People who died in 2026
372 people remembered here.
Klaus Hänsch1938 – 2026 · SPD politicianFormer EP President who brought Klartext from Erkrath to Strasbourg and made Commissioner hearings public.
47 candles · 5 tributes
Joseph Arnaouti1936 – 2026 · Armenian Catholic bishopSyrian Armenian Catholic shepherd who stayed with Damascus through war.
46 candles · 7 tributes
Frank McDonald1950 – 2026 · AuthorIrish Times editor who defended Dublin and the climate.
46 candles · 8 tributes
Jimmy Batten1955 – 2026 · Professional boxer (British light-middleweight champion)British light-middleweight champion who went the distance with Roberto Duran and never stopped smiling.
46 candles · 6 tributes
Samuel Monroe Jr.1973 – 2026 · ActorUnforgettable face of 1990s Black cinema whose grit on screen never erased the kindness friends remembered off it.
46 candles · 8 tributes
Harold P. Freeman1933 – 2026 · Surgical oncologistFather of patient navigation who proved poverty, not destiny, decides who survives cancer.
46 candles · 7 tributes
Martha Rivers Ingram1935 – 2026 · BusinesswomanNashville's First Lady of the Arts who built halls, saved a symphony, and led a billion-dollar company.
46 candles · 6 tributes
Enos Mafokate1944 – 2026 · Show jumperKgosi ya Dipere who opened the arena and then the Soweto gates.
45 candles · 10 tributes
Frances Stonor Saunders1966 – 2026 · HistorianHistorian who exposed how the CIA paid the piper of Cold War culture.
45 candles · 7 tributes
Elio Zamuto1941 – 2026 · ActorItalian Magnum: voice of Selleck, Creed, and the poliziottesco.
44 candles · 5 tributes
Grace Nortey1937 – 2026 · Actress (theatreMaame Gyata: five decades of fierce Ghanaian screen truth.
44 candles · 8 tributes
Ileana Cotrubaș1939 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoShe sought truth in song, not polish: Mimì and Violetta for the ages.
44 candles · 5 tributes
Livio Berruti1939 – 2026 · SprinterRome 1960: the Angel who broke the American hold on the Olympic 200.
44 candles · 7 tributes
Gary Myers1950 – 2026 · Stock car racing driverBowman Gray Modified legend and SMART champion who anchored a four-generation NASCAR racing family.
43 candles · 8 tributes
Zenyazen Escobar García1984 – 2026 · PoliticianVeracruz teacher and Morena deputy who said the nation is built in the classroom.
43 candles · 7 tributes
Mehdi Zana1940 – 2026 · Kurdish politicianDiyarbakir's independent socialist mayor; Prison No. 5 witness for Kurdish rights.
43 candles · 5 tributes
Nancy Kissinger1934 – 2026 · Foreign policy specialistForeign policy specialist and philanthropist who was Henry Kissinger's trusted partner for nearly fifty years.
43 candles · 8 tributes
Jean-Pierre Clar1942 – 2026 · Rugby league lock/loose forward (later hooker)Villeneuve XIII legend; France RL World Cup finalist 1968; champion at XV and XIII.
42 candles · 6 tributes
James Lew1952 – 2026 · Martial artistEmmy-winning stunt artist who made Hollywood's heroes look fearless.
42 candles · 4 tributes
Recah Trinidad1943 – 2026 · Sports journalistThe Bare Eye of Philippine sports: poet, editor and ringside witness who made athletes famous in sentences.
41 candles · 10 tributes
Isao Harimoto1940 – 2026 · Professional baseball outfielderNPB's only 3,000-hit man, Hiroshima survivor, and Sunday Morning's blunt Appare / Kats voice.
41 candles · 8 tributes
Sir Richard Alston1948 – 2026 · ChoreographerMusical contemporary classicist; Strider to Rambert to The Place; knighted for Services to Dance.
41 candles · 8 tributes
Rudy Ariffin1953 – 2026 · Civil servantTwo-term South Kalimantan governor who moved the capital offices and barred coal trucks from public roads.
41 candles · 9 tributes
Michel Fano1929 – 2026 · ComposerHe taught cinema to listen as one composition.
41 candles · 5 tributes
Michael Wright1956 – 2026 · Actor (film and television)Pure artist whose Eddie King still sings in every room.
41 candles · 9 tributes
Harry Burrows1941 – 2026 · Professional footballer (winger/forward)Cannonball left foot. Villa League Cup pioneer. Stoke terrace legend.
40 candles · 5 tributes
Chiche Gelblung1944 – 2026 · JournalistCurious, combative, never retired: Argentina's Chiche kept asking until the last broadcast.
40 candles · 5 tributes
Andy Williams (The Butcher)1977 – 2026 · Musician (rhythm guitar)Founding ETID guitarist and AEW's The Butcher; Buffalo metal and tag-team brotherhood to the end.
40 candles · 8 tributes
Resil Mojares1943 – 2026 · HistorianVisayan Titan of Letters who made Cebuano memory a national archive.
40 candles · 4 tributes
Billy Smith1942 – 2026 · Rugby league halfback (early centre)Little General of Kogarah. Forever a Dragon.
40 candles · 5 tributes
Violet Hensley1916 – 2026 · Luthier (fiddle maker/repairer)Ozarks Whittlin' Fiddler who carved 73 fiddles and debuted at the Opry at 99.
40 candles · 5 tributes
David Clayton-Thomas1941 – 2026 · SingerVoice of Spinning Wheel and Blood, Sweat & Tears; Toronto blues kid who took jazz-rock to Woodstock and the Grammys.
40 candles · 9 tributes
Mike McFarland1970 – 2026 · Voice actorFunimation pioneer who gave English life to Master Roshi, Buggy, and a generation of anime dubs.
39 candles · 7 tributes
Marty Lowe1971 – 2026 · QuarterbackCardinals QB who won the Cup, then taught kids at Seneca Park.
39 candles · 8 tributes
S. R. Janakiraman1928 – 2026 · Carnatic vocalistLast student of Tiger Varadachariar; Carnatic musicology's December-season voice.
39 candles · 10 tributes
Miguel Zavaleta1955 – 2026 · SingerSueter's voice who made Amanece en la ruta immortal.
39 candles · 9 tributes
James T. Laney1927 – 2026 · Methodist ministerLed Emory's quantum jump and sought peace on the Korean peninsula.
39 candles · 4 tributes
Keiko Kishi1932 – 2026 · ActressInternational star of postwar Japanese film who chose courage over comfort, from Machiko-maki fame to Paris and the page.
39 candles · 5 tributes
Tung Chee-hwa1937 – 2026 · Shipping executive and businessmanHong Kong's first Chief Executive, a shipping heir who led the city through the 1997 handover.
38 candles · 9 tributes
Lucien Smith1989 – 2026 · Multidisciplinary artist (paintingFrom Rain Paintings to Serving the People and FOOD, he turned early market fame into community.
38 candles · 7 tributes
Jimmy Cricket1945 – 2026 · ComedianAnd there's more. Clean comedy, wrong-foot wellies, and a force for joy.
38 candles · 7 tributes
Husky Kihal1961 – 2026 · Actor (cinemaHenri Fournier of Astrid et Raphaelle, who made the morgue human.
37 candles · 9 tributes
Mary Gaudron1943 – 2026 · LawyerAustralia's first female High Court justice, equal-pay advocate and steadfast voice for the rule of law.
36 candles · 8 tributes
Jonathan Cooper1950 – 2026 · Violinmaker (luthier)He made fiddles meant to sing for centuries, one at a time.
36 candles · 9 tributes
Dash Crofts1938 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterSeals & Crofts harmony and mandolin; Summer Breeze still softens the room.
36 candles · 6 tributes
Libor Balák1961 – 2026 · PainterBrno painter of prehistory; Burian's heir in line, not in manner. May, Foglar, mammoth hunters, Antropark.
35 candles · 9 tributes
Nanda Malini1943 – 2026 · Sri Lankan singerA voice of social purpose, she sang Sri Lanka's hard truths in a white sari.
35 candles · 6 tributes
Cheryl Hall1950 – 2026 · ActressCitizen Smith's Shirley, Doctor Who's Shirna, and a fierce Labour voice for Kent.
35 candles · 9 tributes