People who died in 2026
3,590 people remembered here.
Stefania Corna1990 – 2026 · Volleyball player (setter and middle blocker)Bergamo setter, double European junior champion and Coppa Italia winner, who later carried her drive into the classroom.
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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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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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Dennis Franchione1951 – 2026 · College football coachCoach Fran, who revived TCU and spent 27 seasons as a college head coach.
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Sandra Bolden Cunningham1950 – 2026 · New Jersey State Senator (31st DistrictShe carried Glenn's legacy to Trenton, then built her own, fighting for second chances, students and the people of Hudson County.
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Nikolay Tevetkel1937 – 2026 · PoetPeople's Poet of Chuvashia who gave Shakespeare's sonnets to the Chuvash language.
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James Nelligan1929 – 2026 · Politician and accountantWilkes-Barre accountant who served his country, his state and the Wyoming Valley in Congress.
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North Carolina Baptist pastor and missionary to Zambia.
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George Fenton1949 – 2026 · ComposerThe composer behind Gandhi, the BBC news and The Blue Planet, who scored a nation's life.
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Don Pierce1937 – 2026 · Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockeyHall of Fame money rider who won California's biggest races and never forgot the bush tracks.
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Carlos Alberto Dias1967 – 2026 · Footballer and football coachBotafogo's hero of the 1990 Carioca final, who wore the shirts of all four Rio giants and Brazil, and kept coaching to the end.
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Göksel Arsoy1936 – 2026 · ActorYeşilçam's Golden Child, the leading man who taught a generation of filmgoers about love.
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Chris Wilson Jr.† 2026A gifted young athlete whose future was taken from him far too soon.
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Roshan Kumari† 2026 · Kathak dancerJaipur gharana Kathak legend whose dance in Jalsaghar still dazzles. She danced for her father's rhythm.
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Sam McDowell1942 – 2026 · Baseball pitcherSudden Sam: a fastball few could hit, and a hand held out to every player who needed help.
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Antoine Ciosi1931 – 2026 · Corsican singerThe voice who sang Corsica's villages, exile and memory for more than sixty years.
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Connor Leigh Murphy† 2026A young husband and father from Texas whose killing became a long-running Coleman County murder case.
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Emil Poklitar1939 – 2026 · FootballerSaarbrücken's white whale, a centre forward who escaped East Germany and scored 112 goals for the club.
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Joseph Yegba Maya1944 – 2026 · Footballer (centre-forward) and coachJoseph to Marseille, Zé to the Huveaune: 113 goals for OM and the goal that won the 1969 Coupe de France.
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A devoted husband, father and grandfather who loved his faith, his family and a good day of fishing.
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Rabbi Israel (Eliezer HaLevi) Rubin1948 – 2026 · Rabbi and Chabad Lubavitch emissary to AlbanyFor 52 years he brought Torah, warmth and invention to Jewish life in Albany.
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Mad Sandhu (Madhusudan Sandhu)† 2026 · Makeup artistAmritsar makeup artist who lived openly and taught others to accept themselves.
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Singeetham Srinivasa Rao1931 – 2026 · Film directorA restless South Indian filmmaker who treated every genre as one more story to try.
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Przemysław Branny1970 – 2026 · ActorKraków Bagatela actor and Tu Es Petrus soloist whose voice and craft spanned stage and song.
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Lauren Heike† 2026Killed while hiking in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2023; her case drew years of national attention.
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Albert Rueprecht1929 – 2026 · Austrian stage and film actorVienna Publikumsliebling of Burgtheater, Josefstadt, and Heimatfilm, remembered at 97.
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A woman who never met a stranger, remembered for her stories and her laughter.
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Preston C. Carlisle1930 – 2026 · AttorneyAn Ogdensburg lawyer for nearly 60 years who gave his heart to the North Country's children.
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Pascualillo Coronado1959 – 2026 · Peruvian chicha and cumbia singerEl Rey de la Carretera Central. Voice of Peruvian cumbia carretera for more than five decades.
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Palle Rama Rao1937 – 2026 · Metallurgist and science administratorPhysicist turned metallurgist who built India's materials science institutions and guided generations of scientists.
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Malcolm Edwards1949 – 2026 · EditorThe editor who brought Neuromancer and a generation of science fiction to British readers.
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Charlie King† 2026 · Professional wrestlerChicken Finger, Straight Out the Fryer: Alabama indie wrestling's bright spot, gone at 25.
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Hugh Wooldridge1952 – 2026 · Theatre directorHe filled the Royal Albert Hall with a thousand voices, and raised the curtain for countless others.
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Louis Erlo1929 – 2026 · Opera stage directorFrom stagehand to director, he made the Opéra de Lyon new and kept Aix a home for operatic discovery.
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Marjoe Gortner1944 – 2026 · Evangelist preacherChild evangelist who exposed the revival business on film, then became a memorable character actor.
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Michael "Mico" Rodriguez† 2026The Godfather of Dallas Tex-Mex, who built Mi Cocina from a twelve-table restaurant into an empire.
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Tiruchi R. Thayumanavan1931 – 2026 · Carnatic percussionist (mridangamPudukottai-school mridangam and kanjira vidwan whose konnakkol and guru bhakti shaped Tiruchi's laya tradition.
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Tony Reno1963 – 2026 · MusicianTony Reno, Yale's second-winningest football coach, led with integrity on and off the field.
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Nikos Sevastopoulos1945 – 2026 · footballer / forwardAEK Athens forward nicknamed Pelé, remembered for a European Cup goal on his birthday.
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Mac Steen1948 – 2026 · College football player and orthodontistFlorida Gators captain and All-SEC tackle who spent his life building smiles in DeLand.
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Sass Jordan1962 – 2026 · SingerMontreal rocker whose rasp powered Racine, Idol, and a late blues run.
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An 18-year-old from Hardeeville, South Carolina, killed in a shooting that remains under investigation.
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Vincent M. Battle1940 – 2026 · DiplomatAn American ambassador who loved Lebanon so much that he made it his home.
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Colin Wilson1972 – 2026 · Professional heavyweight boxerKid Coalminer. Three times Australian heavyweight champion, and a larrikin to the last bell.
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Eva Ngigi-Sarwari1981 – 2026 · Banker and payments executiveKenyan banker and payments leader who led Visa in Kenya and Finserve Africa, and urged women to take risks and lead.
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Christiana Ruggeri1969 – 2026 · Journalist (Rai Tg2)Tg2 journalist and author who told the world's stories and stood always on the side of children and animals.
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Bobby Gould1957 – 2026 · Professional ice hockey player and coachPetrolia's own. Capitals alternate captain, penalty killer and the man who once got the better of Mario Lemieux.
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