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 8
7 Maricarmen Abascal, 87, Spanish evicted tenant, inspiration for the 2026 Spanish housing protests.Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says Verne Allison, 90, American Hall of Fame singer (The Dells).Verne Allison Dies Patricia Blevins, 72, American politician, member of the Delaware Senate (1990–2017).Former state Sen. Patti Blevins remembered for decades of service (death announced on this date) Bernard Boileau, 67, Belgian tennis player.Bernard Boileau est décédé à 67 ans : du plus beau revers du circuit à la descente aux enfers (death announced on this date) Frank Dewane, 76, American Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2006–2007) and bishop (2007–2026) of Venice in Florida.Longtime Venice Bishop Frank Dewane dies at Sarasota hospital , 67, Romanian literary critic, member of the Writers' Union of Romania.A murit Constantin Dram, critic literar și profesor al Universității „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași Curtis Flowers, 56, American wrongfully-imprisoned man.Curtis Flowers, wrongly imprisoned, enduring six trials, dead at 56 (body found on this date) Kirill Gasilin, 47, Russian fashion designer.Kirill Gasilin, a fashion designer and theater artist, has died Piero, 81, Italian-born Argentine singer-songwriter.Piero, iconic Argentine singer/songwriter, dies at 81 (death announced on this date) Hans-Dieter Schmidt, 78, German football manager (SV Meppen, VfB Oldenburg, 1. FC Magdeburg).FC Bayern trauert um Hans-Dieter Schmidt (death announced on this date) , 45, Norwegian ice hockey player (Storhamar, national team), cardiac arrest.Storhamar-legende Eirik Skadsdammen er død Barbara Spinelli, 80, Italian politician, MEP (2014–2019).È morta la giornalista e politica Barbara Spinelli: aveva 80 anni Virjibhai Thummar, 67, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009) and Gujarat MLA (2017–2022).Veteran Congress Leader Virji Thummar Passes Away at 64 After Brief Illness in Amreli
6 Bisera Alikadić, 87, Bosnian poet and author.Preminula bh. književnica Bisera Alikadić: Svoj rad neraskidivo vezala za Sarajevo i književnost za djecu Neil Andrew, 82, Australian politician, member (1983–2004) and speaker (1998–2004) of the House of Representatives.SA federal pollie stalwart dies (death announced on this date) Víctor Hugo Ayala, 92, Colombian bolero singer.Murió Víctor Hugo Ayala, cantante y compositor de boleros en Colombia Sandra Bolden Cunningham, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (2007–2024).Former state Sen. Sandra Cunningham dies at age 76 Paul Ferris, 62, Scottish writer and organised crime figure.Ex-gangster Paul Ferris dead aged 62 after notorious life in Glasgow's underworld Dennis Franchione, 75, American college football coach (TCU Horned Frogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas A&M Aggies), cancer.Former TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione dies at 75 Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, 77, Haitian judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2011–2021).Décès de Me Mécène Jean-Louis, ancien juge à la Cour de cassation Juarez Machado, 85, Brazilian painter.Morre Juarez Machado, artista plástico e pioneiro do desenho de humor na televisão brasileira Ramesh Babaji Maharaj, 87, Indian spiritual teacher.Padamshree Ramesh Baba breathes his last in Mathura Jean Manga Onguéné, 80, Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, national team).Nécrologie : Jean Manga Onguene, ancien Lion Indomptable est décédé Richard Morecroft, 70, English-born Australian news anchor (ABC News) and television presenter (Letters and Numbers), cancer.Former ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft dies aged 70 Eva Marie Saint, 102, American actress (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, A Hatful of Rain), Oscar winner (1955).Eva Marie Saint, ‘North by Northwest’ Star, Dies at 102 , 89, Japanese-Italian stop-motion animator.È morta Fusako Yusaki, pioniera dell’animazione con la plastilina in Italia Jacek Ziober, 60, Polish footballer (ŁKS Łódź, Montpellier, national team).Nie żyje Jacek Ziober. Były piłkarz reprezentacji Polski miał 60 lat
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).Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86 Göksel Arsoy, 90, Turkish actor (Şafak Bekçileri, Gençlik Hülyaları, Şehirdeki Yabancı).Golden-age Turkish film star, producer Goksel Arsoy dies at 90 Jim Bakker, 86, American televangelist (The PTL Club).Jim Bakker, Televangelist and PTL Founder, Dies at 86, Wife Lori Bakker Announces Boualem Boualem, 73, Algerian politician, member of the Council of the Nation (2007–2012), cabinet director of the presidency (since 2023).Pourquoi la mort de Boualem Boualem va laisser un grand vide dans l'entourage d'Abdelmadjid Tebboune Fred Claire, 91, American baseball executive, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1998).Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire Dies at 91, Ross Porter Says Ilie Datcu, 89, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București, Fenerbahçe, national team).Ilie Datcu Carlos Alberto Dias, 59, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba, Botafogo, national team).Morre Carlos Alberto Dias, ex-jogador da seleção brasileira, aos 59 anos Tom J. Dugger, 78, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2016–2024).Tommy Jack Dugger Hans Egloff, 66, Swiss politician, member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich (1995–2011), MP (2011–2019).Zürcher Alt-Nationalrat Hans Egloff mit 66 Jahren verstorben George Fenton, 76, English film and television composer (Gandhi, The Fisher King, Planet Earth).Blue Planet and Gandhi composer George Fenton dies aged 76 Matt Howarth, 72, American comic book writer and artist (Those Annoying Post Bros, Savage Henry, Star Crossed).Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Post Bros Has Died, Aged 72 Freddie Jackson, 70, American rhythm and blues singer ("You Are My Lady", "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)").Freddie Jackson Dies: R&B Hitmaker Behind “Rock Me Tonight”, “You Are My Lady” & Many More Was 70 Vlado Jug, 79, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (1968).Preminil nekdanji hokejski as z Jesenic Michael Kearns, 76, American actor (Body Double, Days of Our Lives, Beverly Hills, 90210) and activist.Michael Kearns, Trailblazing Gay Actor Who Came Out 50+ Years Ago, Dies at 76 Tadeusz Lutak, 109, Polish World War II veteran.Zmarł najstarszy mężczyzna w Polsce. Kapitan Tadeusz Lutak miał 109 lat George Ali Murad Khan, 93, Pakistani monarch, Mir of Khairpur (1947–1954).Last ruler of Khairpur State Mir Ali Murad Khan II passes away Lena Martell, 86, Scottish singer ("One Day at a Time").Scottish singer Lena Martell dies as tributes paid (death announced on this date) Sam McDowell, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees).Guardians’ ‘Sudden’ 6-time All-Star dies at 84 Kalev Mutond, 69, Congolese politician, general manager of the Agence nationale de renseignements (2011–2019).RDC : Kalev Mutond, ancien patron des renseignements et homme de confiance de Joseph Kabila, est mort à Paris Samuel Odoi-Sykes, 98, Ghanaian politician, MP (1979–1981), and diplomat.Former NPP Chairman, Minority Leader Odoi-Sykes dies William Osorio, 55, Salvadoran footballer (FAS, Isidro Metapán, national team).Muere William Osorio, leyenda de FAS y exseleccionado nacional Gabriele Sabatini, 50, Italian football player (Pisa, Castelnuovo, Cuneo) and manager.Calcio | Addio a mister Gabriele Sabatini, l'ex tecnico di Ligorna e Fezzanese è morto nella notte Benon Sevan, 88, Cypriot diplomat, assistant secretary-general in the UN Department of Political Affairs (1992–2005).Former UN Afghanistan envoy Benon Sevan dies at 88 Colin Wilson, 54, New Zealand-born Australian boxer, brain tumour.H-Bomb Wright takes the fight to Bendigo in tribute of Aussie legend , 63, Egyptian journalist and novelist. وفاة الكاتب الصحفي والروائي هشام يحيى عن عمر 63 عامًا
4 James M. Adovasio, 82, American archaeologist.James Michael Adovasio Ángel Arroyo, 70, Spanish racing cyclist.Muere con 70 años el exciclista Ángel Arroyo, leyenda del Reynolds y segundo clasificado en el Tour 1983 Clément Atangana, 85, Cameroonian magistrate, counsellor of the supreme court (1991–2014).Cameroun: décès du président du Conseil constitutionnel Clément Atangana , 85, Russian painter.Народный художник России Шалва Бедоев умер в мастерской в Москве (body discovered on this date) Neem Chandra Bhowmik, Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat.Prof Neem Chandra Bhowmik passes away Robert Corbin, 78, Guyanese politician.Former PNCR Leader, Robert Corbin, dies at 78 Gordon Davis, 85, American lawyer and civic leader, parks commissioner of New York City (1978–1983), complications from emphysema.The City Leader Who Revived Central Park Dies at 85 Devprasad John Ganawa, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jhabua (2009–2012) and Udaipur (since 2012), cardiac arrest.Bishop Devprasad Ganawa Passes Away Yosef Hagoel, 80, Israeli military officer.יוסף חגואל, הפצוע מהשיר "בלדה לחובש", נפטר בגיל 80 Dean Hawkes, 87–88, British designer, architect and academic.It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dean Hawkes on 4 October 2026 Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, Togolese architect and hotelier.Décès de Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, figure majeure de l'architecture togolaise Reggie McFadden, 57, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Def Comedy Jam). Reggie McFadden, Actor-Comedian Known for 'Def Comedy Jam' and 'In Living Color', Dies at 57 (death announced on this date) Emil Poklitar, 87, German footballer (BSG Rotation Babelsberg, SC Dynamo Berlin, 1. FC Saarbrücken).FCS trauert um seinen ehemaligen Torjäger Emil Poklitar Anastazja Pustelnik, 76, Polish Roman Catholic nun (Daughters of Divine Charity) and cookbook author, cancer.Nie żyje siostra Anastazja. Jej przepisy łączyły Polaków przy stole John Rudnicki, 75, American engineer.Professor Emeritus John Rudnicki Passes Away Amund Sjøbrend, 73, Norwegian speed skater, world champion (1974) and Olympic competitor (1976).Amund Sjøbrend Nelson Toburen, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers), pancreatic cancer.Former Packers LB Nelson Toburen, who survived severe neck injury, dies at 87 Joseph Yegba Maya, 82, Cameroonian footballer (Marseille, Valenciennes, national team).OM : Yegba Maya dit "Joseph", un des meilleurs buteurs de l'histoire du club, est mort à 82 ans Denys Zacharopoulos, 74, Greek art historian.Πέθανε ο ιστορικός τέχνης Ντένης Ζαχαρόπουλος
3 Vincent M. Battle, 85–86, American diplomat, ambassador to Lebanon (1994, 2001–2004).Remembering Ambassador Vincent Battle: A Legacy of Engagement in Lebanon and Beyond (death announced on this date) Przemysław Branny, 55, Polish singer and actor.Przemysław Branny nie żyje. Miał 55 lat Moïse Kwasivi Fiadjoe, Togolese gynaecologist.Togo : disparition du Dr Moïse Fiadjoe, figure importante du monde médical Bob Fontaine Jr., 73, American baseball scout (Toronto Blue Jays).Bob Fontaine Jr., a legendary scout who drafted the Angels’ 2002 championship core, dies at 73 Dafroza Gauthier, 72, Rwandan political activist, cancer.Dafroza Gauthier, après trente ans de traque des génocidaires rwandais réfugiés en France, est morte Vladimir Gogoladze, 60, Georgian gymnast, Olympic champion (1988).Lado Gogoladze Cheikh Hamidou Kane, 98, Senegalese writer (L'Aventure ambiguë).Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane dies aged 98