Deaths in 2026
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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.
September
28
27
- Ronnie Golden, British singer (The Fabulous Poodles) and comedian, heart attack.[1] (death announced on this date)
- Ludwig Gössing, 88, German equestrian, Olympic bronze medallist (1972).[2]
- Robert Rivas, 80, Trinidadian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kingstown (1989–2007) and archbishop of Castries (2008–2022).[3]
- Mighty Sparrow, 91, Grenadian-born Trinidadian calypso musician.[4]
- César Ortiz-Echagüe, 99, Spanish architect and Roman Catholic priest.[5]
- Pac, 40, English professional wrestler (AEW, WWE, Dragongate).[6]
26
- Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto, 100, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1966–1970) and archbishop (1970–2004) of Curitiba.[7]
- David Millage, 73, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1991–2003).[8]
- Bruno Musarò, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Panama (1994–1999), Guatemala (2004–2009) and Costa Rica (2019–2023).[9]
- Maksim Ovodenko, 96, Russian metallurgist and aeronautical scientist, member of Russian Academy of Engineering.[10]
- Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway, 81, Spanish musician (Triana).[11]
- Angela Stribling, 58, American television and radio host (BET, WJZ-TV), and singer.[12]
- Guruh Sukarnoputra, 73, Indonesian politician and artist, MP (1999–2024).[13]
- Hirokazu Ueyonabaru, 55, Japanese Paralympic athlete (2008), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[14]
- Tokushin Yamauchi, 91, Japanese politician, MP (2007–2013) and mayor of Yomitan (1974–1998).[15]
- Ahmed El-Zend, 80, Egyptian jurist, minister of justice (2015–2016).[16]
25
- Carmen Aldunate, 86, Chilean painter.[17]
- Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf, 90, Pakistani politician, MNA (2013–2023).[18]
- Georges Taï Benson, 80, Ivorian television presenter.[19]
- Remo Calzona, 87, Italian civil engineer.[20]
- Antonio Canal, 90, Spanish actor (Cuéntame cómo pasó).[21]
- Ram Govind Chaudhary, 73, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1977–1992, 2002–2007, 2012–2022).[22]
- Javier Delgado Barrio, 93, Spanish judge, president of the Supreme Court and the CGPJ (1996–2001).[23]
- Leo Gaje, 88, Filipino martial artist.[24]
- Bill Giles, 92, American baseball executive (Philadelphia Phillies).[25]
- Oscar González Oro, 74, Argentine radio host.[26]
- André Guy, 85, French footballer (Saint-Étienne, Lyon, national team).[27]
- Norm Kimball, 96, Canadian Hall of Fame football executive, general manager of the Edmonton Eskimos (1966–1985) and president of the Montreal Alouettes (1986–1987).[28]
- Aleksei Kozlov, 90, Russian saxophonist.[29]
- Bruno Kramm, 58, German musician (Das Ich).[30]
- Ryszard Lenczewski, 78, Polish cinematographer (Ida, My Summer of Love, Margaret).[31]
- Liu Huan, 63, Chinese singer ("You and Me") and songwriter.[32]
- Jeoff Long, 84, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox).[33]
- Soulis Markopoulos, 77, Greek basketball player and coach (PAOK Thessaloniki, Aris Thessaloniki, Makedonikos).[34]
- Ahmad Nategh-Nouri, 89, Iranian politician.[35]
- Zosima Ostapenko, 76, Russian Orthodox prelate.[36]
- Karel Eduard Paar, 92, Czech jurist.[37]
- Sidya Touré, 81, Guinean politician, prime minister (1996–1999).[38]
- Chuck Varga, 68, American musician (Gwar), cancer.[39] (death announced on this date)
- Rini Wagtmans, 79, Dutch road bicycle racer.[40]
- Saburō Yamashita, 96, Japanese politician and anti-nuclear activist, mayor of Hatsukaichi (1991–2007).[41]
24
- Yehuda Atlas, 89, Israeli writer, poet and translator.[42]
- John Baer, 79, American journalist (Philadelphia Daily News).[43]
- Roy Belliveau, 96, American basketball player (Scranton Miners) and coach.[44]
- Mohammed Benchicou, 74, Algerian director and publisher.[45]
- Bill Cahill, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills).[46]
- Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán, 63, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (2005–2009) and bishop (2009–2020) of Potosí and archbishop of Sucre (since 2020).[47]
- Bachtiar Chamsyah, 80, Indonesian politician.[48]
- Jacob Goldwasser, 76, Israeli film director (Beyond the Sea, Laces).[49]
- Akhtar Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi children's writer.[50]
- Mushtaq Khan, 56, Indian actor (Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, Jodi No.1, Welcome), cancer.[51]
- L. Krishnan, 103, Indian-born Malaysian film director and screenwriter (Bakti).[52]
- Moses Matovu, 77, Ugandan musician (Afrigo Band), beaten.[53]
- Richard Mulcahey, 91, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1975–1993).[54]
- Roberto Müller, 89, Brazilian singer.[55]
- Peter Nogly, 79, German football player (Hamburger SV, West Germany national team) and manager (Eintracht Norderstedt).[56]
- Milan Panić, 96, Serbian pharmaceutical industry executive and politician, founder of ICN Pharmaceuticals, prime minister and minister of defence of FR Yugoslavia (1992–1993).[57]
- Piak Poster, 93, Thai filmmaker, film poster artist and actor (The Billionaire).[58]
- Reinaldo Sánchez, 81, Chilean businessman and football administrator (ANFP, Santiago Wanderers).[59]
- Moses Tay, 88, Singaporean Anglican clergyman, bishop of Singapore (1982–2000).[60]
- Chotelal Verma, 73, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1993–1995, 2002–2007, 2012–2017).[61]
- Marina Vlady, 88, French actress (The Conjugal Bed, Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Chimes at Midnight).[62]
- You Benchang, 93, Chinese actor (Ji Gong, The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, The University Days of a Dog).[63]
23
- Manuel Boix, 83, Spanish painter and sculptor.[64]
- Dee Brock, 96, American cheerleading director (Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders).[65]
- Alfonsas Bukontas, 85, Lithuanian poet, translator and publicist.[66]
- Paul Butler, Northern Irish politician, MLA (2007–2011).[67]
- Garnet Coleman, 65, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1991–2022).[68]
- Vyacheslav Dolgov, 89, Russian diplomat and academic.[69]
- First Dude, 19, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[70]
- Maurice de Germiny, 86, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Blois (1997–2014).[71]
- Harriet Hancock, 89, American LGBT rights activist.[72]
- Cyril Hilsum, 101, British physicist and academic.[73]
- Philippe Huet, 84, French journalist and novelist.[74]
- Jackie Jackson, 79, Jamaican bass player (Toots and the Maytals).[75]
- Maureen Jones, 99, Australian classical pianist.[76] (death announced on this date)
- Soorya Krishnamoorthy, 78, Indian artist and philanthropist, founder of Soorya Festival.[77]
- Don McKenzie, 87, Australian footballer (Essendon, Victoria).[78]
- Bob Pettit, 93, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks).[79]
- Edward Rogalski, 84, American academic administrator, president of St. Ambrose University (1987–2007).[80]
- Suresh Raj Sharma, 86, Nepali educationist, vice chancellor of Kathmandu University (1991–2012).[81]
- Leon Sirois, 91, American racing driver.[82]
- Sergey Sosedov, 58, Russian journalist and music critic, fall.[83]
- Savithri Sreedharan, 85, Indian actress (Sudani from Nigeria, Virus, Dakini).[84]
- Lawrence Tanter, 76, American public address announcer (Los Angeles Lakers).[85]
- Hossein Zarifi, Iranian IRGC brigadier general, shot.[86]
22
- James Becket, 89, American filmmaker and human rights lawyer.[87]
- Joshua Cassara, 46, American comic book artist (X-Force, Falcon, New Avengers), heart failure.[88]
- Don Cooper, 70, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees) and coach (Chicago White Sox).[89]
- Tulio Crespi, 88, Argentine car designer.[90]
- Arnaud Denis, 43, French actor (Yves Saint Laurent, Elles et Moi, Candice Renoir) and stage director, euthanasia.[91]
- Mark Doyle, 67, British journalist (BBC News).[92] (death announced on this date)
- George N. Gillett Jr., 87, American sport executive, chairman of Liverpool F.C. (2007–2010), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[93]
- David Hollister, 84, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1975–1993) and mayor of Lansing (1994–2003).[94]
- Hurricane Fly, 22, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.[95] (death announced on this date)
- Riccardo Innocenti, 83, Italian footballer (Lecco, Perugia, Milan).[96]
- Ivan Khlanta, 85, Ukrainian folklorist.[97]
- Sjoerd Kuyper, 74, Dutch poet and author.[98]
- Lucien Lazare, 101, French-Israeli history teacher and resistance fighter.[99]
- Alojzy Lysko, 84, Polish writer and politician, member of the Sejm (2005–2007).[100] (death announced on this date)
- Sir John Mace, 94, New Zealand army officer, chief of the General Staff (1984–1987) and of the Defence Staff (1987–1991).[101]
- Zeke Moore, 82, American football player (Houston Oilers).[102]
- Rodolphe, 78, French comics writer, cardiac arrest.[103]
- Zuenir Ventura, 95, Brazilian journalist (O Globo, Época) and writer.[104]
- Donald Weder, 79, American inventor and businessman.[105]
21
- Hadi Abbas, Iraqi sculptor.[106]
- Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 76, Emirati public official.[107]
- Carlos Alonso, 97, Argentine painter, draftsman and printmaker.[108]
- Angry Anderson, 79, Australian Hall of Fame musician (Rose Tattoo), songwriter ("Suddenly"), and actor (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome).[109]
- Sergio Carpanesi, 90, Italian football player (Roma, Fiorentina) and manager (Spezia).[110]
- Alyette Debray-Mauduy, 57, French journalist (Le Figaro), traffic collision.[111]
- Terry Denton, 76, Australian writer (Gasp!) and illustrator (The 13-Storey Treehouse, The Cat on the Mat Is Flat).[112]
- Jean-Paul Desprat, 79, French writer and historian.[113]
- Cyrus Ebrahimzadeh, 89, Iranian actor.[114]
- Jochen Fahrenberg, 89, German psychologist.[115]
- Jun Gato, 66, Filipino politician, representative (since 2019), heart attack.[116]
- Dadeus Grings, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of São João da Boa Vista (1991–2000) and archbishop of Porto Alegre (2000–2013), stroke.[117]
- Terry Harryman, 87, British rally co-driver.[118]
- Mike Hasselbach, 57, South African Olympic rower (1996, 2000).[119]
- Josef Kalbáč, 86, Czech agronomist and politician, senator (2003–2008).[120]
- Fatma Karume, 97, Tanzanian first lady of Zanzibar (1964–1972).[121]
- Yahya Lampong, 86, Malaysian politician, MP (1982–1986) and Sabah State MLA (1985–1986).[122]
- Ibrahim Al-Madani, 51, Saudi muezzin (Masjid al-Haram).[123]
- Mithu Mukherjee, 71, Indian actress (Marjina Abdulla, Safed Jhooth, Dillagi), cancer.[124]
- Burhan Özfatura, 83, Turkish politician, mayor of İzmir (1984–1989, 1994–1999), cardiac arrest.[125]
- Jorge Palma, 76, Portuguese singer and songwriter, cardiac arrest.[126]
- Konstantin Polezhayev, 54, Russian politician, mayor of Belgorod (2015–2019) and deputy governor of Belgorod Oblast (2019–2023), drone strike.[127]
- Mousa Shubairi Zanjani, 98, Iranian Twelver Shia marja, stomach bleeding.[128]
- Rick Sollo, 59, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Rick & Renner) and sertanejo music producer, helicopter crash.[129]
- Chris Spatola, 47, American college basketball player (Army Black Knights) and analyst.[130]
- Phil Spence, 72, American college basketball player (NC State Wolfpack) and coach (North Carolina Central Eagles).[131]
- Andrew Strathern, 87, British anthropologist.[132] (death announced on this date)
- Stanisław Szelc, 83, Polish satirist and actor.[133]
20
- Sid Ahmed Agoumi, 85, Algerian actor (Z, Layla, My Reason, Black Really Suits You).[134]
- Cameron Bell, 87, New Zealand rugby league coach (Auckland, Carlisle, New Zealand Māori).[135]
- Bruce Bergey, 80, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers, Toronto Argonauts).[136]
- André Bon, 80, French composer.[137]
- Karim Bujang, 73, Malaysian politician, Sabah State MLA (1990–2013).[138]
- Franco Columbo, 73, Mexican professional wrestler.[139]
- Davide Di Lernia, 47, Italian filmmaker, traffic collision.[140]
- Michael James Gaffey, 80, American planetary scientist.[141]
- Presley Gerber, 27, American model.[142]
- Chad Gilbert, 45, American guitarist (New Found Glory), songwriter ("Hit or Miss", "All Downhill from Here") and record producer, pheochromocytoma.[143]
- Kenneth Hay, 101, British World War II veteran.[144] (death announced on this date)
- Neil Henderson, 73, Scottish guitarist (Middle of the Road, Bay City Rollers).[145]
- Ibrahim Idris, 77, Nigerian politician, governor of Kogi State (2003–2012).[146]
- Gérard Jouault, 74, French volleyball coach (women's national team).[147]
- Tatiana Loginova, 82, Belarusian cinematographer (Belarusfilm).[148] (death announced on this date)
- Jacko McDonagh, 64, Irish footballer (Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, national team).[149]
- Payal Mehta, 46, Indian broadcast journalist (CNN-News18).[150]
- Milton Viera, 80, Uruguayan footballer (Nacional, Olympiacos, national team).[151]
- G. Vijayaraghavan, 84, Indian cardiologist.[152]
19
- Tyler Abell, 94, American lawyer, chief of protocol (1968–1969).[153]
- Ernie Accorsi, 84, American football executive (Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants).[154]
- Susy Aponte, 43, Peruvian journalist and politician, shot.[155]
- Kai Dige Bach, 90, Danish politician, MP (1987–1998).[156]
- Arthur Asa Berger, 93, American author and academic.[157]
- Josef Buchmann, 96, German-Israeli real estate businessman, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor.[158]
- Willie Callaghan, 83, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Cowdenbeath).[159]
- Rudy Cheeks, 76, American musician (The Young Adults) and newspaper columnist (The Providence Phoenix).[160]
- Yekaterina Dronova, 68, Russian actress.[161]
- Richard Giragosian, 61, Armenian-American academic, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.[162]
- Elliot Graham, 50, American film editor (Milk, Captain Marvel, No Time to Die), BAFTA winner (2022), suicide by gunshot.[163]
- Peter Hermann, 74, German football player (Alemannia Aachen, Bayer Leverkusen) and manager, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[164]
- Sophia Horner-Sam, 77, Ghanaian diplomat and politician.[165]
- Carolyn J. B. Howard, 87, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1988–1990, 1991–2019).[166]
- Abraham Julios, 81, Indian Syro-Malankaran Catholic hierarch, bishop of Muvattupuzha (2008–2019).[167]
- Mykola Karpyuk, 62, Ukrainian far-right militant (UNA-UNSO), drone strike.[168]
- Frans Kgomo, 75, South African jurist, judge of the high court (2008–2022).[169]
- Jacques Leveugle, 79, French teacher, pedophile and sexual predator.[170]
- Paul Lloyd, 57, English boxer.[171] (death announced on this date)
- Wes MacAleer, 82, Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island MLA (1996–2007).[172]
- Sandro Mazzola, 83, Italian football player (Inter Milan, national team) and commentator (Rai Sport).[173]
- Nico Perrone, 91, Italian journalist.[174]
- Tim Read, 64, Australian politician, Victorian MLA (since 2018), cancer.[175]
- Chanmyay Sayadaw, 98, Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk, pneumonia.[176]
- Danny Setiawan, 81, Indonesian politician, governor of West Java (2003–2008).[177]
- Graciela Taquini, 85, Argentine artist, curator and teacher.[178]
- Sir Nathaniel Waena, 80, Solomon Islands politician, MP (1984–2004) and governor-general (2004–2009).[179]
- Keith Wakefield, 78, English politician, leader of Leeds City Council (2003–2004, 2010–2015).[180]
18
- Avery the Poké Kid, 12, American Pokémon-based YouTuber, pancreatic cancer.[181]
- Mohamed Salah Arfaoui, 70, Tunisian politician and civil engineer.[182]
- Albert S. Axelrad, 87, American rabbi and author.[183]
- Bryan Bishop, 48, American radio personality, brain cancer.[184]
- Mike Burton, 79, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1968, 1972).[185]
- Margaret Chant-Papandreou, 102, American-born Greek women's rights activist, political consort and writer.[186]
- Stephanie Cole, 84, English actress (Open All Hours, Doc Martin, Coronation Street), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[187]
- Alfred Tyrone Cooke, 86–87, Indian Air Force pilot.[188]
- Grazia Daddario, 94, Italian actress (Soul Mate, Io che amo solo te, Tale of Tales).[189]
- Hans Grodotzki, 90, German long-distance runner, double Olympic silver medalist (1960).[190]
- Arthur B. Hancock III, 83, American Thoroughbred racehorse breeder, founder of Stone Farm, pancreatic cancer.[191]
- Richard Harrison, 90, American actor (Secret Agent Fireball, 100.000 dollari per Ringo, The Invincible Gladiator).[192]
- Frank Pieter Israel, 79, Dutch astronomer.[193]
- Zimani Kadzamira, 85, Malawian academic, civil servant and diplomat.[194]
- Arthur R. Kudart, 96, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1979–1983).[195]
- Anton Kurnia, 52, Indonesian writer and translator.[196]
- Karal Ann Marling, 82, American historian and writer.[197]
- Miguel Mumbere Masaisai, 23, Congolese long-distance cyclist and activist, traffic collision.[198]
- Peter Petrel, 86, German singer ("How Do You Do").[199]
- Vissarion Stretovych, 72, Ukrainian Orthodox prelate.[200]
- Bruce Swayze, 87, Canadian professional wrestler.[201]
- Vector Lovers, 57, British electronic music producer.[202]
- Eugenio Zanetti, 79, Argentine production designer (Restoration, What Dreams May Come, Flatliners), Oscar winner (1996).[203]
17
- Alla Akhundova, 86, Azerbaijani poet, screenwriter (Shared Bread, Car, Violin and Blot the Dog, Along Unknown Paths) and translator.[204]
- Anay Beltrán Reyes, 44, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2024).[205]
- William Gummow, 83, Australian jurist, justice of the High Court (1995–2012).[206]
- Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif, 62, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (2008–2018, since 2025), cardiac arrest.[207]
- Jerry Thomas Howard, 90, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (1990–2000).[208]
- Ron Hurst, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Rochester Americans, Toronto Marlboros).[209]
- Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime, 92, Argentine indigenous linguist, last native speaker of the Chaná language.[210]
- Ludmila Javorová, 94, Czech Roman Catholic theologian.[211]
- Bryan Kelly, 92, English composer, conductor and academic teacher (Royal College of Music, American University).[212]
- Jon Kyl, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1995–2013, 2018) and the House of Representatives (1987–1995), complications from dementia.[213]
- Jeffery Lee, 49, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[214]
- Alfredo Mantica, 83, Italian politician, senator (1987–1992, 1996–2013).[215]
- Gary McCracken, 75, Canadian drummer (Max Webster) and singer.[216]
- Glen Middlemiss, 70, Australian footballer (Geelong, St Kilda).[217]
- Richard Morávek, 56, Czech businessman, developer and investor, complications from a head injury.[218]
- E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, 78, Indian politician, MP (2004–2016).[219]
- Barry T. Parker, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1966–1972) and Senate (1972–1982).[220]
- Shao Qihui, 92, Chinese politician, governor of Heilongjiang (1989–1994).[221]
- Duncan Sheik, 56, American singer-songwriter ("Barely Breathing") and composer (Spring Awakening), Tony winner (2007), heart failure.[222]
- Wesley Shermantine, 60, American serial killer (Speed Freak Killers).[223]
- Kevin Spencer, 71, American musician (Dynasty).[224]
- Sway, 44, British rapper and songwriter ("Little Derek", "Still Speedin'", "Level Up").[225]
- Michael Sweetney, 43, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Shaanxi Kylins) and coach.[226]
- Sergei Tchepikov, 59, Russian politician, biathlete and cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1988, 1994) and MP (since 2016), cancer.[227]
- Gülsen Tuncer, 80, Turkish actress (Aşk-ı Memnu, O Hayat Benim, Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters), brain cancer.[228]
- P. C. Vey, 70, American cartoonist (The New Yorker, Mad, National Lampoon).[229]
- Oscar Wambrauw, 57, Indonesian academic.[230]
- Kōichi Watanabe, 68, Japanese politician, MP (2012–2024, since 2026) and mayor of Iwamizawa (2002–2012).[231]
- Patrick Zelnik, 79, French music publisher.[232]
16
- Hans Andersson-Tvilling, 98, Swedish ice hockey (Djurgården) and football (Djurgården, national team) player, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).[233]
- Martin Ashby, 82, English motorcycle speedway racer (Swindon Robins, Exeter Falcons, Great Britain national team).[234]
- Mark Boley, 63, American makeup artist (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Blade II, Apocalypto).[235]
- Domingo Buesa Conde, 73, Spanish historian, politician and Aragonese cultural advocate.[236]
- Pierre Constant, 93, French actor and stage director.[237]
- Henrique, 49, Brazilian footballer (Vasco da Gama, Atlético Mineiro, Fluminense).[238]
- Olu Jacobs, 84, Nigerian actor (Ashanti, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, Pirates).[239]
- Tim Janus, 49, American competitive eater, cancer.[240]
- Princess Lindiwe, Swazi royal and politician, MP (since 2018), cancer.[241]
- Pilar Malla Escofet, 95, Spanish social worker, ombudswoman and teacher, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1998–2003).[242]
- Tsuneyuki Mitamura, 82, Japanese politician, mayor of Yame (2008–2024), member of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly (1991–2008).[243]
- Ginger Molloy, 88, New Zealand motorcycle racer.[244]
- Damodaran Nair, 81, Fijian politician, member of the House of Representatives (2004–2006).[245] (death announced on this date)
- Jean Orizet, 89, French writer and literary critic.[246]
- Randy Pedersen, 64, American bowler and sportscaster (ESPN, Fox, CBS Sports Network).[247]
- Colin Powers, 70, British boxer, cancer.[248]
- Dolores Sibonga, 95, American lawyer and politician, member of the Seattle City Council (1978, 1980–1992).[249]
- Him Bahadur Shahi, 80, Nepali politician, Karnali MPA (since 2017), heart attack.[250]
- Pietro Soddu, 97, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1994) and three-time president of Sardinia.[251]
- Esterina Tartman, 68, Israeli politician, MK (2006–2009).[252]
- Xaxá, 74, Brazilian footballer (Portuguesa, Portuguesa Santista, Juventus da Mooca).[253]
15
- Ahmed Ammi, 45, Moroccan-born Dutch footballer (ADO Den Haag, VVV-Venlo, NAC Breda), bowel cancer.[254]
- Marcus Andersson, 52, Swedish drummer (Disfear), brain cancer.[255] (death announced on this date)
- Viktor Anushkevychus, 63, Ukrainian politician, mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk (2006–2015).[256]
- René Aphing Kouassi, 78, Ivorian politician and magistrate.[257]
- Rosalind Ashford, 83, American Hall of Fame singer (Martha and the Vandellas).[258]
- Tanella Boni, 71–72, Ivorian poet and novelist.[259]
- Jim Bradshaw, 87, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[260]
- John Broughton, 79, New Zealand academic and playwright.[261]
- Flora Brovina, 76, Kosovar-Albanian poet and politician, speaker of the Assembly (2014).[262]
- Pierre Collin, 69, French painter, engraver and illustrator.[263]
- Dakila Cua, 48, Filipino politician, governor (2007–2010, since 2019) and representative of Quirino (2010–2019).[264]
- John Delaney, 84, English footballer (Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Bournemouth, national amateur team).[265]
- Annie Dillard, 81, American writer (Tickets for a Prayer Wheel, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, The Maytrees), Pulitzer Prize winner (1975).[266]
- Andy Donato, 89, Canadian cartoonist (Toronto Sun, Toronto Telegram), heart attack.[267]
- Ronnie Dove, 91, American pop and country singer ("Right or Wrong", "One Kiss for Old Times' Sake", "A Little Bit of Heaven").[268]
- Pye Dubois, 77, Canadian lyricist ("Tom Sawyer", "Go for Soda") and poet.[269]
- Karl Finch, 87, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[270]
- Griselda Gambaro, 98, Argentine playwright (The Camp, Information For Foreigners) and writer.[271]
- Gerrit Graham, 77, American actor (Phantom of the Paradise, Used Cars, The Critic), lung disease.[272]
- Bonnie Greer, 77, American-born British playwright (Marilyn and Ella), critic and novelist.[273]
- Martin Gutzeit, 74, German clergyman and politician, Berlin commissioner of the Stasi Records Agency (1993–2017), member of the Volkskammer (1990) and Bundestag (1990).[274]
- Patricio Guzmán, 85, Chilean film director (The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia for the Light, The Pearl Button), cardiorespiratory arrest.[275]
- David C. Kronick, 94, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1988–1994).[276]
- Laureano Leone, 98, Italian-born Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1987–1990).[277]
- Seppo Lindblom, 91, Finnish banker and politician, minister of trade and industry (1972, 1983–1987).[278]
- Vitantonio Lovallo, 112, Italian supercentenarian.[279]
- Georgios Makropoulos, 72, Greek chess player.[280]
- Paulo César Martin, 62, Brazilian journalist and radio broadcaster (Folha de S.Paulo, TV Globo, Conrad Editora), pneumonia.[281]
- Kevin Miller, 57, English football player (Exeter City, Watford, Crystal Palace) and coach.[282]
- Alla Nani, 56, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (2004–2014, since 2019) and deputy chief minister (2019–2022), heart attack.[283]
- Peter Nieuwenhuis, 75, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1976).[284]
- Jim Peters, 88, New Zealand politician, MP (2002–2005).[285]
- Nebojša Radunović, 72, Serbian academic of obstetrics and gynecology (University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine).[286]
- Ralf Richter, 69, German actor (Das Boot, Bang Boom Bang, Fußball ist unser Leben), heart failure complicated by COPD.[287]
- Rachid Sabbagh, Tunisian politician, minister of defence (2013–2014).[288]
- Ben Saunders, 43, English-born Dutch singer (Follow That Dream).[289]
- Sunny, 14, American dog, presidential pet (2013–2017).[290]
- Amelinha Teles, 81, Brazilian journalist and political activist.[291]
- Angélica Tiscornia, 114, Argentine supercentenarian.[292]
- Charles Trueheart, 75, American journalist (The Washington Post), cancer.[293]
- Brian Wolfe, 45, American baseball player (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Toronto Blue Jays, Saitama Seibu Lions), leukemia.[294]
- Fredd Young, 64, American football player (Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts).[295]
- Yun Tong-hyon, North Korean general and politician.[296] (death announced on this date)
- Notable American victims of the 2026 Chatsworth Eurocopter AS350 crash:[297]
- Eliana Moreno, news journalist (KNBC, KVEA)
- George Marciniw, news aircraft pilot (KNBC, KVEA)
14
- Aracy Amaral, 96, Brazilian art historian and curator, director of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (1975–1979) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo (1982–1986).[298]
- Claude Bachand, 75, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2011).[299]
- Didier Billet, 68, French footballer (Olympique Marseille, Olympique Alès).[300]
- Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat, 101, Indian sattriya classical dancer.[301]
- Pete Byrne, 74, English singer (Naked Eyes) and songwriter ("Promises, Promises").[302]
- Bodil Cappelen, 96, Norwegian visual artist and writer.[303]
- Louis Caron, 84, Canadian journalist and writer (He Shoots, He Scores), heart attack.[304]
- Dory Chamoun, 94, Lebanese politician, MP (2009–2018).[305]
- Pierre de Chastonay, 95, Swiss politician, member of the Grand Council of Valais (1969–1977), MP (1975–1987).[306]
- Andy Gallagher, 89, Irish hurler (Offaly).[307]
- Judy Gumbo, 83, Canadian-born American activist (Youth International Party), complications from dementia.[308]
- Sheila Kennelly, 88, British-born Australian actress (Number 96, Kingswood Country, Home and Away).[309]
- Aleksandr Kupriyanov, 74, Russian footballer (Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev).[310]
- Ken Laufman, 94, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1956) medallist.[311]
- Bob Mackie, 87, American fashion designer and costumier (The Carol Burnett Show, Funny Lady, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour), seven-time Emmy winner, pneumonia.[312]
- Peter Max, 88, German-American pop artist, complications from dementia.[313]
- Jürg Marquard, 81, Swiss publisher and television personality.[314]
- Luděk Mikloško, 64, Czech footballer (West Ham United, Baník Ostrava, national team), cancer.[315]
- Ian Miller, 76, Australian footballer (Perth, Fitzroy, East Perth).[316]
- Fabio Mosquera, 78, Colombian footballer (Deportivo Cali, Cúcuta Deportivo, national team).[317]
- Victoria Okojie, 66, Nigerian librarian.[318]
- Gianfranco Pieri, 89, Italian Hall of Fame basketball player (Trieste, Olimpia Milano, national team).[319]
- Catherine Ringer, 68, French musician (Les Rita Mitsouko, Plaza Francia Orchestra) and songwriter ("Marcia Baila"), cancer.[320]
- Carl Sundin, 96, Swedish Olympic sprint canoeist (1956).[321]
- Tara Singh Varma, 78, Dutch politician, MP (1994–2001).[322]
13
- Siddique Ahmed, 63, Indian politician, Assam MLA (2001–2016, 2021–2026), cancer.[323]
- Eugenia Apostol, 100, Filipino journalist and publisher, founder of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.[324]
- Ian Berry, 92, English photojournalist.[325]
- René Bianchi, 92, French cyclist, Olympic silver medallist (1956).[326]
- BloodHound Q50, 22, American rapper, shot.[327]
- Cheetah Chrome, 71, American guitarist (Dead Boys, Rocket from the Tombs) and songwriter ("Sonic Reducer").[328]
- Chung Ho-yong, 94, South Korean politician, general, and convicted traitor, minister of the interior (1987) and defense (1987–1988).[329]
- Jim Collier, 87, American football player (New York Giants, Washington Redskins).[330]
- Pinula Contreras, 91, Guatemalan footballer (Comunicaciones, national team).[331]
- Marc de La Ménardière, 44, French environmental activist and filmmaker, cancer.[332]
- Mohamed Garfi, 77, Tunisian musicologist, composer and conductor.[333]
- Mary Gaudron, 83, Australian judge, justice of the High Court (1987–2003).[334]
- Anton Grunis, 46, Russian military commander.[335]
- Jing Yidan, 71, Chinese television presenter (China Central Television), complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.[336]
- Ann Kaiser, 78, American academic.[337]
- Timothy Lawson, 82, British Olympic field hockey player (1968).[338]
- Liang Shaoji, 81, Chinese conceptual artist.[339]
- Jimmy Revie, 79, British boxer, complications from dementia.[340]
- Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky, 107, Polish-born Israeli businessman and Holocaust survivor.[341]
- Kari Wærness, 87, Norwegian sociologist.[342]
- Win Aung, 60, Burmese footballer (national team), lung disease.[343]
12
- Naseer al-Chaderchi, 90, Iraqi politician.[344]
- Ellen Brandom, 84, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2007–2013).[345]
- Michael Brennan, 83, British-American economist and academic.[346]
- Tone Capone, 59, American hip-hop producer ("I Got 5 on It").[347]
- Rodney Charters, 80, New Zealand cinematographer (24, The Pretender, Going in Style).[348]
- George Chuvalo, 89, Canadian boxer and actor (The Fly).[349]
- Ketaki Kushari Dyson, 86, Indian-born British writer and scholar.[350]
- Iris Engstrand, 91, American academic.[351]
- Lars Herseth, 80, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1975–1986) and Senate (1989–1996), cancer.[352]
- Sérgio Toledo Machado, 81, Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1964, 1968).[353]
- Abdul Jalil Mastan, 70, Indian politician, six-time Bihar MLA.[354]
- Hidetoshi Nakanishi, 68, Japanese Olympic judoka (1984), stomach cancer.[355]
- Cal Nichols, 84, Canadian businessman, chairman of the Edmonton Investors Group (2000–2007).[356]
- Nikolay Noev, 38, Russian-born Tajik Olympic wrestler (2012).[357]
- Bernice Offei, 63, Ghanaian gospel singer.[358]
- Nikolay Podgornov, 77, Russian politician, governor of Vologda Oblast (1991–1996).[359]
- Tanchum Portnoy, 75, American Jewish music composer.[360]
- Yves Schlirf, Belgian comics editor (Kana).[361]
- Byron Sher, 98, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1980–1996) and Senate (1996–2004).[362]
- Agni Deo Singh, 60, Fijian politician, MP (2006, since 2022).[363]
- Carles Solà, 81, Spanish academic administrator and politician, rector of the UAB (1994–2002).[364]
- James Storme, 83, Belgian football player (Gent, Standard Liège) and manager (Oostende), cardiac arrest.[365]
- Bamanga Tukur, 90, Nigerian politician, governor of Gongola State (1983).[366]
- Povilas Varanauskas, 85, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment.[367]
- Sir Edmund Verney, 6th Baronet, 76, British landowner.[368]
- Hartmut Welker, 84, German opera singer.[369]
11
- Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, 94, Norwegian royal.[370]
- Varinder Singh Bajwa, 82, Indian politician, MP (2004–2010), cardiac arrest.[371]
- Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir, 88, Pakistani politician, minister for law (2018) and MNA (1997–1999, since 2008).[372]
- Naseebullah Bazai, Pakistani politician, senator (2018–2024).[373] (death announced on this date)
- Paul Bender, 93, American attorney and legal scholar.[374]
- Bain Boehlke, 87, American actor (Fargo, Four Boxes) and theatre director.[375]
- Emma Bonino, 78, Italian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2013–2014), senator (2008–2013, 2018–2022) and twice MEP, complications from small-cell carcinoma.[376]
- Marcel Carfantan, 93, French racing cyclist.[377]
- Dame Margaret Clark, 85, New Zealand political scientist.[378]
- Raffaele Costa, 90, Italian politician, deputy (1976–2006), minister of transport (1993–1994) and twice of health.[379]
- Bruce M. Davis, 83, American convicted murderer (Manson family).[380]
- Tapas Dey, 84, Indian politician, Tripura MLA (1972–1977).[381]
- Robert E. Dickinson, 86, American meteorologist.[382]
- W. J. Frecklington, 77, Australian carriage maker, cancer.[383]
- Harry Kirk, 82, Scottish footballer (Scunthorpe United, Stockport County, Darlington).[384]
- Lungskull, 20, French rapper, drug overdose.[385]
- Elaine Mokhtefi, 97, American anti-colonial activist and writer.[386]
- Anthony Page, 90, Indian-born British film and stage director.[387]
- Solomon Pappaiah, 90, Indian scholar and actor (Boys, Sivaji: The Boss).[388]
- Brent Peterson, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks) and coach (Nashville Predators), complications from Parkinson's disease.[389]
- Rachel Rabin, 101, Israeli educator and activist.[390]
- Jesús Rico, 73, Mexican footballer (Atlante F.C., Real Club España, national team).[391]
- Tomás Solís, 91, Chilean politician, deputy (1969–1973).[392]
- Jeremy Thomas, 77, British film producer (The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast, Naked Lunch), Oscar winner (1988).[393]
- Peter Thompson, 73, Australian broadcast journalist and educator (Talking Heads, This Day Tonight).[394]
- Yuca, 75, Peruvian comedian and actor (La paisana Jacinta en búsqueda de Wasaberto, ¡Asu mare! 2).[395]
10
- Manel Abeysekera, 93, Sri Lankan politician.[396]
- Chuni Lal Bhagat, 93, Indian politician, Punjab MLA (1997–2002, 2007–2017).[397]
- Vsevolod Bogdanov, 82, Russian journalist, chairman of the RUJ (1992–2017).[398] (death announced on this date)
- Claudio Carsughi, 93, Italian-born Brazilian sports journalist (Corriere dello Sport, Rádio Jovem Pan, Quatro Rodas).[399]
- Michael M. Cernea, 94, Romanian-born sociologist and anthropologist.[400]
- Daniel Conahan, 72, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[401]
- Cathie Craigie, 72, Scottish politician, MSP (1999–2011).[402]
- Malcolm Dawes, 82, English footballer (Hartlepool, Aldershot, Workington), complications from dementia.[403] (death announced on this date)
- Silvia Ederra, 43, Spanish handball player (BM Bera Bera, national team).[404]
- Marilyn Edwards, 88, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2003–2009).[405]
- Futagodake Takeshi, 82, Japanese sumo wrestler, hepatocellular carcinoma.[406]
- Penny Gillies, 75, Australian Olympic hurdler (1972, 1980).[407]
- Felicity Green, 100, British fashion journalist and newspaper executive (Daily Mirror).[408]
- Artur Heras, 81, Spanish painter.[409]
- Khalid Mahmood, 84, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968).[410]
- Bheki Maphalala, Swazi jurist.[411]
- Bob McKay, 78, American Hall of Fame football player (Texas Longhorns, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots).[412]
- Gary Myers, 76, American racing driver (NASCAR).[413]
- Ajazdin Nuhi, 46, Serbian footballer (Čukarički, Zeta, OFK Beograd), suicide.[414]
- Roger Simon, 78, American journalist (Politico, Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg News) and writer, pneumonia.[415]
- Josep María Trías de Bes, 81, Spanish politician, deputy (1980–1993, 1996).[416]
9
- Óscar Mario Beteta, 70, Mexican journalist and radio host (Radio Fórmula), cancer.[417]
- Aleksey Borovitin, 72, Russian Olympic ski jumper (1976, 1980).[418]
- Ranee Brylinski, 69, American mathematician.[419]
- Paul Butzer, 98, German mathematician.[420]
- Faleh al-Dhaheri, 86, Saudi military officer (Grand Mosque seizure).[421]
- Paddy Doherty, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer (Down).[422]
- Andrzej Elżanowski, 76, Polish palaeontologist.[423]
- Jean Galard, 77, French organist.[424]
- Samuel Gelblung, 82, Argentine journalist (Crónica TV), respiratory failure.[425]
- Isao Harimoto, 86, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Yomiuri Giants, Chiba Lotte Marines).[426]
- Albert Horsfall, 84, Nigerian intelligence officer, director of the National Intelligence Agency (1986–1990) and the State Security Service (1990–1992).[427]
- Bryan Isacks, 90, American geophysicist.[428]
- Jean-Pierre Jouët, 99, French shipbuilder and event organiser.[429]
- Paddy Keenan, 76, Irish uilleann piper (The Bothy Band).[430]
- Hyacinth Knight, 86, Jamaican politician, MP (1983–1989).[431]
- Arvo Kruusement, 98, Estonian film director (Spring, Summer, Autumn) and actor.[432]
- Edward H. Lehner, 93, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1973–1980).[433]
- Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua, 76, Samoan politician, member (1996, 2001–2016) and speaker (2006–2011) of the Legislative Assembly.[434]
- Giorgos Mazonakis, 54, Greek laïko singer, cardiac arrest.[435]
- Mike McFarland, 56, American voice actor (Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Attack on Titan), glioblastoma.[436]
- Barry Melrose, 70, Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), coach (Los Angeles Kings) and sportscaster (ESPN), complications from Parkinson's disease.[437]
- Jackson Nascimento, 102, Brazilian football player (Athletico Paranaense, Corinthians) and manager (Athletico Paranaense).[438]
- Margaret Rizza, 97, English composer and music teacher.[439]
- Alexander Sharovsky, 78, Azerbaijani actor and theatre director.[440]
- Dame Heather Steel, 86, British jurist, justice of the High Court (1993–2001).[441]
- Christof Straub, 57, Austrian musician (Papermoon).[442]
- Gaylyn Studlar, 73, American feminist, and film and media critic.[443]
- Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, 79, Italian energy distribution industry executive, chairman of Hera (2002–2023).[444]
- Barry Whitbread, 77, English football player (Lancaster City, Altrincham) and manager (Singapore national team).[445]
- Helmut Wiesinger, 74, Austrian actor.[446]
- June Wyndham Davies, 97, British television producer and director.[447]
- Elio Zamuto, 85, Italian actor (The Sicilian Checkmate, Shadows Unseen, Silence the Witness).[448]
8
- Margaret Bedggood, 87, New Zealand legal scholar, chief human rights commissioner (1989–1994).[449]
- Harry Burrows, 85, English footballer (Aston Villa, Stoke City, Plymouth Argyle).[450]
- Monowar Hossain Chowdhury, 78, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1999–2014, 2021–2024), heart attack.[451]
- Gabriel Contant, 95, Canadian painter.[452] (death announced on this date)
- Blanche d'Alpuget, 82, Australian writer (Turtle Beach, The Young Lion), complications from influenza.[453]
- William Henry Draper III, 98, American venture capitalist, chairman of EXIM (1981–1986) and administrator of the UNDP (1986–1993).[454]
- Takao Jinnouchi, 93, Japanese politician, minister of justice (1999) and MP (1988–2007).[455]
- Ismael Laguna, 83, Panamanian Hall of Fame boxer, WBC lightweight champion (1965, 1970).[456]
- Elio Lo Cascio, 78, Italian historian.[457]
- Serge Losique, 94, Canadian writer, festival organizer and academic.[458]
- Vlasta Maček, 74, Croatian chess player.[459]
- André Navez, 74, Belgian politician, Walloon deputy (1999–2004), mayor of Binche (2001–2006).[460]
- Alexandr Pashchenko, 81, Russian singer, actor and director, People's Artist of Russia (2002).[461]
- Robert Poinard, 77, French priest, journalist and chaplain.[462]
- André Pronovost, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings).[463]
- Mary Rude, 92, American singer (The Dream Weavers).[464]
- Pat Senatore, 91, American jazz bassist.[465]
- Tung Chee-hwa, 89, Hong Kong politician, chief executive (1997–2005), vice chairman of the NCCPPCC (2005–2023), and member of the Executive Council (1992–1996).[466]
- Pierfranco Vianelli, 79, Italian cyclist, Olympic champion (1968).[467]
- Jason Walker, 56–57, New Zealand-born Australian country musician and writer.[468] (death announced on this date)
- Tom Whitestone, 62, American sport coach, associate athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1987–2024), cancer.[469]
7
- K. Achuthan, 76, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1996–2016).[470]
- Gastón Acurio Velarde, 95, Peruvian politician, minister of development (1965–1967) and senator (1980–1992).[471]
- Admire Moon, 23, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse.[472] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Richard Alston, 77, British choreographer.[473]
- Hafidh Ameir Hassan, 80, Tanzanian agriculturalist, first gentleman (since 2021), heart disease.[474]
- Joseph Arnaouti, 90, Syrian Armenian Catholic hierarch, patriarchal exarch of Damascus (1997–2023).[475]
- Tony Buss, 87, English cricketer (Sussex).[476]
- Nuno Cardoso, 64, Portuguese engineer and politician, president of the Porto Municipal Chamber (1999–2002).[477]
- David Cobb, 63, American activist and presidential candidate.[478]
- Jonathan Cooper, 76, American luthier.[479]
- Norberto Galasso, 90, Argentine historian.[480]
- Great Gidayū, 67, Japanese actor (Ikinai, Kikujiro).[481]
- Sir Roger Jones, 83, Welsh pharmaceutical executive and researcher.[482]
- Marty Lowe, 54, American football player (St. Louis Stampede, Texas Terror) and coach (Georgia Force), kidney cancer.[483]
- Simon Lui, 62, Hong Kong actor (Troublesome Night, Last Ghost Standing, Vulgaria), cancer.[484]
- Stanisław Małkowski, 82, Polish Roman Catholic priest.[485]
- Bello Mandiya, 62, Nigerian politician, senator (2019–2023).[486]
- Iskhak Mashbash, 96, Russian poet.[487]
- Silvio Meli, 72, Maltese judge.[488]
- Marc Mercier, 68, French professional wrestler (FFCP) and stuntman (Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar), oesophageal cancer.[489]
- Galina Mishenina, 76, Russian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1976).[490]
- Eric Pearce, 94, Australian field hockey player, Olympic silver (1968) and bronze medalist (1964).[491]
- Rihards Pīks, 84, Latvian politician and film director, MP (1998–2004), MEP (2004–2009) and minister of foreign affairs (2004).[492]
- Vadim Popov, 86, Belarusian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (2000–2004, 2007–2008).[493]
- Nina Popova, 81, Russian actress (Day by Day, Investigation Led by Experts, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer).[494]
- Monito Rodríguez, 80, Mexican footballer (Zacatepec, Club América, national team).[495]
- R. Sarath, 65, Indian film director (Sayahnam, The Desire, Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu), kidney disease.[496]
- Lucien Smith, 37, American contemporary artist.[497]
- Ken Todd, 69, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Port Vale, Portsmouth).[498]
- Georg Westenfelder, 91, German organ builder.[499]
- David Worth, 86, American film director (Kickboxer, Warrior of the Lost World) and cinematographer (Bloodsport).[500]
6
- Rudy Ariffin, 73, Indonesian politician, governor of South Kalimantan (2005–2015) and regent of Banjar (2000–2005).[501]
- Israël Isaac Besançon, 81, French-Israeli rabbi and painter.[502]
- Hadassah Carlebach, 98, Russian-American Holocaust survivor and memoirist.[503]
- Iván Carvajal, 78, Ecuadorian poet.[504]
- Bill Dundee, 82, Scottish-born Australian professional wrestler (AWA, NWA, WCW).[505]
- Rosa Maria Duran, 99, Spanish-born Mexican translator and teacher.[506]
- Allen Engel, 93, Canadian politician, complications from Parkinson's disease.[507]
- Edward Field, 102, American poet.[508]
- Jim Geoghan, 79, American television writer and producer (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Family Matters, Silver Spoons), complications from dementia.[509]
- Grigore Ianeț, 78, Moldovan football player (Avântul Chișinău, Torpedo Moscow) and manager (Bălți).[510]
- Walter Kershaw, 85, English artist.[511]
- Guus Kouwenhoven, 84, Dutch arms dealer.[512]
- Sudivya Kumar, 56, Indian politician, Jharkhand MLA (since 2019), heart attack.[513]
- Johan Mijail, 36, Dominican writer, journalist and artist.[514]
- John O'Leary, 72, American football player (Montreal Alouettes).[515]
- Rosa Fung Pineda, 90–94, Peruvian archaeologist.[516]
- Juan Guillermo Ríos, 78, Colombian journalist.[517]
- Nina Shipman, 88, American actress (Say One for Me, Blue Denim, The Oregon Trail).[518]
- Darío Silva Silva, 88, Colombian Protestant minister.[519]
- Hristo Spasov, 38, Bulgarian footballer (Chepinets, Naftex, Bansko), heart attack.[520]
- Matt Suhey, 68, American football player (Chicago Bears).[521]
- Richard Tesařík, 80, Czech singer (Yo Yo Band).[522]
- Stephen Walker, 61, English-born Northern Irish journalist (BBC Northern Ireland) and author.[523]
- Neville Withers, 85, Australian footballer (Collingwood).[524]
5
- Robert Alexy, 80, German jurist and legal philosopher.[525]
- Albert Alós, 86, Spanish-born Nigerian engineer, academic and missionary.[526]
- Thérèse Brenet, 90, French composer.[527]
- Jean-Pierre Clar, 84, French rugby league (US Villeneuve XIII, national team) and rugby union player (SU Agen).[528]
- C. Richard D'Amato, 83, American politician and Navy Reserve captain, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2003).[529]
- Felton Earls, 84, American child psychiatrist and epidemiologist.[530]
- Andy Fish, 60, American graphic novelist, blood cancer.[531]
- Alberto Iribarne, 76, Argentine lawyer and politician, minister of justice (2005–2007).[532]
- Otto Jelinek, 86, Czech-born Canadian figure skater and politician, MP (1972–1993) and minister of national revenue (1989–1993), complications from Parkinson's disease.[533]
- Torstein Jøssang, 92, Norwegian physicist.[534]
- Peter Katsambanis, 60, Australian politician, Victoria MLC (1996–2002) and Western Australia MLC (2013–2017) and MLA (2017–2021).[535]
- Shirley Strum Kenny, 92, American academic administrator, president of Stony Brook University (1994–2009) and Queens College (1985–1994).[536]
- Serhat Kılıç, 51, Turkish actor (Kuruluş: Osman, Maraşlı, Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı).[537] (death announced on this date)
- Georgina Lightning, 63, Canadian film director (Older than America), screenwriter and actress, equestrian accident.[538]
- Bruce Lunsford, 78, American politician and attorney.[539]
- Erni Mangold, 99, Austrian actress (Before Sunrise, Therapy for a Vampire, The Forester of the Silver Wood).[540]
- Georgy Matyukhin, 91, Russian economist, governor of the Central Bank of Russia (1992).[541]
- Frank McDonald, 76, Irish environmental journalist (The Irish Times).[542]
- Michael Mendl, 82, German actor (Downfall, 14 Days to Life, Dark), skin cancer.[543]
- Resil B. Mojares, 83, Filipino author, historian and literary critic.[544]
- Joe Morgan, 95, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Boston Red Sox).[545]
- Robin Morgan, 85, American poet, writer (Sisterhood Is Powerful) and feminist, co-founder of the Women's Media Center, complications from Parkinson's disease.[546]
- Radim Raděvič, 59, Czech ice hockey player (TJ Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia national team).[547]
- Filip Sternberg, 69, Czech-Austrian lawyer, member of Sternberg nobility.[548]
- Klaus Wanger, 85, Liechtensteiner politician, member (1993–2009) and president (2001–2009) of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.[549]
- Andy Williams, 48, American guitarist (Every Time I Die) and professional wrestler (AEW, ROH).[550]
4
- Shin'ichi Abe, 76, Japanese mangaka, mandibular gland cancer.[551]
- Yves Brunier, 83, French animator, puppeteer and actor (L'Île aux enfants).[552]
- Craig Douglas, 85, English singer ("Only Sixteen") and actor (It's Trad, Dad!).[553]
- Camilo Escalona, 71, Chilean politician, senator (2006–2014), prostate cancer.[554]
- Zenyazen Escobar, 42, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2024), shot.[555] (body discovered on this date)
- Constantin Floros, 96, Greek-German musicologist.[556]
- Jorge Gallego, 86, Colombian footballer (Deportivo Cali, Deportes Tolima, national team).[557]
- Steve Gollschewski, 67, Australian police officer, commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (2024–2026), lung cancer.[558]
- Lars Ivar Hansen, 78, Norwegian historian.[559]
- Joe Harkness, 39, British mental health activist, naturalist and writer.[560]
- S. R. Janakiraman, 98, Indian Carnatic singer and musicologist.[561]
- Tadeush Kasyanov, 87, Russian martial artist and stunt coordinator.[562]
- Ulrich C. Knoepflmacher, 95, German-born American literary scholar.[563]
- Javad Mojabi, 86, Iranian poet and writer, cancer.[564]
- Tahir Nikšić, 76, Bosnian actor and theatre artist.[565]
- Jerry Oates, 78, American professional wrestler.[566]
- Richard O'Sullivan, 82, English actor (Man About the House, Robin's Nest, Dick Turpin).[567]
- Edward Raradza, 79, Zimbabwean tobacco farmer and politician, MP (2008–2013).[568]
- Pedro Rodríguez, 93, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and theologian (Opus Dei).[569]
- François Rossé, 81, French composer, pianist and academic teacher (Conservatoire de Bordeaux).[570]
- Jon Small, 79, American drummer (The Hassles, Attila) and music video director ("Walk This Way"), cancer.[571]
- Billy Teare, 75, Irish storyteller.[572]
- Alexey Vishnevetsky, 60, Russian journalist (Moskovskaya Pravda, Parlamentskaya Gazeta).[573] (death announced on this date)
- Don Wilhelms, 96, American geologist.[574]
- Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 92, British-Australian aristocrat.[575]
3
- Klaus Becker, 91, German civil servant, Regierungspräsident of Lüneburg (1981–1990).[576]
- Mireille Calle-Gruber, 81, French literary critic and academic.[577]
- Isaac M. Daniel, 92, American engineer.[578]
- Ramón Espinar Gallego, 72, Spanish politician, member of the Assembly of Madrid (1983–1995).[579]
- Brian Fallon, 93, Irish art critic.[580]
- Keyvan Khosrovani, 88, Iranian architect and lighting designer.[581]
- Ritu Khullar, 62, Canadian jurist, chief justice of Alberta (since 2022), cancer.[582]
- Husky Kihal, 64, French actor (Astrid et Raphaëlle, The Villain, Quartier V.I.P.).[583]
- Enos Mafokate, 80, South African equestrian.[584]
- Győző Martos, 76, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros, national team).[585]
- Paul Matthews, 79, English footballer (Mansfield Town, Leicester City, Northampton Town).[586]
- Harish Chandra Mishra, 67, Indian judge, lokayukta of Delhi (since 2022).[587]
- Fabio Mussi, 78, Italian politician, minister of university and research (2006–2008) and deputy (1992–2008).[588]
- Milan Ohnisko, 61, Czech poet, editor and dissident, signatory of Charter 77.[589]
- Michel Paulin, 92, French actor (Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, Nuits Rouges).[590]
- Joseph F. Rice, 72, American lawyer.[591]
- Ahmad Muhammad Sani II, 83, Nigerian traditional ruler, emir of Gumel (since 1980).[592]
- Iwan Setiawan, 68, Indonesian football manager (Persibom, Serpong City, Persibo Bojonegoro).[593]
- Huguette St-Denis, 61, Canadian screenwriter (Watatatow, The Parent Family) and actress.[594]
- Jim Sutton, 91, American Hall of Fame stock contractor.[595]
2
- Libor Balák, 65, Czech painter and illustrator.[596]
- Jimmy Batten, 70, English boxer, complications from Parkinson's disease.[597]
- Frank Bridel, 101, Swiss journalist (Gazette de Lausanne) and writer.[598]
- Edmée Buclin-Favre, 99, Swiss feminist activist and lawyer.[599]
- Chen Kuan-tai, 80, Hong Kong actor (The Chinese Boxer, Vengeance, Heroes Two) and choreographer, cerebral haemorrhage.[600]
- Hugh Curran, 82, Scottish footballer (Norwich City, Wolverhampton, national team).[601]
- Rich DeMartino, 87, American bridge player.[602]
- Raif Dizdarević, 99, Bosnian politician, president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1988–1989), minister of foreign affairs (1984–1987), and chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1978–1982).[603]
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis, 84, American poet and essayist.[604]
- Eraj Ravindra Fernando, 57, Sri Lankan politician, mayor of Hambantota (2014–2023).[605]
- Tony Gatlif, 77, French film director (Latcho Drom, Gadjo dilo, Je suis né d'une cigogne).[606]
- Ivan Gudelj, 66, Croatian football player (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Primorac Stobreč).[607]
- Hasegawa Yoshikazu, 96, Japanese vertebrate paleontologist.[608]
- Stanislas Hutin, 95, French Jesuit seminarian and anti-war activist.[609]
- Norman Irwin, 107, Northern Irish World War II veteran and centenarian.[610]
- Robert A. Kyle, 98, American academic.[611]
- Ken Lancaster, 83, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2001–2003).[612]
- Lau Siu-ming, 94, Hong Kong dancer and actor (A Chinese Ghost Story, The Swordsman, The Butterfly Murders).[613]
- Peter Leaver, 81, British barrister, judge, and football administrator, chief executive of the Premier League (1997–1999).[614]
- David McDermott, 38, English footballer (Walsall, Kidderminster Harriers, York City).[615] (death announced on this date)
- Raymond Pointu, 86, French sports journalist (Le Monde, Agence France-Presse).[616]
- Harald Rensvik, 80, Norwegian civil servant, director of the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (1987–1990, 1992–1996).[617]
- Francisco Reséndez, 85, Mexican voice actor and dubbing director.[618]
- Anil Sharma, 63, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (2002–2012, since 2017).[619]
- Alphonso Smith, 40, American football player (Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos), suicide.[620]
- Gloria Steinem, 92, American feminist and journalist (New York, Ms.), co-founder of the Women's Media Center.[621]
- Pierre Tordo, 86, French football player (Sedan, AS Béziers) and manager (SO Châtellerault).[622]
- Tucker Budzyn, 8, American golden retriever, infection.[623]
- Wilfried Wesemael, 76, Belgian Olympic road racing cyclist (1972), winner of the 1979 Tour de Suisse.[624]
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- Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari, Yemeni Islamic militant, spokesman of the Islamic State (since 2023).[625]
- Edith Barr, 90, Peruvian Creole singer.[626]
- Enzo Bianchi, 83, Italian Roman Catholic friar, founder of the Bose Monastic Community, kidney failure.[627]
- Geles Cabrera, 100, Mexican sculptor.[628]
- Barry Cleavin, 86, New Zealand printmaker.[629]
- Galopin Des Champs, 10, French Thoroughbred racehorse, leg injury.[630]
- Joe Feeney, 89, Irish Olympic freestyle wrestler (1960, 1964).[631]
- Gracindo Júnior, 83, Brazilian actor (Esplendor, Rei Davi, The Emerald Forest) and film director.[632]
- Edythe Harrison, 91, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1980–1983).[633]
- John Hastie, 93, New Zealand cricket umpire.[634]
- Charles Hatcher, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. (1981–1993) and the Georgia House of Representatives (1973–1980).[635]
- He Yong, 57, Chinese rock musician.[636]
- Konrad Jarausch, 85, German-American historian, drowned.[637]
- Carla Jeffery, 33, American actress (Zombies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, American Vandal).[638]
- Charles Josselin, 88, French politician, MEP (1979–1981), five-time deputy, senator (2006–2008).[639]
- Alan Knight, 65, English footballer (Portsmouth) and coach (Horndean, Dorchester Town), prostate cancer.[640]
- Khrist Kopetzky, 44, French rugby union player (Stado Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Blagnac Rugby, national rugby sevens team).[641]
- Lee Nam-cheol, 65, South Korean politician, esophageal cancer.[642]
- Harold Gene Lucas, 74, American convicted murderer (murder of Jill Piper), execution by lethal injection.[643]
- Ronald McCoy, 96, Malaysian peace and anti-nuclear activist.[644]
- Jonathan Meléndez, 38, Mexican keyboardist (Camilo Séptimo), shot.[645]
- Hinson Mosley, 93, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1992–2006).[646]
- Heinz Mußmann, 80, German Olympic rower (1972).[647]
- Yuri Nakamura, 44, Japanese-born South Korean actress (Romantics Anonymous, Beyond Goodbye, Good Doctor), rectal cancer.[648]
- Monti Parungao, 58, Filipino television and film director (Survivor Philippines, Madrasta, Las Hermanas), colon cancer.[649]
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 94, French film director (The Married Couple of the Year Two, Cyrano de Bergerac) and screenwriter (That Man from Rio).[650]
- József Rusznyák, 79, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1968, 1972).[651]
- Annette Saint-Pierre, 101, Canadian educator, writer and publisher.[652]
- Carlos Horacio Salinas, 70, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Independiente Medellín, Racing de Córdoba).[653]
- Jim Sockwell, 84, American ceramicist.[654]
- Eberhard Vogel, 83, German football player (Carl Zeiss Jena, East Germany national team) and manager (Hannover 96), Olympic bronze medallist (1964, 1972).[655]
- Cassandra Wilson, 70, American jazz singer, two-time Grammy winner (1997, 2009).[656]