People from United States

206 people remembered here.

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  James T. Laney

  1927 – 2026 · Methodist minister

  Led Emory's quantum jump and sought peace on the Korean peninsula.

  39 candles · 4 tributes
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  Lucien Smith

  1989 – 2026 · Multidisciplinary artist (painting

  From Rain Paintings to Serving the People and FOOD, he turned early market fame into community.

  38 candles · 7 tributes
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  Jonathan Cooper

  1950 – 2026 · Violinmaker (luthier)

  He made fiddles meant to sing for centuries, one at a time.

  36 candles · 9 tributes
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  Dash Crofts

  1938 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter

  Seals & Crofts harmony and mandolin; Summer Breeze still softens the room.

  36 candles · 6 tributes
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  Dory Funk Jr.

  1941 – 2026 · Professional wrestler

  Never quit: NWA world champion, Hall of Famer, and Ocala's master teacher.

  35 candles · 4 tributes
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  Willie Mays

  1931 – 2024 · Professional baseball player (center fielder)

  Say Hey forever: five-tool brilliance, joy, and The Catch.

  35 candles · 8 tributes
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  Nina Shipman

  1938 – 2026 · Film and television actress

  Fox starlet, Western guest star, Nell Shipman's granddaughter. Screen craft across three decades.

  34 candles · 4 tributes
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  Brian Dyson

  1935 – 2026 · Business executive

  Coca-Cola leader who launched Diet Coke, weathered New Coke, and taught the world work is rubber, the rest is glass.

  34 candles · 5 tributes
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  Robin Morgan

  1941 – 2026 · Poet

  Poet and Sisterhood editor who made radical feminism audible, global, and impossible to ignore.

  33 candles · 10 tributes
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  Bill Dundee

  1943 – 2026 · Professional wrestler

  Memphis Superstar. Circus flyer turned territory legend. Forever Lawler's greatest rival and partner.

  31 candles · 6 tributes
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  Victor Miller

  1940 – 2026 · Screenwriter

  He wrote the original Friday the 13th, then spent decades making daytime drama and reclaiming his words.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker

  1932 – 2026 · U.S. Senator

  Kansas senator who led HIPAA, broke barriers, and chose independence over party lines.

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  Frank Beard

  1949 – 2026 · Musician

  Texas shuffle keeper of ZZ Top, the man with no beard, whose backbeat kept the little ol' band on top.

  0 candles · 0 tributes
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  Don Nelson

  1940 – 2026 · NBA player

  Five-time Celtics champ and Hall of Fame coach who invented Nellie Ball and remade the modern NBA.

  0 candles · 0 tributes