Deaths in 2026

Deaths in 2026

The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.

October

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• Chuck Amato, 80, American college football player (NC State) and coach (NC State, Florida State), throat cancer. • Frank Goode, 86, Australian football player (North Melbourne) and coach (Footscray). • Coos Huijsen, 87, Dutch historian, writer and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1972, 1976–1977). • Andy King, 78, British politician, MP (1997–2005). (death announced on this date) • Hilkka Kinnunen, 101, Finnish operatic soprano and actress (Song of Warsaw, April's Coming). • Demetris Kizas, 73, Cypriot footballer (Enosis Neon Paralimni, Panathinaikos, Panachaiki). • Emmanuel Uduaghan, 71, Nigerian politician, governor of Delta State (2007–2015). • Mr. Whitekeys, 79, American musician.

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• Lua Blanco, 39, Brazilian actress (Rebelde, Soulbound) and singer (Rebeldes), intestinal cancer. • Napoleon Bonaparte, 60, Indonesian police officer. • Benito di Paula, 84, Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Charlie Brown"), cancer. • Ann Hornaday, 66, American film critic (The Washington Post), glioblastoma. • Gregory Ibe, 62, Nigerian industrialist, politician and academic, founder of Gregory University. • B. Madhusoodhana Kurup, 71, Indian fisheries researcher and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of KUFOS (since 2010). • Ronald Lancaster, 95, British Anglican clergyman, chemist and fireworks industry executive, founder of Kimbolton Fireworks. • Syukron Ma'mun, 84, Indonesian educator and politician. • Ng Hong-mun, 100, Hong Kong educator and politician, deputy to NPC (1975–2008). • Ana Rita Sithole, Mozambican politician, MP (1994–2004).

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• Sabri Anar, 60, Turkish Chaldean Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Amida (since 2023). • John Beake, 87, American football coach (Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints) and executive (Denver Broncos). • Yvette Biro, 96, Hungarian-American screenwriter (Johanna, Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project). • Denis Boytsov, 40, Russian boxer. • Louis-André Dacoury-Tabley, 81, Ivorian politician. • Patrick Dele-Cole, 86, Nigerian politician, journalist (Daily Times) and historian. • Deva, 75, Indian film composer (Manasukketha Maharasa, Vaigasi Poranthachu, Annaamalai), cardiac arrest. • Per Haftorsen, 79, Norwegian footballer (Haugar, Fredrikstad, national team). • Ota Jirák, 77, Czech actor, voice actor and comedian. • Belraj Kalarickal, 27, Indian film director. • Penehupifo Pohamba, 78, Namibian first lady (2005–2015). • Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani, 31, Saudi Arabian footballer (Damac, Al-Diriyah), traffic collision. • Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, 43, Guatemalan public prosecutor and anticorruption activist, shot. • Maarten Spanjer, 73, Dutch actor (Spetters, Kameleon 2, All Things Pass) and writer, prostate cancer.

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• Noah Adams, 84, American radio journalist (NPR). • Hyron Andrews, 31, South African rugby union player (Lions, Sharks), cardiorespiratory arrest. • Pavel Anton, 90, Moldovan composer. • Jack Berry, 95, American sportswriter (The Detroit News), complications from a fall. • Douglas Dunn, 83, Scottish poet, academic and critic. • Barbara Gawryluk, 69, Polish children's author, journalist and translator. • Richard E. Holmes, 82, American civil rights activist. • Chiaki Ishii, 85, Japanese-born Brazilian judoka, Olympic bronze medallist ((/wiki/Judoatthe1972SummerOlympics–Men's93kg)). • Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, 64, Polish historian and professor (University of Warsaw). • Joaquim Letria, 82, Portuguese journalist (Tal & Qual). • Medaglia d'Oro, 27, American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. • Sam Noto, 96, American jazz trumpeter. • Soner Olgun, 67, Turkish musician, pancreatic cancer. • Joe Redner, 86, American strip club owner. • Mariusz Strzałka, 67, Polish fencer, Olympic silver medallist ((/wiki/Fencingatthe1980SummerOlympics–Men'steamépée)). • Mária Szolnoki, 79, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medallist ((/wiki/Fencingatthe1972SummerOlympics–Women'steamfoil)). • Yadi Timo, 66, Indonesian actor (Wulan, Romeo & Juminten, Ikatan Cinta). • Yiorgos Vardinogiannis, 89, Greek shipping industry and football executive, president of Panathinaikos (1979–2000). • Rinze Visser, 87, Dutch politician, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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• Myron Augsburger, 97, American pastor and theologian. • Alan Brown, 90, English cricketer (Kent, national team), cancer. • Jorge Dubanced, 76, Argentine football player (Santiago Wanderers, Colo-Colo) and manager (Excursionistas). • Cliff Hagan, 94, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, St. Louis Hawks), NBA champion ((/wiki/1958NBAFinals)). • Md. Abdul Hai, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1979–1982, 1991–2006). • Bo Johansson, 83, Swedish football manager (Silkeborg IF, Östers IF, Denmark national team). • Pierre-André Kombila, 85, Gabonese politician, MP (1990–1996, 2006–2011). • Rudolf Křesťan, 83, Czech writer, magazine editor (Mladý svět) and feuilletonist. • Wiktor Legowicz, 77, Polish journalist. • Stefan Lord, 71, Swedish darts player. (death announced on this date) • Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, 80, Iranian political scientist and historian. • Jon Morris, 84, American football player (New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears). • Richard Riehle, 78, American actor (Office Space, Grounded for Life, The Man from Earth). • Eli Rygg, 71, Norwegian television presenter and children's writer. • Mohammad Solaiman, 70, Bangladeshi academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the UITS (2016–2022) and the USTC (since 2017), complications from diabetes and heart disease. • Jonas "Heavy" Stentäpp, 50, Swedish musician (Mimikry, Dökött), lung cancer. • Betty Valassi, 89, Greek actress (Loxantra, The Hunters, A Dream of Passion). • Danny Watson, 73, New Zealand television presenter (Spot On, What Now) and radio broadcaster (Newstalk ZB), heart disease.

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• Alpay, 91, Turkish singer. • Louis Appignani, 93, American philanthropist. • Thomas H. Buxton, 86, American academic. • Jorge Castro, 59, Argentine WBA middleweight champion boxer (1994–1995). • Michael Cremo, 78, American pseudoarcheologist (Forbidden Archeology). • Vin Denson, 90, English road racing cyclist. • Michael Forest, 97, American actor (Beast from Haunted Cave, Texhnolyze, Atlas). • Angelo Groppelli, 80, Italian shot putter. (death announced on this date) • Charmienne Harker, 102, American actress (Death Valley Days, Angel Face, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion). • Ana Lupez, 82, Argentine dancer and choreographer, heart cancer. • Luigi Malice, 89, Italian painter. • Bob Morris, Papua New Guinean football manager (national team). • Gamal Nkrumah, 68, Ghanaian journalist (Al-Ahram Weekly). (death announced on this date) • Cheruvayal Raman, 74, Indian tribal farmer. • Sanjulián, 85, Spanish cartoonist. • Gerold Späth, 86, Swiss author, poet and writer. • Gerald Stebelton, 87, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2007–2014), complications from Parkinson's disease. • Martha Tilaar, 89, Indonesian businesswoman. • Toluwanisings, 41, Nigerian gospel singer. • Rita Vorperian, 88, Syrian-born American literary scholar and philanthropist, executive director of the Armenian Relief Society (1998–2005). • Malcolm H. Wiener, 91, American prehistorian and lawyer.

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• Salah Uddin Ahmed, 80, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996, 2001–2006). • John Angus, 83, Canadian politician. • Martina Arroyo, 90, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera) and academic voice teacher. • Sílvio Barsetti, 61, Brazilian journalist (O Estado de S. Paulo) and writer, cancer. • Helen Branswell, 69, Canadian infectious diseases and medical reporter (The Canadian Press, Stat News), cancer. • Guy Conti, 84, American baseball coach (New York Mets). • Ken Friar, 92, English football executive, president of Arsenal (since 2020). • Albert Houssiau, 101, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Liège (1986–2001). • Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo, 94, Ecuadorian poet. • Pat Karney, 78, Irish-born British politician. • Jack Kirksey, 97, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1977–1984) and mayor of Livonia (1995–2003, 2008–2015). • Andrzej Kułakowski, 97, Polish oncological surgeon. • Anthony A. Less, 89, American vice admiral, United States Navy. • Heikki Mälkiä, 68, Finnish ice hockey player (SaiPa, JYP) and coach (Jokerit). • Alan Mandell, 98, Canadian-American actor (A Serious Man, Velvet Buzzsaw, 79 Park Avenue). • Perry Mehrling, 67, American economist. • Peter Nagy, 67, American artist. • Netinho, 60, Brazilian singer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. • Bernard Pagès, 86, French sculptor. • A. V. S. Raju, 89, Indian industrialist. • Kasey Redfern, 35, American football player (Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys), brain cancer and CNS lymphoma. • David Surkamp, 73, American progressive rock singer, guitarist and songwriter (Pavlov's Dog). • Craig L. Symonds, 79, American naval historian, cancer.

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• Sarah Dambanevana, 36, Zimbabwean cricketer (national team) and umpire. • Raul Daza, 91, Filipino politician, governor of Northern Samar (2001–2010), deputy speaker (1992–1998) and four-time member of the House of Representatives. • Zaynolabideen Ghorbani, 93, Iranian ayatollah, MP (1984–1988) and member of the Assembly of Experts (1990–2024). • Jeffrey Goldstone, 93, British theoretical physicist. • Richard Gray, 68, American video game designer (Duke Nukem 3D, Sin, Quake). • Brian Jones, 85, English saxophonist (The Undertakers). • Madhu Kambikar, 73, Indian actress (Bin Kamacha Navra, Ek Hota Vidushak, Jagannath), complications from a stroke. • Liu Changcheng, 62, Chinese Olympic volleyball player ((/wiki/Volleyballatthe1984SummerOlympics)). • Doug Loft, 39, English footballer (Port Vale, Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion). (death announced on this date) • Irene Mathyssen, 75, Canadian politician, MP (2006–2019), cancer. • RJ Mitte, 34, American actor (Breaking Bad, Switched at Birth, The Guardians of Justice), suicide. • John Mocatta, 90, English cricketer (Oxford University). • Rolf Nyhus, 84, Norwegian football referee. • Lucian Piane, 46, American music producer ("Bale Out") and composer (RuPaul's Drag Race, Sorority Row), traffic collision. • Pavel Půta, 78, Czech guitarist, singer-songwriter, and lyricist. • Kuroi Senji, 94, Japanese writer, pneumonia. • René-Pierre Signé, 96, French politician, mayor of Château-Chinon (1981–2008), senator (1986–2011). • Wayne Steeves, 81, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1999–2014). • Omar Ribeiro Thomaz, 61, Brazilian anthropologist and researcher (State University of Campinas), cancer. • Vladimir Vuletić, 47, Serbian lawyer. (body found on this date) • Gary Waddell, 74, Australian actor (Chopper, The Proposition, The King Is Dead!).

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• Jean Borella, 96, French philosopher. • Giorgio Bracardi, 93, Italian actor (Banana Joe, La portiera nuda, Being Twenty) and comedian, complications from a broken femur. • Juan Pablo Cárdenas Squella, 76, Chilean journalist, cancer. • Keith Ellis, 90, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City, Scunthorpe United). • Che Hongcai, 90, Chinese linguist and lexicographer. • Wilma De Angelis, 96, Italian singer ("Nessuno"). • Tony Forsberg, 93, Swedish cinematographer. • Meta Grosman, 90, Slovenian linguist. • Ralph Hosack, 90, Canadian Olympic boxer ((/wiki/Boxingatthe1956SummerOlympics–Middleweight)). • Nasima Khan, 82, Bangladeshi actress (The Day Shall Dawn, Dui Duari, Kusum Kusum Prem). • Jean-Luc Mongrain, 75, Canadian journalist, cancer. • Gabriel Prieto, 65, Chilean actor. • Rachna Shroff, 47, American oncologist, adenocarcinoma. • Cheryl Smith, 56, New Zealand rugby union player (national team) and coach, world champion ((/wiki/1998Women'sRugbyWorldCup), (/wiki/2002Women'sRugbyWorldCup)), bowel cancer. • Jiří Štěpnička, 79, Czech actor (In the Shadow, Okres na severu, Pasáček z doliny). • Tom's d'Etat, 13, American Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date) • Nihat Ziyalan, 90, Turkish actor.

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• Vladimir Baranov, 70, Russian actor (Torpedo Bombers, Breakthrough, Russian Ark). • Larry Bertlemann, 71, American surfer, complications from a heart attack. • Rory Bourke, 84, American songwriter and music publisher. • Jean-Max de Chavigny, 60, French Olympic windsurfer ((/wiki/Sailingatthe1996SummerOlympics–Men'sMistralOneDesign)). • Guruvayur Dorai, 91, Indian percussionist. • Freddie Foreman, 94, English gangster (Kray twins). • Wilfredo Gómez, 69, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame WBC super bantamweight (1977–1983), WBC featherweight (1984) and WBA super featherweight (1985–1986) champion boxer. • Jack Hearn, 103, English judo instructor. • Sir Donald Insall, 100, British architect (Donald Insall Associates), conservationist and author. • Pierre Joliot, 94, French biologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences. • Amir Khasru, 64, Bangladeshi journalist and correspondent (Voice of America, The Daily Ittefaq). • Eusi Kwayana, 101, Guyanese politician, MP (1953, 1986–1990). • Pierre Lindstedt, 83, Swedish actor (The Emigrants, The New Land, Mysteriet på Greveholm). • Keven McDonald, 70, American basketball player (Lancaster Red Roses) and lawyer. • Ellen Meliesie, 63, Dutch Olympic rower ((/wiki/Rowingatthe1996SummerOlympics–Women'slightweightdoublesculls)), breast cancer. • Michael W. Rice, 82, American food company executive, chairman of Utz Brands. • Trevor Ryan, 72, Australian rugby league player (Balmain, Newtown), lung cancer. • Giuseppe Schifilliti, 88, Italian-American mobster (DeCavalcante crime family). • Telma de Souza, 82, Brazilian politician, MP (1995–2007, 2011) and mayor of Santos (1989–1992), stroke. • Musa Taimazov, 42, Russian club thrower, Paralympic champion ((/wiki/Athleticsatthe2020SummerParalympics–Men'sclubthrow#F51)), pyelonephritis. • Marcellino Taiji Tani, 73, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Saitama (2000–2013). • Robert Williamson, 88, British-Australian geneticist. • Bud Zipfel, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators).

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• Goran Bare, 62, Croatian singer (Majke). • Bakir Bayakhunov, 93, Kazakh composer. • Indra Briķe, 68, Latvian actress (Soviet Jeans, Defenders of Riga, Mother, I Love You). • António Vitalino Dantas, 84, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lisbon (1996–1999) and bishop of Beja (1999–2016). • Mike Ditka, 86, American Hall of Fame football player and coach (Chicago Bears), Super Bowl champion ((/wiki/SuperBowlXX)), heart disease. • Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche, 100, French harpist. • Jean Geney, 87, French politician, mayor of Étupes (1989–2010), deputy (1993–1997). • Bobby Gould, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins). • Sven Hirdman, 87, Swedish diplomat. • Federico l'Olandese Volante, 76, Dutch-born Italian radio host. • Les Latcham, 83, English footballer (Burnley, Plymouth Argyle, Bradford City). (death announced on this date) • James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, 70, Scottish hereditary peer, businessman and politician, member of the House of Lords (1989–2026), complications from an aneurysm. • Lou Yulie, 91, Chinese philosopher. • Talib Mangal, 40, Afghan poet and journalist, traffic collision. • Burudi Nabwera, 99, Kenyan politician and diplomat, MP (1988–1992) and ambassador to the United States (1964). • Josep Pinyol, 73–74, Spanish historian and Catalan independence activist. • Juarez Pontes, 56, Brazilian television presenter (RedeTV!). (death announced on this date) • Jacques Proulx, 87, French trade unionist, president of the Union des producteurs agricoles (1981–1993). • Jim Richards, 90, American basketball coach (Western Kentucky Hilltoppers). • Nikolay Tevetkel, 90, Russian poet and translator. • Alan Thornett, 89, British activist and car worker. • Eduardo Vilarete, 73, Colombian footballer (Atlético Bucaramanga, Atlético Nacional, national team), cancer. • Chris Wickham, 76, British historian (Framing the Early Middle Ages, The Inheritance of Rome) and academic.

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• Salah Bachir, 71, Lebanese-born Canadian film industry executive and academic administrator, chancellor of OCAD University (since 2017). • Xosé Manuel Beiras, 90, Spanish politician and Galician nationalist, member of the Parliament of Galicia (1985–2005, 2012–2016). • Bob Brynildson, 69, American comic book store owner, lung cancer. • Michael Canavan, 102, Irish salmon industry executive and politician, Northern Ireland MLA (1973–1974). • Jeff Cannonball, 39, American professional wrestler, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. • Keith Christmas, 79, English singer and songwriter, renal cancer. • Henk Cornelisse, 85, Dutch cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist ((/wiki/Cyclingatthe1964SummerOlympics–Men'steampursuit)). • Tony Fox, 93, Australian rugby union player (national team). • Sir John Hannam, 97, British politician, MP (1970–1997). • Stephen A. Jarislowsky, 101, German-born Canadian investor and philanthropist. • Stephen Jones, 75, Australian musician (Severed Heads), video artist and writer, injuries sustained in an attack. • Vladimír Kopecký, 94, Czech painter, graphic artist and glass artist. • Hamid Lounaouci, 71, Algerian politician, deputy (1997–1999), minister of transport (1999–2001). • L. Ian MacDonald, 78, Canadian writer, broadcaster and diplomat. • Colin Mackerras, 87, Australian sinologist. • Abdelghani El Mansouri, 84, Moroccan Olympic footballer ((/wiki/Footballatthe1964SummerOlympics)). • Betty McGuire, 100, American actress (Growing Pains, Frasier). • Penny Moor, 75, British tennis player. • Darragh Nelson, 36, Irish Gaelic footballer (Ballyboden St Enda's, Dublin), sarcoma. • Nana Patekar, 75, Indian actor (Parinda, Tiranga, Welcome), cardiac arrest. • Mark Pryor, 59, British-born American author and attorney. • Chris Welsh, 64, Australian rock drummer (Died Pretty, Screaming Tribesmen), cancer.

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• Maricarmen Abascal, 87, Spanish evicted tenant, inspiration for the 2026 Spanish housing protests. • Carl Abbott, 90, American architect. • Verne Allison, 90, American Hall of Fame singer (The Dells). • Elmer A. Bietz, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1992). • Patricia Blevins, 72, American politician, member of the Delaware Senate (1990–2017). • Patrick Anthony Conmy, 92, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for North Dakota (since 1985). • Stefania Corna, 35, Italian volleyball player (Volley Bergamo, Club Italia, national team). • Frank Dewane, 76, American Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2006–2007) and bishop (2007–2026) of Venice in Florida. • Constantin Dram, 67, Romanian literary critic and academic, member of the Writers' Union of Romania. • Curtis Flowers, 56, American wrongfully imprisoned man. • Kirill Gasilin, 47, Russian fashion designer. • Jim Knipfel, 61, American novelist, bile duct cancer. • Miloslav Kopečný, 82, Czech actor (Bony a klid). • Ray Kolle, 85, Australian television writer (Neighbours, Home and Away, Prisoner). • Ron Koslow, 81, American television writer and producer (Beauty and the Beast, Moonlight, Roar). • Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi, 92, Indian Islamic scholar, principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (since 2000). • Peng Yu, 92, Chinese actress. • Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz, 86, French journalist (Le Monde). • Piero, 81, Italian-born Argentine singer-songwriter. • Jakub Schwarz Trojan, 99, Czech Protestant theologian. • Eirik Skadsdammen, 45, Norwegian ice hockey player (Storhamar, national team), cardiac arrest. • Rachid Soualhi, 77, Algerian footballer (MSP Batna, CA Batna, national team). • Barbara Spinelli, 80, Italian politician, MEP (2014–2019). • Theodore J. St. Antoine, 97, American lawyer and academic, dean of the University of Michigan Law School (1971–1978). • Brice Tarvel, 80, French author. • Virjibhai Thummar, 67, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009) and Gujarat MLA (2017–2022).

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• Bisera Alikadić, 87, Bosnian poet and author. • Neil Andrew, 82, Australian politician, member (1983–2004) and speaker (1998–2004) of the House of Representatives. (death announced on this date) • Víctor Hugo Ayala, 92, Colombian bolero singer. • Geoffrey Chard, 96, Australian operatic baritone (English National Opera, Opera Australia). • Sandra Bolden Cunningham, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (2007–2024). • Paul Ferris, 62, Scottish writer and organised crime figure, subject of The Wee Man. • Dennis Franchione, 75, American college football coach (TCU Horned Frogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas A&M Aggies), cancer. • Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, 77, Haitian judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2011–2021). • T. Randall Lee, 64, American chemist. • Juarez Machado, 85, Brazilian painter. • Ramesh Babaji Maharaj, 87, Indian spiritual teacher. • Jean Manga Onguéné, 80, Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, national team). • Richard Morecroft, 70, English-born Australian news anchor (ABC News) and television presenter (Letters and Numbers), assisted suicide. • James Nelligan, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1983). • Myles O'Connor, 59, Canadian ice hockey player (New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim). • Con Purser, 95, Australian soccer player (national team). • Eva Marie Saint, 102, American actress (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, A Hatful of Rain), Oscar winner ((/wiki/27thAcademyAwards)). • Hans-Dieter Schmidt, 78, German football manager (SV Meppen, VfB Oldenburg, 1. FC Magdeburg). • Anwar Shaikh, 80, Pakistani-born American heterodox economist. • Fusako Yusaki, 89, Japanese-Italian stop-motion animator. • Jacek Ziober, 60, Polish footballer (ŁKS Łódź, Montpellier, national team).

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• Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, 86, British politician and author (Kane and Abel, Only Time Will Tell, A Prison Diary), MP (1969–1974) and member of the House of Lords (1992–2024). • Göksel Arsoy, 90, Turkish actor (Şafak Bekçileri, Gençlik Hülyaları, Şehirdeki Yabancı). • Jim Bakker, 86, American televangelist (The PTL Club). • Boualem Boualem, 73, Algerian politician, member of the Council of the Nation (2007–2012), cabinet director of the presidency (since 2023). • Heidi Burge, 54, American basketball player (Los Angeles Sparks, Washington Mystics), subject of Double Teamed, glioblastoma. • Fred Claire, 91, American baseball executive, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1998). • Ilie Datcu, 89, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București, Fenerbahçe, national team). • Michel de Guillenchmidt, 85, French civil servant and politician, member of the General Council of Loir-et-Cher (1973–1976). • Carlos Alberto Dias, 59, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba, Botafogo, national team). • Tom J. Dugger, 78, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2016–2024). • Hans Egloff, 66, Swiss politician, member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich (1995–2011), MP (2011–2019). • George Fenton, 76, English film and television composer (Gandhi, The Fisher King, Planet Earth). • Marlene Fuchs, 84, German Olympic shot putter ((/wiki/Athleticsatthe1968SummerOlympics–Women'sshotput)). • Andrey Gradovich, 60, Russian musician (Kolibri). • Hélène Hazera, 74, French journalist and transgender rights activist. • Matt Howarth, 72, American comic book writer and artist (Those Annoying Post Bros, Savage Henry, Star Crossed), complications from surgery. (death announced on this date) • Freddie Jackson, 70, American rhythm and blues singer ("You Are My Lady", "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)"). • Vlado Jug, 79, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player ((/wiki/Icehockeyatthe1968WinterOlympics)). • Michael Kearns, 76, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Beverly Hills, 90210) and activist (PFLAG). • Tadeusz Lutak, 109, Polish World War II veteran. • George Ali Murad Khan, 93, Pakistani monarch, Mir of Khairpur (1947–1954). • Lena Martell, 86, Scottish singer ("One Day at a Time"). • Sam McDowell, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees). • Olivier Mourgue, 87, French industrial designer. • Kalev Mutond, 69, Congolese politician, general manager of the Agence nationale de renseignements (2011–2019). • Samuel Odoi-Sykes, 98, Ghanaian politician and diplomat, MP (1979–1981). • William Osorio, 55, Salvadoran footballer (FAS, Isidro Metapán, national team). • Don Pierce, 89, American Hall of Fame jockey. • Coke Reed, 86, American mathematician. • Gabriele Sabatini, 50, Italian football player (Pisa, Castelnuovo, Cuneo) and manager. • Calvin Schofield Jr., 93, American Episcopalian bishop. • Benon Sevan, 88, Cypriot diplomat, assistant secretary-general in the UN Department of Political Affairs (1992–2005). • Allan Wallett, 82, Australian regional radio presenter (963 2RG), television presenter (MTN-9) and racetrack caller. • Colin Wilson, 54, New Zealand-born Australian boxer, brain tumour. • Hesham Yahya, 63, Egyptian journalist and novelist.

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• James M. Adovasio, 82, American archaeologist. • Ángel Arroyo, 70, Spanish racing cyclist. • Clément Atangana, 85, Cameroonian magistrate, counsellor of the supreme court (1991–2014). • Shalva Bedoyev, 85, Russian painter. (body discovered on this date) • Neem Chandra Bhowmik, Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat. • Bernard Boileau, 67, Belgian tennis player. • Antoine Ciosi, 94, French singer and composer. • Robert Corbin, 78, Guyanese politician. • Gordon Davis, 85, American lawyer and civic leader, parks commissioner of New York City (1978–1983), complications from emphysema. • Devprasad John Ganawa, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jhabua (2009–2012) and Udaipur (since 2012), cardiac arrest. • Yosef Hagoel, 80, Israeli military officer. • Dean Hawkes, 87–88, British designer, architect and academic. • Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, Togolese architect and hotelier. • Callixte Mbarushimana, 63, Rwandan alleged génocidaire. • Reggie McFadden, 57, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Def Comedy Jam). (death announced on this date) • Emil Poklitar, 87, German footballer (BSG Rotation Babelsberg, SC Dynamo Berlin, 1. FC Saarbrücken). • Prince Waly, 34, French rapper, paraneoplastic pemphigus. • Anastazja Pustelnik, 76, Polish Roman Catholic nun (Daughters of Divine Charity) and cookbook author, cancer. • John Rudnicki, 75, American engineer. • Amund Sjøbrend, 73, Norwegian speed skater, world champion ((/wiki/WorldAllroundSpeedSkatingChampionships)) and Olympic competitor ((/wiki/Speedskatingatthe1976WinterOlympics)). • Nelson Toburen, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers), pancreatic cancer. • Joseph Yegba Maya, 82, Cameroonian footballer (Marseille, Valenciennes, national team). • Denys Zacharopoulos, 74, Greek art historian.

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• Vincent M. Battle, 85–86, American diplomat, ambassador to Lebanon (1994, 2001–2004). (death announced on this date) • Przemysław Branny, 55, Polish singer and actor. • Robert X. Cringely, 73, American journalist (InfoWorld). • Malcolm Edwards, 76, British publisher, editor and critic, complications from Parkinson's disease. • Moïse Kwasivi Fiadjoe, Togolese gynaecologist. • Bob Fontaine Jr., 73, American baseball scout (Toronto Blue Jays). • Dafroza Gauthier, 72, Rwandan political activist, cancer. • Vladimir Gogoladze, 60, Georgian gymnast, Olympic champion ((/wiki/Gymnasticsatthe1988SummerOlympics–Men'sartisticteamall-around)). • Colin Gabelmann, 82, English-born Canadian politician, British Columbia attorney general (1991–1995) and MLA (1972–1975, 1979–1996). • Leroy Griffith, 94, American theater and strip club owner, and adult film and burlesque producer. • Cheikh Hamidou Kane, 98, Senegalese writer (L'Aventure ambiguë). • Dennis Hastert, 84, American politician, member (1987–2007) and speaker (1999–2007) of the U.S. House of Representatives. • Timothy Herbert, 85, British orthopaedic surgeon. • Bob Hitchcock, 97, American high school football coach. • Anatoly Kashpirovsky, 87, Ukrainian-born Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and politician, MP (1993–1995), cardiac arrest. • Robert Kelker-Kelly, 62, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Another World, General Hospital) and aircraft pilot. • Vladimir Khanan, 81, Russian-Israeli poet, prose writer and playwright. • Jan Roelof Kruithof, 89, Dutch speed skater. • Giovanni Lista, 83, Italian art historian and art critic. • Henri Maler, 79, French political activist and academic. • Joël Manglou, 68, French musician. • Metal Maniac, 62, American professional wrestler (ECW). • Sergey Mikhalyov, 73, Russian politician, Rostov Oblast MLA (since 2013). • Lyle Odelein, 58, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Columbus Blue Jackets), Stanley Cup champion ((/wiki/1993StanleyCupFinal)), heart attack. • Sidney Offit, 97, American author. • Palle Rama Rao, 89, Indian scientist. • Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, 95, Indian film director (Aditya 369, Bhairava Dweepam, Pushpaka Vimana). • Albert Rueprecht, 97, Austrian actor (The Bird Seller, The Forester of the Silver Wood, Song Without End). • Toshitsugu Saito, 81, Japanese politician, MP (1986–2009) and director of the Defense Agency (2000–2001), acute myeloid leukemia. • Mad Sandhu, 29, Indian LGBTQ social media influencer and make-up artist, shot. • Jim Ray Smith, 94, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys). • Masako Watanabe, 97, Japanese manga artist. • Hugh Wooldridge, 74, English theatre director, producer and writer.

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• Bruce Baird, 84, Australian politician, MP (1998–2007) and New South Wales MLA (1984–1995). • Irene Butter, 95, German-American public health scientist (University of Michigan), Holocaust survivor and peace activist. • Duke Carlisle, 84, American football player (Texas Longhorns), lung cancer. • Ray Close, 57, Northern Irish boxer. • Hubert Colin de Verdière, 84, French diplomat, ambassador to Russia (1996–2000), ambassador to Algeria (2000–2002, 2004–2006). • J. C. Duncan, 97, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1969–1972, 1975–1980). • Louis Erlo, 97, French stage director (Opéra de Lyon). • Marjoe Gortner, 82, American actor (Falcon Crest, Earthquake, Starcrash) and evangelist, congestive heart failure. • Sir William Heseltine, 96, Australian civil servant, private secretary to the sovereign (1986–1990). • Geoff Hickson, 87, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City). (death announced on this date) • Sass Jordan, 65, Canadian singer-songwriter and television talent show judge (Canadian Idol), Juno Award winner ((/wiki/JunoAwardsof1989)). • Toufique Imrose Khalidi, 59, Bangladeshi journalist, founder of bdnews24.com, brain haemorrhage. • Clyde Kimball, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–1992). • İoanna Kuçuradi, 89, Turkish philosopher and academic. • Rodney Muñoz, 60, American costume designer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), Emmy winner ((/wiki/62ndPrimetimeEmmyAwards)). • Sudi Özkan, 87, Turkish hotelier and casino operator. • Matthew Posey, 68, American actor (Places in the Heart, The Magnificent Seven, Love & Death) and director. • Tony Reno, 52, American college football player (Worcester State Lancers) and coach (Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson), complications from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. • Roy H, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic. • Nikos Sevastopoulos, 81, Greek footballer (AEK Athens, Hellenic, Vyzas Megara). • Darya Shipilova, 28, Russian laboratory worker (Death of Darya Shipilova). • Mac Steen, 78, American football player (Florida Gators). • John James Sweeney, 99, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1975–1978). • Denys Tremblay, 75, Canadian artist and micronational leader, king of L'Anse-Saint-Jean (1997–2000). • Jeff Van Note, 80, American football player (Alabama Hawks, Atlanta Falcons). • Cesar Virata, 95, Filipino economist and politician, prime minister (1981–1986), secretary of finance (1970–1986), and MP (1978–1986). • Steve Zaiser, 75, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (2003–2014).

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• Alisa Aksyonova, 95, Russian museum director. • J. Todd Anderson, 67, American storyboard artist (The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Nice Guys), cancer. • Bart Batten, 68, American professional wrestler (NWA, WWC, SSW). • Gilad Ben Shach, 85, Israeli radio program editor (Kol Israel). • Carl Berger, 87, Canadian historian. • Jakob Brechbühl, 74, Swiss footballer (Young Boys, national team). • Antônio Roberto Cavuto, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Itapipoca (2005–2020). • Göran Djupsund, 73, Finnish political scientist. • Brooke Eby, 37, American influencer and ALS advocate, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. • E. T. Ezung, 75, Indian politician. • Toshio Kamo, 81, Japanese political scientist (Osaka City University). • Ken Krawetz, 75, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1995–2016). • Frank Mancuso Sr., 93, American film executive (Paramount Pictures). • Hilary McPhee, 85, Australian publisher (McPhee Gribble), writer and editor. • Mario Mestril, 86, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Camagüey (1991–1996) and bishop of Ciego de Ávila (1996–2017). • Oscar Reynert Olsen, 101, Norwegian artist. • Caupolicán Peña, 96, Chilean football player (Colo-Colo, national team) and manager (Palestino). • Biljana Plavšić, 96, Bosnian Serb politician and convicted war criminal (Bosnian War), president (1996–1998) and vice president (1992–1996) of Republika Srpska. • Kamil Pulec, 63, Czech actor. • Štěpánka Ranošová, 99, Czech actress. • Lito Sousa, 59, Brazilian aviation specialist, complications from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. • Nobutaka Tsutsui, 81, Japanese politician, MP (1990–1993, 2000–2012). • Dušan Uhlíř, 88, Czech historian and museum director. • George Waft, 89, Manx politician, Isle of Man MLC (1994–2010). • Mary Louise Weller, 79, American actress (Animal House, Forced Vengeance, Q). • Milton Windler, 94, American NASA flight director (Apollo 13). • Don Wing, 88, Australian politician, member (1982–2011) and president (2002–2008) of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. • Khawaja Zakauddin, 89, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player ((/wiki/Fieldhockeyatthe1964SummerOlympics)). • Karel Zelenko, 101, Slovenian graphic artist and illustrator.