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.

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  Patrick Dele Cole

  1940 – 2026 · Historian

  Scholar, newspaperman and diplomat who gave the Daily Times its editorial board and Nigeria a fearless, principled voice.

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  Fernando Confessore

  1968 – 2026 · Meteorologist and television weather presenter

  The weatherman Argentines saw on TN for thirty years, who made forecasting plain and friendly.

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  William J. "Bill" Sheaffer

  † 2026 · Criminal defense attorney and television legal analyst

  The WFTV legal analyst who explained Florida's hardest trials in plain English.

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  Robert S. "Bob" Raines

  1951 – 2026 · Newspaper photographer

  For 44 years he photographed Ambler's parades, games and neighbours, and the town kept his pictures.

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  Steve McKinney

  1962 – 2026 · Journalist and broadcaster

  Bahamian journalist and voice of Hard Copy, who pressed the powerful for answers.

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  Allan Wallett

  1944 – 2026 · Radio presenter

  The shearer who became the morning voice of the Riverina for more than forty years.

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  Hesham Yahya

  1963 – 2026 · Journalist

  A storyteller of Egypt's press and screen, who met every turn of life with a smile.

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  Jason Vondersmith

  1965 – 2026 · Journalist and editor

  Oregon newsman who could find a good story in anything, from a hockey game to a rock concert.

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  Anatoly Kashpirovsky

  1939 – 2026 · Psychotherapist

  Late-Soviet TV psychotherapist whose 1989 health sessions reached millions.

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  Umberto Pizzi

  1937 – 2026 · Photojournalist

  Sixty years of Italian history, from hunger to Cafonal, through one relentless lens.

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  Angela Stribling

  † 2026 · Television host

  BET Screen Scene host and Quiet Storm voice whose jazz and radio work warmed D.C. nights.

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  Paul Giorgio

  † 2026 · Publisher

  Worcester publisher and Pulse Magazine founder who spent a lifetime boosting his city.

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  Sandra "Sandy" Jean Crooms

  1960 – 2026 · Editorial director

  A university press editor who spent her career helping scholars' books find their readers.

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  John Penley

  † 2026 · Photojournalist and Lower East Side activist

  New York City's cuddliest anarchist, who photographed and fought for the East Village he loved.

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  Vsevolod Bogdanov

  1944 – 2026 · Journalist

  Long-serving chairman of Russia's Union of Journalists.

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  Smokin' Jim Frazier

  1960 – 2026 · Sportswriter

  Pittsburgh sportswriter and TV voice who lived and breathed football.

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  Mars Akhmetshin

  1948 – 2026 · Writer and editor

  Bashkir writer whose stories taught children kindness, honesty and selflessness.

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  Gisbert Baltes

  † 2026 · WDR radio and television presenter

  Hier ist Köln, hier ist der Alter Markt! The Sauerland voice who brought Cologne Carnival to all of Germany.

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  Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman

  1949 – 2026 · Journalist

  Freedom fighter, Ittefaq reporter, twice president of the National Press Club and MP for Faridganj.

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  Adam Wolke

  1988 – 2026 · Live streamer and presenter (SkylineTV)

  The streamer who took his audience everywhere with him, live.

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  Gene Schwam

  † 2026 · Publicist

  Hollywood publicist for seventy years, from Elvis Presley to Julie Andrews.

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  Noah Adams

  1942 – 2026 · Radio journalist

  The quiet, curious voice of All Things Considered, who listened to America and wrote down what it told him.

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  Gamal Nkrumah

  1958 – 2026 · Journalist and editor

  Journalist and Pan-Africanist who carried his father's vision of African unity.

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  Sílvio Barsetti

  1965 – 2026 · Sports journalist and author

  A Rio reporter with a nose for the story, who broke the Morumbi scoop and never stopped writing.

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  Hattie Massey Leeper

  1928 – 2026 · Radio disc jockey

  Chatty Hatty, North Carolina's first Black woman on the radio, who used her voice to lift others.

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  Laila Rasheed

  1950 – 2026 · Memoirist

  Prem Nazir's eldest daughter and keeper of Laila Cottage's story.

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  Klaus Bresser

  1936 – 2026 · Television journalist

  He asked the powerful the questions viewers wanted answered.

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  Nobuo Inaba

  1950 – 2026 · Banker

  Bank of Japan director and Ricoh chair who led NHK through fee cuts and the NHK One era.

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  Robert X. Cringely

  1953 – 2026 · Technology journalist

  The irreverent chronicler of Silicon Valley who brought the story of the nerds to millions.

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  Lori Moore

  † 2026 · Radio and television host

  Kalamazoo's morning voice for decades, who turned her airtime into help for her city.

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  Avaz Zeynalli

  1970 – 2026 · Investigative journalist

  Azerbaijani investigative journalist who paid for exposing corruption with years in prison.

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  Louise Botting

  1939 – 2026 · Financial journalist

  The first voice of Money Box, who made personal finance clear for millions and broke barriers for women in the City.

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  Susy Aponte

  † 2026 · Journalist

  A journalist and candidate who kept speaking after the threats came.

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  Rose Friedman

  † 2026 · NPR culture editor

  An editor who preferred truth to buzz, and books to hot takes.

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  Frank Bridel

  1924 – 2026 · journalist

  Lausanne journalist and writer who edited the Gazette de Lausanne and later chronicled Swiss life into his second century.

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  Deirdre McSharry

  1932 – 2026 · Magazine editor

  The editor who made British Cosmopolitan witty, frank and unmissable.

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  Rod Liddle

  1960 – 2026 · Journalist

  Provocative British columnist and broadcaster who edited BBC Radio 4's Today and wrote for The Spectator, The Sunday Times and The Sun.

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  Dermot Murnaghan

  1957 – 2026 · Journalist

  The calm, sharp voice who told Britain its biggest news, then urged every man to get tested.

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  Anne Lunde

  † 2026 · Journalist and local historian

  Northwest Side reporter and historian who kept local memory in print.

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  El Komanche

  1996 – 2026 · Streamer and content creator

  Salvadoran streamer who helped build the Squid Craft Games for millions of Spanish-speaking viewers.

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  Augusto Delkáder

  † 2026 · Journalist and media executive

  El País founder and SER chief who lived by one rule: when in doubt, do journalism.

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  Dennis Vargas Marín

  1952 – 2026 · Radio journalist

  The voice who helped build RPP's newsroom and brought Quechua to a World Cup broadcast.

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  Ann Hornaday

  1960 – 2026 · Film critic and journalist

  She taught readers how to watch movies, with warmth, rigor and never a cheap shot.

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  Amber Siyavus

  † 2026 · Reality television personality

  Big Brother 8's Whamber, who showed America it was okay to cry.

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  Mad Sandhu (Madhusudan Sandhu)

  † 2026 · Makeup artist

  Amritsar makeup artist who lived openly and taught others to accept themselves.

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  Christiana Ruggeri

  1969 – 2026 · Journalist (Rai Tg2)

  Tg2 journalist and author who told the world's stories and stood always on the side of children and animals.

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  Lito Sousa

  1967 – 2026 · Aircraft mechanic

  He taught millions that understanding airplanes can quiet the fear of flying.

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  M.A. Krishnan

  † 2026 · RSS pracharak

  The RSS pracharak who guided Balagokulam and decades of Kerala's cultural organising.

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