People from United States
999 people remembered here.
James "Gypsy" Haake1932 – 2026 · Drag entertainerBroadway gypsy, La Cage MC and Palm Springs cabaret elder who kept sequins and punchlines flying past 90.
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Brian Dyson1935 – 2026 · Business executiveCoca-Cola leader who launched Diet Coke, weathered New Coke, and taught the world work is rubber, the rest is glass.
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Sebastian Leith II1983 – 2023 · Instrument technicianBeaumont tradesman, husband and dad remembered as Bandsome.
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Jon Kyl1942 – 2026 · PoliticianArizona senator and Minority Whip who returned briefly to fill John McCain's seat.
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Steve Luke† 2026 · Track and field coachDanville and Illinois State pole vault coach who taught athletes to meet hard moments with courage.
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Jacob Graner1998 – 2026 · College football playerFormer UTSA lineman remembered for his laugh, loyalty, and love of his boys.
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Nebraska I-back and 1977 Grey Cup champion with the Montreal Alouettes.
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Bill Dundee1943 – 2026 · Professional wrestlerMemphis Superstar. Circus flyer turned territory legend. Forever Lawler's greatest rival and partner.
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Juan Martin Marquez Luna† 2026 · Garfield Ridge residentA Garfield Ridge father whose death renewed calls for safer streets on Archer.
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Emily McNamara† 2026 · Ice hockey coachThree-time national champion Panther who became a Division III coach of the year.
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Barry T. Parker1932 – 2026 · AttorneyNew Jersey Assembly Speaker and Senate Minority Leader who sought the governorship in 1981.
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Andy Williams1977 – 2026 · Rhythm guitarist (Every Time I DieBuffalo guitarist and AEW's The Butcher who made hardcore and the ring feel like home.
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Dan Brown† 2026 · InventorInventor of the Bionic Wrench and Northwestern design professor who fought for American makers.
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Arvid Kramer1956 – 2026 · Basketball player and sports managerThe NBA's double expansion pick who found his home in Bonn and helped build the Telekom Baskets.
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Nathaniel Spychala1983 – 2026 · MechanicHoldingford mechanic and father whose hands fixed what family needed.
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David Surkamp† 2026 · SingerProgressive rock voice of Pavlov's Dog, remembered for a singular sound.
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Perry Mehrling1959 – 2026 · Economist and historian of money and financeEconomist and historian of money who taught a generation to see finance through balance sheets, and who believed deeply in young scholars.
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Laurence Curry1975 – 2026 · ActorDenver actor, dancer and teacher who played Obama on stage and moved everyone he worked with.
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Matt Howarth1954 – 2026 · Comic book writer and artistBugtown's restless creator, who fused comics with strange music. It may stop, but it never ends.
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Vicki R. Barnes1955 – 2026 · Chancery court judgeMississippi's longest serving chancellor, remembered for more than three decades on the bench in Vicksburg.
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Richard Manoogian1936 – 2026 · Business executiveHe turned a small Detroit parts maker into a global company and gave much of his fortune to the arts.
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Michelle Morales† 2026 · Community organizer and foundation presidentShe organized for justice all her life and made sure everyone had a seat at the table.
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Ruthann Shigeko Kurose1951 – 2026 · Human rights activistSeattle activist and congressional aide who helped start the fight for Japanese American redress.
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Michael Forest1929 – 2026 · Actor and voice actorActor who played Apollo on Star Trek and lent his voice to hundreds of films.
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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.
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Anwar Shaikh1945 – 2026 · EconomistHe rebuilt economics from the classics and taught generations to see how capitalism really works.
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Michael Kearns1950 – 2026 · ActorHollywood's first openly gay actor and an AIDS performer-warrior who turned his own truth into theatre and activism.
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Gary Cosay† 2026 · Talent agentCo-founder of United Talent Agency who championed television's writers for decades.
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Larry Gay1951 – 2026 · College basketball assistant coach and former Florida State playerWinchester's own, from the 1972 Final Four to a life on the bench. His heart was always at GRC.
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Gary Daugherty1967 – 2026 · PoliticianKane County Board member and brief Illinois House appointee who taught firearm and motorcycle safety.
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Irene Hasenberg Butter1930 – 2026 · Professor Emeritus of Public HealthHolocaust survivor, U-M professor emeritus, and peace educator who taught never to be a bystander.
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Bryan Walker† 2026 · Fashion executiveCo-founder of Bryn Walker, the Berkeley women's clothing label he built with his wife, Michelle Min, over more than 30 years.
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Von Scales1968 – 2026 · EntrepreneurSt. Louis entrepreneur and husband of Trina Braxton, remembered for steady warmth.
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Hayden O'Dell2004 – 2026 · College baseball pitcherFierce competitor, infectious smile: Mobile's Hayden O'Dell, gone at 22.
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Susie Wasdin† 2026 · Philanthropist and fundraiserCocoa Village philanthropist whose joyful galas raised millions for Brevard causes.
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John Salzman Sr.† 2026 · Thoroughbred racehorse trainerMaryland trainer who conditioned Hall of Fame sprinter Xtra Heat over nearly five decades.
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Frank Busch1951 – 2026 · Swimming coach and USA Swimming National Team DirectorArizona and USA Swimming legend who built champions with humility
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Alejandra Franco2006 – 2026 · College rodeo athleteTarleton State rodeo athlete remembered for her smile, leadership and kindness.
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Bill Cahill1951 – 2026 · American football defensive backSixkiller-era Husky free safety and Bills returner who hit bigger than his size and never forgot Bellevue.
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John Baer1947 – 2026 · Political columnist and journalistPennsylvania's sharp-tongued Capitol chronicler for more than fifty years.
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Barry Luokkala1954 – 2026 · PhysicistCMU physics teaching professor who directed undergraduate labs and the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences.
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Joe Heinz† 2026 · CIF San Diego Section commissionerSixth CIF San Diego commissioner who kept prep sports together through the pandemic.
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JJ Pionke1978 – 2026 · LibrarianLibrarian and disability justice advocate who remade accessibility as library practice.
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Elliot Graham1976 – 2026 · Film editorOscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning editor who shaped Milk, Steve Jobs and No Time to Die.
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David Odell1943 – 2026 · ScreenwriterEmmy-winning Muppet Show writer and Dark Crystal screenwriter who prized wit, craft, and family.
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Ursula Hegi1946 – 2026 · German-born American novelist best known for Stones From the RiverGerman-born novelist of Stones From the River who wrote about silence, memory, and postwar Germany.
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Lou Koller1965 – 2026 · Hardcore punk vocalistNew York hardcore's great ambassador, who raised every room with a smile, a sarcastic joke and a roar.
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Sparky D1965 – 2026 · RapperBrownsville's battle MC who answered Roxanne and opened the door for women in rap.
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