Wikinews:Obituary from Wikipedia

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This is the landing page for links from Wikipedia articles on persons who are recently deceased. Listed below are the 5 most recent Wikinews obituary articles.

As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is an inappropriate Wikimedia Foundation project to host an obituary on. Such articles are within the project scope of Wikinews, and visitors from Wikipedia are welcome to edit them. You may wish to review the Wikinews introduction prior to contributing, but please bear in mind some critical points listed below the recent obituaries.

Recent deaths

Note: More listed in Category:Obituaries

• 26 November 2023: Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
• 25 August 2023: Russian government: Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin recorded on plane that crashed without survivors
• 13 June 2023: Italy: Former PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at age 86
• 7 March 2023: "National treasure": Former Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at age 82
• 27 February 2023: US singer Madonna's elder brother Anthony Ciccone dies at age 66
• 16 February 2023: US actress and model Raquel Welch dies at age 82
• 2 January 2023: Pope Benedict XVI dies at age 95
• 30 November 2022: US Representative Donald McEachin dies at age 61
• 26 September 2022: United Kingdom buries Queen Elizabeth II after state funeral
• 31 August 2022: Former leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev dies at age 91

Critical points before editing a Wikinews obituary

• Articles are not a work in progress, they are a snapshot of what is known at a specific point in time
  • No substantial edits (content addition or removal) should be made 48 hours after an article's publication
  • No sources dated after the publication date of the article should be used
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