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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
7
6
- Bisera Alikadić, 87, Bosnian poet and author.[1]
- Neil Andrew, 82, Australian politician, member (1983–2004) and speaker (1998–2004) of the House of Representatives.[2] (death announced on this date)
- Víctor Hugo Ayala, 92, Colombian singer.[3]
- Dennis Franchione, 75, American college football coach (Pittsburg State Gorillas, TCU Horned Frogs, New Mexico Lobos), cancer.[4]
- Ramesh Babaji Maharaj, 87, Indian spiritual teacher.[5]
- Jean Manga Onguéné, 80, Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, national team).[6]
- Richard Morecroft, 70, Australian news anchor (ABC News) and television presenter (Letters and Numbers), cancer.[7]
- Eva Marie Saint, 102, American actress (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, A Hatful of Rain), Oscar winner (1955).[8]
- Jacek Ziober, 60, Polish footballer (ŁKS Łódź, Montpellier, national team).[9]
5
- 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).[10]
- Göksel Arsoy, 90, Turkish actor (Şafak Bekçileri, Gençlik Hülyaları, Şehirdeki Yabancı).[11]
- Jim Bakker, 86, American televangelist (The PTL Club).[12]
- Fred Claire, 91, American baseball executive, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1998).[13]
- Ilie Datcu, 89, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București, Fenerbahçe, national team).[14]
- Carlos Alberto Dias, 59, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba, Botafogo, national team).[15]
- Tom J. Dugger, 78, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2016–2024).[16]
- George Fenton, 76, English film and television composer (Gandhi, The Fisher King, Planet Earth).[17]
- Matt Howarth, 72, American comic book writer and artist (Those Annoying Post Bros, Savage Henry, Star Crossed).[18]
- Freddie Jackson, 70, American rhythm and blues singer ("You Are My Lady", "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)").[19]
- Vlado Jug, 79, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (1968).[20]
- Tadeusz Lutak, 109, Polish World War II veteran.[21]
- George Ali Murad Khan, 93, Pakistani monarch, Mir of Khairpur (1947–1954).[22]
- Lena Martell, 86, Scottish singer ("One Day at a Time").[23] (death announced on this date)
- Sam McDowell, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees).[24]
- William Osorio, 55, Salvadoran footballer (FAS, Isidro Metapán, national team).[25]
- Gabriele Sabatini, 50, Italian football player (Pisa, Castelnuovo, Cuneo) and manager.[26]
- Benon Sevan, 88, Cypriot diplomat, assistant secretary-general in the UN Department of Political Affairs (1992–2005).[27]
- Colin Wilson, 54, New Zealand-born Australian boxer, brain tumour.[28]
- Hesham Yahya, 63, Egyptian journalist and novelist.[29]
4
- Ángel Arroyo, 70, Spanish racing cyclist.[30]
- Clément Atangana, 85, Cameroonian magistrate, counsellor of the supreme court (1991–2014).[31]
- Shalva Bedoyev, 85, Russian painter.[32] (body discovered on this date)
- Neem Chandra Bhowmik, Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat.[33]
- Robert Corbin, 78, Guyanese politician.[34]
- Gordon Davis, 85, American lawyer and civic leader, parks commissioner of New York City (1978–1983), complications from emphysema.[35]
- Louis Erlo, 97, French stage director (Opéra de Lyon).[36] (death announced on this date)
- Devprasad John Ganawa, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jhabua (2009–2012) and Udaipur (since 2012), cardiac arrest.[37]
- Yosef Hagoel, 80, Israeli military officer.[38]
- Dean Hawkes, 87–88, British designer, architect and academic.[39]
- Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, Togolese architect and hotelier.[40]
- Reggie McFadden, 57, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Def Comedy Jam).[41] (death announced on this date)
- Emil Poklitar, 87, German footballer (BSG Rotation Babelsberg, SC Dynamo Berlin, 1. FC Saarbrücken).[42]
- Anastazja Pustelnik, 76, Polish Roman Catholic nun (Daughters of Divine Charity) and cookbook author, cancer.[43]
- Amund Sjøbrend, 73, Norwegian speed skater, world champion (1974) and Olympic competitor (1976).[44]
- Nelson Toburen, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers), pancreatic cancer.[45]
- Joseph Yegba Maya, 82, Cameroonian footballer (Marseille, Valenciennes, national team).[46]
- Denys Zacharopoulos, 74, Greek art historian.[47]
3
- Vincent M. Battle, 85–86, American diplomat, ambassador to Lebanon (1994, 2001–2004).[48] (death announced on this date)
- Przemysław Branny, 55, Polish singer and actor.[49]
- Moïse Kwasivi Fiadjoe, Togolese gynaecologist.[50]
- Bob Fontaine Jr., 73, American baseball scout (Toronto Blue Jays).[51]
- Dafroza Gauthier, 72, Rwandan political activist, cancer.[52]
- Vladimir Gogoladze, 60, Georgian gymnast, Olympic champion (1988).[53]
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane, 98, Senegalese writer (L'Aventure ambiguë).[54]
- Dennis Hastert, 84, American politician, member (1987–2007) and speaker (1999–2007) of the U.S. House of Representatives.[55]
- Anatoly Kashpirovsky, 87, Ukrainian-born Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and politician, MP (1993–1995), cardiac arrest.[56]
- Robert Kelker-Kelly, 62, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Another World, General Hospital) and aircraft pilot.[57]
- Vladimir Khanan, 81, Russian-Israeli poet, prose writer and playwright.[58]
- Jan Roelof Kruithof, 89, Dutch speed skater.[59] (death announced on this date)
- Joël Manglou, 68, French musician.[60]
- Metal Maniac, American professional wrestler (ECW).[61]
- Sergey Mikhalyov, 73, Russian politician, Rostov Oblast MLA (since 2013).[62]
- Sidney Offit, 97, American author.[63]
- Palle Rama Rao, 89, Indian scientist.[64]
- Albert Rueprecht, 97, Austrian actor (The Bird Seller, The Forester of the Silver Wood, Song Without End).[65]
- Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, 95, Indian film director (Aditya 369, Bhairava Dweepam, Pushpaka Vimana).[66]
- Mad Sandhu, 29, Indian LGBTQ social media influence and make-up artist, murder by gunshot.[67]
- Jim Ray Smith, 94, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys).[68]
2
- Bruce Baird, 84, Australian politician, MP (1998–2007) and New South Wales MLA (1984–1995).[69]
- Irene Butter, 95, German-American public health scientist (University of Michigan), Holocaust survivor and peace activist.[70]
- Duke Carlisle, 84, American football player (Texas Longhorns), lung cancer.[71]
- Ray Close, 57, Northern Irish boxer.[72]
- Marjoe Gortner, 82, American actor (Falcon Crest, Earthquake, Starcrash) and evangelist, congestive heart failure.[73]
- Sir William Heseltine, 96, Australian civil servant, private secretary to the sovereign (1986–1990).[74]
- Geoff Hickson, 87, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City).[75] (death announced on this date)
- Sass Jordan, 65, Canadian singer-songwriter and television talent show judge (Canadian Idol), Juno Award winner (1989).[76]
- Toufique Imrose Khalidi, 59, Bangladeshi journalist, founder of bdnews24.com, brain haemorrhage.[77]
- Clyde Kimball, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–1992).[78]
- İoanna Kuçuradi, 89, Turkish philosopher and academic.[79]
- Lyle Odelein, 58, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Columbus Blue Jackets), Stanley Cup champion (1993), heart attack.[80]
- Sudi Özkan, 87, Turkish hotelier and casino operator.[81]
- Matthew Posey, 68, American actor (Places in the Heart, The Final, The Magnificent Seven) and director.[82]
- Tony Reno, 52, American college football player (Worcester State Lancers) and coach (Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson), complications from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[83]
- Roy H, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic.[84]
- Nikos Sevastopoulos, 81, Greek footballer (AEK Athens, Hellenic, Vyzas Megara).[85]
- Denys Tremblay, 75, Canadian artist and micronational leader, king of L'Anse-Saint-Jean (1997–2000).[86]
- Jeff Van Note, 80, American football player (Alabama Hawks, Atlanta Falcons).[87]
- Cesar Virata, 95, Filipino economist and politician, prime minister (1981–1986), secretary of finance (1970–1986), and MP (1978–1986).[88]
1
- Alisa Aksyonova, 95, Russian museum director.[89]
- J. Todd Anderson, 67, American storyboard artist (The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Nice Guys), cancer.[90]
- Bart Batten, 68, American professional wrestler (NWA, WWC, SSW).[91]
- Gilad Ben Shach, 85, Israeli radio program editor (Kol Israel).[92]
- Antônio Roberto Cavuto, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Itapipoca (2005–2020).[93]
- Göran Djupsund, 73, Finnish political scientist.[94]
- Brooke Eby, 37, American influencer and ALS advocate, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[95]
- E. T. Ezung, 75, Indian politician.[96]
- Toshio Kamo, 81, Japanese political scientist (Osaka City University).[97]
- Ken Krawetz, 75, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1995–2016).[98]
- Hilary McPhee, 85, Australian publisher (McPhee Gribble), writer and editor.[99]
- Mario Mestril, 86, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Camagüey (1991–1996) and bishop of Ciego de Ávila (1996–2017).[100]
- Oscar Reynert Olsen, 101, Norwegian artist.[101]
- Caupolicán Peña, 96, Chilean football player (Colo-Colo, national team) and manager (Palestino).[102]
- Biljana Plavšić, 96, Bosnian Serb politician and convicted war criminal (Bosnian War), president (1996–1998) and vice president (1992–1996) of Republika Srpska.[103]
- Kamil Pulec, 63, Czech actor.[104]
- Štěpánka Ranošová, 99, Czech actress.[105]
- Lito Sousa, 59, Brazilian aviation specialist, complications from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[106]
- Nobutaka Tsutsui, 81, Japanese politician, MP (1990–1993, 2000–2012).[107]
- Dušan Uhlíř, 88, Czech historian and museum director.[108]
- George Waft, 89, Manx politician, Isle of Man MLC (1994–2010).[109]
- Mary Louise Weller, 79, American actress (Animal House, Forced Vengeance, Q).[110]
- Milton Windler, 94, American NASA flight director (Apollo 13).[111]
- Don Wing, 88, Australian politician, member (1982–2011) and president (2002–2008) of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.[112]
- Khawaja Zakauddin, 89, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player (1964).[113]
- Karel Zelenko, 101, Slovenian graphic artist and illustrator.[114]
Previous months
References
- ↑ Preminula bh. književnica Bisera Alikadić: Svoj rad neraskidivo vezala za Sarajevo i književnost za djecu (in Croatian)
- ↑ SA federal pollie stalwart dies
- ↑ Murió Víctor Hugo Ayala, cantante y compositor de boleros en Colombia (in Spanish)
- ↑ Former TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione dies at 75
- ↑ Padamshree Ramesh Baba breathes his last in Mathura
- ↑ Nécrologie : Jean Manga Onguene, ancien Lion Indomptable est décédé (in French)
- ↑ Former ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft dies aged 70
- ↑ Eva Marie Saint, ‘North by Northwest’ Star, Dies at 102
- ↑ Nie żyje Jacek Ziober. Były piłkarz reprezentacji Polski miał 60 lat (in Polish)
- ↑ Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
- ↑ Golden-age Turkish film star, producer Goksel Arsoy dies at 90
- ↑ Jim Bakker, Televangelist and PTL Founder, Dies at 86, Wife Lori Bakker Announces
- ↑ Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire Dies at 91, Ross Porter Says
- ↑ Ilie Datcu
- ↑ Morre Carlos Alberto Dias, ex-jogador da seleção brasileira, aos 59 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Tommy Jack Dugger
- ↑ Blue Planet and Gandhi composer George Fenton dies aged 76
- ↑ Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Post Bros Has Died, Aged 72
- ↑ Freddie Jackson Died at 70: R&B Singer Remembered for Soulful Classics
- ↑ Preminil nekdanji hokejski as z Jesenic (in Slovene)
- ↑ Zmarł najstarszy mężczyzna w Polsce. Kapitan Tadeusz Lutak miał 109 lat (in Polish)
- ↑ Last ruler of Khairpur State Mir Ali Murad Khan II passes away
- ↑ Scottish singer Lena Martell dies as tributes paid
- ↑ Guardians’ ‘Sudden’ 6-time All-Star dies at 84
- ↑ Muere William Osorio, leyenda de FAS y exseleccionado nacional (in Spanish)
- ↑ Calcio | Addio a mister Gabriele Sabatini, l'ex tecnico di Ligorna e Fezzanese è morto nella notte (in Italian)
- ↑ Former UN Afghanistan envoy Benon Sevan dies at 88
- ↑ H-Bomb Wright takes the fight to Bendigo in tribute of Aussie legend
- ↑ وفاة الكاتب الصحفي والروائي هشام يحيى عن عمر 63 عامًا (in Arabic)
- ↑ Muere con 70 años el exciclista Ángel Arroyo, leyenda del Reynolds y segundo clasificado en el Tour 1983 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Cameroun: décès du président du Conseil constitutionnel Clément Atangana (in French)
- ↑ Народный художник России Шалва Бедоев умер в мастерской в Москве (in Russian)
- ↑ Prof Neem Chandra Bhowmik passes away
- ↑ Former PNCR Leader, Robert Corbin, dies at 78
- ↑ The City Leader Who Revived Central Park Dies at 85 (subscription required)
- ↑ Disparition : Louis Erlo, l'homme qui fit de l'Opéra de Lyon « l'opéra nouveau » (in French)
- ↑ Bishop Devprasad Ganawa Passes Away
- ↑ יוסף חגואל, הפצוע מהשיר "בלדה לחובש", נפטר בגיל 80 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dean Hawkes on 4 October 2026
- ↑ Décès de Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, figure majeure de l'architecture togolaise (in French)
- ↑ Reggie McFadden, Actor-Comedian Known for 'Def Comedy Jam' and 'In Living Color', Dies at 57
- ↑ FCS trauert um seinen ehemaligen Torjäger Emil Poklitar (in German)
- ↑ Nie żyje siostra Anastazja. Jej przepisy łączyły Polaków przy stole (in Polish)
- ↑ Amund Sjøbrend
- ↑ Former Packers LB Nelson Toburen, who survived severe neck injury, dies at 87
- ↑ OM : Yegba Maya dit "Joseph", un des meilleurs buteurs de l'histoire du club, est mort à 82 ans (in French)
- ↑ Πέθανε ο ιστορικός τέχνης Ντένης Ζαχαρόπουλος (in Greek)
- ↑ Remembering Ambassador Vincent Battle: A Legacy of Engagement in Lebanon and Beyond
- ↑ Przemysław Branny nie żyje. Miał 55 lat (in Polish)
- ↑ Togo : disparition du Dr Moïse Fiadjoe, figure importante du monde médical (in French)
- ↑ Bob Fontaine Jr., a legendary scout who drafted the Angels’ 2002 championship core, dies at 73
- ↑ Dafroza Gauthier, après trente ans de traque des génocidaires rwandais réfugiés en France, est morte (in French)
- ↑ Lado Gogoladze
- ↑ Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane dies aged 98
- ↑ Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
- ↑ Anatoly Kashpirovsky, one of the most famous television healers of the late 1980s, has died
- ↑ Robert Kelker-Kelly Dies: 'Days Of Our Lives', 'Another World' Actor Was 62
- ↑ В Иерусалиме умер поэт Владимир Ханан (in Russian)
- ↑ Marathonschaatslegende Jan Roelof Kruithof (89) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ L'artiste réunionnais Joël Manglou s'est éteint, les hommages affluent (in French)
- ↑ Jeff Miller (Metal Maniac) Passes Away
- ↑ Ушёл из жизни Сергей Александрович Михалёв (in Russian)
- ↑ Sidney Offit
- ↑ Former UoH VC passes away at 89
- ↑ Schauspieler Albert Rueprecht gestorben (in German)
- ↑ Singeetham Srinivasa Rao dies at 95
- ↑ Punjab social media influencer Mad Sandhu, who voiced LGBTQ and gender issues, shot dead in Amritsar
- ↑ Remembering Longtime CBAA Board Member Jim Ray Smith
- ↑ Former Liberal politician Bruce Baird dies aged 84
- ↑ Holocaust-Überlebende Irene Butter in den USA verstorben (in German)
- ↑ Duke Carlisle, quarterback who won national title at Texas, dies at 84
- ↑ Ray Close Dies Aged 57: Belfast Boxing Great Who Twice Took On Chris Eubank
- ↑ Marjoe Gortner, Preacher and Actor Who Was Subject of Oscar-Winning Doc and Appeared in ‘Earthquake,’ ‘Falcon Crest,’ Dies at 82
- ↑ Sir William Heseltine obituary
- ↑ Crewe Alexandra promotion winner Geoff Hickson dies aged 87
- ↑ Juno-award-winning singer Sass Jordan dies at 65
- ↑ Toufique Imrose Khalidi passes away
- ↑ Clyde Walker Kimball
- ↑ Philosopher İoanna Kuçuradi dies at 89
- ↑ Former Stanley Cup champion, 16-year NHL veteran, dies suddenly at 58
- ↑ Princess Port de Plaisance owner Sudi Özkan dies at 87; Mercelina pays Tribute
- ↑ Ochre House Theater founder Matthew Posey dies at 68
- ↑ Former Yale head coach Tony Reno dies after long illness
- ↑ Two-Time Breeders’ Cup Sprint-winning racehorse dies at age 14
- ↑ ΑΕΚ: Πέθανε ο παλαίμαχος άσος Νίκος Σεβαστόπουλος (in Greek)
- ↑ Le Roi Denys Ier de L’Anse est décédé (in French)
- ↑ Falcons great Jeff Van Note dies at 80, team says
- ↑ Cesar Virata, Marcos-era prime minister and finance chief, dies at 95
- ↑ Алиса Ивановна Аксенова (in Russian)
- ↑ J. Todd Anderson, ‘The Nice Guys’ and ‘The Big Lebowski’ Storyboard Artist, Dies at 67
- ↑ Bartley Alan Batten
- ↑ Radio personality and composer Gilad Ben Shach dies at 85
- ↑ Lutto nell’episcopato (in Italian)
- ↑ Statsvetaren Göran Djupsund har dött (in Swedish)
- ↑ ALS Advocate Brooke Eby, Who Inspired Millions, Dies at 37
- ↑ Former Nagaland Speaker Ezung dies at 75, leaders express grief
- ↑ 政治学者の加茂利男さん死去 大阪市立大名誉教授、市民運動にも助言 (in Japanese)
- ↑ Saskatchewan Party founder and former deputy premier Ken Krawetz dies at 75
- ↑ Hilary AO McPhee
- ↑ Lutto nell’episcopato (in Italian)
- ↑ Kunstneren Oscar Reynert Olsen er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Falleció Caupolicán Peña, histórico e icónico futbolista de Colo Colo (in Spanish)
- ↑ Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Biljana Plavsic Dies Aged 96
- ↑ Zemřel Kamil Pulec. Herci Slováckého divadla bylo 63 let (in Czech)
- ↑ Zemřela herečka Štěpánka Ranošová (in Czech)
- ↑ Lito Sousa, influenciador de aviação, morre aos 59 anos (in Portuguese)
- ↑ 【速報】筒井信隆氏が死去、元農水副大臣で衆院議員5期務める 上越市出身 (in Japanese)
- ↑ Zemřel historik a muzejník Dušan Uhlíř (in Czech)
- ↑ Tributes paid to former MHK and MLC
- ↑ Mary Louise Weller of ‘Animal House’ Dies at 80
- ↑ Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
- ↑ Vale Don Wing
- ↑ Khawaja Zaka-ud-Din
- ↑ V častitljivem 102. letu starosti je umrl likovni umetnik Karel Zelenko (in Slovene)