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Obituaries

260 people whose deaths the archives marked, in obituaries, tributes and funeral speeches from 18 archives; 52 of them were mourned in more than one. Political obituaries, written for someone still living or for a movement, are here too (7).

Only some archives file their obituaries as such. The rest were found by reading every page’s title and opening, so a tribute that opens like an ordinary article may be missing. Dates of death were read from the obituaries, or the life years printed with them, for 228 people; for the rest the date of the first obituary stands in, marked “obituary” rather than “died”.

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A

  1. Alec Acheson died the week before 25 March 1996

  2. Saghir Ahmad died 7 July 1971

  3. Aïssat Idir died 28 July 1959

  4. Isaac Akcelrud died 16 September 1994

  5. Mehmet Aksoy died 26 September 2017

  6. Leandro Alejandro died 19 September 1987

  7. Neville Alexander died 27 August 2012

  8. Louis Althusser died 22 October 1990

  9. Christos Anastasiadis died 12 September 1987

  10. Ana Maria (Mélida Anaya Montes) died 6 April 1983

  11. John Anderson died 17 February 1989

  12. Juan Andrade died 1 May 1981

  13. John Archer died 23 December 2000

  14. Andoni Arrizabalaga died 1 August 1984

  15. Samad Asari Eskandari died 17 July 1981

  16. Isaac Asimov died 6 April 1992

  17. Abu-Baker Asvat died 27 January 1989

  18. Clement Attlee died 8 October 1967

B

  1. Simone de Beauvoir died 14 April 1986

  2. Ahlem Belhadj died 11 March 2023

  3. Caroline Benn died 22 November 2000

  4. Tony Benn died 14 March 2014

  5. Daniel Bensaïd died 12 January 2010

  6. Aneurin Bevan political obituary 1969

  7. Benazir Bhutto political obituary 1990

  8. Hugo Blanco died 25 June 2023

  9. Sylvia Bleeker obituary 26 December 1988

  10. Willy Boepples obituary 9 November 1992

  11. José Borras Medina died 25 October 1993

  12. Georges Boudarel died 26 December 2003

  13. Mark Bracegirdle died 22 June 1999

  14. Fernando Bravo James died 17 November 1962

  15. George Breitman died 19 April 1986

  16. André Breton died 28 September 1966

  17. Emilio Brodziak Amaya died 10 October 1999

C

  1. James P. Cannon died 21 August 1974

  2. Salvador Cayetano Carpio 'Marcial' died 12 April 1983

  3. Fidel Castro died 25 November 2016

  4. Tomas Chambi died August 1971

  5. René Char died 19 February 1988

  6. Chen Bilan died 7 September 1987

  7. George Chomalou died 4 December 1991

  8. Walter Citrine died 22 January 1983

  9. Tony Cliff died 9 April 2000

  10. Eddie Coles obituary June 2002

  11. Le Corbusier died 27 August 1965

  12. Fred Coriolan died 26 April 1986

  13. Seamus Costello died 5 October 1977

  14. Bob Crow died 11 March 2014

  15. Bob Cullen died 30 March 2025

D

  1. Dandy died 28 August 1988

  2. Dang van Long died 6 December 2001

  3. Neil Davidson died 3 May 2020

  4. Miles Davis died 28 September 1991

  5. Colvin R. de Silva died 27 February 1989

  6. Emile Dedonder obituary July 1962

  7. A.R. Desai died 12 November 1994

  8. Isaac Deutscher died 19 August 1967

  9. Hugo Dewar died 14 June 1980

  10. Nabila Djahnine died 15 February 1995

  11. Farrell Dobbs died 31 October 1983

  12. Robert Dustin Dullea died 22 August 1996

  13. Vincent Raymond Dunne died 17 February 1970

E

  1. Miguel Enriquez died 5 October 1974

  2. Ceri Evans obituary August 2002

F

  1. Alf Filer died 23 June 2011

  2. Harry Finch died 15 August 1976

  3. Joe Fitzgerald died 30 March 1962

  4. Joe Flexer died 31 July 2000

  5. Roger Foirier died 19 January 1989

  6. Paul Foot died 18 July 2004

  7. Dai Francis died March 1981

  8. Pierre Frank died 18 April 1984

  9. Joseph Frey died 17 March 1957

  10. Bob Fryer died 28 February 1993

G

  1. Luciano Galicia died 17 January 1997

  2. Willie Gallacher died 12 August 1965

  3. Sanjay Gandhi died 23 June 1980

  4. Max Geldman obituary 6 February 1989

  5. George (surname not printed) died November 1982

  6. Eileen Gersh died 18 March 1998

  7. Jos Geudens died 9 March 2010

  8. Frank Glass died 21 March 1988

  9. Reuben Goldberg died earlier in 1998

  10. Albert Goldman obituary 1960

  11. Arturo Gómez obituary 22 July 1976

  12. Juan José Gonzalez obituary 23 March 1987

  13. Libardo Gonzalez died 27 March 2000

  14. Clive Goodwin died 16 November 1977

  15. Sam Gordon died 12 March 1982

  16. Mick Gosling died 7 April 2021

  17. Stephen Jay Gould died 20 May 2002

  18. Peter Gowan died 12 June 2009

  19. Daniel Guérin died 14 April 1988

  20. Che Guevara died 9 October 1967

  21. Tom Gustaffson obituary March 1987

  22. Tom Gustafsson died 7 February 1987

  23. Svava Guðmundsdóttir died 20 October 1987

H

  1. Stuart Hall died 10 February 2014

  2. Fred Halstead died 2 June 1988

  3. Joseph Hansen died 18 January 1979

  4. Terry Harrison died 7 September 2000

  5. Celia Hart Santamaría died 7 September 2008

  6. Hatzidanilidis obituary 8 November 1963

  7. Gerry Healy died 14 December 1989

  8. Ellis Hillman died 21 January 1996

  9. Basil Hinton died July 2004

  10. Oskar Hippe died 13 March 1990

  11. Ho Chi Minh died 2 September 1969

  12. Hoang Binh died 31 October 2000

  13. Eric Hobsbawm died 1 October 2012

  14. Guy Hocquenghem died 28 August 1988

  15. Bernie Hynes died 31 March 1999

I

  1. Harold Isaacs died 9 July 1986

J

  1. C. L. R. James died 31 May 1989

  2. Miriam James died 14 December 1986

  3. Gerard Jean-Juste died 27 May 2009

  4. Sharad Jhaveri obituary 30 October 1989

  5. Paulino Joaniquina died late 1976

  6. Jack Jones died 21 April 2009

  7. Pat Jordan obituary October 2001

  8. Georg Jungclas died 11 September 1975

K

  1. Kato Shigeru obituary November 1995

  2. Mairin Keegan died 7 January 1972

  3. Penny Kemp died 12 June 2021

  4. Rifat Kendirligil obituary February 1998

  5. Tom Kerry died 8 January 1983

  6. Lal Khan died 21 February 2020

  7. Ben M. Kies died 19 December 1979

  8. Helmut Kohl political obituary 1998

  9. James Kutcher died 10 February 1989

L

  1. Rafael Lasala died 29 August 1976

  2. Alfonso Leonetti died 26 December 1984

  3. Leonora Lloyd died 23 January 2002

  4. Marcel Lorent died 22 December 1983

  5. Lou Guohua died 8 March 1995

  6. Frank Lovell died 1 May 1998

  7. Sarah Rebecca Lovell died 14 June 1994

  8. Hugh Lowe died 17 April 2016

  9. Rayner O'Connor Lysaght died 9 July 2021

  10. Trofim Lysenko died 20 November 1976

M

  1. Ian MacDonald died 15 November 2009

  2. Malcolm X died 21 February 1965

  3. Ernest Mandel died 20 July 1995

  4. Sherry Mangan died 24 June 1961

  5. Ed Mann died 23 March 1992

  6. Mao Zedong died 9 September 1976

  7. Herbert Marcuse died 29 July 1979

  8. Bob Marley died 11 May 1981

  9. André Marty died 23 November 1956

  10. Jim Masters died December 1978

  11. Ingrid McClements died 5 December 2008

  12. Jim McVicar died 3 December 2020

  13. Ramon Mercader died 18 October 1978

  14. Matt Merrigan died 15 June 2000

  15. Ralph Miliband died 21 May 1994

  16. Vinod Mishra died 18 December 1998

  17. Raymond Molinier obituary December 1994

  18. Georg Moltved died 6 March 1971

  19. François Moreau died 3 September 1993

  20. Nahuel Moreno died 25 January 1987

  21. Mandy Mudd (Golding) died 31 October 2011

  22. A.J. Muste died 11 February 1967

N

  1. P.K. Naimar obituary June 1996

  2. Gamal Abdel Nasser died 28 September 1970

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru died 27 May 1964

  4. Agostinho Neto died 10 September 1979

  5. Gil Nicasio obituary November 1944

  6. Jabra Nicola died 28 December 1974

  7. Kyoji Nishi died 29 April 1980

O

  1. Fabricio Ojeda died 21 June 1966

  2. Jeanette Olsen obituary 1959

  3. J.O.B. Omotosho died 20 May 1967

P

  1. Michel Pablo died 17 February 1996

  2. Dave Packer died 3 July 2012

  3. Anton Pannekoek died 28 April 1960

  4. Will Paynter political obituary February 1969

  5. The Peace People political obituary 1980

  6. Blair Peach died 24 April 1979

  7. Geof Pearce died 19 February 1998

  8. Mario Pedrosa died 5 November 1981

  9. Peng Shuzhi died 28 November 1983

  10. Bob Pennington died mid-September 1996

  11. Jim Percy died 12 October 1992

  12. Juan Perón died 1 July 1974

  13. Vincent Placoly died early January 1992

  14. Juan Posadas died May 1981

  15. Dennis Potter died 7 June 1994

  16. Nicos Poulantzas died 3 October 1979

  17. Rodolphe Prager obituary June 2002

R

  1. Hamid Rechidi died 3 March 1990

  2. Evelyn Reed died 22 June 1979

  3. Lou Reed died 27 October 2013

  4. Frank Ridley died 27 March 1994

  5. Fernando Riestra obituary 1998

  6. Alan Roberts died 12 December 2017

  7. Derek Robinson died November 2017

  8. Terry Rodgers died May 2001

  9. Germán Rodríguez died 8 July 1978

  10. Roman Rosdolsky obituary April 1968

  11. Roger Rosewall political obituary 1983

  12. Alfred Rosmer died 6 May 1964

S

  1. Sabaratnam Sabalingham died 1 May 1994

  2. Manuel Sacristán died the end of August 1985

  3. Edward Said died 25 September 2003

  4. António de Oliveira Salazar political obituary 1968

  5. Wolfgang Vaclav Salus died 4 March 1953

  6. Ettore Salvini died 14 March 1976

  7. Eulogio Sanchez Tolada died 31 March 1989

  8. Necdet Saraç died 2002

  9. Ken Saro-Wiwa died 10 November 1995

  10. Jean-Paul Sartre died 15 April 1980

  11. Enrique Schmidt-Cuadra died 5 November 1984

  12. Gisela Scholtz died 14 February 1982

  13. Hans-Jürgen Schulz died 15 July 1998

  14. Natalia Sedova-Trotsky died 23 January 1962

  15. Raul Sendic died 28 April 1989

  16. Victor Serge died 18 November 1947

  17. Ken Shilman died 7 September 1989

  18. Brenda Silvara ("Marita") died 3 January 1999

  19. Louis Sinclair died 7 July 1990

  20. Bret Smiley died 5 February 1999

  21. Bob Smith died 24 April 1994

  22. Linda Smith died 27 February 2006

  23. Henk Sneevliet died 13 April 1942

  24. Alice Snipper died 31 December 1987

  25. Milton Snipper died 10 December 1985

  26. Yoshio Soki died 21 July 1973

  27. Tony Southall died 22 May 2002

  28. Ray Sparrow died 16 November 1985

  29. Larry Stewart died 16 November 1984

  30. John Strachey died 15 July 1963

  31. Sun Liangsi died 11 May 1987

  32. Mikhail Suslov died 25 January 1982

  33. Swedish comrade (name not printed) obituary 22 February 1974

T

  1. Isaac Bangani Tabata died 15 October 1990

  2. Ernie Tate died 5 February 2021

  3. Tran Van Sam died early December 1990

  4. Greg Tucker died 6 April 2008

V

  1. Emile Van Ceulen died 28 July 1987

  2. Charlie van Gelderen died 26 October 2001

  3. Jean van Heijenoort died 25 March 1986

  4. Ernesto Vasquez de Leon died 25 July 1982

  5. Panatt Vasu died 26 July 1988

  6. François Vercammen died 16 June 2015

  7. Libero Villone died 11 November 1970

  8. Georges Vitsoris died 14 July 1954

  9. Esteban Volkov died 16 June 2023

W

  1. Celia Stodola Wald died 7 May 1992

  2. Wang Fanxi died 30 December 2002

  3. Andy Warhol died 22 February 1987

  4. George Weissman died 28 March 1985

  5. Harry Wicks obituary June 1989

  6. Mick Woods died 19 July 2018

  7. Paul Wozny died 20 September 1998

Y

  1. Boris Yeltsin died 23 April 2007

  2. Yon Sosa died May 1970

Z

  1. Zheng Chaolin died 1 August 1998

  2. Zhou Enlai died 8 January 1976

  3. Alexandre Zimine obituary September 1986