People who died in 2026

3,770 people remembered here.

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  Louis Mukwaya

  1939 – 2026 · Medical entomologist and Uganda Virus Research Institute scientist

  First Ugandan UVRI scientist who kept Entebbe's virus laboratory alive through war.

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  George Liu (K. L. "George" Liu)

  † 2026 · newspaper manager and photographer

  Steady hand behind Seattle's Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly.

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  Tony Currie

  1951 – 2026 · Broadcaster

  Scottish broadcaster whose voice marked STV and BBC Scotland for decades.

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  Jonathan McKinsey

  † 2026

  Dublin, California resident whose sudden death shocked his community.

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  Ronnie Golden

  † 2026 · Singer

  Fabulous Poodles frontman who helped invent musical alternative comedy.

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  Wesley (Wes) Armour

  † 2026 · Trucking executive

  Order of Canada trucking builder who grew a family fleet into Atlantic Canada's logistics giant.

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  Bruno Musarò

  1948 – 2026 · Catholic archbishop and apostolic nuncio

  Andrano's nuncio: a Salento priest who carried the Holy See from Panama to Cairo and Costa Rica.

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  Fr John Halton

  † 2026

  Retired parish priest of Tempo, remembered for decades of quiet service to the people of Pobal.

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  Guruh Sukarnoputra

  1953 – 2026 · Musician

  Sukarno's youngest son: three decades in parliament and a lifetime of Indonesian song and dance.

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  Lorene "Sue" Wagner

  † 2026

  Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and twin sister who cherished family, cards, and travel.

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  Ahmed El-Zend

  1946 – 2026 · Judge

  Egyptian judge who led the Judges Club and briefly served as Minister of Justice.

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  Hirokazu Ueyonabaru

  1971 – 2026 · Paralympic wheelchair racer

  Okinawa's enduring T52 racer who turned injury into Paralympic silver and bronze.

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  Karel Eduard Paar

  1934 – 2026 · Religious knight

  Czech aristocrat and Grand Prior Emeritus who rebuilt the Order of Malta in Bohemia.

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  Jim Ukrop

  1937 – 2026 · Grocery executive

  Ukrop's leader who built a Richmond grocery institution and gave the city his time.

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  Oscar González Oro

  1951 – 2026 · Journalist

  El Negro Oro, the Radio 10 morning voice who made Argentines feel accompanied.

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  Tawon Boyd

  † 2026

  A young father whose death in police custody was never forgotten.

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  Elvin Hernandez

  † 2026

  A longtime Connecticut highway worker killed while keeping the roads safe for others.

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  Leo T. Gaje Jr.

  1938 – 2026 · Filipino martial artist

  Grand Tuhon of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali who opened a Filipino family blade art to the world.

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  Samuel J. Benicase

  † 2026

  A steady presence in Kingston banking and family life for nearly a century.

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  Mayer Hillman

  1931 – 2026 · Architect

  Architect turned social scientist who fought for children, walkers and cyclists, and warned the world early about climate change.

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  Hirata Luna

  † 2026

  A young trainee idol from Nagoya, gone at eight.

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  Rabbi David Batzri

  1941 – 2026 · Kabbalist

  Jerusalem kabbalist who led Yeshivat HaShalom for decades.

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  Carmen Aldunate

  1940 – 2026 · Painter

  Chilean painter who gave women of paint a lasting psychological voice.

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  Yehuda Atlas

  1937 – 2026 · Poet

  The poet who gave Israeli children a voice for their small, ordinary worries.

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  Isao Takeuchi

  1951 – 2026 · Politician

  Three-term Tottori mayor who steered merger, dunes tourism and a brief Diet career.

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  Mohammed Benchicou

  1952 – 2026 · Journalist

  Founder of Le Matin and a stubborn voice for Algeria's independent press.

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  Jesse James Self

  † 2026

  Remembered for his laughter, his games, and the songs he loved to sing.

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  Milan Panić

  1929 – 2026 · Businessman

  From Belgrade resistance and California labs to Yugoslavia's premiership, a builder who wagered everything on peace.

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  Kerwin Peter Engelhart

  1929 – 2026 · High school basketball coach and athletic administrator

  Rochester's longtime coach and athletic director who put students first for sixty years.

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  Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán

  1962 – 2026 · Roman Catholic archbishop

  Archbishop Primate of Sucre and former president of Bolivia's bishops.

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  Bachtiar Chamsyah

  1945 – 2026 · Politician

  Indonesian social affairs minister who served PPP cabinets under Megawati and Yudhoyono.

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  Jacob Goldwasser

  1950 – 2026 · Film and television director

  Israeli filmmaker of Abba Ganuv and Beyond the Sea who bridged cult comedy and intimate family drama.

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  Leon Sirois

  1935 – 2026 · Racing driver (midget

  Indy lore's hard-luck rookie whose waved-off pole day became the Jigger Award.

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  Richard S. Reisberg

  1941 – 2026 · Television executive

  Television executive and mediator who loved finding common ground.

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  Izabella Loving

  † 2026

  Izabella Loving died at age five in Cold Springs, Nevada, in a case now prosecuted as murder.

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  Jennifer Liang

  1952 – 2026 · Pediatrician

  Coral Springs pediatrician who cared for local children for more than thirty years.

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  Bob Pettit

  1932 – 2026 · NBA basketball player

  NBA's first MVP, 1958 Hawks champion, and the first player to score 20,000 points.

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  Leon Duray "Jigger" Sirois

  1935 – 2026 · Racing driver (midget

  Indy 500 hard-luck rookie whose waved-off 1969 pole run became racing folklore.

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  Joseph J. "Joe" Drake

  1924 – 2026 · WWII Army Ranger

  World War II Army Ranger, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, and lifelong Hawley postmaster.

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  Dee Brock

  1930 – 2026 · Educator

  Founding director who integrated and reinvented the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders into America's Sweethearts.

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  Alfonsas Bukontas

  1941 – 2026 · Poet

  Lithuanian poet and translator who turned Holocaust survival and Samogitian earth into lasting verse.

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  Savithri Sreedharan

  1944 – 2026 · Malayalam theatre and film actress

  Kozhikode theatre's Umma, who brought Jameela to life in Sudani from Nigeria.

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  John Edward Cernek

  † 2026

  A devoted father and grandfather remembered for his kindness and nearly forty years of steady service.

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  Jacob Thomas Burns

  † 2026

  A devoted hockey player and family man who made people feel loved.

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  George N. Gillett Jr.

  1938 – 2026 · Businessman

  Vail moderniser and restless sports owner who kept coming home to the mountains.

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  James Becket

  1936 – 2026 · Writer

  American filmmaker and lawyer who helped expose Greek junta torture and told refugee and ecology stories on screen.

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  Lucien Lazare

  1924 – 2026 · Historian

  Resistance scout who chronicled the Righteous and taught that rescue is courage.

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  Alojzy Lysko

  1942 – 2026 · Writer

  Silesian chronicler who gave forgotten fathers a voice and kept Upper Silesia's memory alive.

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