People who died in 2026

3,790 people remembered here.

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  George Thomas

  1937 – 2026 · Baseball player

  He played every position but pitcher and kept the dugout laughing.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Edward Gillis

  † 2026

  Beloved husband, father and brother who kept Detroit's vinyl records spinning.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Francis Duru

  1969 – 2026 · Actor

  Rattlesnake made his name; three decades of Nollywood made him a pillar of it.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Caryle Murphy

  1946 – 2026 · Journalist

  A Pulitzer-winning reporter who stayed in occupied Kuwait to tell the world what was happening.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Gnénéma Mamadou Coulibaly

  1962 – 2026 · Magistrate and politician

  Magistrate, minister and storyteller; he helped rebuild Ivorian justice after the crisis.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Russell Khan

  † 2026 · Guitarist

  The guitarist who stood behind Bangladesh's great singers for more than thirty years.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  John Vaughan

  1964 – 2026 · Footballer and goalkeeping coach

  Cambridge United's promotion-winning goalkeeper and a coach to keepers for two decades.

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  Chaya Menucha Borenstein

  † 2026

  A beloved twelve year old daughter from New Haven, mourned by her family and community.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Maria Melnyk

  † 2026 · UPA courier

  Fialka, the teenage courier who survived the Gulag and kept her faith in people.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Kwame Dzokoto

  † 2026 · Politician

  Judge Koboo of Efiewura and the warm voice of Edziban, who made Ghana laugh and taste its own food.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Paul Gay

  † 2026 · Educator and outdoor education advocate

  He led Southland's children into Fiordland for 43 years so they could know the natural world.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ron Duguay

  1957 – 2026 · Ice hockey player

  The flowing-haired Ranger who turned the Garden ice into a stage and never stopped loving the game.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Günter Ederer

  1941 – 2026 · Economics journalist

  A reporter who travelled the world to explain how nations create and keep their prosperity.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Skip Nipper

  † 2026 · Baseball historian and author

  Nashville's baseball historian, who kept the stories of Sulphur Dell alive

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Romano Hummel

  1999 – 2026 · Long track and grasstrack motorcycle racer

  2021 long track world champion and three-time European grasstrack champion from Hoogkerk. Rider 666, father of two.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Landon Murphy

  † 2026

  A Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper remembered for his dedication and service.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Kevin O'Neill

  † 2026 · Gaelic footballer and council chief executive

  Newry defender who helped Down bring the Sam Maguire Cup across the border in 1960 and 1961.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Saul Blanch

  1951 – 2026 · Rock singer and songwriter

  The first voice of Rata Blanca and a pioneer of Argentine hard rock.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  David Šmídt

  † 2026 · Musician

  Keyboardist of Eddie Stoilow and director of Evropa 2, whose songs and stations filled Czech airwaves.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Dan "The Duke" Davis

  1942 – 2026 · Sports broadcaster

  The Duke, a founding voice of ESPN Radio and the man who called the Flutie Hail Mary.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Cornell Green

  1940 – 2026 · American football defensive back and NFL scout

  The basketball All-American who never played college football and became a Cowboys great.

  3 candles · 2 tributes
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  Boris Kolar

  1933 – 2026 · Animator and film director

  A founder of the Zagreb School who helped give the world Professor Balthazar.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Doris Voetter Penler

  † 2026

  Beloved mother and grandmother remembered for her love of travel, family and faith.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Irvin Stanley Naylor

  1935 – 2026 · Businessman

  He built ski slopes for a region, horses for a sport, and a school's future.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Scott Lisney

  † 2026

  A kind hearted son, brother, father and uncle from Bury St Edmunds, remembered for his generosity.

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  Giannis Koutsogiannis

  1933 – 2026 · Army officer and politician

  An officer tortured by the junta who helped found PASOK and served Argos in parliament.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Reuben Fasoranti

  1926 – 2026 · Educator and elder statesman

  Teacher, school founder and elder of Afenifere who served Ondo State for a century.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Lyndsay Rackley

  1944 – 2026 · Radio broadcaster

  Sixty-five years on the air with New Zealand's oldest radio station.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Georgios Liveris

  1932 – 2026 · Sports journalist and sport shooter

  Olympic marksman, motoring writer and keeper of Greece's Olympic memory.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Philip Otton

  1933 – 2026 · Judge

  Coventry-born judge who rose to the Court of Appeal and judged fairly, clearly and humanely.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Mr. Whitekeys

  1947 – 2026 · Musician

  Alaska's irreverent showman of Spam, satire and the Whale Fat Follies.

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  John Gearin Matthews

  † 2026

  A devoted husband and father who never left the Kingston home where he was born.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Divya Vinekar

  † 2026

  Actor, radio voice and writer, remembered for her warmth and her role in Darlings.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Padre Elísio Dias

  1930 – 2026 · Catholic priest

  For 46 years he built Quarteira's churches and cared for its people.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Eleanor Barnfield

  † 2026

  A devoted care worker, remembered for her warmth and her courage to the very end.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Demetris Kizas

  1953 – 2026 · Cypriot footballer (central defender)

  Cypriot defender who won the 1977 double with Panathinaikos and made Patras his home.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Henry Dougier

  1936 – 2026 · Publisher

  Publisher who gave a voice to people living through change, one book at a time.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Norvan Holverson

  † 2026

  A straight shooter who believed honesty was the best policy.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Benito di Paula

  1941 – 2026 · Brazilian singer

  Sambeiro and pianeiro who gave Brazil Retalhos de Cetim, Charlie Brown and Mulher Brasileira.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Saeeda Kamal (Tulu)

  † 2026 · Artist and freedom fighter

  Poet's daughter who nursed the wounded of 1971 and gave her life to art.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Napoleon Bonaparte

  1965 – 2026 · Police officer

  Indonesian police general who led the force's international division, and whose career ended in scandal.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  John Beake

  1938 – 2026 · American football coach and executive

  Broncos general manager who helped bring John Elway to Denver and built two Super Bowl champions.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Count Rudi (Rudolf Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau)

  † 2026

  The host who turned Marbella into a playground for the world's elite.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa

  1983 – 2026 · Lawyer and notary

  Prosecutor, tax chief and firefighter who kept challenging Guatemala's powerful, whatever it cost him.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Deva

  1950 – 2026 · Film composer and singer

  Thenisai Thendral, the breeze of sweet music, who carried gaana from the streets of Chennai to Tamils around the world.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Lajos Kollár

  1948 – 2026 · Vascular surgeon

  The Pécs surgeon who brought endovascular surgery to Hungary and steered its sailors to the world elite.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Zvi Kohavi

  1935 – 2026 · Computer scientist and electrical engineer

  Technion professor whose switching-theory textbook shaped generations of engineers.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Cléa Ménier

  † 2026

  French rugby player, gone at 17.

  3 candles · 1 tributes