Famous people who died in the past month
This icon of American television presented the game show 'The Price is Right' from 1972 to 2007. Bob Barker, who was also known as an animal rights activist, died at the age of 99.
The Canadian guitarist and songwriter was part of The Band in the 1960s and 1970s, writing songs such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.' After The Band, he worked regularly with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, creating scores for films like 'Raging Bull' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' His last soundtrack will be released posthumously, in the Scorsese film 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' after the musician's death at age 80.
"Joe the Plumber" was an average voter who caught the western world's attention during the presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008. Samuel Wurzelbacher from the town of Holland, Ohio, became famous when he approached the visiting candidate Obama and asked him about his tax policy from his back yard. The famous plumber died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 49.
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American actress Arleen Sorkin, famous for 'Days of our Lives' and for voicing the character of Harley Quinn in 'Batman: The Animated Series,' died at age 67 of multiple sclerosis.
A terrible accident took the life of this Belgian cycling prodigy at only 22 years old. Tijl De Decker collided with a passenger car during a training session near his hometown of Antwerp. Two days later, the Lotto-Dstny rider succumbed to his injuries.
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He rose to fame in the 1990s as part of a music duo with Timbaland. Magoo, born Melvin Barcliff, died at the age of 50 from what American media have suggested to be heart failure. However, no confirmation of his cause of death was released.
The 'Little House on the Prairie' actress died in Norfolk, Virginia, shortly after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor.
Yes, the headline is confusing, but this American musician and composer, Ray Jacobs, was artistically known as August 08. He made hit songs like 'Sorry' with Justin Bieber. The musician died at the young age of 31 years of causes that have not been disclosed.
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American wrestler Bray Wyatt, died at the age of 36 due to cardiac arrest, caused by complications from COVID-19.
At the age of 76, the eldest son of the Spanish painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso died in Switzerland. The French filmmaker, photographer, and graphic designer was the manager of the rights to Picasso's work. He died two months after his mother, the French painter and writer Françoise Gilot, passed away on June 6.
The head of the paramilitary Wagner Group, which served Russia in the Ukrainian war but also criticized Vladimir Putin, died in a plane crash in Russian airspace. Due to his resistance to the president, many have theorized that his death was not an accident.
Figure skater Alexandra Paul, who competed internationally for Canada, died in a car accident in Ontario. The 31-year-old was traveling in the vehicle with her 10-month-old baby who managed to survive.
The Italian singer Toto Cutugno, winner of the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb died of prostate cancer at age 80.
Joe Muchlinski, better known as VonViddy on TikTok, allegedly took his life at the age of 32. He had been battling mental illness for a long time, his family suggested.
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Former Russian basketball player Sergei Babkov died at the age of 56 from a heart attack.
At 66 years old, American actor Ron Cephas Jones, winner of two Emmys for his role in the series 'This Is Us', passed away. He was suffering from lung problems and had received a double lung transplant in 2020.
At the age of 86, the Italian player and coach Carlo Mazzone said goodbye to this world. Even the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni took time to say goodbye to 'Carletto.'
American pilot Ashlea Albertson, 24, lost her life in a car accident in Jackson County, Indiana. She was returning from vacation with her fiancé, Jacob Kelly, when a Chevrolet Malibu crossed into her lane and they collided.
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The Mexican actor, known for his role as Dr. Salomón Cohen in the Netflix series 'The House of Flowers,' died at the age of 66 of cancer.
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The young promise of Japanese motorcycling died at the age of 22 as the result of an accident he had suffered a few days before at the Mandalika circuit (Indonesia).
The French journalist and television presenter, Gérard Leclerc, lost his life in a small plane that crashed in France. He was 71 years old. There were three other people on the plane.
The Broadway actor, whom we had seen in works like 'Mamma Mia!' and 'Wicked', died at age 40. In mid-2022 he retired for a few months because he was diagnosed with serious mental health problems.
A motorcycle accident took the life of former National Football League running back Alex Collins, who was only 28 years old.
The American music executive and film producer who promoted Michael Jackson among other stars, died at the age of 92.
The 'Game of Thrones' actor died at the age of 36, without the causes of death being revealed. He had been suffering from various pathologies over the course of his life.
The Ecuadorian journalist and politician Fernando Villavicencio was murdered as he left a rally north of the city of Quito. He was shot three times in the head.
The American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodríguez, of Mexican origin, died at the age of 81, without the cause of death being revealed to the media. Mostly active in the 1970s, he became popular again in 2013 thanks to the documentary 'Sugar Man.'
The legendary Spanish cyclist Federico Martín Bahamontes, known as "the eagle of Toledo", died at the age of 95. He will go down in history for being the first Spanish cyclist to win a Tour de France.
The American filmmaker and screenwriter William David Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and winner of an Oscar for the film 'The French Connection', died at his home in Bel-Air (Los Angeles) from pneumonia and heart failure. He was 87 years old.
Former American model and photographer Bryan Randall, the partner of actress Sandra Bullock, died at the age of 57. He had been suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for three years.
The American actor Mark Margolis, known for playing Héctor Salamanca in the series 'Breaking Bad', died at the age of 83 in New York, reportedly of cancer.