People who died in 2026
3,404 people remembered here.
Jackie Glass† 2026 · Judge (Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court)Tough, fair Clark County judge who sentenced O.J. Simpson and brought Swift Justice to daytime TV.
75 candles · 8 tributes
Peter Nadas1942 – 2026 · WriterHungarian novelist of memory and the body; author of A Book of Memories and Parallel Stories.
75 candles · 7 tributes
Len Brown1941 – 2026 · WriterCo-creator of Mars Attacks. Topps creative soul for 41 years. For the kids. Country roots forever.
75 candles · 9 tributes
Vincent Pastore1946 – 2026 · ActorBronx-born Big Pussy of The Sopranos: tough on screen, kind-hearted brother off it.
75 candles · 5 tributes
Tone Capone† 2026 · Hip-hop record producerBay Area producer who put the world on Luniz's I Got 5 On It and carried mobb music to Houston.
74 candles · 7 tributes
Ismael Laguna1943 – 2026 · Professional boxerThe Tiger of Colón. Twice world lightweight champion, never stopped, never forgotten.
74 candles · 6 tributes
Rihards Pīks1941 – 2026 · Film cinematographer and directorCinema craftsman who briefly held Latvia's foreign helm at EU dawn.
74 candles · 5 tributes
Great Gidayu1958 – 2026 · Japanese comedianTakeshi Army's Benkei: guitar, rakugo, and laughter through dialysis.
74 candles · 9 tributes
Antonino Fogliani1976 – 2026 · ConductorHe kept rare bel canto alive, from Pesaro to Bad Wildbad, with a joy that reached the last row.
74 candles · 4 tributes
Winter Jones2020 – 2026A nonverbal autistic six-year-old whose death exposed failures at a Cordova daycare.
74 candles · 7 tributes
Kay Granger1943 – 2026 · U.S. Representative (TX-12Fort Worth's first woman mayor who rose to Appropriations chair, serving Texas with grit and care.
74 candles · 6 tributes
Georgios Makropoulos1953 – 2026 · Chess International MasterSeven-time Greek champion who spent four decades as one of FIDE's most powerful administrators.
73 candles · 7 tributes
Fredd Young1961 – 2026 · American football linebackerFour-time Pro Bowl Seahawk whose hits defined the Crunch Course era.
73 candles · 8 tributes
Rodney Charters1945 – 2026 · CinematographerThe New Zealand eye behind nearly every early episode of 24.
73 candles · 5 tributes
Bamanga Tukur1935 – 2026 · PoliticianNigerian ports chief, Gongola governor, PDP chairman and pan-African business leader.
73 candles · 9 tributes
David Worth1940 – 2026 · CinematographerEye behind Bloodsport and the director of Kickboxer; Eastwood DP who taught indie grit to a new generation.
73 candles · 7 tributes- HHugh Curran1943 – 2026 · Professional football striker
Fast, airborne striker. Scotland's Wembley goal. Wolves and Norwich great.
73 candles · 5 tributes 
Nicolas Simion1959 – 2026 · Jazz saxophonistHe carried Transylvanian song into the language of jazz.
73 candles · 7 tributes
Margaret Chant-Papandreou1923 – 2026 · Women's rights activistFeminist First Lady who helped remake Greek women's legal rights.
72 candles · 7 tributes
Nuno Cardoso1961 – 2026 · Civil and transport engineerEngineer-mayor who steered Porto through 2001 and helped draw the Metro.
72 candles · 9 tributes
Roney Facchini1953 – 2026 · Actor in theatreFrom Rá-Tim-Bum's Luís to 30+ plays: a São Paulo actor of craft, humour and heart.
72 candles · 7 tributes
Jim Geoghan1947 – 2026 · Television writerFrom Bronx club stages to the Tipton Hotel, he kept children laughing and parents trusting the half hour.
72 candles · 10 tributes
Peter Katsambanis1965 – 2026 · Politician (Liberal)Greek Australian Liberal who served Victoria and both houses of the WA Parliament.
72 candles · 3 tributes
Sheila Kennelly1937 – 2026 · ActressBritish-born Australian actress who made Norma, Rosa and Floss household names across three decades of television.
72 candles · 7 tributes
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska1927 – 2026 · Warsaw Uprising Home Army gunner/liaisonWarsaw Uprising soldier who taught courage, dignity, and the duty to answer evil at once.
72 candles · 5 tributes
Gunther von Hagens1945 – 2026 · AnatomistInventor of plastination who put human anatomy before millions through Body Worlds.
72 candles · 9 tributes
Ahmed Ammi1981 – 2026 · Footballer (right-back)Limburg right-back who gave nearly 200 games to VVV, then poured the same care into Fortuna's youth.
71 candles · 5 tributes
Ronnie Dove1935 – 2026 · Pop and country singerBaltimore-launched 1960s hitmaker who kept singing for the fans who made Maryland home.
71 candles · 9 tributes
Jürg Marquard1945 – 2026 · Magazine publisherSwiss Mister Pop who turned borrowed francs into Cosmopolitan, Eastern titles and prime-time TV.
71 candles · 6 tributes
Yves Schlirf1950 – 2026 · Comic-book booksellerThe Brussels bookseller who built Kana, steered XIII and Blake et Mortimer, and put Naruto into Francophone hands.
71 candles · 5 tributes
Karl Corino1942 – 2026 · Broadcast journalistMusil's detective: Transit voice for DDR letters, no forged marble left standing.
71 candles · 6 tributes
K. Achuthan1950 – 2026 · Politician (Indian National Congress)Chittur's Congress face for twenty years, built first in the cooperative bank and the municipality.
71 candles · 9 tributes
Enzo Bianchi1943 – 2026 · Catholic lay monkFounder of Bose who kept teaching the Gospel after exile.
71 candles · 9 tributes
Siim Kallas1948 – 2026 · PoliticianArchitect of the kroon who carried Estonia into Europe.
71 candles · 4 tributes
Nick Glennie-Smith1951 – 2026 · ComposerHe will always be the leader of our band.
71 candles · 4 tributes
Alexander Milinkevich1947 – 2026 · PhysicistPhysicist and Sakharov laureate who united Belarus's democrats and never stopped arguing for a European, fearless country.
71 candles · 5 tributes
Sir Anthony Kenny1931 – 2026 · PhilosopherDevout agnostic who made the great philosophers lucid.
71 candles · 6 tributes
Freddy Cannon1936 – 2026 · SingerBoom Boom of rock and roll, whose Palisades Park still sounds like summer.
71 candles · 8 tributes
Bain Boehlke1939 – 2026 · ActorJungle Theater founder whose exacting Twin Cities stages and Fargo cameo left a lasting imprint.
70 candles · 8 tributes
Yin Carrizo1939 – 2026 · AccordionistAccordionist called El Cantor de la Patria, who wrote Viva Panama and Lucy.
70 candles · 7 tributes
Leo Morimoto1943 – 2026 · ActorJapanese actor and narrator whose gentle voice defined Thomas, Q-sama!! and Honneamise's Shirotsugh.
70 candles · 6 tributes
Shinichi Abe1950 – 2026 · Manga artistGaro artist who turned Asagaya love and later illness into private manga that outlived the silence.
70 candles · 10 tributes
Yves Brunier1941 – 2026 · puppeteerThe man inside Casimir, France's gentle orange dinosaur.
70 candles · 7 tributes
Bonnie Greer1948 – 2026 · PlaywrightAmerican-British playwright and critic whose voice shaped UK cultural debate.
69 candles · 7 tributes
Erni Mangold1927 – 2026 · Actress (stageAustrian stage and screen force who made blunt truth and late-career brilliance her trademark.
69 candles · 7 tributes
Bill Rasmussen1932 – 2026 · Sports broadcasterESPN's founder who turned a traffic-jam brainstorm into the world's first 24-hour sports network.
69 candles · 9 tributes
Mark Rydell1929 – 2026 · Film directorActor's director who drew Oscars from Fonda and Hepburn and whispered greatness into Midler.
69 candles · 8 tributes
Claudette Colvin1939 – 2026 · Civil rights activistAt 15 she refused to give up her bus seat, then helped end segregation on America's public transit.
69 candles · 10 tributes