People who died in 2026
3,459 people remembered here.
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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Rory Bourke1942 – 2026 · Songwriter and music publisherNashville songwriter who gave Charlie Rich "The Most Beautiful Girl" and Anne Murray "A Little Good News".
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Michael W. Rice1942 – 2026 · BusinessmanGrandson of the Utz founders, he spent five decades turning a Hanover chip maker into a national brand.
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Larry Bertlemann1955 – 2026 · Professional surferThe Rubberman. Hawaiian surf pioneer whose low, springy style rewired modern surfing and gave skateboarding the Bert slide.
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Robert S. "Bob" Raines1951 – 2026 · Newspaper photographerFor 44 years he photographed Ambler's parades, games and neighbours, and the town kept his pictures.
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Chris Wickham1950 – 2026 · Historian of medieval EuropeHistorian of the early Middle Ages who studied history from the bottom upwards.
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Álvaro Pava† 2026 · Singer of tropical musicA Barranquilla voice that carried cumbia from the Caribbean coast to Mexico.
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Teacher, preschool founder and devoted mother who gave decades to her students and community.
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Carl Abbott† 2026 · ArchitectLast of the Sarasota School, he made houses that opened themselves to light, land and water.
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Salah Bachir1955 – 2026 · Media executiveCineplex Media executive, art collector and tireless Toronto philanthropist.
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Penny Moor1951 – 2026 · Professional tennis player and coachExeter tennis player who helped found the WTA and spent her life opening the game to others.
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Gioacchino Scrugli† 2026 · Choral conductor and singerFounder and for 37 years the voice and director of Nuoro's Coro Barbagia.
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Colin Mackerras1939 – 2026 · SinologistSinologist who spent six decades building bridges of understanding between Australia and China.
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Maricarmen Abascal1938 – 2026 · Retired secretary and housing rights symbolShe fought for her home of 70 years so that others could learn to fight for theirs.
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Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz1940 – 2026 · Journalist and essayistLe Monde correspondent and essayist who chronicled the Arab world for half a century.
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Mohamed Omar† 2026A devoted father remembered for an energy that could light up a room.
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Emily Edgar† 2026 · School superintendentShe gave 37 years to Opp City Schools and led them as superintendent. Once a Bobcat, always a Bobcat.
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Niamh O'Brien (also known as Niamh Flatley)† 2026 · Irish dancerIrish dancer, Lord of the Dance's Saoirse, and a loving wife and mother.
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Christopher Wilson Jr.† 2026Yorktown's gentle giant, a star recruit who never wanted the spotlight.
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Hesham Yahya1963 – 2026 · JournalistA storyteller of Egypt's press and screen, who met every turn of life with a smile.
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Freddie Jackson1956 – 2026 · SingerHarlem gospel singer whose quiet-storm love songs became the soundtrack to a generation of romance.
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Heidi Burge1971 – 2026 · Basketball playerWNBA pioneer, Virginia Final Four star, and Houston coach who inspired Disney's Double Teamed.
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Jim Bakker1940 – 2026 · TelevangelistA pioneer of Christian television who rose, fell and came back to preach grace. "Jim finished his race with faith."
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Calvin Schofield Jr.1933 – 2026 · Episcopal bishopSoutheast Florida's people's bishop who opened the diocese to Latino and Haitian ministry.
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Baxter Scott Burnham† 2026Baxter Scott Burnham, 4, was remembered by his mother as the family's 'angel'.
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Norman "Norm" Niedermeier1934 – 2026 · High school football coach and teacherForty seasons, 210 wins and a stadium in his name: the steady rock of Ottawa Hills football.
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Allan Wallett1944 – 2026 · Radio presenterThe shearer who became the morning voice of the Riverina for more than forty years.
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Steve McKinney1962 – 2026 · Journalist and broadcasterBahamian journalist and voice of Hard Copy, who pressed the powerful for answers.
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Tom Kelly1927 – 2026 · Writer and foresterThe forester and colonel whose Tenth Legion became the bible of turkey hunting.
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Samantha Natalie Phythian† 2026A much loved mum, daughter, sister, auntie and friend, taken too soon.
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Jason Vondersmith1965 – 2026 · Journalist and editorOregon newsman who could find a good story in anything, from a hockey game to a rock concert.
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James Arthur Englert† 2026A Clarks Fork Valley rancher who loved his family, his community and a good story.
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Jim Ray Smith1932 – 2026 · American football guard (Cleveland BrownsBaylor All-American, five-time Pro Bowl guard who led the way for Jim Brown, and a gentle giant of Texas football.
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Harold "Ike" Hubbard† 2026 · ToolmakerMaine's last hand-rake maker, who built tools for anyone with a berry to pick.
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Bob Hitchcock1929 – 2026 · High school football coach and teacherThe coach who put Temple City on the map: seven CIF titles and 46 wins in a row.
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Metal Maniac† 2026 · Professional wrestler (ECW and independents)ECW and Northeast indie veteran whose metal paint and loyalty to Snuka defined a generation of road warriors.
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Anatoly Kashpirovsky1939 – 2026 · PsychotherapistLate-Soviet TV psychotherapist whose 1989 health sessions reached millions.
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John James Sweeney1927 – 2026 · PoliticianFirst Democrat elected to Pennsylvania's 26th Senate district, later a federal administrator.
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A Chicago sheet metal worker remembered for his union pride, his stories, and his devotion to family.
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Ray Close1969 – 2026 · Professional boxerBelfast boxing great who took Chris Eubank the distance twice and became Irish and European champion.
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Clyde Kimball1942 – 2026 · PoliticianPointe Coupee's fun loving four term state representative who never knew a stranger.
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Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham1939 – 2026 · PoliticianLabour MP, Lords whip and lifelong educator who served Enfield and Oldham.
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André Lacroix1945 – 2026 · Ice hockey centreThe Magician who made the puck disappear, and the WHA's all-time leading scorer.
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Mathew Burrows1953 – 2026 · CIA analystHe looked far ahead so the rest of us could see what was coming.
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Vladimir Vuletić1978 – 2026 · LawyerRoman law scholar, prize-winning orator and Partizan vice-president who argued for a lawful and just Serbia.
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