People who died in 2026
3,779 people remembered here.
Rufat Riskiyev1949 – 2026 · BoxerThe Tashkent Tiger, Uzbekistan's first world boxing champion and an Olympic silver medallist.
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Duca1934 – 2026 · FootballerFlamengo forward who wrote Zaragoza's first European goal.
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Baek In-chun1942 – 2026 · Baseball playerKBO's only .400 hitter, NPB standout, and the manager who led LG Twins to their first title.
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Peggy Webber1925 – 2026 · ActressA latex voice for thousands of radio characters, and Lady Macduff for Orson Welles.
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Heinz-Peter Gasse1952 – 2026 · Trade unionist and politicianDuisburg steelworker's son of the union who never forgot the works he called home.
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Alex Mukulu† 2026 · PlaywrightUganda's playwright of 30 Years of Bananas, who put the nation's history on stage.
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Chutima Sidasathian1982 – 2026 · Investigative journalistThai reporter who exposed trafficking and corruption and would not be silenced.
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Bou Meng1941 – 2026 · Cambodian artistArtist who survived S-21 by painting Pol Pot and spent decades bearing witness at Tuol Sleng.
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Skip Bertman1938 – 2026 · College baseball coachLSU's five-time CWS champion who packed The Box and remade college baseball into a must-see sport.
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Peter Maher1946 – 2026 · SportscasterThe radio voice of the Calgary Flames for 33 seasons, and a Hockey Hall of Fame honoree.
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Wolfgang Haber1925 – 2026 · Biologist and landscape ecologistA founder of landscape ecology who helped give Germany its first national parks.
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Jack Crabtree† 2026 · PainterPainter who gave dignity to miners, steelworkers and lives that often went unnoticed.
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Dumitru Marcu1950 – 2026 · Footballer and football managerThe Motorbike of Craiova, who helped bring the club its first title.
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Josef Deimer1936 – 2026 · PoliticianLandshut's lord mayor for 35 years and a fearless voice for Bavaria's towns and cities.
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Jacques Wallage1946 – 2026 · PoliticianLabour leader in the House and a much loved mayor of Groningen.
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Wang Xiji1921 – 2026 · Aerospace engineerBai-born aerospace pioneer who paved China's road to space from sounding rockets to recoverable satellites.
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Olivier Lebas1964 – 2026 · Naval officerCarrier pilot and admiral who commanded the Charles de Gaulle and served France at sea.
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Sami Mohammad1943 – 2026 · Sculptor and painterA sculptor who gave bronze and stone a voice for human suffering and the longing to be free.
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Slavko Pregl1945 – 2026 · Writer and publisherThe Slovene children's writer whose funny, honest stories of city kids became school classics.
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Lisa Koppel† 2026 · AttorneyJohannesburg attorney remembered for quiet courage and family love.
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John Rousmaniere1944 – 2026 · Author and maritime historianA sailor and writer who turned a storm at sea into lessons that saved lives.
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Xaysomphone Phomvihane1956 – 2026 · PoliticianSon of the founder of modern Laos, who rose to lead its National Assembly.
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Carola von Braun1942 – 2026 · PoliticianBerlin's first Women's Representative, a liberal who built bridges for women across party lines.
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Ray Reinhardt1930 – 2026 · StageReinhardt, I say to you, become an actor. And for seven decades, he did.
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Sydney Towle1999 – 2026 · Social media content creator and cancer awareness advocateAn endless ray of sunshine who showed a million people that life with cancer can still be full of joy.
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Robby Albarado1973 – 2026 · Thoroughbred jockeyLouisiana-born jockey of Curlin and Swiss Skydiver; two-time Preakness winner with 5,222 career victories.
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David George Gordon1950 – 2026 · NaturalistThe Bug Chef who put crickets and tarantulas on the Western menu.
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Bruno Campanella1943 – 2026 · ConductorBari-born bel canto maestro who led the world's great houses with rigor, sensitivity, and elegance.
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Nils Eklund1927 – 2026 · Actor and voice actorSwedish character actor for seven decades: Dramaten stalwart, Pom-Pom in Svenska Sesam and the voice of Pettson.
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A mother, daughter and sister from Kentucky, remembered for her resilience and faith.
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Trea Shay Northrup† 2026Daughter, sister, granddaughter. Her family is still seeking answers.
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Philip Ruppe1926 – 2026 · U.S. Representative (Michigan 11th DistrictModerate Michigan congressman who carried Copper Country and Great Lakes concerns to Washington for twelve years.
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Nirmal "Nimsdai" Purja1983 – 2026 · MountaineerGurkha, special forces soldier and record-breaking mountaineer who showed the world that nothing is impossible and put Nepali climbers on the map.
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Manolo Solo1964 – 2026 · ActorThe improbable protagonist. A patient, truthful actor whose late light filled Spanish cinema.
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Simone Forti1935 – 2026 · Postmodern dancerPostmodern dance pioneer whose Dance Constructions remade what bodies and objects could do together.
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Mason Moulding† 2026A 16-month-old boy from Scottsville, Kentucky, whose short life ended too soon.
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Sir Ian Wood1942 – 2026 · Businessman and philanthropistHe turned an Aberdeen fishing yard into a global energy group, then shared his luck with Scotland and Africa.
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Haim Yavin1932 – 2026 · Television news anchor and documentary filmmakerIsrael's Mr. Television who coined mahapach and voiced the nation's news for four decades.
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John C. Dvorak1946 – 2026 · Technology journalistCantankerous, witty tech columnist who questioned every hype cycle and kept No Agenda listeners arguing for nearly two decades.
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Tony Thorpe1945 – 2026 · GuitaristRubettes guitarist whose white-suit hits and Baby I Know still echo.
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William Wisher Jr.1955 – 2026 · ScreenwriterCo-writer of Terminator 2 who believed stories connect generations and every life can matter.
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Scott Bryce1958 – 2026 · ActorOakdale's charming rogue, a one-take actor, and a devoted husband and father.
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Ken Bates1931 – 2026 · BusinessmanHe bought Chelsea for a pound, saved Stamford Bridge, and made his friends laugh.
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Dave Kendall1963 – 2026 · Music journalistHe gave alternative music a home on MTV's 120 Minutes, and a generation found its sound.
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Josh Grisetti1981 – 2026 · ActorThe class clown who could sing a little, and taught a generation how to make their own art.
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Wai Ching Ho1943 – 2026 · Actress (stageHong Kong-born actress, Marvel's Madame Gao and Turning Red's Grandma Wu. A pillar on stage and off, and an example of how to live.
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James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern1927 – 2026 · Scottish lawyerScottish Lord Chancellor of rare integrity; reforming lawyer, sabbatarian, and voice for Scots law.
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