Notable Deaths

Virginia Giuffre speaks during a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew in Epstein sex trafficking scandal, has died

 
This 2024 photo provided by the International Aerobatic Club of Oshkosh, Wis., shows Rob Holland. (Lorrie Penner/International Aerobatic Club of Oshkosh, Wis. via AP)

Rob Holland, famed aerobatic pilot, dies in crash before Virginia airshow

 
Chicago Bears nine-time Pro Bowler Mike Singletary (50) gets a bear hug from teammate Steve McMichael (76) prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Chicago, Dec. 13, 1992. (AP Photo/David Boe, File)

Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael dies at 67 after battle with ALS

 
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Epiphany Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Francis had a troubled course on dealing with clergy sexual abuse

 
In this Nov. 5, 2018 photo Walter Frankenstein poses for a photo at the orphanage memorial site for an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Walter Frankenstein, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Berlin, dies at 100

 
Georgian and Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli poses during the opening ceremony of the 41st Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and controversial work, dies at 91

 
This image provided by Consuelo Campuzano shows her father-in-law, Herbert Gans, an eminent sociologist and media analyst, at home in 2017, in Manhattan. Gans died Monday, April 21, 2025, at age 97. (Consuelo Campuzano via AP)

Herbert Gans, leading sociologist and media analyst, dies at 97

 
This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, middle row from left, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Robert Prevost, Cardinal Robert Sarah, and bottom row from left, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, Cardinal Luis Tagle and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. (AP Photo)

Photos of the cardinals seen as contenders to be the next pope

 
Maria Teresa Delgado holds a portrait of the late Pope Francis during Mass at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican's announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland

 
Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio, D- North Providence, listens as the Democratic caucus nominates him to run for Senate President at the Rhode Island Statehouse, March 23, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, file)

Dominick Ruggerio, Rhode Island’s longest-serving legislator, dies at 76

 
Argentina's Boca Juniors' players Hugo Gatti, right, Ernesto Mastrangelo, center, and Daniel Pavon celebrate after a penalty shootout in the Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 14, 1977. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File)

Argentine goalkeeper great Hugo ‘El Loco’ Gatti has died at 80

 
Argentina's cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, kisses the foot of Cristian Marcelo Reynoso during a Mass with youth trying to overcome drug addictions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo)

Pope Francis led the church with humility and simplicity

 
Cardinal Peter Erdo officiates the Easter Vigil ceremony at the St Stephen's Basilica of Budapest for Easter Vigil services on Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

Which cardinals are seen as contenders to be the next pope?

 
Pope Francis twirls a soccer ball he was presented by a member of the Circus of Cuba, during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Sports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy and Argentina postponed

 
Fans and players stand during a moment of silence as a portrait of Pope Francis is displayed at Citi Field before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies Monday, April 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

These photos show how people around the world are reacting to Pope Francis’ death

 
In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gives a Mass outside the San Cayetano church where an Argentine flag hangs behind in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file)

Explore Pope Francis’ life, in photos

 
Tables and chairs line the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave, on April 16, 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

How does the church elect a new pope?

 
A shop owner places a black ribbon over a photo of the late Pope Francis after the news of his death at age 88, in Bethlehem, West Bank, on Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death

 
Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, on Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Before he died, Pope Francis revised the papal funeral rites for the first time in over 20 years

 
In this photo taken July 12, 2015, Pope Francis smiles as he meets the media during an airborne press conference aboard the airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his Apostolic journey in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

‘Who am I to judge?’ Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style

 
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

 
Pope Francis attends a prayer on the occasion of the World Day of the Creation's care in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion

 
In this image released by Vatican media on Monday, April 21, 2025, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, second from left, flanked by, from left, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Substitute for the Secretariat of State, Cardinal Edgar PeÒa Parra, and Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Archbisop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, announces the death of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP)

Read the announcement of the death of Pope Francis

 
Pope Francis checks his watch as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Pope Francis warned Wednesday that the latest spasm of violence in the Holy Land is only hurting chances for peace, and called for revived efforts at dialogue and justice. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis

 
Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, ministered with a charming, humble style

 
Jay Sigel watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the Senior PGA Farmers Charity Classic, Saturday, May 25, 2002, in Ada, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis,File)

Jay Sigel, considered America’s best amateur since Bobby Jones, dies of cancer at 81

 
Salzburg's Nikola Pokrivac, left, and Sturm's Peter Hlinka challenge for the ball during the Austrian soccer league match between Red Bull Salzburg and Sturm Graz, in Salzburg, Austria, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, file)

Former Croatia midfielder Nikola Pokrivač dies in car accident at age 39

 
Rochdale's Joe Thompson celebrates after scoring during a League Two match, in Rochdale, England, March 3, 2010. (PA via AP, File)

Former Man United prospect Joe Thompson dies at 36 after third cancer diagnosis

 
Actress Nora Aunor appears during the photo call for the film '"Sinapupunan" (Thy Womb) at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Nora Aunor, an actor among the Philippines’ biggest stars, dies at 71

 
Wink Martindale arrives at the International Myeloma Foundation 7th Annual Comedy Celebration at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Nov. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Wink Martindale, the genial game show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91

 
New England Patriot Don Hasselbeck fights to hold on to a pass as Washington Redskin Monte Coleman tries to shake the ball loose, Oct. 25, 1981. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart, File)

Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck dies of a heart attack at age 70

 
Former Cincinnati Reds great Pete Rose (14) meets with former teammates, left to right, Tommy Helms, Tom Browning, Cesar Geronimo, Tony Perez, and Eric Davis, during ceremonies celebrating the 25th anniversary of Rose breaking Ty Cobb's hit record prior to a baseball game between the Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Tommy Helms, a Reds second baseman who later managed in Pete Rose’s place in 1988-89, dies at 83

 
Malaysian outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, also Defense Minister, waves during a farewell ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, April 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

Former Malaysian leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who extended political freedoms, dies at 85

 
Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89

 
England's David Beckham shakes hands with Trinidad and Tobago's coach Leo Beenhakker, right, during their World Cup Group B soccer match in Nuremberg, Germany, Thursday, June 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer great who coached Real Madrid and two World Cup teams, dies at 82

 
The hat and sunglasses of Dominican singer Rubby Perez, who died in the roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub during his merengue concert, sit on his casket during his wake at the Eduardo Brito National Theater in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse

 
New Jersey Devils' general manager Ray Shero speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero, 2009 Stanley Cup-winning GM with Pittsburgh, dies at age 62

 
Marvin Levy appears at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2018. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime publicist and an Oscar-recipient, dies at 96

 
Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, attends a funeral service for Hwang Jang-yop, who was the intellectual force behind North Korea's philosophy of self-reliance, at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 11, 2010. (Yonhap via AP)

Famous North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South following failed 1968 mission dies

 
St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Octavio Dotel throws during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Octavio Dotel, who once held record of pitching for 13 major league teams, dies in DR roof collapse

 
Clem Burke, from left, Debbie Harry and Rob Roth attend a screening of "Blondie: Vivir En La Habana" during the 20th Tribeca Festival in New York on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died

 
Greg Millen talks with the media about his friendship with Bob Cole as he leaves Cole's memorial service at the St. Thomas Anglican Church in St. John's, Friday, May 3, 2024. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Greg Millen, a longtime NHL goaltender and hockey analyst, dies at 67

 
Denis Arndt arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP,File)

Denis Arndt, Tony-nominated star of ‘Heisenberg’ and veteran of David E. Kelley TV shows, dies at 86

 
Actor Jay North, in character as Dennis the Menace, shows his ever-present slingshot to show co-star Gale Gordon, on set in Hollywood, March 29, 1962. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, File)

Jay North, TV’s mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73

 
NCAA President Cedric Dempsey speaks during a news conference at the Final Four in Minneapolis, March 29, 2001. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Cedric Dempsey, the former NCAA president who led in time of transition and growth, dies at 92

 
Blind duo from Mali, Amadou Bagayoko, right, and Mariam Doumbia, seen, during a concert in Paris, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

Malian singer Amadou Bagayoko dies at age 70

 
Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick celebrates a mass inside St. Nereus and Achilleus Church in Rome, Thursday, April 14, 2005. (AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94

 
Val Kilmer, one of the stars of the film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", arrives at the West Coast premiere of the film in Los Angeles on Oct. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

From ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Tombstone,’ notable Val Kilmer films and where to watch them

 

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Keith Stackpole, a former Wisden cricketer of the year, dies at age 84

 

Mike Patrick, the original play-by-play voice of ESPN’s NFL coverage, has died at 80

 

Gabon soccer federation says striker Aaron Boupendza has died after falling from a building in China

 

Manga, a goalkeeper on Brazil’s 1966 World Cup team, dies at 87

 

Sporting Lisbon scout who discovered Ronaldo and Figo has died

 
Actor Val Kilmer attends the British premiere of his new movie "Alexander" in London, Jan. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/John D McHugh, File)

Josh Brolin, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Mann pay tribute to Val Kilmer after his death

 
Val Kilmer poses for a portrait, Jan. 9, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

 
The attorney for Haitian former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Mario Joseph, arrives at the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Mario Joseph, a renowned human rights attorney in Haiti, dies after a car accident

 
Paul Gregory House, 46, who was on death row for 22 years after being convicted in 1986 of murdering Carolyn Muncey in East Tennessee, hoist his drink after seeing a "Free Paul House" shirt worn by Stacy Rector, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, after his release from prison custody at the Lois Deberry Special Needs Facility, Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh, file)

Paul House, who spent two decades on Tennessee’s death row before he was freed, has died.

 
Actor Richard Chamberlain waves during a news conference in Berlin, Oct. 10, 1995. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer, file)

Richard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in ‘Dr. Kildare,’ dies at 90

 
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser waves with organist Nancy Bea Hefley during a ceremony prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, on Oct. 2, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers organist Nancy Bea Hefley dies at 89

 
This undated photo provided by Tracie Hunter shows Sgt. Joe Harris. (Tracie Hunter via AP)

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died

 
Architect David Childs talks about his design for the new 7 World Trade Center, a 52-story building which will rise to a height of 750 feet, during the design's unveiling at the building's construction site in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, file)

David Childs, architect of One World Trade Center that rose on Twin Towers site after 9/11, dies

 
New England Patriots Kenneth Sims (77) pressures Houston Oilers quarterback Archie Manning during first quarter National Football League action at Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., Nov. 28, 1982. (AP Photo/Paul R. Benoit, File)

Former Texas standout, NFL No. 1 overall pick Kenneth Sims has died at 65

 

Former England fast bowler Peter Lever has died at 84

 
Geoffrey Nyarota, editor-in-chief of Zimbabwe's independent Daily News newspaper is seen in his Harare office, in this May 26, 2000 photo. (AP Photo/Rob Cooper, file)

Zimbabwe mourns veteran journalist and critic who challenged state media hegemony

 
Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid, right, is honored with a red jacket presented by Hank Steinbrecher, left, of the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame, during a pre-match ceremony, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, before an MLS soccer match between the Sounders and the Los Angeles Galaxy, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, FIle)

Former US Soccer Federation secretary general Hank Steinbrecher dies at age 77

 
Han Jong-Hee, a senior Samsung Electronics executive credited with elevating the South Korean tech giant's TV business to global leadership, speaks during the company's annual general meeting at the Suwon Convention Center in Suwon, South Korea, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Yonhap via AP)

Han Jong-Hee, who elevated Samsung’s television business, dies

 
Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love greets supporters during an election night party, in Lehi, Utah, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died

 

Former All Blacks player, coach Alex Wyllie dies at 80

 
Kitty Dukakis, left, and Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis are seen outside their home in Brookline, Massachusetts, March 7, 1989. (AP Photo/David Tenenbaum, File)

Kitty Dukakis, wife of former governor and presidential candidate, dies at 88

 

Filiz Akin, a celebrated Turkish screen actress, dies at 82

 
FILE- Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky after receiving the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and Saint George from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, Oct. 17, 2007. (Fiona Hanson/PA via AP, file)

Oleg Gordievsky, Britain’s most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86

 
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman of Houston, reacts during a news conference in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1994.(AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Reaction to the death of two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman

 
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman of Houston, reacts during a news conference in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1994.(AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who became a beloved champion, dies at 76

 

Longtime Kansas broadcaster Bob Davis dies at 80, one week after the passing of his wife of 53 years

 
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Norm Clarke is seen in the Las Vegas Review-Journal studio on June 24, 2011, in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Norm Clarke, a Las Vegas celebrity columnist and former AP sports writer, dies at 82

 
Eddie Jordan, center, poses for a photo with Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli, Jan. 31, 2000. (Matthew Fearn/PA via AP, File)

Ex-F1 team owner and media personality Eddie Jordan has died at 76

 
In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, poses for a photo in front of a Hurricane on July 22, 2022. (UK MOD via AP)

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, dies at 105

 
Emilie Dequenne appears at the awards ceremony during the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France on May 27, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Belgian actor Émilie Dequenne dies at 43 of rare cancer, report says

 
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