People who died in 2026
3,782 people remembered here.
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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Madeleine Rachel Trask† 2026Madeleine Rachel Trask, 22, died in a skydiving incident at Langar Airfield.
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Tommy Hunter1937 – 2026 · Country singerCanada's Country Gentleman. Singer, host of The Tommy Hunter Show, and Order of Canada member who brought country music into the living room.
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Kjell Nilsson1949 – 2026 · WeightlifterThe Gothenburg strongman who became the Lord Humungus, Warrior of the Wasteland, and did it his way.
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Michelle DuBarry1931 – 2026 · Drag queen and ladies' shoe salesmanToronto's queen mother of drag, who showed up for every cause and always tipped the girls.
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Günther Jung1937 – 2026 · ChemistTübingen chemist whose peptide school helped seed modern mRNA vaccine science.
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Joe Doering1982 – 2026 · Professional wrestlerTwo-time AJPW Triple Crown champion who fought brain cancer with quiet courage.
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Kadir İnanır1949 – 2026 · Film actorA defining leading man of Yeşilçam Turkish cinema.
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Chris Langham1949 – 2026 · ActorBAFTA-winning comic actor and writer of The Thick of It, People Like Us and Help, whose career ended with a 2007 conviction.
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Jaimie Bethea† 2026A Navy sailor and photographer whose family is still seeking answers about her care at sea.
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Elena Katherine Moore† 2026Lexington trainer whose disappearance and unexplained death drew a nation's attention and unanswered questions.
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Carlo Ginzburg1939 – 2026 · HistorianItalian historian who helped found microhistory and recover forgotten voices.
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Mary K. Kee, 1935-2026, remembered by family and friends in Omaha.
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Lorcan O'Herlihy1959 – 2026 · ArchitectIrish-born LA architect who treated housing as civic design and urban care.
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Kenny Jackett1962 – 2026 · Footballer and football managerWatford's own. One-club player, Wales international, and a manager who left every club better than he found it.
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Jane Yolen1939 – 2026 · AuthorProlific children's and fantasy author of Owl Moon and The Devil's Arithmetic.
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Ned Jarrett1932 – 2026 · NASCAR racing driverGentleman Ned. Two-time NASCAR champion, beloved voice of the sport, and the proudest father in the booth.
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Raymond Berry1933 – 2026 · American football player and coach (Baltimore Colts split endThe 20th-round pick who outworked everyone, caught 12 in the Greatest Game and taught the NFL how to run a route.
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Kyle Busch1985 – 2026 · NASCAR racing driver and team ownerTwo-time NASCAR Cup champion, winningest driver in NASCAR national series history, and a devoted husband and father.
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Cleve Moler1939 – 2026 · MathematicianCreator of MATLAB, who gave millions of students, scientists and engineers an easy way to compute.
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Brandon Clarke1996 – 2026 · Professional basketball playerGrizzlies power forward and All-Rookie star who played with grit and gave back in Memphis.
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Lee Hong-koo1934 – 2026 · Political scientistScholar, diplomat and prime minister who served three Korean presidents and spent his life building bridges toward democracy and peace.
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Michael Tilson Thomas1944 – 2026 · ConductorMTT, the conductor who made the San Francisco Symphony world class and taught millions to love the orchestra.
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Alan Osmond1949 – 2026 · SingerThe leader of The Osmonds, who carried the load so his brothers could shine.
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Dave Mason1946 – 2026 · SingerHe wrote Feelin' Alright? and played on rock's greatest records. Through the music, his presence endures.
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Andy Kershaw1959 – 2026 · BroadcasterThe BBC broadcaster who opened Britain's ears to the music of the world.
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Alex Manninger1977 – 2026 · Professional footballer (goalkeeper)The Salzburg goalkeeper who helped Arsenal to the Double and stood in for Buffon at Juventus.
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Kari Hag1941 – 2026 · MathematicianNorwegian mathematician who advanced quasiconformal theory and opened doors for women in science.
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Actress and singer, fifth generation of a great American theatrical family.
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Barret Robbins1973 – 2026 · American football center (Oakland Raiders)Raiders All-Pro center whose battle with bipolar disorder played out on football's biggest stage.
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Giuseppe Savoldi1947 – 2026 · Footballer (centre-forward) and coachBeppegol. Mister Two Billion. A Bergamo boy who rose higher than anyone to head the ball home.
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Willi Forrer1935 – 2026 · Alpine skierSwiss downhill racer who won the 1962 Hahnenkamm Streif.
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Valerie Perrine1943 – 2026 · Actress and former Las Vegas showgirlShowgirl turned Oscar nominee, Cannes winner and Superman's Miss Teschmacher, who lived life to the fullest.
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A four-year-old from Gatineau whose death after an asthma attack led to hospital safety reforms.
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Phil Campbell1961 – 2026 · rock guitaristMotörhead guitarist for 31 years and leader of Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.
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António Lobo Antunes1942 – 2026 · NovelistHe made Portugal face its war, its dictatorship and itself, engraving words so readers could feel the fire and the blood.
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Robert Carradine1954 – 2026 · ActorRevenge of the Nerds' Lewis and Lizzie McGuire's dad, a Carradine who loved his family, music and fast cars.
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Billy Steinberg1950 – 2026 · SongwriterHe wrote Like a Virgin, True Colors and Eternal Flame, and millions sang his words back to him.
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Brad Arnold1978 – 2026 · SingerThe Mississippi kid who wrote Kryptonite in algebra class and gave a generation its rock soundtrack.
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Ken Peplowski1959 – 2026 · Jazz clarinetistThe clarinetist who carried Benny Goodman's swing into a new century, with a warm, woody sound and a laugh on every bandstand.
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Chuck Negron1942 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterThe voice of Joy to the World and One, who found his way back from addiction and spent his life helping others do the same.
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Billy Bass Nelson1951 – 2026 · Original Funkadelic bassist and singer who named the bandHe named Funkadelic and gave it its first bass line. Rest in eternal peace and funk.
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Demond Wilson1946 – 2026 · ActorLamont Sanford to millions; a Vietnam veteran, minister and author who chose faith over fame.
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Drew Perham† 2026A young man from Plymouth whose death shocked a community and raised the alarm about homophobic violence.
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Diane Munday1931 – 2026 · Political activistALRA campaigner who helped win the Abortion Act 1967 and co-founded BPAS.
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Suresh Kalmadi1944 – 2026 · PoliticianAir Force pilot, Pune's longtime MP and the IOA chief who brought the 2010 Commonwealth Games to India.
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Mepe Dada† 2026 · PoliticianEast Kameng's voice in the Assembly, and the first MLA of his community.
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