People who died in 2026
3,413 people remembered here.
William Gummow1942 – 2026 · Justice of the High Court of AustraliaTowering equity scholar and High Court justice who shaped Australian private law.
44 candles · 7 tributes
Brian Wolfe1980 – 2026 · Baseball pitcher (MLB and NPB)A Fullerton arm who found a second career and two Japan Series rings overseas.
44 candles · 7 tributes
Elio Zamuto1941 – 2026 · ActorItalian Magnum: voice of Selleck, Creed, and the poliziottesco.
44 candles · 4 tributes
Frances Stonor Saunders1966 – 2026 · HistorianHistorian who exposed how the CIA paid the piper of Cold War culture.
44 candles · 7 tributes
Grace Nortey1937 – 2026 · Actress (theatreMaame Gyata: five decades of fierce Ghanaian screen truth.
44 candles · 8 tributes
Livio Berruti1939 – 2026 · SprinterRome 1960: the Angel who broke the American hold on the Olympic 200.
44 candles · 7 tributes
Paul Bender1933 – 2026 · Constitutional law scholarConstitutional scholar who argued for equality before the Court.
43 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
Mehdi Zana1940 – 2026 · Kurdish politicianDiyarbakir's independent socialist mayor; Prison No. 5 witness for Kurdish rights.
43 candles · 5 tributes
Ileana Cotrubaș1939 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoShe sought truth in song, not polish: Mimì and Violetta for the ages.
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
Zenyazen Escobar García1984 – 2026 · PoliticianVeracruz teacher and Morena deputy who said the nation is built in the classroom.
42 candles · 7 tributes
James Lew1952 – 2026 · Martial artistEmmy-winning stunt artist who made Hollywood's heroes look fearless.
42 candles · 4 tributes
Ron Hurst1931 – 2026 · Ice hockey player (right wing)Oldest living Maple Leaf; a try guy whose stories outlasted his 64 NHL games.
41 candles · 4 tributes
Errol Romero1937 – 2026 · Iberia Parish sheriffThe only Iberia leader elected sheriff, state representative, and parish president.
41 candles · 7 tributes
Michael George Whiteis1949 – 2026 · U.S. Army veteran (Signal Analyst)Vietnam veteran remembered for loyalty, family, and love of the outdoors.
41 candles · 9 tributes
Robert Charles Ford II1953 – 2026 · Defense contracts executiveMelbourne defense contracts executive, reunited with his beloved Ann.
41 candles · 8 tributes
Ken Laufman1932 – 2026 · Ice hockey centreOlympic hockey centre who won bronze in 1956 and silver in 1960 for Canada.
41 candles · 4 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
Rudy Ariffin1953 – 2026 · Civil servantTwo-term South Kalimantan governor who moved the capital offices and barred coal trucks from public roads.
41 candles · 8 tributes
Yuri Nakamura1982 – 2026 · ActressZainichi Korean actress who lit every scene and kept working through a quiet fight with cancer.
41 candles · 7 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
Sway DaSafo1982 – 2026 · RapperUnsigned MOBO pioneer who proved UK rap could win on its own terms.
40 candles · 4 tributes
Noah Woods† 2026The sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give. Loved forever by mummy, daddy and little brother.
40 candles · 4 tributes
Eugenia Apostol1925 – 2026 · PublisherInquirer founder who turned women's pages into a mosquito press that helped topple two presidents.
40 candles · 9 tributes
Recah Trinidad1943 – 2026 · Sports journalistThe Bare Eye of Philippine sports: poet, editor and ringside witness who made athletes famous in sentences.
40 candles · 10 tributes
Chiche Gelblung1944 – 2026 · JournalistCurious, combative, never retired: Argentina's Chiche kept asking until the last broadcast.
40 candles · 5 tributes
Harry Burrows1941 – 2026 · Professional footballer (winger/forward)Cannonball left foot. Villa League Cup pioneer. Stoke terrace legend.
40 candles · 5 tributes
Sir Richard Alston1948 – 2026 · ChoreographerMusical contemporary classicist; Strider to Rambert to The Place; knighted for Services to Dance.
40 candles · 7 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 · 7 tributes
Resil Mojares1943 – 2026 · HistorianVisayan Titan of Letters who made Cebuano memory a national archive.
40 candles · 4 tributes
Lucien Smith1989 – 2026 · Multidisciplinary artist (paintingFrom Rain Paintings to Serving the People and FOOD, he turned early market fame into community.
40 candles · 7 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 · 4 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 · 8 tributes
Ginger Molloy1937 – 2026 · Grand Prix motorcycle racerHuntly privateer who finished second to Agostini in the 1970 500cc world championship.
39 candles · 4 tributes
Nebojša Radunović1954 – 2026 · Obstetrician-gynecologistSANU academician who pioneered fetal medicine, IVF, and intrauterine therapy in Serbia.
39 candles · 6 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
S. R. Janakiraman1928 – 2026 · Carnatic vocalistLast student of Tiger Varadachariar; Carnatic musicology's December-season voice.
39 candles · 9 tributes
Miguel Zavaleta1955 – 2026 · SingerSueter's voice who made Amanece en la ruta immortal.
39 candles · 9 tributes
Jeffery Lee1976 – 2026 · Convicted murdererExecuted in Alabama after a jury had voted for life; judicial-override case.
38 candles · 5 tributes
Brian Wolfe1980 – 2026 · Baseball pitcher (MLB and NPB)A Fullerton arm who found a second career and two Japan Series rings overseas.
38 candles · 9 tributes
Fabio Mosquera1947 – 2026 · Colombian footballerGuaracha: Deportivo Cali champion forward who carried Cali, Cúcuta and Junior on the wing.
38 candles · 7 tributes
Byron Sher1928 – 2026 · PoliticianQuiet Stanford professor who wrote California's clean air, water and climate laws.
38 candles · 7 tributes- GGarrett Jackson Hemeyer2000 – 2026 · Construction and accounting student
A quiet strength and fierce loyalty, held by faith through the hardest fight.
38 candles · 9 tributes 
Pat Senatore1935 – 2026 · Jazz bassistA jazz bassist whose pulse carried the Tijuana Brass around the world and kept Los Angeles swinging.
38 candles · 5 tributes