People who died in 2026
3,539 people remembered here.
Lynn Clawson Trautmann1958 – 2026 · PhotographerShe framed North Shore athletes and neighbors so they would feel seen and valued.
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John Penley† 2026 · Photojournalist and Lower East Side activistNew York City's cuddliest anarchist, who photographed and fought for the East Village he loved.
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Pierre Collin1956 – 2026 · PainterPainter and engraver elected to the Academie des beaux-arts in 2018.
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Angus B. Llewellyn1945 – 2026 · FBI special agentAir Force veteran and FBI agent of 27 years, remembered by his Charleston family.
8 candles · 1 tributes- JJohn James Krysiak Sr.† 2026
A Wisconsin husband, father and grandfather remembered for resilience, work and family.
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Jodie Allen† 2026 · JournalistWashington Post Outlook editor who made policy numbers readable.
8 candles · 1 tributes- CCarolyn Diane Edwards† 2026
Remembered for her laugh, her cats, and country music.
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Ann Kaiser1948 – 2026 · Special education professorKidTalk founder who taught families to grow language in everyday moments of play.
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René Bianchi1934 – 2026 · CyclistOlympic silver pursuiter who carried Champagne cycling pride from Melbourne to home.
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Rafael Sorkin1945 – 2026 · American theoretical physicistThe physicist who imagined spacetime as grains and found entropy in entanglement.
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Carolyn Osborn1934 – 2026 · Writer / short-story author / novelist / journalist / English instructorTexas short-story master, teacher, and Lon Tinkle honoree who helped inspire the Texas Book Festival.
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Vsevolod Bogdanov1944 – 2026 · JournalistLong-serving chairman of Russia's Union of Journalists.
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Julian T. Houston1944 – 2026 · JudgeA Boston judge who never believed his work ended at the courtroom door.
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Albert Horsfall1941 – 2026 · Intelligence chiefNigeria's first foreign intelligence chief, a son of Buguma who served his country quietly and well.
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Andrzej Elżanowski1950 – 2026 · PalaeontologistPolish palaeontologist of Mesozoic birds and a leading voice for animal ethics.
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Kathleen (Kathy) Melka, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, 2026.
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Margaret Bedggood1939 – 2026 · JuristChief Human Rights Commissioner who taught generations that law can be an agent of change.
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Ken Todd1957 – 2026 · Footballer (midfielder)Wolves, Vale and Pompey midfielder who scored in the club centenary match.
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Patrick Dromgoole1930 – 2026 · Television executiveHTV chief who shaped British regional television and greenlit cult classics from Children of the Stones to Robin of Sherwood.
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Admire Moon2003 – 2026 · Thoroughbred racehorseJapanese Horse of the Year who won Dubai, Takarazuka and the Japan Cup in 2007.
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Hadassah Carlebach1928 – 2026 · Holocaust survivorHolocaust survivor and Carlebach Shul matriarch who helped rescue Jewish children in France
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Billy Teare1951 – 2026 · StorytellerAntrim storyteller who carried folklore, craic and calendar tricks to the world.
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Russell Baxter† 2026A Barnsley man remembered by friends as a lovely lad who would do anything for anyone.
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Jim Sutton1935 – 2026 · Stock contractorProRodeo Hall of Fame stock contractor who built Sutton Rodeo into a multi-generation legend.
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William Robert Stead Sr.1946 – 2026 · Private citizenA devoted partner, father and grandfather remembered by clubs and family in Pennsylvania.
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Stanislas Hutin1930 – 2026 · Anti-torture witnessFrench conscript whose Algeria diary helped expose torture.
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Harald Rensvik1946 – 2026 · Civil servant and civil engineerNorwegian pollution director and long-serving environment ministry official.
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Jolly Goodfellow1972 – 2026 · ClownAustralian jester who lived as Rumpel, the Cirque Fool on the Hill and king of marathon clown shows.
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Carlyto Lassa1961 – 2026 · Congolese rumba and gospel singerRumba voice of Maya and Makolo ya massiya who later preached the gospel.
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Marilyn Mitro Mayor1938 – 2026 · Real estate agentA singer's smile, a volunteer's heart, life's second and third chapters.
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Smokin' Jim Frazier1960 – 2026 · SportswriterPittsburgh sportswriter and TV voice who lived and breathed football.
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Javier Giraldo1944 – 2026 · Colombian Jesuit priest and human rights defenderA Jesuit who made sure the victims of Colombia's war were named and remembered.
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Ernest Hoolihan1933 – 2026 · Aboriginal community leaderUncle Ernie: homes, dignity and half a century of service in Townsville.
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John Iliffe1939 – 2026 · historianCambridge historian who put African voices at the centre of the continent's past.
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Fulvio Lucisano1928 – 2026 · Film producerRome-born producer who shaped Italian screens for seven decades, from Mario Bava to Massimo Troisi.
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Barry Pearson1950 – 2026 · American football wide receiver and businessmanAn undrafted rookie whose first NFL play was the Immaculate Reception.
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Peter Howell1941 – 2026 · ClassicistClassicist and tireless champion of Victorian architecture for more than sixty years.
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Finlay Tarling2006 – 2026 · Professional cyclist (track and roadSon, brother and best mate. A Welsh time triallist with the driest humour, whose smile was known far and wide.
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Jason Arday1985 – 2026 · SociologistCambridge professor of sociology of education whose life and work sparked a national debate.
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Peter Snape1942 – 2026 · Labour politician and former railwaymanThe railwayman who served West Bromwich East for 27 years and never lost his wit.
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Ahn Pan-seok1961 – 2026 · Television and film directorMaster of Korean melodrama who made ordinary love feel epic.
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Phan Thanh Hùng1960 – 2026 · Footballer and football managerA Da Nang forward who became one of Vietnam's most successful football coaches.
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Gary Dwyer† 2026 · Drummer (The Teardrop ExplodesTeardrop Explodes drummer and Liverpool's Rocky: thrilling, unorthodox skank and a gentle giant's laugh.
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A daughter, aunt and sister, remembered by family who say she should not have died in Hālawa.
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D. Y. Patil1935 – 2026 · EducationistPadma Shri educationist who took professional learning to ordinary India and served as governor of three states.
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Alfonso Fanjul Jr.1937 – 2026 · Sugar executiveCuban exile who rebuilt a sugar dynasty and steered Domino and Florida Crystals for decades.
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Longtime Moses Lake School Board member, honored with a school bearing her name.
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John Anderson1955 – 2026 · College baseball coachMinnesota Gophers coach and Big Ten career victories leader across 43 seasons.
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