Explanation

Oscar Schmidt was a Brazilian professional basketball player.

Born: 1958

Died: 2026

Aged: 58

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Explanation

Oscar Schmidt was a Brazilian professional basketball player.

Born: 1958

Died: 2026

Aged: 58

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Explanation

Michael John Knight Smith was an English cricketer and rugby union player.

Smith played in fifty Tests for England between 1958 and 1972 and was captain of England twenty-five times.

Born: 1933

Died: 2026

Aged: 92

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Michael John Knight Smith was an English cricketer and rugby union player.

Smith played in fifty Tests for England between 1958 and 1972 and was captain of England twenty-five times.

Born: 1933

Died: 2026

Aged: 92

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• On 19 May 2024, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed near the Azerbaijan-Iran border.
• Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and several others were killed in the accident.
• A total of 9 people lost their lives in the crash.

Additional Information:

• Pakistan observed a day of mourning on 21 May 2024 after the tragic incident.
• Ebrahim Raisi served as the President of Iran from 2021 to 2024.

Last verified on 10-05-2026

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Leone Zanardi was an Italian racing driver and para-cyclist who competed in Formula One.

In para-cycling, he won four Paralympic gold medals and 12 UCI Road World Championships.

He died on 1 May 2026 at the age of 59.

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Leone Zanardi was an Italian racing driver and para-cyclist who competed in Formula One.

In para-cycling, he won four Paralympic gold medals and 12 UCI Road World Championships.

He died on 1 May 2026 at the age of 59.

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Explanation

Sayyid Kamal Kharazi was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Iran from 1997 to 2005.

He died on 9 April 2026 from wounds sustained in an airstrike during the 2026 US-Israel war on Iran.

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Explanation

Brigadier General Masoud Zare was a senior Iranian military commander serving as the commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense College.

He was killed in a joint U.S.–Israeli airstrike in Isfahan province, Iran in April 2026.

The strike targeted Iran’s air defense infrastructure amid the wider Middle East conflict.

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Explanation

Majid Khademi was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who served as head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization from 2022 and of the IRGC Intelligence Organization from 2025 until his assassination in an Israeli airstrike during the 2026 Iran war.