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Israeli Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, who is also a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science, at a press conference in Rehovot. (Flash90)
August 31, 2026, 9:45 pm
Nobel Prize-winning Israeli chemist Ada Yonath dies at 87
Noted for her groundbreaking research on ribosome crystals, Yonath was one of the country’s greatest scientific minds, winning numerous awards over her decades-long career
By ToI Staff
King Harald V of Norway leaves the Notre Dame cathedral after attending at the funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg, on May 4, 2019. (AP/Francisco Seco)
August 28, 2026, 12:59 pm
Norway’s King Harald V dies at age 89 after more than 35 years on throne
Norway mourns beloved king, Europe’s oldest monarch, as his son succeeds him; Herzog hails king’s ‘loyalty and devotion’
By Mark Lewis
Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on October 13, 2022. (AP/Andres Kudacki)
August 25, 2026, 10:17 pm
Dolly Parton, country music legend and beloved American cultural icon, dies at 80
Known for her unapologetically flashy style and soulful music, singer and philanthropist’s smash hits included ‘Jolene,’ ‘9 to 5’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’
By KRISTIN M. HALL
Jack Ukeles (Courtesy)
August 13, 2026, 11:15 am
Jack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 88
New Yorker turned Jerusalemite was in first graduating class of Bar Ilan University, studied changing face of American Jewry, and spoke out passionately against extremism in Israel
By Gary Rosenblatt
Kozo Okamoto, a member of the Japanese Red Army who carried out the May 30, 1972 attack on Lod Airport gives the victory sign to supporters as he arrives at a Palestinian cemetery to mark 50 years since the attack, in Beirut, Lebanon, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
July 23, 2026, 9:58 pm
Japanese Red Army terrorist behind deadly 1972 attack on Israeli airport dies at 78
Kozo Okamoto was sentenced to life in prison for attack that killed 26 people, but was freed 13 years later in a prisoner deal and moved to Lebanon, remaining there until his death
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker Haim Yavin attends a debate organized by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on March 6, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 22, 2026, 8:51 pm
Veteran news anchor Haim Yavin, Israel’s ‘Mr. Television,’ dies at 93
Yavin, who for decades was country’s main TV news host, coined a new word live on air upon Menachem Begin’s dramatic 1977 election, and announced Yitzhak Rabin’s 1995 assassination
By ToI Staff
US Senator Lindsey Graham makes remarks to journalists in Jerusalem, October 8, 2024. (AP/ Maya Alleruzzo)
July 12, 2026, 1:03 pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, outspoken backer of US-Israel relationship, dies at 71
Longtime Republican lawmaker helped shape Trump’s foreign policy on Iran and regularly visited Israel; Netanyahu sends condolences, saying state ‘lost one of its greatest friends’
By Seung Min Kim and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Former Supreme Court justice Edna Arbel speaks at the annual cyber week held at Tel Aviv University on June 25, 2017. (Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 6:23 pm
Edna Arbel, former state attorney and Supreme Court justice, dies at 82
Arbel took part in Justice Ministry probe into Bus 300 affair, was on staff of state inquiry into Sabra and Shatila massacre, before becoming Tel Aviv District Court judge in 1988
By Michael Horovitz
Clive Davis, chief creative officer of Sony Music, appears during press day in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 23, 2014, prior to Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala. (Casey Curry/Invision/AP)
June 23, 2026, 4:35 am
Influential Jewish rock-and-roll executive Clive Davis dies at 94
Music industry exec who played key role in careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Barry Manilow and Aretha Franklin, said after October 7 that he could not ‘be silent about antisemitism’
By Agencies
Economist Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, is seen in his office in Washington, October 18, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 22, 2026, 4:10 pm
Alan Greenspan, who led US Federal Reserve for five terms, dies at 100
Known deferentially as ‘Oracle’ and ‘Maestro,’ long-term Fed chair oversaw a period of US economic growth, but 2008 crisis, which began just after he left office, marred his legacy
By PAUL WISEMAN
Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist, reclining on one of his works at the Georges Pompidou Art Center, June 28, 2003, in Paris, where his works of kinetic sculpture were on exhibit. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
June 21, 2026, 2:51 pm
Yaacov Agam, pioneering Israeli kinetic artist and Israel Prize laureate, dies at 98
Sculptor celebrated for his vibrant geometric shapes and interactive works created the iconic Fire and Water Fountain in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square, among numerous other pieces
By Biranit Goren and Jessica Steinberg
Mona Khalil looks at a turtle on the coast of the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, August 12, 2002. (Jihad Seqlawi/AFP)
June 21, 2026, 12:37 pm
Renowned Lebanese turtle conservationist succumbs to wounds sustained in Israeli strike
Mona Khalil, 76, was the founder of a sea turtle sanctuary near Tyre; IDF says she wasn’t a target, but acknowledges carrying out strikes in the area after an evacuation warning
By ToI Staff and AFP
Cara Trager at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in January 2026. (Courtesy of Rachel Sales)
June 11, 2026, 1:44 pm
Cara Trager, beloved Queens Jewish communal leader and lifelong journalist, dies at 71
A Bronx-born writer who was ‘hungry for Judaism’ from a young age, Trager wrote for Newsday until her death, loved Israel, and was involved in myriad Jewish institutions and causes
By Grace Gilson
Former French first lady Bernadette Chirac attends a a tribute ceremony to French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris, on July 5, 2017. (Michel Euler / POOL / AFP)
June 6, 2026, 6:16 pm
Bernadette Chirac, formidable former first lady of France, dies at 93
Chirac spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace alongside her husband, Jacques, enduring infidelity and building power of her own. ‘A great lady of the heart has departed’ says Macron
By Thomas Adamson
French sociologist and philosopher Edgar Morin speaks during his conference on December 6, 2007 in Mexico City. (Photo by Ronaldo SCHEMIDT / AFP)
May 30, 2026, 1:32 pm
French-Jewish intellectual Edgar Morin, ‘grandfather’ of France,’ dies at 104
Born to Greek-Jewish immigrants, Morin shied away from being defined by his Jewishness; was sharply critical of Israel; beloved in France for his explorations of the big questions of the day
By Clare BYRNE
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