People who died in 2026
3,654 people remembered here.
Pierre Joliot1932 – 2026 · Biologist and photosynthesis researcherGrandson of Marie Curie who showed how plants release oxygen, one flash of light at a time.
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Kevin Morris† 2026 · Law enforcement officerA sheriff's agent, coach and man of faith who gave two careers to his community.
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Pamela Atkinson1933 – 2026 · NurseUtah's Mother Teresa, who carried socks, food and hope to her homeless friends for decades.
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Telma de Souza1944 – 2026 · PoliticianThe only woman elected mayor of Santos, who opened the asylum doors and put public health first.
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Guruvayur Dorai1935 – 2026 · Mridangam playerMaster of the mridangam who kept time for the giants of Carnatic music for almost eighty years.
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Sidney Zoltak1931 – 2026 · Holocaust survivorHe carried the memory of a vanished town to every young person who would listen.
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Vladimir Baranov1956 – 2026 · TheatreSoviet and Russian actor of stage and screen, beloved youth theatre player and the Russian voice of Disney's Winnie the Pooh.
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Bärbel Steinkemper1947 – 2026 · EconomistFirst full-time mayor of Alfter; she modernised a Rhineland municipality without forgetting its villages.
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A devoted nurse, wife and mother remembered for a lifetime of care.
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Annette Witheridge1960 – 2026 · Freelance journalistFleet Street's New York freelancer who chased the story from 9/11 dust to that Central Park photo.
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Eduardo Vilarete1953 – 2026 · Association football playerColombian striker remembered for his goals, his nickname El Loco, and his fight against cancer.
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Bakir Bayakhunov1933 – 2026 · Composer and music teacherKazakh composer and teacher, the first professional Dungan composer, who wrote seven symphonies.
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A gentle nurse, teacher and mother remembered for her care of children and her family.
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C. A. Yothilingam (C A Yogalingam)† 2026 · Political analystHe explained Tamil politics to the people it touched, and never changed his ground.
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Josef Settele1961 – 2026 · Biodiversity researcher and agricultural ecologistHe counted butterflies and helped the world count what it was losing.
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Rodney Muñoz1966 – 2026 · Television costume designerEmmy-winning costume designer who dressed Jimmy Kimmel for decades, with a tough exterior and a huge, generous heart.
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Mike Ditka1939 – 2026 · American football playerIron Mike. Hall of Fame tight end and the coach who led the 1985 Bears to Super Bowl glory.
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Taren Nance† 2026Beloved educator remembered for his energy, warmth and work against gun violence.
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Les Latcham1942 – 2026 · Association football playerBurnley full-back who played on, bandaged and bloodied, in the Battle of Naples.
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Idowu Sobowale† 2026 · Journalism scholar and educatorTeacher of teachers who brought opinion polling to Nigerian journalism.
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Sir John Hannam1929 – 2026 · PoliticianExeter's MP for 27 years, who fought quietly and tirelessly for the rights of disabled people.
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Ana María Arango1950 – 2026 · ActressColombian actress who brought warmth to five decades of stage and screen.
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Niki Rapattoni† 2026 · BusinesswomanCo-founder and CEO of Rapattoni Corporation, who helped bring real estate listings onto computer screens.
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A Navy veteran remembered for his faith, his singing, and his warmth.
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Bob Brynildson1957 – 2026 · RetailerOwner of The Source Comics and Games in Saint Paul and a co-founder of Trident, Inc.
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Monte Dutton1958 – 2026 · SportswriterNASCAR's troubadour of the press box: a storyteller who wrote like he was chatting with you, then picked up his guitar.
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Betty McGuire1926 – 2026 · ActressBroadway trouper and Growing Pains grandmother who kept performing past 90.
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Ted Schneiderman1932 – 2026 · JudgeAn Akron judge who loved the Constitution and helped hundreds become citizens.
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Adinno Phizo† 2026 · President of the Naga National CouncilEldest daughter of A Z Phizo, she led the Naga National Council for 36 years and never wavered on Naga sovereignty.
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Jeanne Towar† 2026 · Newspaper publisher and columnistMichigan's first woman daily publisher, who loved the smudge of printer's ink and her community.
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Barbara Spinelli1946 – 2026 · JournalistCo-founder of la Repubblica and daughter of Ventotene, she wrote for half a century so Europe would not forget.
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Geoffrey Chard1930 – 2026 · Operatic baritoneFrom Trust Mozart nights to Voss and the Coliseum, he gave Australian and British opera 140 roles and a craftsman's heart.
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Alexander Aslani† 2026Marbella's pioneering body contouring surgeon, killed at the clinic he built.
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Janina Rosińska1936 – 2026 · Masters athlete and teacherPolish masters runner who kept collecting medals, and racing with a pacemaker, into her nineties.
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Jim Knipfel1965 – 2026 · JournalistThe Slackjaw columnist who wrote his way through blindness with wit, nerve and no complaints.
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Eirik Skadsdammen1981 – 2026 · Ice hockey player (forward)Storhamar's loyal number 8, the man from the forest who decided the 2008 final.
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Patrick Anthony Conmy1934 – 2026 · Federal judge and politicianNinety two years of laughter, music, family, friends, and a life well lived.
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Joe R. Long1930 – 2026 · LawyerHe gave Texas students a chance and Austin a stage, then told everyone else it was their turn.
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Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi1934 – 2026 · Islamic scholarSeven decades at Nadwa, he carried India's Islamic scholarship to the Arab world in his own Arabic pen.
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Jakub S. Trojan1927 – 2026 · Protestant theologianThe pastor who buried Jan Palach, signed Charter 77 and taught that to believe is to be responsible.
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Patricia Blevins1954 – 2026 · PoliticianFrom Elsmere's town council to the head of Delaware's Senate, she stood up for those too often unheard.
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Jacek Ziober1965 – 2026 · Footballer (left winger)The long-haired wing wizard of Łódź, 1990 Polish Footballer of the Year, who made La Mosson rise to its feet.
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Janice Dixon1956 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoNew York soprano who became Mannheim's Golden Voice, from Bess and the Marschallin to jazz.
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Eva Marie Saint1924 – 2026 · Actress (filmOscar winner in her first film, Hitchcock's Eve Kendall, and a gracious star of screen and stage for seven decades.
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Kazuhiko Yamaguchi1937 – 2026 · Film and television directorToei action director of Sister Street Fighter, Sonny Chiba's karate films and School Wars.
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Hans-Dieter Schmidt1948 – 2026 · Football managerGerman football coach who led SV Meppen upward, helped Bayern and Magdeburg, and managed clubs from Egypt to Ghana.
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Warren Madden1939 – 2026 · University administratorIowa State leader for fifty years who helped build the campus and the city of Ames around it.
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Richard Morecroft1956 – 2026 · ABC newsreaderThe gentle voice of ABC News NSW for 19 years. And that's the news to this minute.
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