People who died in 2026

3,758 people remembered here.

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  Tara Langley

  † 2026

  A Bloomington, Indiana woman whose life was taken far too soon in 2023.

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  Ilario Luperini

  1944 – 2026 · Art critic and school head

  Pisa's teacher of art, who opened museums and schools to generations of young people.

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  Domanlal Korsewada

  1948 – 2026 · Politician

  A teacher who turned to public life and served Ahiwara to the end.

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  Guido Neri

  1939 – 2026 · Italian racing cyclist

  The rider without a team who won the first Trofeo Laigueglia alone.

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  Robert "Bob" Von Thun Sr.

  † 2026

  Third generation farmer who helped turn a South Brunswick potato farm into a family destination.

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  Desmond D'Sa

  1956 – 2026 · Environmental and human rights activist

  Goldman Prize-winning watchdog of South Durban who turned community complaints into evidence and stood up to polluters.

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  Elton A. Umphlett, Jr.

  † 2026

  A man of faith, family and quiet service, remembered by those who loved him.

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  Jimmy Madison

  1947 – 2026 · Jazz drummer

  The Cincinnati prodigy who kept time for the greats of jazz and funk for more than 60 years.

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  Ünal Erkan

  1942 – 2026 · Police chief

  Police chief, super governor of Turkey's emergency region and minister whose career spanned the coup and conflict years.

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  Terence Francis Riley

  † 2026

  A devoted father and grandfather remembered for his lifelong love of flying.

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  Lee Dora Wide

  † 2026

  A devoted caregiver and family member, remembered for 40 years of quiet devotion.

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  MaryLou Kuhn

  † 2026

  A beloved wife, mother and grandmother who loved a good card game.

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  Lillie Hill

  † 2026

  A Queens grandmother whose death at 81 became the subject of a manslaughter case.

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  Sandra Kerr

  1942 – 2026 · Folk singer

  She gave Bagpuss its gentle music and spent a lifetime passing folk song on.

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  Zhanna Vitenzon

  1929 – 2026 · Soviet screenwriter of animated films and children's author

  She turned a child's mitten into a puppy and gave generations of children their favourite cartoons.

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  Josef Ritler

  1939 – 2026 · Photojournalist and reporter

  Blick-Seppi, forty years the camera and notebook of central Switzerland.

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  Radosław Ratajszczak

  1957 – 2026 · Biologist and zoo director

  He ran the zoo for the animals, not for his own fame.

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  Connie Rae Anderson

  † 2026

  A devoted wife, mother and grandmother remembered for a life of quiet dedication.

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  Eudaldo Báez Galib

  1939 – 2026 · Lawyer

  Mayagüez lawyer, PPD electoral commissioner and four-term senator, a master of parliamentary debate.

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  Chaya Wade

  † 2026

  Remembered with love by her family and friends.

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  Antal Steer

  1943 – 2026 · Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler

  A world silver medallist wrestler who stayed a wrestler at heart all his life.

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  Chandrasekhar Mishra

  † 2026 · Politician

  A lifelong party worker who gave Jamshedpur's BJP and his neighbourhood decades of service.

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  Elke Sommer

  1940 – 2026 · Actress

  The pastor's daughter from Franconia who conquered Hollywood, then painted the world in Chagall colours.

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  Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

  1934 – 2026 · Civil engineer and politician

  Son of a president who never became one, he broke the PRI's grip, founded the PRD and led Mexico toward democracy.

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  Cem Akaş

  1968 – 2026 · Novelist and publisher

  Turkish novelist and publisher whose playful, puzzle-like fiction stretched what a novel could be.

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  Dolores Huerta

  1930 – 2026 · Labor leader and civil rights activist

  She organized farmworkers for seventy years and taught a movement to say yes we can.

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  Thomas Pritchard

  † 2026

  A caring NHS worker whose life was cut short in a Lytham road crash.

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  Enric Cirici i Delgado

  1931 – 2026 · Businessman and cultural activist

  Barcelona engineer who helped give Catalan song a record label and Catalan readers a daily paper.

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  Béla Balogh

  1936 – 2026 · Historian and archivist

  Archivist and historian who gave Baia Mare back its past.

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  Italo Zannier

  1932 – 2026 · Photographer

  Friulian photographer who became the first professor of the history of photography in Italy

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  Eddie Gray

  1948 – 2026 · Guitarist

  Lead guitarist of Tommy James and the Shondells, co-writer of Crystal Blue Persuasion.

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  Muhammad al-Ali

  † 2026 · Poet and essayist

  Saudi poet who helped bring modernism to Arabian verse.

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  Bobby Wright (John Robert Wright)

  † 2026

  Son of country royalty, star of McHale's Navy, and a country hitmaker in his own right.

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  Cristina Calero García

  † 2026 · Politician

  Lanzarote deputy remembered for her enthusiasm and her love for her island.

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  Kirah Sines

  † 2026

  A much loved sister, daughter and devoted mother, remembered as more than what happened to her.

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  Carolyn Audrey Nixon

  † 2026

  A devoted mother, grandmother and gardener, remembered with love by her family.

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  David Ironman

  1959 – 2026 · Attorney and wrestling coach

  He built a home for New York City wrestling and called himself merely the conduit.

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  B. P. Singh

  † 2026 · Television producer and director

  He created CID and kept India guessing for a quarter of a century.

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  Agnes McPhail Stiles

  † 2026

  Remembered by family and friends in Springfield, Ohio.

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  Bobby Wright

  1942 – 2026 · Actor and country singer

  Willy Moss of PT-73, and the son who sang beside Kitty Wells for forty years.

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  Heiko Weber

  1965 – 2026 · Footballer and football coach

  He scored the last goal of East German football and brought Jena home again.

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  Simon Seekoei

  1956 – 2026 · Pastor and gospel singer

  Cape gospel pioneer whose songs, from We See a New South Africa to Here lei my, are still sung in churches.

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  Sir David Gascoigne

  1940 – 2026 · Lawyer and company director

  Lawyer, arts champion and steady companion in service to New Zealand.

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  Leonid Chernega

  1944 – 2026 · City council chairman and businessman

  Led Odesa through the hard first years of Ukrainian independence.

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  Lily Wong Fillmore

  1934 – 2026 · Linguist and Professor of Education

  Maestra to migrant children, she fought for every child's right to learn English without losing home.

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  Teymur Yahyayev

  1955 – 2026 · Journalist and official

  Journalist who twice led his native Masally District in Azerbaijan's first years of independence.

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  Alberto Molina

  1943 – 2026 · Footballer

  CD Tenerife's loyal number 5, who wore the club's shirt more times than anyone.

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  Robert Llimós

  1943 – 2026 · Painter and sculptor

  Barcelona painter and sculptor of vivid colour who set Marc and Miraestels on the city's waterfront.

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