People who died in 2026
3,574 people remembered here.
Hubert de la Bouillerie1951 – 2026 · Film editorFilm editor behind Woodstock, The Witches of Eastwick and Tango and Cash.
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Dominique Frot1957 – 2026 · French actress and theatre directorFrench actress of stage and screen, from Mortelle Randonnée and Titane to Soda's unforgettable principal.
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Ann Bogan1941 – 2026 · Singer (MotownMotown lead who fronted the Andantes' rare Nightmare and carried the Marvelettes into their final Hitsville years.
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Pradeep Rawat1952 – 2026 · ActorAshwatthama, Deva of Lagaan, and Ghajini Dharmatma across Indian screens.
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Allan Nascimento1991 – 2026 · Brazilian mixed martial artistPuro Osso. A Chute Boxe warrior who kept the faith and never backed down.
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Rod Liddle1960 – 2026 · JournalistProvocative British columnist and broadcaster who edited BBC Radio 4's Today and wrote for The Spectator, The Sunday Times and The Sun.
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Vivienne Binns1940 – 2026 · PainterAustralian feminist art pioneer of Vag Dens, community practice and Pacific patterning
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Ryotaro Shimizu1988 – 2026 · ActorActor, singer and impressionist who followed his father Akira Shimizu into the family trade, and whose voice made every song his own.
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Uwe-Karsten Heye1940 – 2026 · JournalistSchröder's first government spokesman and a steadfast voice against the far right.
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Raoul Vaneigem1934 – 2026 · WriterSituationist lyricist of everyday revolt whose 1967 Traité helped fire Mai 68.
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Milan Knížák1940 – 2026 · Czech Fluxus performance artistFluxus East pioneer, Broken Music inventor, Aktual founder, and restless steward of Czech art after 1989.
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Marie-Paule Belle1946 – 2026 · SingerShe was not Parisian, and it bothered her. With a piano and a smile, she became the most Parisian of all.
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Charles Gaines1942 – 2026 · WriterWriter of Pumping Iron, co-inventor of paintball, and a literary outdoorsman who cast curiosity into every water he fished.
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Bill McGlaughlin1943 – 2026 · Classical music radio hostHe opened the door to classical music for millions, one warm and curious conversation at a time.
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Peter Lassally1932 – 2026 · Television executive producerHolocaust survivor and the host whisperer who guided Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson.
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Elsa Aguirre1930 – 2026 · ActressGolden Age screen legend whose beauty inspired Flor de azalea, and whose grace lasted 95 years.
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A pastor whose sudden death after a disputed eviction left unanswered questions.
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Mary Morello1923 – 2026 · High school teacher and free speech activistTeacher, free speech activist and lifelong champion of the oppressed. Forever with the Rebels of Light & Song.
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Dermot Murnaghan1957 – 2026 · JournalistThe calm, sharp voice who told Britain its biggest news, then urged every man to get tested.
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A young welder from South Georgia, remembered by family and a community he never got to grow old in.
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Patricia Greene1931 – 2026 · ActressVoice of Jill Archer for 68 years, and the world's longest-serving soap actor.
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Don Iwerks1929 – 2026 · Film technology engineerDisney Legend and Oscar-honoured inventor whose cameras and projectors let audiences step inside the story.
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Guesch Patti1946 – 2026 · DancerDancer first, chameleon always. The voice and body of Étienne, glad to be there.
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A loveable rogue with a heart of gold, taken far too soon.
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Bob Packwood1932 – 2026 · U.S. Senator from OregonOregon's senator for 27 years and architect of the 1986 tax reform, whose career ended in a 1995 misconduct scandal.
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An Akron man, 29, killed in a 2026 shooting later solved with license plate camera evidence.
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Val Lloyd1943 – 2026 · Welsh Labour politicianSwansea nurse who won the Assembly's first by-election and served Swansea East for a decade.
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Festus Mogae1939 – 2026 · Economist and politicianThe herd boy from Serowe who led Botswana with prudence and faced down AIDS with courage.
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Claudine Longet1942 – 2026 · Singer and actressThe breathy French voice of 1960s soft pop, from Meditation to Nothing to Lose, whose fame was overtaken by tragedy in Aspen.
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Georg Baselitz1938 – 2026 · PainterHe turned painting upside down so the world would look again.
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David Allan Coe1939 – 2026 · Outlaw country singerHe wrote the perfect country and western song, then lived every verse of it.
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Dirk Kempthorne1951 – 2026 · PoliticianMayor, senator, governor and interior secretary who made everyone he met feel seen.
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Anne Lunde† 2026 · Journalist and local historianNorthwest Side reporter and historian who kept local memory in print.
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Lincoln Sabini† 2026A UC Davis student and cyclist, remembered by a community that is still asking for safer roads.
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Mircea Lucescu1945 – 2026 · Footballer and football managerIl Luce. Romania's captain and the master coach of 38 trophies, who never stopped teaching the game he loved.
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Albert Mazibuko1948 – 2026 · Isicathamiya tenorLadysmith Black Mambazo tenor for 55 years who carried isicathamiya from Ladysmith to the world.
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Marinella1938 – 2026 · Singer and actressThe voice of Greek song for 68 years, from Thessaloniki's clubs to Eurovision, who sang until her final night on stage.
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Mary Beth Hurt1946 – 2026 · ActressTony-nominated actress of Interiors, Garp and Crimes of the Heart, who made every supporting role unforgettable.
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Mary Rand1940 – 2026 · Olympic long jumperBritain's golden girl of 1964, the first British woman to win Olympic athletics gold, with a world record leap in the Tokyo rain.
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Alexander Kluge1932 – 2026 · Film-makerLawyer, film-maker and storyteller who gave the New German Cinema its voice and never stopped writing.
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Ali Larijani1958 – 2026 · Iranian politicianKant scholar, speaker of Iran's parliament and nuclear negotiator at the heart of the Islamic Republic for four decades.
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Willie Colón1950 – 2026 · Salsa trombonistEl Malo of the Bronx, whose trombones gave salsa its voice and carried the Puerto Rican diaspora to the world.
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Dan Simmons1948 – 2026 · Novelist and former elementary school teacherTeacher, storyteller and author of Hyperion, who rotated the crops and heard the music.
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Peer Bork1963 – 2026 · bioinformaticianEMBL bioinformatician who opened the human microbiome to computational science.
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Bob Pulford1936 – 2026 · Ice hockey playerFour-time Stanley Cup champion, first NHLPA president and a hockey player's hockey player.
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Calbo1972 – 2026 · RapperWho claims to make rap without taking a stand? The voice of Ärsenik, who boxed with words.
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Ciara Mageean1992 – 2026 · Middle-distance runner (1500m)Irish European 1500m champion and two-time Olympian from Portaferry, remembered for her courage on the track and in her fight with cancer.
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Solano Ribeiro† 2026 · Music producer and television directorHe built the festival stage on which a generation of Brazilian music was first heard.
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