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Arts & Entertainment
23 people
Ileana CotrubașIleana Cotrubaș, a Romanian operatic soprano who debuted as Mimì at La Scala and the Metropolitan…
Aug 20, 2026→
Ġorġ MalliaĠorġ Mallia, a Maltese communications academic, author, illustrator and cartoonist known for the socio-political comic strip…
Aug 19, 2026→
Vedrana RudanVedrana Rudan, a Croatian novelist, journalist and social commentator whose books included Uho, grlo, nož, died…
Aug 18, 2026→
Politics
16 people
Michele Sensi-ContugiSensi-Contugi, Ecuador's intelligence director and a former government minister, was killed with his wife in a…
Aug 19, 2026→
François PatriatFrançois Patriat, a veterinarian and former French agriculture minister who represented Côte-d'Or in the Senate, died…
Aug 19, 2026→
Klaus TörnuddKlaus Törnudd, a Finnish diplomat and political science researcher whose career included senior Foreign Ministry posts,…
Aug 17, 2026→
Sports
13 people
Lazar RadovićRadović won four Yugoslav league titles with Partizan, played seven times for Yugoslavia and later served…
Aug 19, 2026→
Robert MouynetRobert Mouynet, a French defender who was part of France’s third-place squad at the 1958 FIFA…
Aug 19, 2026→
O. J. BriganceO. J. Brigance, an American american football player and Baltimore Ravens player-engagement executive, died Aug. 17,…
Aug 17, 2026→
Science & Technology
8 people
Alexander DanilinAlexander Danilin, a Russian psychotherapist, psychiatrist and addiction specialist known for hosting the Radio Rossii program…
Aug 15, 2026→
Jason ArdayJason Arday, the British sociologist, academic and author, died Aug. 14, 2026, at 41.
Aug 14, 2026→
Arnon SofferArnon Soffer, the Israeli geographer who helped found the University of Haifa’s geography department, died Aug.…
Aug 14, 2026→
Other
5 people
Wanda Traczyk-StawskaWanda Traczyk-Stawska, a Polish psychologist and social activist, died Aug. 18, 2026, at 99.
Aug 18, 2026→
James T. LaneyJames T. Laney, who led Emory University from 1977 to 1993, died Aug. 13, 2026, at…
Aug 13, 2026→
Ward ChurchillWard Churchill, the American academic, activist and writer whose 9/11 essay became the focus of a…
Aug 11, 2026→
Business
2 people
Religion
2 people
Stanislas LalanneStanislas Lalanne, a French Roman Catholic bishop and former secretary general of the Conference of Bishops…
Aug 17, 2026→
Tulio Ramírez PadillaTulio Ramírez Padilla, the Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop who helped advance José Gregorio Hernández’s beatification cause,…
Aug 12, 2026→
Military
2 people
