People who died in 2026
3,456 people remembered here.
- SSheena Kelly† 2026
Her death was announced in Bandon, County Cork; further details are not yet confirmed.
8 candles · 1 tributes - SStosh Cienki† 2026
Longtime ESPN Radio producer remembered as one of the steadiest, kindest voices behind the scenes.
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Todd Benzinger1963 – 2026 · Baseball player and coachHe caught the last out of 1990 and spent his life passing the game on to children.
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Jack Cawthon† 2026 · RestaurateurThe Nashville caterer who let the pigs fly over Broadway and helped bring Lower Broadway back to life.
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Napo Meskhia1938 – 2026 · Neurosurgeon and politicianHe brought neurosurgery to Abkhazia and stood by its displaced people to the end.
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Pierre Hazette1939 – 2026 · Politician and writerTeacher of Latin who became Belgium's champion of the school, in parliament and in government.
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Grigory Luchansky1945 – 2026 · BusinessmanHe built a trading empire from the ruins of the Soviet economy and never stopped defending his name.
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Ruta Kreica1946 – 2026 · Graphic artist and book illustratorShe drew Latvia's storybooks with honesty, and kept the free spirit of Riga's Kaza circle alive.
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Paul Barril1946 – 2026 · Gendarmerie officer and security consultantA founder of the GIGN whose career ran through the secret history of the Mitterrand years.
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Darci Rose Gibson (also referred to as Darci Hagan)† 2026Darci Rose Gibson, died 2025 aged 19, whose heart went on to save a stranger's life.
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Kayyrgül Sartbaeva1936 – 2026 · Opera singerKyrgyz soprano and People's Artist of the USSR whose voice carried her nation's opera for half a century.
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Emmanuel Uduaghan1954 – 2026 · PoliticianPhysician and two-term Governor of Delta State who championed Delta Beyond Oil.
8 candles · 1 tributes- MMufti Muneer Hussain† 2026
Eminent Islamic scholar of Rajouri, remembered for a lifetime of religious guidance.
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Árpád Soós1944 – 2026 · Television directorHungarian television director who filmed the country's artists and builders for forty years.
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Udara Kularatne† 2026 · Consultant radiologistEngineer, banker, radiologist and poet who gave generously to medicine in two countries.
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Süleyman Saim Tekcan1940 – 2026 · PainterMaster of Turkish printmaking, teacher of generations, and painter of horses who gave the world the Tekcan technique.
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Lee Kwan-Young1946 – 2026 · Taekwondo masterThe Korean master who brought taekwondo to France and taught it for more than fifty years.
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Marianne Helms1936 – 2026 · MusicologistBerlin-born scholar who edited the music of Bach and Haydn for half a century.
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Pierre-Yves Collombat1945 – 2026 · Philosophy teacherPhilosopher, mayor and senator who spent his life defending France's rural communes.
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Maarten Spanjer1952 – 2026 · ActorDutch actor and writer, the disguised driver of Taxi and the young rider of Spetters.
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Amanda Conception Bovaird† 2026A beloved mother and grandmother remembered by her family as the heart of their home.
8 candles · 1 tributes- HHilda Wilma Dryer† 2026
Longtime Coshocton missionary remembered for a lifetime of service.
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Randy See1991 – 2026 · ModelThe first Mr. Chinatown Philippines, a model, actor and host mourned by the pageant and fashion world.
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Patrick Dele Cole1940 – 2026 · HistorianScholar, newspaperman and diplomat who gave the Daily Times its editorial board and Nigeria a fearless, principled voice.
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Hyron Andrews1995 – 2026 · Rugby union playerTowering Sharks, Sale and Lions lock, a husband and father of two, taken far too young.
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Pavel Anton1936 – 2026 · ComposerMoldovan composer and choir master who taught generations of the country's music teachers.
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Hermann Höllenreiner1933 – 2026 · Holocaust survivor and contemporary witnessSinto boy who survived Auschwitz and, after decades of silence, made sure Germany would remember.
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Kitty Porterfield1941 – 2026 · Nonprofit founder and school communications directorShe helped thousands of Alexandria students find their way to college.
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Fernando Confessore1968 – 2026 · Meteorologist and television weather presenterThe weatherman Argentines saw on TN for thirty years, who made forecasting plain and friendly.
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Dariusz Kołodziejczyk1962 – 2026 · HistorianWarsaw historian who opened the Ottoman and Crimean archives to the story of Poland's diplomacy.
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Tommy R. Smith1950 – 2026 · Politician and farmerBacon County farmer who served the people of south east Georgia for 34 years.
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Basil Ince1933 – 2026 · SprinterPan American champion, foreign minister and the historian of his nation's Olympic glory.
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Bob Morris† 2026 · Football managerPapua New Guinea football manager who led Lae City to NSL titles and coached the Kapuls.
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Angelo Groppelli1946 – 2026 · Athlete (shot put)Seven times Italian champion who threw the shot beyond 20 metres in 1979.
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Oleksandr "Venya" Venedchuk1994 – 2026 · Comedian and television performerUkrainian comedian who lit up League of Laughter as Venya of Veterans of the Space Forces.
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William J. "Bill" Sheaffer† 2026 · Criminal defense attorney and television legal analystThe WFTV legal analyst who explained Florida's hardest trials in plain English.
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Guy Conti1942 – 2026 · MLB coach and former catcherBeloved Mets and Dodgers coach who mentored Pedro Martínez and counted Sandy Koufax as a friend.
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Jerome "Pops" Kunz† 2026 · Shrimp boat captainGalveston Mosquito Fleet captain who lived If you rest, you rust.
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Nancy Harvey, a nine-year-old girl from Las Cruces, remembered by her family and school.
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José María Salcines (Chisco)1943 – 2026 · FootballerRaza, pundonor and Racing spirit: his name is the club's prize for courage.
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Brian Jones1940 – 2026 · Saxophonist and singerMerseybeat saxophonist who carried The Undertakers' sound for more than sixty years.
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Madhu Kambikar1953 – 2026 · Marathi actressLavani Queen of Maharashtra whose ghungroos kept folk theatre alive for four decades.
8 candles · 1 tributes- PPeter David Bucknam† 2026
Remembered as a pastor and a presence in his Arvada, Colorado community.
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Sarah Dambanevana1990 – 2026 · Cricket umpire and former international cricketerFrom Zimbabwe Women to World Cup finals: a pioneering umpire.
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William "Pete" Welch Jr.1953 – 2026 · Accountant and Baltimore City Council memberWest Baltimore councilman who carried on his mother's District 9 service.
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Erlinda Villalobos† 2026 · ActressA lifelong character actress who gave dignity to the faces in the background.
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Nasima Khan1944 – 2026 · Film and television actressA first light of Dhaka cinema, from Jago Hua Savera onward.
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Tomassino "Tommy" Offer† 2026A beloved son, teammate and friend, gone too soon at 18.
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