People who died in 2026
3,587 people remembered here.
Bob Buziak† 2026 · Record executiveThe RCA Records president who turned the label around and backed Dirty Dancing.
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Rolf Nyhus1942 – 2026 · Sports administrator and football refereeThe Kollen general, who made Holmenkollen a home for the world's skiers.
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Che Hongcai† 2026 · Linguist and lexicographerHe kept a promise for 36 years and gave China its first Pashto dictionary.
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Gabriel Prieto1961 – 2026 · Actor and drama teacherCo-founder of Teatro Aparte, beloved face of Chilean television, and teacher of generations of actors.
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Seamus Collings, formerly of Thurles, Co. Tipperary, remembered by his community.
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Tre Foster† 2026Tre Foster, 33, of Athens, Georgia, remembered by his community after a sudden, violent death.
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Henk van der Bijl1925 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)Feyenoord's flying tiger in goal, the club's oldest player at 101.
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Grant Heiken1942 – 2026 · Volcanologist and lunar geologistVolcanologist who read the Moon's dust and Earth's ash, and wrote the book on both.
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Ooi Foh Sing1939 – 2026 · Community leader and president of the Ipoh Chinese Chin Woo Athletic AssociationHe joined Chin Woo at 14 and served it, and Ipoh, for the rest of his life.
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Kenneth Shuler† 2026 · BarberFounder of the Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and mentor to generations of beauty professionals.
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Manolo del Valle1942 – 2026 · Singer (bolero and sonThe warm, unhurried voice of Cuban bolero, who sang of love without raising his voice.
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Tomassino Offer† 2026A beloved son, athlete and friend, remembered for his character and promise.
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Juan Pablo Cárdenas1949 – 2026 · JournalistHe kept a free press alive in Chile when it cost him his liberty.
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Jack Hearn1923 – 2026 · Judo instructorJudo Jack: wartime veteran, 10th dan and the world's oldest judo instructor.
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Marcellino Daiji Tani1953 – 2026 · Catholic bishopJapanese bishop who built a church for migrants and refugees and walked with Okinawa for peace.
6 candles · 1 tributes- EEunice 'Dood' Reep† 2026
A wife, mother and grandmother from Waukesha County, Wisconsin, remembered by her family.
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Jim Bibbs1929 – 2026 · Sprinter and Michigan State track and field coachMichigan State's first Black head coach, who tied a world record and then built a sprint dynasty.
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Edson Silva1930 – 2026 · Actor and voice actorFrom Toulouse-Lautrec on his knees to Heitor at the wheel, a familiar face and voice of Brazilian TV for six decades.
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Freddie Foreman1932 – 2026 · PublicanBattersea-born figure of 1960s London gangland who later warned the young away from the life he led.
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Ted Johnson1928 – 2026 · Folk music teacherA man made of music. He helped open the Old Town School of Folk Music in 1957 and taught Chicago to sing and play.
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Manuel Pereira1948 – 2026 · Novelist and essayistHavana-born novelist who carried Old Havana into exile and wrote it back to life.
6 candles · 1 tributes- KKaye White Donahoe† 2026
A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and caregiver remembered for her faith and her kindness.
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A devoted nurse remembered for her warmth, humor and love of animals.
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Goran Bare1965 – 2026 · Rock singerThe voice of Majke, who turned hard years into the songs of Croatian rock.
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Jim Richards† 2026 · Basketball coach and athletics directorHilltopper player, coach and athletic director who gave Western Kentucky more than four decades.
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A devoted husband, father and grandfather remembered for his kindness and humility.
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Gilles Chabert† 2026 · Ski instructor union leaderHe carried France's red-sweater ski instructors from the slopes to the halls of power.
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Captain Paul Duncan Kirby, devoted husband, father and grandfather, 1963 to 2026.
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A Colorado native remembered for 45 years of Kiwanis service and helping build the Denver area's 911 system.
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Richard Gerard Boyle† 2026A Belfast man killed walking his dog, remembered by a family who talk to him every night.
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A quiet, kind man who treasured his family and was treasured in return.
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Josep Pinyol i Balasch1952 – 2026 · HistorianA Cornellà historian who gave his life's work to the cause of Catalan independence.
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Amber Siyavus† 2026 · Reality television personalityBig Brother 8's Whamber, who showed America it was okay to cry.
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Lou Yulie† 2026 · Philosopher and professorPeking University philosopher who spent sixty years making Chinese tradition clear to everyone.
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Rosemary Esposito, devoted wife, mother and grandmother of Highland, New York, 1932 to 2026.
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Dionysis Charitopoulos1947 – 2026 · NovelistThe Piraeus storyteller who gave Aris Velouchiotis his definitive biography.
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Hamid Lounaouci1955 – 2026 · PoliticianCo-founder of Algeria's human rights league, lawmaker, transport minister and presidential adviser from Tizi Ouzou.
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Stephen Jones1951 – 2026 · Video artistHe built the machines that made Australian video art sing, then wrote its history.
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Adam Lenson1985 – 2026 · Theatre directorDirector and champion of new musical theatre; founder of SIGNAL.
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Lee Sil-hong† 2026 · Television producer and screenwriterHong Kong producer whose Rediffusion dramas, from Chameleon to Fatherland, made television history.
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Joe LeClair† 2026 · Roman Catholic priestCharismatic Ottawa priest whose gifts and failings were both lived in public.
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Evgenia Daskalopoulou† 2026 · ShipownerFounder of Almi Marine, who took her family's spirit of enterprise from the dairy shop to the open sea.
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Rachid Soualhi1949 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper and goalkeeper coachBatna goalkeeper who kept for MSP, CA Batna and Algeria, then coached keepers at home.
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A devoted wife, mother and grandmother remembered for her strength and generosity.
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A Marine and investigator remembered for a lifetime of service and perseverance.
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Piero De Benedictis1945 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter and actorThe Italian-born troubadour of "Mi viejo", who sang for the people, for children and for peace.
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Vitorino Vieira Cavaco1932 – 2026 · Parish council presidentFirst elected Messines parish president after Portugal's democracy.
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