People who died in 2026

3,448 people remembered here.

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  John Alan Buhr

  1945 – 2026 · Farmer

  A devoted husband, father and farmer of Garrison, Iowa.

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  Albert S. Axelrad

  1938 – 2026 · Reform rabbi

  Brandeis Hillel rabbi who lived pluralism and taught moral courage by example.

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  Sway DaSafo

  1982 – 2026 · Rapper

  Unsigned MOBO pioneer who opened doors for UK hip hop and mentored a generation.

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  Sara Moylan Clarke Schack

  1933 – 2026 · Teacher

  A pastor's wife, teacher and grandmother remembered for wit, warmth and family love.

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  Pierre Constant

  1933 – 2026 · Actor

  Actor, acrobat and opera director who kept walking the wire into his nineties.

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  Barbara Finlay

  1950 – 2026 · Neuroscientist and psychology professor emerita

  Cornell neuroscientist who challenged how we think about brain development and evolution.

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  Peter James Raridon

  † 2026

  Our angel, loved for every second of his brief life.

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  Josep María Trías de Bes

  1944 – 2026 · Lawyer

  Catalan lawyer and deputy who moved from CiU to the PP and later UPyD.

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  Josh West

  1979 – 2026 · College baseball outfielder

  A Bulldog outfielder whose SEC championship catch still echoes in Starkville.

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  Serge Losique

  1931 – 2026 · Film professor

  Founder of Montreal's World Film Festival and a stubborn apostle of world cinema.

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  William H. Draper III ("Bill" Draper)

  † 2026

  A founder of Silicon Valley venture capital who later served his country and the world.

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  Joe Harkness

  1986 – 2026 · Author

  Norfolk teacher and naturalist who showed how birds and wild nature can steady a troubled mind.

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  Patricia Ermis Bonham

  † 2026

  A devoted wife, mother and churchwoman from Franklin, Tennessee, remembered by all who knew her.

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  Kath Cooper

  † 2026 · Plant breeder

  Australia's tireless triticale breeder who kept hardy varieties in growers' hands for more than forty years.

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  Jim Sockwell

  1942 – 2026 · Potter

  American potter and marquetry craftsman, juried in both crafts by the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

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  Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros

  1944 – 2026 · Spanish executive and civil servant

  He rescued Iberia, ran Mercedes-Benz in Spain and spent his last public years selling Spain to the world.

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  Granville Straker

  1939 – 2026 · Record producer

  Godfather of soca who gave Caribbean music a home in Brooklyn.

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  Karoline Heintz

  † 2026

  A young soccer player whose life and future were cut short at eighteen.

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  Carol Hitchcock Sutherland McLaren

  † 2026

  A devoted preserver of old buildings and old friendships, remembered for her warmth and quiet determination.

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  Manuel Gaspar Soares da Silva

  1959 – 2026 · Politician and teacher

  Teacher, FRETILIN MP and witness to Balibo who spoke up for the truth decades later.

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  Daria Alyoshkina

  1982 – 2026 · Paper-cut artist and sculptor

  Ukrainian artist who turned the folk craft of paper cutting into monumental lace seen around the world.

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  Derry Brownson

  1970 – 2026 · Musician

  Cinderford EMF co-founder whose keyboards and samples powered Unbelievable.

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  Mikhail Gulko

  1931 – 2026 · Singer

  The voice of Poruchik Golitsyn, whose songs healed the soul of an emigration.

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  Silvia Monti

  1946 – 2026 · Actress

  An actress who lit up Italian cinema for six bright years, then chose a quieter life.

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  Vincent Dieutre

  1960 – 2026 · Film director and screenwriter

  A filmmaker who turned his own life, loves and travels into cinema.

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  Oded Stark

  † 2026 · Economist

  Economist who put the family at the heart of migration theory and mentored generations across Bonn and Warsaw.

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  Tim Jeal

  1945 – 2026 · Biographer and novelist

  The biographer who found the men behind the Victorian legends of Livingstone and Stanley.

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  Kavinsky

  1975 – 2026 · DJ

  French house and synthwave artist whose Nightcall defined a neon decade.

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  Oliver Jones

  1934 – 2026 · Jazz pianist

  Little Burgundy's jazz ambassador whose swing and generosity put Montreal on the map.

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  James Sloyan

  1940 – 2026 · Television actor

  Character actor and the longtime voice of Lexus, remembered as one of a kind.

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  Steven James Punches

  † 2026

  Steven James Punches, 1954 to 2026, remembered by those who knew him.

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  Jim Gilstrap

  1946 – 2026 · Singer and session vocalist

  The voice of the Good Times theme and the first lines of You Are the Sunshine of My Life.

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  Jennifer Finch

  1966 – 2026 · Musician

  L7 bassist and photographer who helped define feminist punk rock, barefoot and on her own terms.

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  Moritz de Hadeln

  1940 – 2026 · Film festival director

  Mister Filmfestival, who opened Nyon, Locarno, Berlin and Venice to the cinema of the whole world.

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  Darius Chappell

  † 2026

  Clarksville, Tennessee, man whose death after a police arrest was ruled a homicide.

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  Anne Schedeen

  1949 – 2026 · Actress (television and film)

  ALF's Kate Tanner: Oregon-born TV actress whose wry maternal calm anchored a sitcom alien.

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  Margaret Kerry

  1929 – 2026 · Actress

  Disney's live-action Tinker Bell who danced Neverland into being.

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  Edgar Morin

  1921 – 2026 · Sociologist

  Resistance fighter, humanist and theorist of complex thought, who taught the world to link what others separate.

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  Jamal Rashad Parker

  † 2026

  An Atlanta bartender and artist, taken from his family in a senseless act of violence.

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  Ted Turner

  1938 – 2026 · Media entrepreneur

  He gave the world news around the clock, then gave away his fortune to make it better and safer.

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  Miguel Canto

  1948 – 2026 · Professional boxer

  El Maestro of the ring: Mérida's WBC flyweight king of 1975 to 1979, 14 straight defences, Hall of Famer who hit without being hit.

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  Dante Paul Lacourte

  † 2026

  A San Francisco teenager whose death exposed a new and deadly street drug.

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  Ross the Boss

  1954 – 2026 · Guitarist and songwriter

  The Bronx's own. He was there at the birth of punk and of true metal, and his guitar was his life's breath.

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  McKenna Wendel

  2012 – 2026 · Eighth grade student

  A bright, funny Sioux Falls girl who loved animals, powwow drums, sunsets and the grandparents who raised her.

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  Jürgen Habermas

  1929 – 2026 · Philosopher and social theorist

  German philosopher of the public sphere who believed democracy lives in free, reasoned conversation.

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  Sir Tony Hoare

  1934 – 2026 · Computer scientist

  Inventor of Quicksort, Hoare logic and CSP, who taught the world that reliable software begins with simplicity.

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  Robert Cosby Jr.

  † 2026 · Son of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member Mary Cosby

  Only son of Mary Cosby; remembered with faith and love at 23.

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  Stephen "Cat" Coore

  1956 – 2026 · Guitarist

  Reggae Ambassador whose guitar and cello carried Jamaica to the world.

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