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Olaf Tufte

1976 – 2026 · Olympic rower

“Two-time Olympic champion who believed anyone who pulls on an oar is family.”

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Jorge Dubanced

1950 – 2026 · Footballer and football coach

“Moustached Argentine striker whose goals made him a lasting hero of Santiago Wanderers.”

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Sir Ian Wood

1942 – 2026 · Businessman and philanthropist

“He turned an Aberdeen fishing yard into a global energy group, then shared his luck with Scotland and Africa.”

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Roger Michael Gignac

† 2026

“A decorated Vietnam veteran, longtime Ford employee, and devoted family man.”

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Michael Forest

1929 – 2026 · Actor and voice actor

“Actor who played Apollo on Star Trek and lent his voice to hundreds of films.”

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Chiaki Ishii

1941 – 2026 · Judoka

“Brazil's first Olympic judo medallist, the sensei who opened the path for generations.”

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Antonio Nisi

† 2026

“A gardener from Ostuni, a motorsport champion, remembered as always smiling and full of life.”

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Robert Williamson

1938 – 2026 · Molecular geneticist

“Geneticist who helped find the genes behind cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy.”

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Sinéad Collins

† 2026

“A daughter and sister, remembered with love in Ireland and in Scotland.”

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John William Branigan

† 2026

“Remembered by family and friends in Cement City and Jackson, Michigan.”

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Medicine

Richard E. Holmes

1944 – 2026 · Physician

“Mississippi State's first Black student, a quiet trailblazer who became a healer and never stopped loving his alma mater.”

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Politics

An Truong

† 2026 · Mayor of Haltom City

“Fighter pilot, refugee, investigator and Haltom City's trailblazing mayor.”

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Yadi Timo

1960 – 2026 · Film and television actor

“Indonesian actor remembered as Mastur, the kidnapper in Petualangan Sherina.”

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Mark Pucci

† 2026 · Music publicist

“Publicist and blues champion who spent 50 years making sure great roots music was heard.”

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Media

Joaquim Letria

1943 – 2026 · Journalist

“Pioneer of free Portuguese television and founder of O Jornal and Tal & Qual.”

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Tomassino "Tommy" Offer

† 2026

“A beloved son, teammate and friend, gone too soon at 18.”

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Jeremiah Kipp

† 2026 · Film director and screenwriter

“Gentle New York horror filmmaker behind Slapface and The Mortuary Assistant.”

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Andrew Goudie

1945 – 2026 · Physical geographer and college head

“Oxford's desert geomorphologist who led St Cross and shaped a discipline.”

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Ted Johnson

1928 – 2026 · Folk music teacher

“A man made of music. He helped open the Old Town School of Folk Music in 1957 and taught Chicago to sing and play.”

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Lawrence Melville "Larry" Ollis

1931 – 2026 · Businessman

“He gave Springfield Little Theatre a lasting home in the Landers.”

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Media

Glenn A. Baker

1952 – 2026 · Journalist

“Australia's Rock Brain of the Universe who chronicled popular music with encyclopaedic passion and a trademark fez.”

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Otto E. Rössler

1940 – 2026 · Biochemist and chaos theorist

“Biochemist who gave chaos theory the Rössler attractor.”

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Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa

1943 – 2026 · Singer and songwriter

“Rwandan singer who carried the liberation struggle and the memory of the genocide in her voice.”

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Jonas "Heavy" Stentäpp

1975 – 2026 · Musician

“Hjalle och Heavy's Heavy: punk drummer, reporter and folkrace voice who made Sweden smile.”

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Hyron Andrews

1995 – 2026 · Rugby union player

“Towering Sharks, Sale and Lions lock, a husband and father of two, taken far too young.”

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Alan Brown

1935 – 2026 · Cricketer

“Kent's fast-bowling spearhead and 1970 champion, an England Test cricketer and a goalscorer too.”

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Literature

Ursula Hegi

1946 – 2026 · German-born American novelist best known for Stones From the River

“German-born novelist of Stones From the River who wrote about silence, memory, and postwar Germany.”

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Yvonne Whear

† 2026

“A grandmother loved by her community, whose disappearance ended in heartbreak.”

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Chad Mullen

† 2026

“Chad Mullen, whose killing led to his girlfriend's murder conviction two years later.”

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Sanjulián

1941 – 2026 · Illustrator and painter

“Barcelona painter whose oils gave Vampirella, Conan and a generation of horror covers their faces.”

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Television

Anthony Roquel

† 2026 · Filipino actor and comedian best known as Tonette Macho on Iskul Bukol

“Iskul Bukol's Tonette Macho who became Brother Anthony, a prayer partner to thousands.”

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Kasey Redfern

1991 – 2026 · American football player

“Undrafted punter who never stopped fighting, on the field and through three years of cancer.”

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Sergei Predybailov

1982 – 2026 · Handball player and coach

“Beach handball world medallist and Astrakhan winger who scored over 1,000 goals, then taught the game.”

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Doddy Katamsi

1967 – 2026 · Rock singer

“The rock voice of Pak Tua and the teacher behind a generation of Indonesian singers.”

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Politics

Bärbel Steinkemper

1947 – 2026 · Economist

“First full-time mayor of Alfter; she modernised a Rhineland municipality without forgetting its villages.”

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Giorgos Vardinogiannis

1936 – 2026 · Shipowner

“The Captain: Cretan seafarer, shipowner, and the man who steered Panathinaikos for 21 years and took it beyond Greece.”

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Peter D. Thomas

1973 – 2026 · Historian of political thought and Marxist theorist

“Gramsci scholar whose Gramscian Moment remade Marxist political theory.”

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Milan Knížák

1940 – 2026 · Czech Fluxus performance artist

“Fluxus East pioneer, Broken Music inventor, Aktual founder, and restless steward of Czech art after 1989.”

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Gernot Friedel

1941 – 2026 · Theatre

“Directed Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival for eighteen summers, from Brandauer to Tukur.”

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Education

Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh

1946 – 2026 · Political geographer

“Political geographer who mapped Iran's Gulf and borders in scholarship and public life.”

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Christian Bussmann

1942 – 2026 · Film architect and production designer

“Production designer who built the worlds of German film and taught new designers at Babelsberg.”

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Alisha Samuels

† 2026

“A 26 year old woman from Newton Heath, Manchester, whose life was cut short by violence.”

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Soner Olgun

1959 – 2026 · Singer

“Modern ozan of Turkish folk and stage song; İyi Bayramlar, forever.”

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Gerhard Gribkowsky

1958 – 2026 · Bank executive

“BayernLB risk chief at the centre of the Formula One bribery case, later killed in a motorcycle crash.”

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Ren-Ke Li (Li Renke)

† 2026 · Cardiovascular scientist

“Cardiac regenerative scientist who linked stem cells, biomaterials and ageing biology.”

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Andrew Milne

† 2026 · Fintech entrepreneur

“Co-founder of Kuunda, who built credit tools for Africa's mobile-money networks.”

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Politics

Kazimira Prunskienė

1943 – 2026 · Economist and politician

“First prime minister of restored Lithuania, who carried a small nation's case for freedom to the world's capitals.”

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