People who died in 2026
3,415 people remembered here.
Marty Lowe1971 – 2026 · QuarterbackCardinals QB who won the Cup, then taught kids at Seneca Park.
38 candles · 8 tributes
Peter Barton Hutt1934 – 2026 · Food and drug lawyerFather of modern food and drug law; the lawyer behind America's nutrition label.
38 candles · 10 tributes
James T. Laney1927 – 2026 · Methodist ministerLed Emory's quantum jump and sought peace on the Korean peninsula.
38 candles · 4 tributes
Keiko Kishi1932 – 2026 · ActressInternational star of postwar Japanese film who chose courage over comfort, from Machiko-maki fame to Paris and the page.
38 candles · 5 tributes
Jimmy Cricket1945 – 2026 · ComedianAnd there's more. Clean comedy, wrong-foot wellies, and a force for joy.
38 candles · 7 tributes
Lorna Winsor† 2026 · HomemakerVancouver mother and Nana whose life centered on family, music, and adventure.
38 candles · 5 tributes
Tung Chee-hwa1937 – 2026 · Shipping executive and businessmanHong Kong's first Chief Executive, a shipping heir who led the city through the 1997 handover.
37 candles · 9 tributes
Husky Kihal1961 – 2026 · Actor (cinemaHenri Fournier of Astrid et Raphaelle, who made the morgue human.
37 candles · 9 tributes
Alla Akhundova1939 – 2026 · PoetShe taught wartime Baku children to share bread and Soviet readers to keep reading.
36 candles · 5 tributes
Randy Pedersen1962 – 2026 · Professional bowlerThirteen-time PBA champion who became bowling's longest-tenured TV voice.
36 candles · 5 tributes
Rosalind Ashford1943 – 2026 · SingerMotown soprano whose high harmonies helped Heat Wave and Dancing in the Street soar.
36 candles · 4 tributes
Alla Nani1969 – 2026 · PoliticianEluru MLA and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister who steered health policy through the pandemic years.
36 candles · 9 tributes
Mary Gaudron1943 – 2026 · LawyerAustralia's first female High Court justice, equal-pay advocate and steadfast voice for the rule of law.
36 candles · 8 tributes
Jonathan Cooper1950 – 2026 · Violinmaker (luthier)He made fiddles meant to sing for centuries, one at a time.
36 candles · 8 tributes
Dash Crofts1938 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterSeals & Crofts harmony and mandolin; Summer Breeze still softens the room.
36 candles · 6 tributes
Michael Sweetney1982 – 2026 · Professional basketball playerGeorgetown star and Knicks pick who later coached and spoke for mental health.
35 candles · 10 tributes
Hans Andersson-Tvilling1928 – 2026 · Ice hockey forwardDjurgården twin; Olympic bronze and world champion on ice, SM gold on grass.
35 candles · 6 tributes
Art Garnes1947 – 2026 · EducatorAlliance educator and council president who served his hometown for a lifetime.
35 candles · 6 tributes
Dolores Sibonga1931 – 2026 · LawyerTrailblazing Filipina American lawyer and Seattle councilmember who opened doors for women of color.
35 candles · 9 tributes
Andy Donato1937 – 2026 · Editorial cartoonistToronto Sun franchise cartoonist who hid a bird in every frame.
35 candles · 7 tributes
Aleksandr Kupriyanov1952 – 2026 · Soviet footballerKuybyshev one-club man, Master of Sport, and Krylia Sovetov's 1,000th league goalscorer.
35 candles · 8 tributes
Pinula Contreras1934 – 2026 · Guatemalan footballerCrema outside right who scored Comunicaciones' first title goal and gave his name to a stadium.
35 candles · 6 tributes
Libor Balák1961 – 2026 · PainterBrno painter of prehistory; Burian's heir in line, not in manner. May, Foglar, mammoth hunters, Antropark.
35 candles · 7 tributes
Nanda Malini1943 – 2026 · Sri Lankan singerA voice of social purpose, she sang Sri Lanka's hard truths in a white sari.
35 candles · 6 tributes
Viktor Anuškevičius1962 – 2026 · PoliticianTwo-term mayor who opened Ivano-Frankivsk to the world and set its history in bronze.
34 candles · 9 tributes
Nina Shipman1938 – 2026 · Film and television actressFox starlet, Western guest star, Nell Shipman's granddaughter. Screen craft across three decades.
34 candles · 4 tributes
Klaus-Michael Kühne1937 – 2026 · German billionaire businessmanLogistics patriarch who built a global freight empire and left it to a Swiss foundation.
34 candles · 8 tributes
Cheryl Hall1950 – 2026 · ActressCitizen Smith's Shirley, Doctor Who's Shirna, and a fierce Labour voice for Kent.
34 candles · 9 tributes
Dory Funk Jr.1941 – 2026 · Professional wrestlerNever quit: NWA world champion, Hall of Famer, and Ocala's master teacher.
34 candles · 4 tributes
Bartina Koeman1961 – 2026 · Public figureForty-one years beside Ronald Koeman, and a private strength made public by love.
33 candles · 7 tributes
Gianfranco Pieri1937 – 2026 · Italian basketball playerIl Professore: Italy's first modern point guard, nine-time scudetto winner and 1966 European champion.
33 candles · 4 tributes
Tara Singh Varma1948 – 2026 · Dutch politicianFirst woman of colour in the Dutch Tweede Kamer; Bijlmer inquiry member whose career ended in scandal.
33 candles · 5 tributes
Paddy Keenan1950 – 2026 · MusicianBothy Band founding piper who made the uilleann pipes roar like rock without leaving the tradition.
33 candles · 5 tributes
Robin Morgan1941 – 2026 · PoetPoet and Sisterhood editor who made radical feminism audible, global, and impossible to ignore.
33 candles · 10 tributes
Győző Martos1949 – 2026 · Footballer (right-back / defender)Fradi right-back who marked Blohin and wore the crest at two World Cups.
33 candles · 6 tributes
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan1947 – 2026 · PoliticianCongress lawyer-minister who carried Sivaganga from panchayat halls to Parliament and the UN.
32 candles · 7 tributes
Eric Zahnd† 2026 · Prosecuting Attorney of Platte CountyLongest-serving Platte County prosecutor; defender of children and public safety.
32 candles · 4 tributes
Gülsen Tuncer1945 – 2026 · ActressAşk-ı Memnu's Arsen Hanım; a lifetime of Turkish stage, screen and teaching.
32 candles · 5 tributes
Madan Bafna† 2026 · PoliticianMaval MLA and Maharashtra minister of state who rose from Vadgaon gram panchayat to cabinet and NCP organising.
32 candles · 10 tributes
Bob Mackie1939 – 2026 · Fashion designerSultan of Sequins who dressed Cher, Carol Burnett and a generation of stars in unforgettable glamour.
32 candles · 5 tributes
James "Gypsy" Haake1932 – 2026 · Drag entertainerBroadway gypsy, La Cage MC and Palm Springs cabaret elder who kept sequins and punchlines flying past 90.
32 candles · 5 tributes
Yehuda Widawski1919 – 2026 · Holocaust survivorIsrael's oldest Holocaust survivor; his revenge was that the Nazis lost and Israel lives.
32 candles · 6 tributes
R. Sarath† 2026 · Film directorNational Award Malayalam director who put conscience, mural heritage, and social drama on screen.
32 candles · 7 tributes
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.
32 candles · 5 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
Lesley Urbach† 2026 · Holocaust educatorG2G co-founder who turned a Kindertransport family story into classrooms of remembrance.
32 candles · 3 tributes
Ludmila Javorová1932 – 2026 · Roman Catholic theologianUnderground church organiser who claimed a priestly vocation under communist persecution.
31 candles · 10 tributes
Jon Kyl1942 – 2026 · PoliticianArizona senator and Minority Whip who returned briefly to fill John McCain's seat.
31 candles · 7 tributes