People who died in 2026
3,657 people remembered here.
Janice Dixon1956 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoNew York soprano who became Mannheim's Golden Voice, from Bess and the Marschallin to jazz.
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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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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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Ilie Datcu1937 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper and coachGoalkeeper who let in just six goals in a season. Dinamo and Fenerbahçe champion, Romanian by birth, Turkish by choice.
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Benon Sevan1937 – 2026 · DiplomatA Nicosia-born UN diplomat of four decades and a pillar of Cyprus's Armenian community.
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Otto E. Rössler1940 – 2026 · Biochemist and chaos theoristBiochemist who gave chaos theory the Rössler attractor.
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William Osorio1971 – 2026 · Footballer and coachHasta siempre, capitán. The Eternal Captain of FAS and a defender El Salvador never forgot.
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Kim Chung-ja1944 – 2026 · Mezzo-sopranoThe first Korean voice on a European opera stage, who gave her later years to the orphans of Karonga as Lusekelo.
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George Ali Murad Khan II1933 – 2026 · Last Mir (ruler) of KhairpurThe boy who became Mir of Khairpur at 14, and the last of the princely rulers.
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Fred Claire1935 – 2026 · Baseball executiveHe built the 1988 champions and lived by Jackie Robinson's words: a life matters by its impact on other lives.
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Andrey Gradovich† 2026 · GuitaristPetersburg guitarist of Jugendstil, Kolibri, and Dva Samolyota.
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A wife, mother and grandmother remembered for her love, generosity and warmth.
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Olivier Mourgue1939 – 2026 · Industrial and furniture designerFrench designer of the Djinn chairs from 2001: A Space Odyssey, who made the future soft, colourful and practical.
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Corinna Hardgrave1962 – 2026 · Restaurant criticThe Irish Times restaurant critic whose fairness, palate and love of Irish food made her praise mean something.
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Daniel Colrain† 2026A warm and kind bartender from Cathcart, taken from his family and friends far too soon.
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Callixte Mbarushimana1963 – 2026 · IT technicianRwandan former UN technician and FDLR leader whose genocide-related allegations were never tried in court.
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Robert Corbin1948 – 2026 · Guyanese politicianSon of Linden who served Guyana for four decades, from youth leader to Deputy Prime Minister and Opposition Leader.
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A Marianist brother who gave nearly seventy years to teaching and religious life.
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Yosef Hagoel1946 – 2026 · Israeli military officerParatrooper whose wounds and a medic's sacrifice became Israel's Ballad for a Medic.
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Gordon J. Davis1941 – 2026 · LawyerHe found New York's parks in ruins and left them reborn, then gave jazz its rightful home at Lincoln Center.
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Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou† 2026 · ArchitectA Togolese architect who helped give Lomé its modern skyline and trained generations of architects.
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Hannah Terry (Dr Hannah Cain)† 2026GP and mother of three, remembered by her patients and her community.
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Clément Atangana1941 – 2026 · MagistrateMagistrate for nearly six decades and first president of Cameroon's Constitutional Council.
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Neem Chandra Bhowmik† 2026 · PhysicistDhaka physicist, freedom fighter and minority-rights leader who also served as ambassador to Nepal.
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Shalva Bedoyev1940 – 2026 · PainterOssetian-born Russian painter and teacher who became a People's Artist of Russia.
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Vladimir Gogoladze1966 – 2026 · Artistic gymnast and coachSeoul 1988 team Olympic champion and first to land a triple back on Olympic floor.
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B. Alan Sugg1938 – 2026 · University administratorHelena's pole vaulter who led the University of Arkansas System for 21 years.
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Rachel Weston† 2026A devoted wife and stepmother from Bury, remembered for her kindness.
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Bob Fontaine Jr.† 2026 · Baseball scout and front office executiveThe scout whose eye for talent built the Angels' 2002 World Series champions.
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Masako Watanabe1929 – 2026 · MangakaShojo manga pioneer whose Glass Castle and Saint Rosalind thrilled generations, still drawing at 91.
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Tony Steenson† 2026 · Non-league footballer and charity football organiserThe Gaffer who brought Greater Manchester together through football and charity.
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Toshitsugu Saito1944 – 2026 · PoliticianSeven terms for Shizuoka, and a steady hand at the Defense Agency.
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Dafroza Gauthier1954 – 2026 · Chemical engineerThirty years pursuing justice for Tutsi genocide victims on French soil.
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Ricardo Soulé1950 – 2026 · MusicianFounder of Vox Dei; he set Genesis and Presente to rock and made Argentine song immortal.
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Duke Carlisle1941 – 2026 · College football quarterback and defensive backTexas QB who started the 1963 national title team and Cotton Bowl MVP.
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Marblehead High senior, football captain and teammate, loved and missed by his community.
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Emanuele Sorci† 2026A Porto Torres man remembered by his community as someone with a big heart.
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Bruce Baird1942 – 2026 · Liberal politicianModerate Liberal who helped win Sydney 2000 and fought for a more compassionate refugee policy.
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Lyle Odelein1968 – 2026 · Ice hockey defencemanStanley Cup champion and the first captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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Hubert Colin de Verdière1941 – 2026 · DiplomatTwice France's voice in Algiers, and a diplomat who chose his words with care.
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Štěpánka Ranošová1926 – 2026 · TheatreOstrava actress who founded Bezruč Theatre and held a Thalia at 97.
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Göran Djupsund1952 – 2026 · Political scientistFinnish political scientist and Finland-Swedish media commentator who built political science at Åbo Akademi in Vaasa.
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Oscar Reynert Olsen1925 – 2026 · IllustratorA Stavanger-born artist whose free, colourful line filled newspapers, books, stamps and galleries for seven decades.
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Toshio Kamo1945 – 2026 · Political scientistA scholar of cities and local self-government who championed small communities.
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Carl Berger1939 – 2026 · Historian and professor of Canadian historyToronto historian whose Writing of Canadian History showed Canadians how their past was told.
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Peter Dobing1938 – 2026 · Footballer (inside forward)Stoke City's 1972 League Cup winning captain, the pipe-smoking gentleman of English football.
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Noorizwan Zulkefly† 2026Died in police custody in Kuala Lumpur, his case became a national call for justice.
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Fr John Noronha1944 – 2026 · Catholic priestMangalore diocese priest who served coastal Karnataka parishes for over four decades.
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