People who died in 2026
3,641 people remembered here.
Yaakov Sussmann1931 – 2026 · Talmud scholar and philologistIsrael Prize-winning Talmud scholar who traced the Oral Torah through thousands of manuscripts.
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Jumbo Baretta1967 – 2026 · Professional wrestler (WCWTampa's big man who took Florida wrestling to WCW, the WWF and Japan, and never stopped showing up.
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Mauro Canu† 2026 · Teacher and head teacherSardinian head teacher who was strict for his pupils' own good and never stopped listening to them.
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Choi Hyoung-woo1983 – 2026 · Baseball playerChoi Hyoung-woo, KBO slugger who rebuilt his career from the ground up and became one of Korea's greatest hitters.
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Slavi Binev1965 – 2026 · Taekwondo championEuropean taekwondo champion, MEP and federation president who saw Bulgaria win its first Olympic taekwondo medal.
5 candles · 1 tributes- KKathleen Mary Gallen† 2026
A much loved wife, mother and grandmother, remembered with love and laughter.
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Esnobie de Guzman† 2026Beloved mother of singer Klarisse de Guzman, remembered for her quiet, steadfast support.
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Choi Hyung-woo1935 – 2026 · PoliticianDemocracy campaigner, six-term lawmaker and loyal right hand of Kim Young-sam.
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Antonio Moscato1938 – 2026 · Historian and political activistA historian of the workers' movement who taught generations to read the past as a call to act.
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Widodo Adi Sutjipto1944 – 2026 · Naval officer and politicianThe first admiral to lead Indonesia's armed forces, who steered them out of politics.
5 candles · 1 tributes- JJoseph Nduati Kamachu† 2026
A devoted family man and staunch Christian, remembered as a pillar of his community.
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Nev1968 – 2026 · SingerThe Turkish singer and songwriter behind "Zor", who gave classical Turkish songs a new voice.
5 candles · 1 tributes- DDennis B. Clark† 2026
A devoted father and grandfather who loved fishing, mushroom hunting and antiques.
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Judith Blegen1941 – 2026 · Opera singer (soprano)Silvery voiced soprano who charmed the Met for 21 seasons as Adina, Sophie and Susanna.
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A Grand Rapids man remembered for his lifelong love of sailing on Reeds Lake.
5 candles · 1 tributes - NNorman C. Helman† 2026
A devoted husband, father and grandfather of Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
5 candles · 1 tributes - JJohnny Keegan† 2026
A much loved neighbour and friend from Rathdowney, remembered fondly by his community.
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Sergio Spagnolo1941 – 2026 · MathematicianHe found order in the convergence of equations and friendship in the work.
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Lawrence McCutcheon1950 – 2026 · American football running backClutch. Five-time Pro Bowl Rams running back who gave the franchise 42 seasons as player and scout.
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Dónal Lunny1947 – 2026 · Musician and record producerThe bouzouki player and producer who reshaped Irish traditional music, from Planxty to Moving Hearts.
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Ed Dawson† 2026 · High school football coachCoach who kept Cornell football alive and led the Raiders back to glory.
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Blánaid Mac Cann (née Costello)† 2026 · Costume designer and businesswomanCork-born costumier who dressed Waterford's stages for almost forty years with colour and care.
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Josef Hofer1945 – 2026 · ArtistHe rarely spoke, but said everything he needed to in pencil and colour.
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Alan Dysert1951 – 2026 · Actor and acting teacherA soap star turned teacher who helped thousands believe in their dreams.
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Jean-Paul Huchon1946 – 2026 · Politician and senior civil servantHe led the Paris region for seventeen years and never lost his love of rock and roll.
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Bonnie Jeanne Staley† 2026A warm hearted wife, mother and grandmother, remembered for her faith and creativity.
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Josef Duchač1938 – 2026 · Politician and chemical engineerThuringia's first minister-president after reunification, who led the state through its founding months.
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Fr. William P. Kinane1932 – 2026 · Catholic priestA Tipperary farm boy who gave nearly seventy years as a priest to the people of Northern California.
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Tom Houck1947 – 2026 · Civil rights activistHe drove Dr. King, fought for the vote, and spent his life making sure Atlanta never forgot its history.
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Leaname Maotoanong1991 – 2026 · Sprinter (200 m and 400 m)Botswana's Lux: Commonwealth champion, Olympic finalist and a voice for fellow athletes.
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Jaume Pont1947 – 2026 · Poet and literary criticA Lleida poet who turned absence into words and taught literature for four decades.
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Rahal Bulathsinhala† 2026 · ActorA former prison officer who became Loku Hamuduruwo, the beloved village monk of Nadagamkarayo.
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Earl Barret1932 – 2026 · Television writer and producerComedy writer who gave television King Tut and Too Close for Comfort.
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Petr Slaný1952 – 2026 · FootballerBaník's first champion, Sparta's cup winner, and always a Moravian from Olomouc.
5 candles · 1 tributes- JJoanna Wilken Fowler† 2026
A devoted nurse, needlework artisan and beloved mother of Dayton, Ohio.
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A wife, mother and grandmother from Rittman, Ohio, remembered for her laughter and for putting others first.
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Bill Thorn1930 – 2026 · High school coach and distance runnerGeorgia coach and Peachtree Iron Man who showed up, year after year, for 53 straight races.
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Seán de Fréine1927 – 2026 · Scholar and writerHe gave voice to the great silence of a language and spent his life helping it speak again.
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Bob "Hoolihan" Wells1933 – 2026 · Television weathermanHoolihan the Weatherman. Sunshine to you, no matter what the weather.
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Joachim Heiden1955 – 2026 · Classical archaeologistAn archaeologist of Olympia and Samos who read ancient Greece through its roofs, waters and hills.
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Iida-Sofia Heimonen† 2026A young influencer gone far too soon, remembered by the followers she touched.
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Michel Denni1936 – 2026 · BooksellerParis bookseller who catalogued the treasures of French comics for half a century.
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Sandy Frank1929 – 2026 · Television producer and syndicatorThe king of syndication who put Name That Tune in prime access and brought Gatchaman to America as Battle of the Planets.
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Gerard McCarten† 2026 · Racing cyclist and charity fundraiserCumbrian cycling great who rode for his wife and daughter, and for others, into his late eighties.
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Igor Arzuaga† 2026 · Singer-songwriterBasque singer and multi-instrumentalist who followed his own path through more than a dozen albums.
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John M. Geddes1951 – 2026 · Newspaper editorThe editor who kept The New York Times running through its shift to digital.
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