People who died in 2026

3,805 people remembered here.

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  Neville Fay

  † 2026 · Arboriculturist

  He founded Tree Aid and taught a generation to care for ancient trees.

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  Durga Lal Shrestha

  † 2026 · Nepalese poet and lyricist

  The people's poet, whose simple, singing words carried the Nepal Bhasa language forward.

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  John Whenham

  † 2026 · Musicologist

  Monteverdi scholar and patient teacher who gave Birmingham a home for music.

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  Hasan M. El-Shamy

  1938 – 2026 · Folklorist and professor

  Folklorist who gathered the tales of Egypt and mapped the stories of the Arab world.

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  Claude Antonini

  1946 – 2026 · Singer

  A rebel voice who gave forgotten poets, above all Gaston Couté, a song.

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  Kenneth Røpke

  1965 – 2026 · Track cyclist

  Denmark's kilometre champion, fourth at the 1988 Olympics, who gave his life to track cycling.

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  Denny L. Alter

  1965 – 2026 · Construction worker at T. Steele Construction

  A Quad Cities builder and outdoorsman remembered by brothers and friends.

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  Flavia Lattanzi

  1940 – 2026 · Italian jurist and international judge

  A scholar and judge who held that the law must not fall silent in wartime.

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  Ruby Andrews

  1947 – 2026 · R&B and soul singer

  Chicago soul voice of Casanova, You Made a Believer, and Everybody Saw You.

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  Sumit Sarkar

  † 2026 · Historian

  Historian of modern India who put ordinary people at the centre of the national story.

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  Giles Chichester

  1946 – 2026 · Politician and publisher

  Sir Francis Chichester's son, who spent 20 years speaking for the South West in Europe.

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  Iraj

  1933 – 2026 · Singer

  The champion of Persian song, whose voice carried Golha, the cinema and the memories of generations.

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  Juan Manuel Escobar

  1950 – 2026 · Politician and judge

  Marine, Border Patrol agent and Texas lawmaker who served South Texas all his life.

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  Nancy Wyman

  1946 – 2026 · Connecticut politician

  Connecticut's first woman comptroller and lieutenant governor who fought with a smile and red high heels.

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  Kurt Danziger

  1926 – 2026 · Psychologist and historian of psychology

  A refugee and apartheid opponent who showed that psychology's ideas have histories of their own.

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  Kriang Kalptinan

  1952 – 2026 · Politician

  Five term MP for Ubon Ratchathani and Deputy Minister of the Interior.

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  Ward Churchill

  1947 – 2026 · Activist

  A writer and activist whose work on Native American history stirred fierce debate.

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  Vladimír Páral

  1932 – 2026 · Novelist

  The chemist turned novelist who chronicled love and boredom in socialist Czechoslovakia.

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  Nigel Beckford

  † 2026

  Nigel Beckford, 2026. His death is being investigated as a homicide in Boynton Beach, Florida.

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  Tony Scott

  1971 – 2026 · Rapper

  Dutch hip-house pioneer of Get Into It who taught Amsterdam youth with RAPucation

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  Victor Niederhoffer

  1943 – 2026 · Hedge fund manager

  Eight-time U.S. squash champion and pioneering speculator who counted everything, fell twice and always came back.

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  Júlio Duarte Langa

  1927 – 2026 · Catholic bishop and cardinal

  Mozambique's second cardinal, a bishop who preached peace through years of war.

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  Pat Coughtrey

  † 2026 · Journalist

  A tenacious Newham journalist who chased the truth for 35 years and cared about the borough he covered.

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  Natalia Dontcheva

  1969 – 2026 · Franco-Bulgarian actress of film

  Franco-Bulgarian actress who made French television feel intimate and true

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  Arlene Smith

  1941 – 2026 · Singer

  Founding Chantels lead who co-wrote and sang the pioneering girl-group classic "Maybe."

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  Helen Konek

  1931 – 2026 · Inuk elder

  Inuk elder whose 1949 Harrington portrait taught the world a name and a voice.

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  Nicholas Platt

  1936 – 2026 · Diplomat

  One of the original China Boys, he spent a lifetime building bridges between America and Asia.

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  Luís Represas

  1956 – 2026 · Singer and composer

  Trovante voice and solo balladeer whose songs Feiticeira and Timor became Portuguese anthems.

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  Amos Pope Grizzard, Jr.

  † 2026

  Devoted husband, father, veteran, and lifelong golfer of Emporia, Virginia.

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  Edward Stourton

  1957 – 2026 · Broadcaster

  The calm, courteous voice of Radio 4, a man of integrity and infectious decency.

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  Plas Johnson

  1931 – 2026 · Jazz tenor saxophonist and Hollywood session musician

  The tenor saxophone behind The Pink Panther Theme, and the uncredited voice of countless Hollywood records.

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  Janice McNair

  1936 – 2026 · Businesswoman

  Houston Texans co-founder whose warmth, generosity, and faith helped bring the NFL back to Houston.

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  John Hamm

  1938 – 2026 · Physician and politician

  Pictou County physician and 25th premier of Nova Scotia who balanced the books and won the Atlantic Accord.

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  David Willey

  1932 – 2026 · BBC foreign correspondent

  BBC Vatican voice across five papacies, still filing from Italy into his nineties.

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  Edward Lucie-Smith

  1933 – 2026 · Poet

  Poet and art critic whose hundred-plus books taught generations how to look at modern art.

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  Susumu Tonegawa

  1939 – 2026 · Molecular biologist

  Nagoya-born Nobel laureate who explained antibody diversity and later mapped how the brain stores memory.

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  Derryn Hinch

  1944 – 2026 · Journalist

  The Human Headline who named the guilty and stood up for victims. He tried.

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  George E. Johnson

  1927 – 2026 · Entrepreneur

  He turned a $250 loan into Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, and put the first Black-owned company on the American Stock Exchange.

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  Bryan David Blefgen

  † 2026

  A devoted son and brother, remembered for his loyalty and his love of family.

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  Bertrand Grébaut

  1981 – 2026 · Chef and restaurateur

  The Paris chef who made fine cooking feel free, seasonal and generous at Septime.

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  Shanika Mahendran

  † 2026 · Labour councillor

  Young Milton Keynes Cabinet member who brought planning, sustainability and placemaking into the centre of city life.

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  Krzysztof Dowgiałło

  1938 – 2026 · Polish architect

  Architect, Solidarity activist and Sejm deputy; author of the Ballad of Janek Wiśniewski.

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  Francisco Guterres

  1954 – 2026 · Politician

  Independence fighter, Fretilin leader and sixth president of Timor-Leste.

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  Walter Parazaider

  1945 – 2026 · Woodwind musician

  Founding Chicago woodwind player who built a rock band with horns.

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  Daveigh Chase

  1990 – 2026 · Actress and voice actress

  The voice of Lilo and the girl from The Ring. A gifted child who gave the world characters it will never forget.

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  Dorene Kay Hagen

  † 2026

  A Spokane community volunteer and designer remembered for doing it her own way.

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  Princess Bajrakitiyabha

  1978 – 2026 · Thai princess

  Thailand's lawyer princess, who gave the world's forgotten women prisoners the Bangkok Rules.

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  Stranger Cole

  1940 – 2026 · Jamaican ska

  Rough and tough, humble and kind. The voice of Bangarang. More life.

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