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Nicolas Simion

1959 – 2026 · Jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, producer and educator (tenor sax, bass clarinet, taragot, flute)

“He carried Transylvanian song into the language of jazz.”

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Architecture

Kenneth Treister (FAIA)

1930 – 2026 · Architect, sculptor, photographer, author, lecturer, architectural historian

“Miami architect and sculptor of the Holocaust Memorial's Sculpture of Love and Anguish.”

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Jonathan Cooper

1950 – 2026 · Violinmaker (luthier), fiddler, instrument dealer and appraiser, mentor

“He made fiddles meant to sing for centuries, one at a time.”

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Dance

Indu Mitha

1929 – 2026 · Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, teacher, and writer

“She kept Bharatanatyam alive in Pakistan, in Urdu, for nearly seventy years.”

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Wine

Tom Rinaldi

b. 1949 · Napa Valley winemaker. Founding winemaker, Duckhorn (1978 to about 1999). Later Patent Wine Co.

“Hawaiian-shirt maestro who put modern Napa Merlot on the map.”

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Narana Coissoró

1931 – 2026 · Lawyer, jubilee professor, and CDS / CDS-PP deputy. Led the CDS parliamentary group 1978-1991; Assembly vice-president 1999-2005.

“Goan-born lawyer and CDS deputy who led a parliamentary group and called himself a Hindu democrat.”

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Jonathan Meléndez

1988 – 2026 · Keyboardist, composer, lyricist, producer, and recording engineer for Camilo Séptimo

“Honas: keys, light, and love that built Camilo Séptimo.”

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Zenyazen Escobar García

1984 – 2026 · Politician; teacher; former Secretary of Education of Veracruz; federal deputy

“Veracruz teacher and Morena deputy who said the nation is built in the classroom.”

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Art

Libor Balák

1961 – 2026 · Painter, illustrator, draughtsman, paleoartist, comic author, and teacher

“Brno painter of prehistory; Burian's heir in line, not in manner. May, Foglar, mammoth hunters, Antropark.”

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Johan Mijail

1990 – 2026 · Writer; journalist; performer; editor of Catinga Ediciones

“Dominican writer and performer who made Afro-Caribbean dissident bodies speak on the page, the altar, and the stage.”

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Michel Fano

1929 – 2026 · Composer, sound designer, filmmaker, writer, teacher, and producer.

“He taught cinema to listen as one composition.”

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Bello Mandiya

1964 – 2026 · Politician; senator for Katsina South (Funtua); chief of staff to the Katsina governor

“A Ninth Senate lawmaker who carried Katsina South's water, school and security worries onto the floor in Abuja.”

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Celestí Alomar

1949 – 2026 · Geographer, state civil servant, socialist politician, tourism administrator, columnist and consultant

“A Mallorcan who treated a tourist tax as a question of who the islands were for.”

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Religion

Joseph Arnaouti

1936 – 2026 · Armenian Catholic bishop; Patriarchal Exarch emeritus of Damascus; ICPB priest of Bzommar

“Syrian Armenian Catholic shepherd who stayed with Damascus through war.”

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Art

Alexander Sharovsky

1948 – 2026 · Actor and theatre director; chief director of Baku's Samed Vurgun Russian Drama Theatre (1993 to February 2026); People's Artist of Azerbaijan

“Baku actor and director who led the Russian Drama Theatre for three decades.”

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Lee Yong-joo

1982 – 2026 · Actor and former fashion model; later a one-person travel-agency operator near Moran Market, Seongnam. Agency listed: Super Daddy.

“Model-turned actor who made Korea laugh as Blue Tower's lovable rookie soldier.”

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Nisar Wayanad

† 2026 · Stage singer, Mappilapattu singer, playback singer, live performer

“Kerala stage singer whose Udit-like voice filled Gulf halls, taken hours before the next show.”

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Gastón Acurio Velarde

1930 – 2026 · Civil engineer; Acción Popular founder and leader; Minister of Fomento y Obras Públicas (1965 to 1967); three-term senator.

“Cusco engineer who helped found Acción Popular, built roads as minister, and served three Senate terms.”

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Pierfranco Vianelli

1946 – 2026 · Amateur then professional road cyclist (1969 to 1973); later bicycle constructor and shopkeeper.

“Brescian amateur who won Olympic road gold in Mexico City in 1968, then built bicycles at home.”

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Iwan Setiawan

† 2026 · Association football coach; former professional and youth/senior international player; coaching instructor

“Charismatic local coach who spent nearly thirty years teaching Indonesian football, sharp-tongued on the touchline and remembered by peers as a mentor.”

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Papa Urhobo

† 2026 · Singer, musician and live-band frontman with Wisdom Band Asaba; featured vocalist on early Nigerian dancehall and Afropop

“Papa Urhobo: the Urhobo voice on Timaya's Ogologomma who kept Asaba stages alive.”

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Mireille Calle-Gruber

1945 – 2026 · Literary critic, academic, essayist, editor, novelist and exhibition curator

“Critic and professor who kept Claude Simon, Butor and the créatrices vividly alive.”

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Journalism

Alexey Vishnevetsky

1965 – 2026 · Journalist, newspaper and television editor, documentary executive, deputy chairman of the Russian Union of Journalists

“The union deputy who said journalism is a duty of responsibility, not a race to be first.”

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David Cobb

1962 – 2026 · Attorney, Green organizer, 2004 presidential nominee, campaign manager, Move to Amend and Cooperation Humboldt co-founder

“Green nominee who fought corporate rule, then built land trusts.”

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Marty Lowe

1971 – 2026 · Quarterback, AFL player and Georgia Force head coach, college assistant, radio reporter, JCPS special education teacher, private QB coach

“Cardinals QB who won the Cup, then taught kids at Seneca Park.”

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Radio

Frank Schambor

1971 – 2026 · Radio host, DJ, and event moderator

“The voice that woke Lower Saxony, as ffn-Morgenmän Franky.”

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Taiwo "Ogogo" Hassan

1959 – 2026 · Actor, filmmaker, producer, director, screenwriter, and Yoruba oriki chanter

“Ogogo: mechanic-turned Yoruba cinema king who chanted, acted, and carried Owo Blow to Netflix.”

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Jeon Gyeong-cheol

1962 – 2026 · Author; former IT CEO (Orum I-Tech); disability-care advocate

“Peter Pan Dad who searched a thousand doors so his son could live with dignity.”

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Sports / Wrestling

Jerry Oates

1947 – 2026 · Professional wrestler, trainer, promoter, and gym owner; later a deputy and a bailiff

“Columbus territorial wrestler. Titles with Ted, Ventura, and Garvin. Gym owner, trainer, deputy.”

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Francois Rosse

1945 – 2026 · Composer, pianist, and improviser; teacher of musical analysis; author of texts in French and German

“Alsatian-born composer and pianist who treated improvisation as a way of thinking composition.”

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Mike Detillier

1960 – 2026 · Sports radio host, NFL Draft analyst, publisher of the M&D NFL Draft Report

“Louisiana's Football Guy who made the draft make sense.”

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Blanche d'Alpuget

1944 – 2026 · Biographer; novelist; essayist; former journalist; refugee advocate

“Australian biographer of Bob Hawke, novelist of power, and the writer who asked to be remembered by one line: love one another.”

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Tadeusz Kasyanov

1938 – 2026 · Boxer; traditional karate and hand-to-hand coach; stunt coordinator and actor; author; president, All-Russian Federation of Hand-to-Hand Combat and Traditional Karate

“Boatswain Matveich and a pioneer of Soviet karate, who taught the fight and staged the stunts.”

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Mehdi Zana

1940 – 2026 · Kurdish politician; author; former mayor of Diyarbakir (1977-1980); activist; tailor by early trade

“Diyarbakir's independent socialist mayor; Prison No. 5 witness for Kurdish rights.”

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Journalism

Chucho Gallegos

1941 – 2026 · Entertainment journalist; magazine founder and editor; radio host; columnist

“He made Mexican television a weekly reading habit, then stayed in the newsroom.”

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Yin Carrizo

1939 – 2026 · Accordionist, singer, composer, bandleader of Conjunto Viva Panama

“Accordionist called El Cantor de la Patria, who wrote Viva Panama and Lucy.”

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Acting

Michel Paulin

1933 – 2026 · Actor; French voice actor and dubbing artist; occasional stage director

“Narrator of Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or; French voice of Chinatown's Jake Gittes.”

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K. Achuthan

1950 – 2026 · Politician (Indian National Congress); former Chittur MLA; municipal chairman; cooperative-bank president; farmer; INTUC office-bearer

“Chittur's Congress face for twenty years, built first in the cooperative bank and the municipality.”

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Ilfinesh Qannoo

1962 – 2026 · Oromo singer; geerarsa artist; cultural-resistance musician; activist associated with the Oromo liberation movement

“Oromo singer whose songs kept a language, a memory, and a claim to freedom in the open.”

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Journalism

Masao Yora

1957 – 2026 · Political journalist; Mainichi specialist and guest editorial fellow; TV and radio commentator; lecturer; Waseda guest professor

“Mainichi political voice and Nスタ commentator who cut into Nagatacho with glasses, a mustache, and an evening column.”

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Rudy Ariffin

1953 – 2026 · Civil servant; Regent of Banjar; Governor of South Kalimantan; PPP regional chair; Kerukunan Bubuhan Banjar president

“Two-term South Kalimantan governor who moved the capital offices and barred coal trucks from public roads.”

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Sports / Cricket

Garry Sobers

1936 – 2026 · Cricketer, all-rounder, West Indies captain, and National Hero of Barbados

“Barbados National Hero and cricket's complete all-rounder: 365 not out, six sixes, and a life played for the game.”

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Francisco Resendez

1941 – 2026 · Voice actor, dubbing director, translator, adapter, and announcer (locutor)

“Latin America's Scooby-Doo voice, and the first director of Los Simpson in Spanish.”

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George Harrison

1943 – 2001 · Musician; singer; songwriter; music and film producer

“All things must pass.”

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Politics / public figure

Ramon Espinar Gallego

1954 – 2026 · Spanish politician and lawyer; mayor of Leganes; first president of the Assembly of Madrid; culture and finance minister

“First president of the Madrid Assembly and the first democratic mayor of Leganes.”

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Sports / Baseball

Joe McDonald

1929 – 2026 · Baseball executive; general manager; scout; statistician

“From Ebbets Field turnstiles to six World Series rings, a baseball lifer.”

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