People who died in 2026
3,643 people remembered here.
Igor Arzuaga† 2026 · Singer-songwriterBasque singer and multi-instrumentalist who followed his own path through more than a dozen albums.
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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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John M. Geddes1951 – 2026 · Newspaper editorThe editor who kept The New York Times running through its shift to digital.
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Iida-Sofia Heimonen† 2026A young influencer gone far too soon, remembered by the followers she touched.
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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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Kim T. Martin, 1946 to 2026, remembered by family in South Bend, Indiana.
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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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Daphne Jones† 2026 · BusinesswomanShe kept her mother's glorious recipe alive and believed in Milwaukee.
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Coos Huijsen1939 – 2026 · Dutch politicianThe world's first openly gay parliamentarian, who made gay rights a question of human rights.
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Vladimir Steiskal1927 – 2026 · ArchitectHe drew the neighbourhoods where generations of Muscovites made their homes.
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Fortune Ruzungude† 2026 · ActorAmakhosi pioneer who made Zimbabwe laugh as Foromani in Sinjalo.
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Nobuhiko Kobayashi (小林信彦)1932 – 2026 · Novelist and criticNovelist and critic who wrote the first history of Japan's comedians and chronicled his Tokyo.
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Mark Fawke† 2026Grassroots football coach remembered as an inspiration to countless children.
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Michael Hobbs1937 – 2026 · British Army officer and charity directorGuardsman, general and Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, he served the Crown for a lifetime.
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Fratern Masawe† 2026 · Jesuit priestTanzanian Jesuit who served the Society in Africa and Rome for more than four decades.
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Gustavo Oliva† 2026 · Padel player and coachCatalan padel player and captain whose farewell became a plea to get screened for cancer.
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Edil Aidarbekov1947 – 2026 · ArchitectThe Kyrgyz architect who helped give his newly independent country its flag.
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Ng Hong-mun1926 – 2026 · Educator and politicianPui Kiu's principal for 27 years and Hong Kong's longest-serving deputy to the National People's Congress.
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Son who never stopped searching for his missing mother.
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John Waldenville† 2026 · Law enforcement officerOklahoma County sheriff's major who served 25 years and survived a 2011 shooting.
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Jost Hochuli1933 – 2026 · Typographer and book designerA typographer of quiet precision who taught the world to look closely at letters.
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Mary Fell1947 – 2026 · Poet and professor of EnglishWorcester poet of working lives and the Triangle Fire, and a beloved teacher.
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Adam Wolke (SkylineTV)† 2026 · Livestreamer and web video producerGermany's IRL streaming pioneer, who took his viewers everywhere with him.
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Ken Ward1935 – 2026 · Australian rules footballerA cool Richmond back pocket whose day against Melbourne in 1957 is still remembered.
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Alain Piana1945 – 2026 · Footballer and sports organiserMonaco defender of the 1971 promotion side who later gave Menton its races.
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Leho Männiksoo1933 – 2026 · Radio journalistEstonian Radio's voice for young listeners and a founder of its Boys' Club.
5 candles · 1 tributes- CChaudhry Muhammad Sarwar† 2026
PMML Punjab president, designated a global terrorist by the United States, died in Lahore.
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Beppe Angiolini1952 – 2026 · Fashion buyer and entrepreneurArezzo fashion buyer who turned a small shop called Sugar into a world famous concept store.
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Marcela Ortiz1965 – 2026 · Model and actressA bright face of Argentine comedy in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Trenton Joseph Grant† 2026A 15-year-old Monroe High School sophomore, remembered for his music, his teammates and his quiet curiosity.
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Tom DeSimone1939 – 2026 · Film and television directorSon, brother, uncle and artist. The cult director of Hell Night who was not afraid, but mostly curious.
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Georgy Sidorov1961 – 2026 · EngineerEngineer and inventor whose cleaner, energy-saving refining methods reached plants across Russia.
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Juan Carlos Diez1955 – 2026 · JournalistArgentine journalist and poet who turned the interview into an art and gave Spinetta's voice a book.
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A Milford Navy veteran remembered for his kindness, his steady work ethic, and his love of fishing.
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Air Force veteran and devoted family man of Waite Park, Minnesota.
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Leonel Nunes1949 – 2026 · Trade unionist and politicianMadeira hotel worker who fought 18 years to win back his job, then served his island in parliament.
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Daniel Zorzetto1953 – 2026 · Footballer and coachTroyes and Monaco defender who won the 1980 Coupe de France and taught a generation.
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Ryū Murakami1952 – 2026 · NovelistHe wrote Japan's darkness without flinching, so that one reader, alone, might feel angry and alive.
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Per Haftorsen1947 – 2026 · FootballerHaugesund's goalkeeper who earned eleven Norway caps and a famous 10 from VG.
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Andrei Medvedev1952 – 2026 · ConductorConductor and composer who carried the Leningrad variety orchestra tradition into a new century.
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Richard E. Holmes1944 – 2026 · Physician (emergency medicine)Mississippi State's first Black student, a quiet trailblazer who became a healer and never stopped loving his alma mater.
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Gus Ormo (Gustavo Enrique Ormo)† 2026Venezuelan singer and pianist who turned longing and reconciliation into song.
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A devoted wife, mother and caregiver remembered for her warmth and faith.
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Archibald Lee Barringer† 2026A soldier, builder and volunteer remembered for quiet service to his community.
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Silvano Larini1935 – 2026 · Architect and businessmanMilanese architect and friend of Craxi whose Swiss account became a turning point of Mani Pulite.
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Morton Seaman1932 – 2026 · Furniture retailerBrooklyn furniture man who built Seaman's and co-founded Rooms To Go.
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Barbara Jay1932 – 2026 · Jazz singer (Ronnie Scott band vocalistThe girl singer who outlasted them all with Ronnie Scott, toured with Benny Goodman and kept Ella's songbook alive.
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Wiktor Legowicz1949 – 2026 · Radio journalist and former director of Polish Radio Programme 3Trójka's director in the 1980s, who taught Polish radio listeners to understand the economy.
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