Indian photographer and photojournalist, died on April 26, 2026, in Delhi, India, at the age of 83, from cancer. He became a photographer in the mid-1960s and later joined the staff of The Statesman in New Delhi.…
Jesse Crenshaw, an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, died on April 26, 2026, at age 79. He served in the House for the 77th district from 1993 to 2015, after first being elected in 1992…
Francisco Letamendia died on April 26, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque politician and lawyer known for his role in the Burgos trials. Letamendia served as a member of the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1978 and again from…
Erroll Davis, an American politician and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1971 to 1972, died on April 26, 2026. He was 81. Davis was born in Pittsburgh on August 5, 1944. The available information also identifies him…
Ruby Duncan, an American rights activist and advocate for low-income families and welfare rights in Las Vegas, Nevada, died on April 26, 2026, at age 93. Born Ruby Phillips Duncan on June 7, 1932, in Tallulah, Louisiana, she came from…
Sadio Camara, a Malian military officer, died on April 25, 2026, aged 47, after being shot in Kati, in Mali’s Koulikoro Region. He took part in the 2020 Malian coup d'état with Colonel Assimi Goïta that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar…
Greet Prins died on April 25, 2026. Prins was a Dutch politician and served as a member of the Senate from 2019 to 2025. The cause of death was ALS.
Mircea Răceanu, a Romanian-born American diplomat and political dissident, died on April 25, 2026, at age 90. Born Mircea Bernat on October 17, 1935, he was born in Văcărești Prison, where his mother was serving a sentence for Communist activities.…
Beng Chin Ooi, a Singaporean computer scientist, died on April 25, 2026. He was 64 or 65. Ooi was known for work on systems including GEOQL, BestPeer, Apache SINGA, BlockBench and NeurDB, as well as research in learnable function, filter…
Marilyn Hickey, an American minister and televangelist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 94. Born Marilyn Allene Hickey on July 1, 1931, in Dalhart, Texas, she was the founder of Marilyn Hickey Ministries Int'l and co-hosted the "Marilyn &…
James E. Carnes, an American politician and member of the Ohio Senate from 1995 to 2004, died on April 25, 2026, at age 84. Carnes represented Ohio’s 20th district, which encompassed much of Southeastern Ohio, before resigning in 2004. Joy…
Andrzej Olechowski, the Polish politician who served as minister of finance in 1992 and minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1995, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Kraków on September 9, 1947, he…
Heidi Sørensen died on April 25, 2026, of cancer. She was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2013.
Peter H. Raven, an American botanist and environmentalist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 89. Raven was born in Shanghai, China, on June 13, 1936, to American parents. He became a member of the California Academy of Sciences while…
Liz Conmy, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives since 2022, died on April 25, 2026, in a plane crash. She represented the 11th district and served alongside Gretchen Dobervich as a member of the…
Jean-Yves Hugon, French politician and deputy from 2002 to 2007, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Aurillac on May 16, 1949, he worked first as a German teacher before entering politics in 2001. That…
Donald Riegle, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1976 and in the Senate from 1976 to 1995, died on April 24, 2026, at age 88 of cardiac arrest. Born in Flint, Michigan,…
G. A. Hardaway, an American politician and member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 71. Goffrey A. Hardaway Sr. was born on June 18, 1954, in Meridian, Mississippi, and held a…
Dirk Kempthorne, the American politician who served as Idaho governor from 1999 to 2006 and as U.S. secretary of the interior from 2006 to 2009, died on April 24, 2026, at age 74 of colon cancer. A Republican, he also…
Rexhep Qosja, an Albanian writer and politician, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a novelist, poet, social critic, literary critic and professor at the University of Prishtina. Qosja was a prolific literary critic and…
Łukasz Litewka, a Polish sociologist and politician, died on April 23, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 36. Born in Sosnowiec on May 9, 1989, he studied sociology at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Litewka served on the…
Kay Denman, an Australian politician and former schoolteacher, died on April 23, 2026. She was 88. Denman was a Senator for Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party. Born in Latrobe, Tasmania, and raised in Railton, she…
Renzo Travanut, an Italian politician, died on April 23, 2026.
Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam died on April 23, 2026. He was a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to Israel from 2018 to 2025.
Tajang Laing died on April 23, 2026. He was a Malaysian Orang Ulu politician and served as a member of the Cobbold Commission. Laing also served in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1979 to 1983.
Allan Hosie, the Scottish rugby referee and former Scottish Rugby Union president, died on April 22, 2026, aged 80. He was the 116th president of the Scottish Rugby Union and received a Scotland referee cap in January 2025. Hosie refereed…
Biagio De Giovanni, an Italian philosopher and politician, died on April 22, 2026.
Mike Ohnstad, an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974, died on April 22, 2026, at age 99. Born Michas Monroe Ohnstad on August 14, 1926, in Hinckley, Minnesota, he was also a…
David Scott, an American politician and member of the House of Representatives since 2003, died on April 22, 2026, at age 80. He served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 13th congressional district from 2003 until his death. Born in… · England · 24 October 2022 · October 2022 · October 24 · Writers
N. Bhaskara Rao, Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as the 11th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for a brief period in 1984 and later…
José Honório, an East Timorese politician and minister of higher education, science and culture, died on April 21, 2026. Also known as José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo, he was an East Timorese university lecturer and independent politician. He served…
Viktor Liashko died on April 21, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician and served as a member of parliament from 1990 to 1994.
Gopalrao Patil, an Indian politician and former Rajya Sabha member, died on April 21, 2026. He was 94. Patil was a Bharatiya Janata Party member and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2000. He was…
Nikolai Romanov died on April 21, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was a Russian politician and served as mayor of Saratov from 2006 to 2007. The death was reported in connection with the collision, and his role in Saratov… · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
Carlos Mella, a Spanish writer and politician, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Xosé Carlos Mella Villar on August 13, 1930, in A Estrada, Spain, he was a member of the Union of the Democratic…
Mariano Baptista Gumucio, a Bolivian politician and writer, died on April 21, 2026, in La Paz at the age of 92. Born in Cochabamba on December 11, 1933, he was a member of the Academia Boliviana de la Lengua and…
Monica Azuba Ntege, a Ugandan politician and engineer who served as minister of works and transport from 2016 to 2019, died on April 21, 2026. Born in about 1954 in Uganda’s Busoga sub-region, she studied at Gayaza High School and…
Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr, an Iraqi politician, died on April 21, 2026.
Li Daoyu, a Chinese diplomat and former ambassador to the United States from 1993 to 1998, died on April 20, 2026. He was 93. Born in Hefei, Anhui province, China, in August 1932, Li graduated from the University of Shanghai…
Elisabeth Kirkby, the Australian actress, politician and radio broadcaster known for Number 96, died on April 20, 2026, aged 105. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1921, she began her career as an assistant stage manager before working in theatre,…
Luis Brandoni, the Argentine actor and politician who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2001, died on April 20, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of complications from a fall. He was 86. Born Adalberto Luis Brandoni in Dock Sud…
Rim Giniyatullin, an Uzbek politician and former minister of land reclamation and water management, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 82. Born Rim Abdulovich Giniyatullin on September 18, 1943, in Dashtobod, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union, he served…
Gerardo Renault, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais from 1968 to 1978 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1986, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 96.…
Phunchok Stobdan, an Indian diplomat and former ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, died on April 19, 2026. He was 67. Stobdan served as India’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 2010 to 2012. He also served in the National Security Council Secretariat, was a…
Dean Cooley, an American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 92. He served in the Arizona House representing district 21 from January 1997 through…
Chems-Eddine Chitour, Algerian academic and politician who served as minister of higher education and scientific research in 2020, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 81. He was an Algerian scholar, researcher and author who took office as…
Helen Nakimuli, a Ugandan politician and legislator who served as the member of parliament for Kalangala District since 2021, died on April 19, 2026, from complications following surgery. She was 40. Nakimuli represented Kalangala District in the eleventh Parliament of…
Driss Guiga, a Tunisian politician, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 101. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Education and later as Minister of the Interior for four years during the later part of the…
Mukhtar Shakhanov, a Kazakh poet and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2004 to 2007, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on July 2, 1942, in Otrar, Chimkent Oblast, in the Kazakh…
Adrienne Staples, a New Zealand politician and former mayor of South Wairarapa, died on April 19, 2026, aged 69–70. Born in Featherston in 1956 or 1957, she served as mayor of South Wairarapa from 2004 to 2016, becoming the district’s…
George Ariyoshi, the American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 1970 to 1974 and governor from 1974 to 1986, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Honolulu on March 12, 1926, he…
Oscar Andrade, a Brazilian politician and deputy from 1996 to 2003, died on April 18, 2026, in Brasília following a motorcycle accident. Born Oscar Ilton de Andrade on September 26, 1957, in Juatuba, Brazil, he was a member of the…
Stefanos Linaios, Greek actor and politician who served as an MP from 1989 to 1990, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 97. He was known for his work in film, theater, radio, and television, including Dead Man’s…
Balbir Punj, an Indian journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 2000 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2014, died on April 18, 2026, aged 76. Born on October 2, 1949, in Lalowal, East Punjab,…
Jan Krámek died on April 18, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as an MP from 1993 to 1996, a senator from 1996 to 2000, and mayor of Prague-Zbraslav from 1990 to 1994.
David Mena, an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Or Yehuda in 1953, he served in the Israel…
Franz Stocker, Austrian politician and former federal councillor, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 92. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the Federal Council from 1979 to 1983 and in the National Council…
Kenji Gokenya, a Japanese politician, died on April 18, 2026.
Karel Korytář, a Czech politician and engineer, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 76. A member of the Czech Social Democratic Party, he served in the Senate from 1996 to 2002 and again from 2008 to 2014,… · 18 April 2026 · April 2026
Sergio Cappelli, Italian politician and senator from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Savona, Italy, on 12 September 1950, he was an engineer and served in the Senate of the Republic…