People who died in 2026
3,564 people remembered here.
Gary Heffern1954 – 2026 · Punk rock singerThe voice of San Diego punk who turned a hard childhood into songs of darkness and light.
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Ken Krawetz1951 – 2026 · PoliticianSaskatchewan Party founder, deputy premier, and finance minister who put community and common sense first.
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Milton Windler1932 – 2026 · NASA flight directorMaroon Flight director who helped send Apollo crews to the Moon and bring Apollo 13 home.
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Janice Laking1929 – 2026 · TeacherBarrie teacher and long-serving mayor who steered the city through its growth years.
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Esther Rantzen1940 – 2026 · BroadcasterBroadcaster who founded Childline and The Silver Line, and presented That's Life! for 21 years.
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Zara Shaw† 2026A beautiful girl, remembered by her family and her school community.
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Kent Carter1939 – 2026 · Jazz double bassistBass is beautiful. The quiet American in Paris who held up Steve Lacy's music for twenty years.
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SoCal Crazy† 2026 · Professional wrestler and trainerSouthern California indie staple who kept wrestling after a Stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis.
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Jerry Golod1938 – 2026 · Television executive and producer (Tales from the DarksideNetwork executive turned producer who brought Creepshow's darkside to syndicated television.
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Jacob Teye Partey† 2026The father whose sacrifices helped launch his son's football career.
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Vivian Savella† 2026Vivian Savella, 4, killed hours after a custody hearing placed her in her father's care.
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Rafael Ferrer1933 – 2026 · ArtistA restless artist who treated every medium like improvisation.
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Ray Caviano† 2026 · Music executiveDisco promotion pioneer who built RFC Records and taught majors to listen to the booth.
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Dottie Martin1937 – 2026 · EducatorFirst Lady who planted wildflowers and fought for North Carolina's children.
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Lieutenant Stitchie1965 – 2026 · Dancehall and gospel reggae deejayJamaican dancehall Governor who became a pioneering voice of gospel reggae.
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A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, remembered for her faith and her family.
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Armando Vega1935 – 2026 · Olympic gymnast and collegiate men's gymnastics coachOlympic gymnast and LSU Hall of Fame coach who built champions from Penn State to Baton Rouge.
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Johan Buttedahl1935 – 2026 · PoliticianCentre Party parliamentary leader and dentist who served Buskerud in the Storting.
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Avaz Zeynalli1970 – 2026 · Investigative journalistAzerbaijani investigative journalist who paid for exposing corruption with years in prison.
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Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali† 2026Pioneering doctor and Malaysia's longest serving first lady, remembered for a lifetime of quiet public service.
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Gordon Johncock1936 – 2026 · IndyCar driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winnerTwo-time Indy 500 winner who held off Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds in 1982.
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Husband, father, Army veteran, and longtime Xcel Energy maintenance worker from Rice, Minnesota.
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Howard H. Stevenson1941 – 2026 · Harvard Business School professorHarvard's father of entrepreneurship, who taught that opportunity is pursued beyond the resources you control.
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Inosi Kuridrani† 2026 · Assistant Minister for AgricultureNadroga MP who fought for farmers, transport, and ministry workers
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A Korean War veteran and lifelong guitar player, remembered for his music and his family.
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Lutz Gössing1938 – 2026 · Eventing and show-jumping riderOlympic eventing bronze medallist who bred champions and mentored Westphalian riders
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Athanasios Iliadis1952 – 2026 · Greek Olympic welterweight boxerGreek Olympic boxer whose welterweight career set a standard for amateur boxing in Greece.
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Bob Agee1938 – 2026 · Baptist ministerOBU president who joined academic excellence with faithful Christian discipleship.
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A son, father and friend of Brazil, Indiana, remembered for living life on his own terms.
7 candles · 1 tributes - CCatherine T. D'Alessandro† 2026
Beloved wife, mother and homemaker, remembered for family, faith and her famous potato salad.
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Maksim Ovodenko1930 – 2026 · Metallurgical engineerHero of Socialist Labour who rebuilt Samara's aviation metalworks and its workers' town.
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A wife, mother and grandmother who lived a full century of faith and family.
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Remembered for his kindness, his family, and his love of the open road.
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Andrea Burton† 2026 · Fire captainFort Wayne fire captain and safety educator remembered for her warmth and dedication.
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Christy Croke of Thurles, County Tipperary, remembered by family and community.
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Ryszard Lenczewski1948 – 2026 · CinematographerOscar-nominated Polish cinematographer of Ida who taught generations at Łódź Film School.
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Antonio Canal1936 – 2026 · Actor and voice artist (stageSpanish actor who was Cuéntame's Father Froilán and the voice of Winnie the Pooh.
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Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf1935 – 2026 · Politician and lawyerSahiwal PML-N parliamentarian who chaired the National Assembly law committee.
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Roy Belliveau1930 – 2026 · Basketball playerSeton Hall Pirate, EPBL champion and New Jersey teacher-coach who kept the game close to home.
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Piak Poster1932 – 2026 · FilmmakerNational Artist who painted a thousand film posters and helped remake Thai cinema in 35mm.
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Roberto Müller1937 – 2026 · SingerBrazilian romantic singer known as Pingo de Ouro, with decades of boleros and ballads.
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Mary Stevenson† 2026 · Para lawn bowlerScottish para bowls champion who won Commonwealth gold in her seventies.
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Kim Woo-young† 2026 · CartoonistCartoonist whose strip Ddungddanji made Korean children laugh for three decades.
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A devoted husband, father and community leader remembered for decades of service.
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Miriam Azzopardi† 2026A mother of three, remembered by her family for her warmth and her humour.
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Hurricane Fly2004 – 2026 · Thoroughbred racehorseDual Champion Hurdle winner and Grade 1 record hurdler who lit up Closutton and Cheltenham.
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Kenneth Lane1942 – 2026 · Theoretical particle physicistPhysicist who helped chart the search for new particles at the world's great colliders.
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Louise Botting1939 – 2026 · Financial journalistThe first voice of Money Box, who made personal finance clear for millions and broke barriers for women in the City.
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