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Mercedes Callejas Bonilla, widow of prominent Honduran banker and businessman Jorge Bueso Arias, has died at 98; her funeral mass is set for October 15 at the Basílica de Suyapa in Tegucigalpa.

Julio Cantero, a gemologist and cultural advocate who coordinated Banco Atlántida's Virtual Museum and promoted Honduran art and numismatics, died on October 10, 2026.

Rev. Dr. Glen Solomon, a prominent religious figure and community leader in the Bay Islands who founded a children's home, taught at a local school, and helped establish a Christian radio station, was remembered at his funeral as a man whose faith and service shaped generations of islanders.

Reverend Glen Solomon, a Roatán Baptist pastor and former congressman from the Bay Islands who championed National Bible Day legislation, has died; his funeral was held on Roatán on October 1.

Glen R. Solomon, a former congressman from the Bay Islands who championed the 1987 law establishing Honduras's National Bible Day on the last Sunday of September, died in Roatán on September 27—the very date of that annual observance.

Carlos Mejía, a Honduran fashion designer known for his work on beauty pageants and television, died on September 8; no cause has been disclosed.

Lester Abel Martínez, a social-media communicator and owner of the Revista Digital Honduras page with 140,000 followers, has died in Madrid after a brief illness; he was 28.

Ella Laboriel, a singer and actress of Honduran descent who broke ground in Mexican rock during the 1960s and worked across music, film, and theater, died of a pulmonary illness in Tampico at 77.

Bessy Carolina Martínez de Centeno, a prominent Honduran journalist, has died; the National College of Journalists issued a statement mourning the loss of its member.

Rev. Mario Orlando Ordóñez Pavón, a prominent evangelical pastor who led Ministerio Vida Hoy for 25 years and worked with Christian media outlets HRVC and Stereo Luz, died on July 5 at age 58 from natural causes.

Arístides Aceituno, the founding director of the digital news outlet Hondudiario, died Thursday in Tegucigalpa after a battle with a brain tumor.

Arístides Aceituno Calderón, founder of Hondudiario.com and a respected figure in Honduran journalism who served as an adviser to the presidential office, died at 67 following complications from surgery.

Gustavo Ramos, a respected Honduran journalist who worked for Radio Globo, Hable Como Habla, and Radio Nacional de Honduras, died on June 2 at 63; colleagues honored his decades of commitment to professional journalism and public service.

Karolay Castillo, the San Pedro Sula designer who brought Garífuna heritage to the international fashion world, has died of a heart attack at 42, a loss mourned across Honduras's cultural and creative community.