Pauline Parker, convicted in the 1954 Heavenly Creatures murder, dies at 88
Parker and Juliet Hulme killed Parker's mother in Christchurch in 1954. Released under a new name, Parker spent her later life in Kent and Orkney.
Category: Death Reports
Tetsuya Chiba, artist of the boxing manga Ashita no Joe, dies at 87
Chiba's Ashita no Joe shaped Japanese sports manga. He worked for about 70 years and was the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture.
Donnie Iris, Pittsburgh rock singer behind “Ah! Leah!”, dies at 83
Iris wrote the Jaggerz hit "The Rapper", then led the Cruisers to "Ah! Leah!" and "Love Is Like a Rock". He played his last show weeks before his death.
Sean Romeo, former Ohio State goalie, dies at 31
Romeo set Ohio State's shutout-streak record and backstopped the Buckeyes to the 2018 Frozen Four. He died of complications from a stroke and donated his organs.
May Bayot-De Castro, Himala stage star and Lani Misalucha’s sister, dies
The Filipino singer and actress won an Aliw Award as Elsa in the stage musical Himala, and returned to the show in 2019 as Elsa's mother.
Sheffi Paz, south Tel Aviv anti-migrant activist, dies at 74
A former left-wing and LGBT rights campaigner, Paz became the face of protests against African migrants in south Tel Aviv and was jailed in 2024.
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, Seville’s longest-serving democratic mayor, dies at 69
The Socialist doctor-turned-politician ran Seville from 1999 to 2011, bringing the tram, bike lanes, a pedestrian centre and the Metropol Parasol.
Heiko Weber, Carl Zeiss Jena forward who scored the last DDR-Oberliga goal, dies at 61
Weber played more than 300 games for Jena, scored the goal that took them into the unified 2. Bundesliga, and later coached them to two promotions.
Victor Anicet, Martinican ceramist and painter, dies at 88
The artist drew on Martinique's Amerindian past, co-founded the Fwomajé collective and saw a Saint-Pierre school named after him.
Tom DeSimone, director of Hell Night and Reform School Girls, dies at 87
The cult filmmaker directed Linda Blair in Hell Night, made the camp comedy Chatterbox, and later worked on Freddy's Nightmares and Swamp Thing.