People who died in 2026
3,756 people remembered here.
Killing of Kumanjayi Little Baby† 2026A five year old girl whose death exposed a child protection system that failed her.
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Luis Puenzo1946 – 2026 · Film directorArgentine director whose La historia oficial won Argentina's first Oscar and told the world about the stolen children of the dictatorship.
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Doug Allan1951 – 2026 · Wildlife cameramanPolar pioneer who brought Blue Planet worlds into our homes.
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Mark Piznarski1954 – 2026 · Television and film directorThe pilot director who gave a generation of teen dramas their first episode.
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Tracy Kidder1945 – 2026 · Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction writerHe made what is true believable, finding heroes in classrooms, nursing homes, clinics and city streets.
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Lionel Jospin1937 – 2026 · French Socialist politicianThe rigorous Prime Minister of the plural left who gave France the 35-hour week, the CMU and the PACS.
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Wang Danhao (Danhao Wang)† 2026A brilliant young semiconductor scientist whose death raised hard questions about how Chinese scholars are treated in America.
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Nicholas Brendon1971 – 2026 · ActorThe heart of the Scooby Gang. Actor, painter and twin who showed a generation that the one who isn't chosen still matters.
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Dolores Keane1953 – 2026 · Folk and traditional singerThe queen of the soul of Ireland. A voice like hers does not leave us, it lives forever.
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Christopher A. Sims1942 – 2026 · EconometricianNobel economist who let the data speak, showed how policy ripples through the economy, and mentored generations.
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Ronnie Delany1935 – 2026 · Olympic middle-distance runner and sports marketing executiveIreland's Olympic 1,500 metres champion of 1956, who flung his arms wide in Melbourne and knelt to pray. At 21 he achieved his destiny.
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Igho "Tiny" Ubiribo† 2026Remembered as the death that opened a hard conversation about cosmetic filler risks.
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Jane Lapotaire1944 – 2026 · Actress and authorTony and Olivier winning actress whose Piaf, Marie Curie and Shakespeare heroines blazed with courage on stage and off.
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Lou Holtz1937 – 2026 · College football coachPlay like a champion. He won the 1988 national title at Notre Dame and taught generations to do what's right.
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Neil Sedaka1939 – 2026 · SingerBrill Building singer-songwriter of Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Calendar Girl, and Laughter in the Rain
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Bill Mazeroski1936 – 2026 · Baseball second baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates) and coachThe Glove. His Game 7 home run in 1960 won the World Series, and his hands set the standard for every second baseman who followed.
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Frederick Wiseman1930 – 2026 · Documentary filmmakerDocumentary master who spent six decades showing America its own institutions, from Titicut Follies to City Hall.
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Melissa Price† 2026Melissa Price, 2026: her death is the subject of an ongoing criminal case.
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Cees Nooteboom1933 – 2026 · NovelistDutch novelist, poet and traveller whose books carried readers across Europe and the world.
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Philippe Morillon1935 – 2026 · French army generalThe French general who told besieged Srebrenica in 1993: I will never abandon you.
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Lucas Mattson† 2026A University of Michigan student whose death prompted scrutiny of fraternity safety.
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Rob Hirst1955 – 2026 · DrummerThe beating heart of Midnight Oil. He drove the band from the back and wrote songs that still move Australia.
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Tony Dallara1936 – 2026 · Singer and actorItaly's first urlatore, whose voice carried Come prima and Romantica around the world.
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Scott Adams1957 – 2026 · CartoonistCreator of Dilbert, who turned cubicle life into shared laughter for millions.
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Erich von Däniken1935 – 2026 · Author and ancient astronaut theoristHe asked millions of people to look at the ancient world and wonder who else might once have been here.
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Hushang Ansary1927 – 2026 · DiplomatDiplomat, finance minister and Houston industrialist who bridged Iran and America.
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Tony Butala1940 – 2026 · SingerThe voice that built The Lettermen. Smile, and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through.
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Lena Martell1940 – 2026 · Singer and television entertainerGlasgow's own star, who took One Day at a Time to number one and sang with a smile.
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Nexhat Daci1944 – 2026 · ChemistChemist, first Speaker of Kosovo's post-war Assembly and acting President, remembered for his calm.
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Shigehisa Takada1966 – 2026 · BusinessmanThird-generation head of Takata who led the family company through the largest recall in automotive history.
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Jesús de Miguel Alameda1996 – 2026 · Professional footballerMadrid born striker who rose through every level of Spanish football to lead the line for Tenerife.
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Nand Lal1954 – 2026 · PoliticianCommando, protector of Prime Ministers, and Rampur's voice in the Assembly for four terms.
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Rilwan Shareef† 2026 · Finance official and business executiveMaldivian finance minister of state, Dhiraagu chairman and longtime head of Villa Air.
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Don Murray1946 – 2026 · FootballerCardiff City's captain and most constant servant, 146 league games without missing one.
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Ahmet Nazif Zorlu1944 – 2026 · IndustrialistFrom two looms in Babadağ to Vestel. My country first, then my company, then my family.
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Hassan Habibi1940 – 2026 · Footballer and coachCaptain of Iran's first Asian Cup champions and the coach who rebuilt Team Melli.
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A Marion, Virginia librarian remembered for her love of reading, puzzles and her cats.
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Jerry Koosman1942 – 2026 · Baseball playerHis two World Series wins in 1969 made the Miracle Mets champions.
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Jonathan O. Ndagi (Waziri Magartakarda Nupe)† 2026Pioneer Vice Chancellor of FUT Minna and Wazirin Makaranta Nupe, dead at 96.
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Jonathan Ndagi1929 – 2026 · EducatorFounding vice-chancellor of FUT Minna, teacher, author and builder of institutions.
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A protector and storyteller, remembered for the love he gave his family.
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Nadia Sutton1938 – 2026 · Actress and LGBTQ community activistActress and activist who made sure people with AIDS never had to give up their pets.
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Dame Avisene Carrington1918 – 2026 · Educator and school founderSimply teacher, who gave Barbadian children a happy place to learn for over seventy years.
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Ilario Luperini1944 – 2026 · Art critic and school headPisa's teacher of art, who opened museums and schools to generations of young people.
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Domanlal Korsewada1948 – 2026 · PoliticianA teacher who turned to public life and served Ahiwara to the end.
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Steve Ellis1950 – 2026 · SingerThe voice of Everlasting Love. A soul boy to the end.
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Geoffrey Richmond1941 – 2026 · Football club chairman and businessmanThe chairman who promised Bradford City the Premier League in five years, and delivered.
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James Edward Carpenter1841 – 2026Cavalry officer wounded at Antietam and Chancellorsville, later a Philadelphia lawyer and civic leader.
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