Martin Jelínek, Czech league basketball champion, dies at 55
Jelínek won the Czech title with Mlékárna Kunín alongside his brother Josef and played for the national team. He died after a serious illness.
Category: Death Reports
Fernando Serrano Migallón, Mexican jurist and UNAM law dean, dies at 81
Serrano Migallón led UNAM's Faculty of Law, helped write Mexico's copyright law and wrote more than 50 books on constitutional history and the Spanish exile.
Peter Dobing, Stoke City’s 1972 League Cup-winning captain, dies at 87
Dobing lifted Stoke's first major trophy at Wembley in 1972, scored 95 goals for the club and reached the 1960 FA Cup final with Blackburn.
Gordon Knight, Amy Roloff’s dad, dies at 97
The Little People, Big World star's father, a Korean War veteran and Ford engineer, died on October 5. Grandson Jacob Roloff shared the news three weeks later.
Ursula von Rydingsvard, sculptor of monumental cedar forms, dies at 84
Von Rydingsvard answered Minimalism with towering, hand-cut cedar sculptures, from Zakopane to Ona at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
Italo Zannier, Italian photographer and historian of photography, dies at 94
Zannier held Italy's first university chair in the history of photography, wrote dozens of books on the medium and photographed post-war Friuli.
Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-winning Daily Show writer and Obama speechwriter, dies at 54
Bleyer won four Emmys on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and wrote Barack Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner speeches. He died in a car crash.
David Rigert, Soviet weightlifting great and 1976 Olympic champion, dies at 79
Rigert set 63 world records, won Olympic gold in Montreal by 20 kg and took six world titles, then coached the Soviet and Russian national teams.
B. P. Singh, creator of India’s long-running crime series CID, dies at 77
The producer-director built CID into one of Indian television's longest-running shows, produced the horror series Aahat, and once shot a 111-minute episode in a single take.
Leo Barry, former Newfoundland Liberal leader and judge, dies at 83
Barry was a Tory energy minister, crossed the floor to lead the Liberals in 1985, then spent nearly 30 years on the bench and led the Dunphy inquiry.