Media
Broadcasters, editors and reporters who told us what was happening. 183 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Eliana Moreno† 2026 · Aerial journalistEli in the Heli: bilingual eye in the sky who covered Southern California from NewsChopper4.
95 candles · 6 tributes
Philippe Bouvard1929 – 2026 · JournalistFather of Les Grosses Tetes. 60 years on RTL. Wit that never retired.
95 candles · 5 tributes
Chucho Gallegos1941 – 2026 · Entertainment journalistHe made Mexican television a weekly reading habit, then stayed in the newsroom.
92 candles · 6 tributes
Robert Skidelsky1939 – 2026 · Economic historianDefinitive Keynes biographer who made economics a moral argument for the good life.
89 candles · 6 tributes
James Wehr1999 – 2026 · Car influencerCo-founder of the world's biggest weekly car show, remembered for building community one Saturday at a time.
88 candles · 7 tributes
Brian Fallon1933 – 2026 · Art criticIrish Times critic who made art feel spoken, not rarefied.
84 candles · 8 tributes
Milan Ohnisko1965 – 2026 · PoetHe lived by poetry, and treated every word as a duty to freedom.
84 candles · 3 tributes
Jing Yidan1955 – 2026 · Television hostThank you, world, for letting me walk through it. (感谢这世界，让我走过)
83 candles · 6 tributes
Benjamin Alire Sáenz1954 – 2026 · PoetBorder poet who made lonely boys feel seen, and made El Paso a universe of love.
83 candles · 7 tributes
Peter Thompson1952 – 2026 · Broadcast journalistABC voice of AM, Radio National Breakfast and Talking Heads; Franklin River campaigner and teacher of persuasion.
80 candles · 7 tributes
Stephen Walker† 2026 · JournalistBBC NI truth-teller; Hume and Trimble's biographer; Sky Blue to the end.
79 candles · 5 tributes- CChick Harrity† 2026 · Photojournalist
AP and U.S. News photographer who framed Vietnam, protest and Nixon's farewell.
78 candles · 7 tributes 
Alexey Vishnevetsky1965 – 2026 · JournalistThe union deputy who said journalism is a duty of responsibility, not a race to be first.
76 candles · 5 tributes
Victor Simpson1942 – 2026 · JournalistAP Rome bureau chief who covered five popes across four decades of foreign correspondence.
75 candles · 6 tributes
Jürg Marquard1945 – 2026 · Magazine publisherSwiss Mister Pop who turned borrowed francs into Cosmopolitan, Eastern titles and prime-time TV.
71 candles · 6 tributes
Karl Corino1942 – 2026 · Broadcast journalistMusil's detective: Transit voice for DDR letters, no forged marble left standing.
71 candles · 6 tributes
Bill Rasmussen1932 – 2026 · Sports broadcasterESPN's founder who turned a traffic-jam brainstorm into the world's first 24-hour sports network.
69 candles · 9 tributes
Karl Th. Birgisson1963 – 2026 · Political scientistEditor, broadcaster and political scientist who kept Icelandic debate sharp and words standing.
58 candles · 6 tributes
Slava Veder1926 – 2026 · PhotojournalistPulitzer photographer whose Burst of Joy froze a nation's homecoming.
58 candles · 9 tributes
Owen Ndlovu† 2026 · SABC sports presenterSABC sports voice who fought for musicians' rights and brought colour to the airwaves.
54 candles · 5 tributes
Felicity Green1926 – 2026 · Fashion journalistFleet Street's first lady who put Twiggy, Quant and Biba on the Mirror for millions.
51 candles · 9 tributes
Judy Markey1944 – 2026 · Radio hostWGN's Girlfriend whose candor and wit made Chicago feel heard.
50 candles · 8 tributes
Frank McDonald1950 – 2026 · AuthorIrish Times editor who defended Dublin and the climate.
45 candles · 7 tributes
Eugenia Apostol1925 – 2026 · PublisherInquirer founder who turned women's pages into a mosquito press that helped topple two presidents.
40 candles · 9 tributes
Chiche Gelblung1944 – 2026 · JournalistCurious, combative, never retired: Argentina's Chiche kept asking until the last broadcast.
40 candles · 5 tributes- GGarrett Jackson Hemeyer2000 – 2026 · Construction and accounting student
A quiet strength and fierce loyalty, held by faith through the hardest fight.
38 candles · 9 tributes 
Andy Donato1937 – 2026 · Editorial cartoonistToronto Sun franchise cartoonist who hid a bird in every frame.
35 candles · 7 tributes
Lloyd Robertson1934 – 2026 · Television and radio news anchorCanada's trusted anchor: that's the kind of day it's been.
32 candles · 6 tributes
Masao Yora1957 – 2026 · Political journalistMainichi political voice and Nスタ commentator who cut into Nagatacho with glasses, a mustache, and an evening column.
30 candles · 8 tributes
Duda Alves† 2026 · Social media creatorBrasília's TikTok voice who turned everyday annoyances into a community of hundreds of thousands.
29 candles · 8 tributes
David Marsden1941 – 2026 · Radio broadcasterThe voice of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, who opened Canadian airwaves to alternative music.
11 candles · 1 tributes
Manuel Otto† 2026 · Video game developerCreator of Stick Run, who gave millions of players a game he built as a schoolboy.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Claudia Whitworth† 2026 · Newspaper editor and publisherShe kept the Roanoke Tribune in print every week for 55 years, and put her community's good news first.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Martin Oliver Solis Dipasupil (DJ Martin D)1970 – 2026 · Radio disc jockeyA pioneering voice of MOR 101.9 who kept Metro Manila company for nearly thirty years.
10 candles · 1 tributes
John Baer1947 – 2026 · Political columnist and journalistPennsylvania's sharp-tongued Capitol chronicler for more than fifty years.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Sytze Faber1937 – 2026 · Political scientistFrisian independent thinker who served in parliament, led Hoogeveen and never stopped writing.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Bibhuti Pati† 2026 · JournalistOdia investigative and environmental reporter who served the state's newsrooms for decades.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Maggie Johnson1931 – 2026 · Model and fitness instructorClint Eastwood's first wife and mother of Kyle and Alison Eastwood.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Henri Maler1946 – 2026 · Philosophy teacherIf another world is possible, other media are possible too.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Mark Doyle† 2026 · British journalistBBC Africa correspondent who stayed in Kigali through the genocide and whose voice African listeners trusted.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Gideon Kutz1948 – 2026 · JournalistIsraeli Paris correspondent and Hebrew-press historian who bridged Israel, France and Europe for four decades.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Brendan Farrington† 2026 · JournalistHe covered Florida with fairness, humour and an open heart.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Ted Turner1938 – 2026 · Media entrepreneurHe gave the world news around the clock, then gave away his fortune to make it better and safer.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Robert Cosby Jr.† 2026 · Son of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member Mary CosbyOnly son of Mary Cosby; remembered with faith and love at 23.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Sheffi Paz1952 – 2026 · ActivistA south Tel Aviv activist who never stopped fighting for her neighbourhood as she saw it.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Antoine Spire1946 – 2026 · JournalistFrance Culture voice who gave the airwaves to great thinkers, to exiles and to the debate of ideas.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Ross Newhan1937 – 2026 · SportswriterHe wrote the story of Southern California baseball for more than forty years.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Bob Franken† 2026 · Journalist and television correspondentHe reported history live from Capitol Hill to Baghdad, always with a pun ready.
8 candles · 1 tributes