Comedy

People remembered for their work in comedy. 19 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

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  Catherine O'Hara

  1954 – 2026 · Actress

  Moira, Kate, Delia: she made comedy feel like love and chaos at once.

  144 candles · 24 tributes
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  Bill Oddie

  1941 – 2026 · Comedian

  My ashes can be scattered on Hampstead Heath. I love it there.

  89 candles · 7 tributes
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  Marty Nadler

  1945 – 2026 · Television writer-producer

  Comic's comic who wrote the laughs and shared the stage.

  84 candles · 9 tributes
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  Great Gidayu

  1958 – 2026 · Japanese comedian

  Takeshi Army's Benkei: guitar, rakugo, and laughter through dialysis.

  74 candles · 9 tributes
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  Jim Geoghan

  1947 – 2026 · Television writer

  From Bronx club stages to the Tipton Hotel, he kept children laughing and parents trusting the half hour.

  72 candles · 10 tributes
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  Noël Godin

  1945 – 2026 · Writer

  Entartons les pompeux cornichons: Belgium's anarchist pie thrower who pied the powerful.

  65 candles · 5 tributes
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  Nariko Ott

  † 2026 · Stand-up comedian

  Portland comedian, mentor, and a guaranteed killer on any stage.

  28 candles · 7 tributes
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  Reggie McFadden

  1968 – 2026 · Stand-up comedian

  Brooklyn comic who turned the projects into punchlines, from Def Comedy Jam and In Living Color to a new life in Tanzania.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Bob Newhart

  1929 – 2024 · Stand-up comedian

  Button-down deadpan that made America lean in and listen.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Oleksandr "Venya" Venedchuk

  1994 – 2026 · Comedian and television performer

  Ukrainian comedian who lit up League of Laughter as Venya of Veterans of the Space Forces.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jolly Goodfellow

  1972 – 2026 · Clown

  Australian jester who lived as Rumpel, the Cirque Fool on the Hill and king of marathon clown shows.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Vladimir McTavish

  1955 – 2026 · Stand-up comedian

  Scotland's fearless, generous comic voice who made every green room brighter.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tom Dreesen

  1939 – 2026 · Stand-up comedian

  He opened for Sinatra, made Carson laugh, and never stopped telling stories.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Enrique Espejo (Yuca)

  1951 – 2026 · Actor and comedian

  Peruvian TV comedian known as Yuca, sidekick and improviser across four decades of sketch shows.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ryotaro Shimizu

  1988 – 2026 · Actor

  Actor, singer and impressionist who followed his father Akira Shimizu into the family trade, and whose voice made every song his own.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Stanisław Szelc

  1943 – 2026 · Satirist

  Wrocław satirist of Kabaret Elita and Studio 202 whose dry wit shaped Polish radio and cabaret for decades.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ronnie Golden

  † 2026 · Singer

  Fabulous Poodles frontman who helped invent musical alternative comedy.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Huguette St-Denis

  1964 – 2026 · Humorist

  Quebec teacher turned comedy writer who co-wrote Les Dangereux and helped shape a generation of TV laughs.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Asif Iqbal

  † 2026 · Stage comedian

  Lahore stage comic known as Pheena, remembered for timing, mischief and live theatre.

  3 candles · 1 tributes