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Film

James Tolkan

1931 โ€“ 2026 ยท Character actor

โ€œThe Back to the Future and Top Gun character actor who made "slacker" immortal, and was never one himself.โ€

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Clif "Hanger" Croce

โ€  2026 ยท Punk rock singer and songwriter

โ€œHe wrote This Is Boston, Not L.A. and sang it, and The Freeze, for more than forty years.โ€

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Sport

Li Kou-tin

โ€  2026 ยท Table tennis player and coach

โ€œFirst Asian Games table tennis singles champion, who built a coaching tradition in Brazil.โ€

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Music

Alan Osmond

1949 โ€“ 2026 ยท Singer

โ€œThe leader of The Osmonds, who carried the load so his brothers could shine.โ€

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Laura Blad

1970 โ€“ 2026 ยท University administrator

โ€œMother of four and Pocatello's quiet constant beside its mayor for sixteen years.โ€

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Sport

Florin Cotora

1972 โ€“ 2026 ยท Footballer

โ€œSibiu's goalkeeper who helped Alba Iulia reach the top flight, then kept the music playing.โ€

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Norman "Norm" Niedermeier

1934 โ€“ 2026 ยท High school football coach and teacher

โ€œForty seasons, 210 wins and a stadium in his name: the steady rock of Ottawa Hills football.โ€

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Pa Reuben Fasoranti

โ€  2026

โ€œA century of service to Yoruba unity and Nigerian democracy, now at rest.โ€

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Allen Strickland

โ€  2026

โ€œLongtime McNairy County chief deputy and emergency management director.โ€

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Film

Jennifer Runyon

1960 โ€“ 2026 ยท Actress

โ€œGhostbusters and Charles in Charge actress, A Very Brady Christmas's Cindy, and a teacher who helped kids find their voices.โ€

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Politics

Mehdi Khanbaba Tehrani

1934 โ€“ 2026 ยท Political activist and memoirist

โ€œA lifelong fighter on Iran's left who lived to question it, and argued to the end for democracy.โ€

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Jeanne Towar

โ€  2026 ยท Newspaper publisher and columnist

โ€œMichigan's first woman daily publisher, who loved the smudge of printer's ink and her community.โ€

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Bob Saunders

1935 โ€“ 2026 ยท Car dealer and philanthropist

โ€œColwood car dealer who spent his life paying it forward to the West Shore.โ€

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Craig Lynn Fisher

โ€  2026

โ€œA devoted father and grandfather who found his greatest pride in his daughter, Jennifer.โ€

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Reuben Fasoranti

1926 โ€“ 2026 ยท Educator and elder statesman

โ€œTeacher, school founder and elder of Afenifere who served Ondo State for a century.โ€

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Television

Carlos Miguel Suรกrez

โ€  2026 ยท Mexican telenovela actor

โ€œForever El Poncho. A Televisa villain who made Mexico laugh, and rebuilt his life with dignity.โ€

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T. Kaori Kitao

1933 โ€“ 2026 ยท Art and architectural historian

โ€œShe taught generations at Swarthmore how to see, and lived with fearless integrity.โ€

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Literature

Pierre Hazette

1939 โ€“ 2026 ยท Politician and writer

โ€œTeacher of Latin who became Belgium's champion of the school, in parliament and in government.โ€

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Orlando Jaikarran

โ€  2026

โ€œA six year old boy from Bath Settlement whose short life ended in tragedy and shocked a nation.โ€

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Business

Eva Ngigi-Sarwari

1981 โ€“ 2026 ยท Banker and payments executive

โ€œKenyan banker and payments leader who led Visa in Kenya and Finserve Africa, and urged women to take risks and lead.โ€

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Arts

Kayyrgรผl Sartbaeva

1936 โ€“ 2026 ยท Opera singer

โ€œKyrgyz soprano and People's Artist of the USSR whose voice carried her nation's opera for half a century.โ€

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Joseph John

1938 โ€“ 2026 ยท Coffee importer and nuclear physicist

โ€œNuclear physicist turned coffee pioneer who brought Indian coffee and the science of espresso to America.โ€

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Gerard McCarten

โ€  2026 ยท Racing cyclist and charity fundraiser

โ€œCumbrian cycling great who rode for his wife and daughter, and for others, into his late eighties.โ€

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Sport

Terry Yorath

1950 โ€“ 2026 ยท Footballer and football manager

โ€œCaptain and manager of Wales, Leeds United champion, and a gentle father who carried his grief with quiet dignity.โ€

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Arts

Kalju Kruusa

1973 โ€“ 2026 ยท Poet and translator

โ€œEstonian poet and translator whose playful, musical verse opened Estonian to the poetry of the world.โ€

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Lauren Ann Ham

โ€  2026

โ€œA life remembered quietly by family and friends in Graniteville, South Carolina.โ€

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Public figure

Early Voting

2019 โ€“ 2026

โ€œPreakness Stakes winner, 2019 to 2026โ€

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Sport

John Virgo

1946 โ€“ 2026 ยท Snooker player

โ€œ1979 UK Champion, Big Break's trick shot man and the voice who asked where the cue ball was going. Goodnight, JV.โ€

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Benjamin W. Nero

1937 โ€“ 2026 ยท Orthodontist

โ€œPhiladelphia orthodontist and Kentucky dental school pioneer who opened doors for others.โ€

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Public figure

The Voice of Ireland series 1

โ€  2026

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Arts

Antonio Grimau

1944 โ€“ 2026 ยท Actor

โ€œArgentine actor, telenovela heart-throb and villain, who gave Sandro a voice in his later years.โ€

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Steven Dick

โ€  2026

โ€œA much loved father, son and brother, remembered by all who knew him.โ€

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Music

Kang Heon (๊ฐ•ํ—Œ)

1962 โ€“ 2026 ยท Popular music critic

โ€œThe critic who read Korean history through its songs.โ€

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Scott Lisney

โ€  2026

โ€œA kind hearted son, brother, father and uncle from Bury St Edmunds, remembered for his generosity.โ€

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Arts

Amel Baccouche

1949 โ€“ 2026 ยท Actress

โ€œTunisian actress who made Jannet of Choufli Hal a household name.โ€

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Science

Yousef Majidzadeh

1936 โ€“ 2026 ยท Archaeologist

โ€œIranian archaeologist who led the Jiroft excavations and brought the Bronze Age Halil Rud civilisation to the world's attention.โ€

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Jennifer Liang

1952 โ€“ 2026 ยท Pediatrician

โ€œCoral Springs pediatrician who cared for local children for more than thirty years.โ€

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Media

Mody Niang

โ€  2026 ยท Schools inspector

โ€œSenegalese schools inspector and essayist who made good governance his life's cause.โ€

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Film

Daveigh Chase

1990 โ€“ 2026 ยท Actress and voice actress

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

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Education

Warren Madden

1939 โ€“ 2026 ยท University administrator

โ€œIowa State leader for fifty years who helped build the campus and the city of Ames around it.โ€

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Arts

Rajaa Mohammed

1962 โ€“ 2026 ยท Actress and singer

โ€œKuwaiti actress and singer whose voice and roles delighted a generation of Gulf children.โ€

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Sport

Jack Davies

โ€  2026 ยท Rugby union player

โ€œCaernarfon and RGC second row who came home to play for the clubs that made him.โ€

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Sport

Mircea Lucescu

1945 โ€“ 2026 ยท Footballer and football manager

โ€œIl Luce. Romania's captain and the master coach of 38 trophies, who never stopped teaching the game he loved.โ€

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Sport

Daniel Zorzetto

1953 โ€“ 2026 ยท Footballer and coach

โ€œTroyes and Monaco defender who won the 1980 Coupe de France and taught a generation.โ€

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Film

Valerie Perrine

1943 โ€“ 2026 ยท Actress and former Las Vegas showgirl

โ€œShowgirl turned Oscar nominee, Cannes winner and Superman's Miss Teschmacher, who lived life to the fullest.โ€

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Fratern Masawe

โ€  2026 ยท Jesuit priest

โ€œTanzanian Jesuit who served the Society in Africa and Rome for more than four decades.โ€

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Sport

Oleg Garin

1966 โ€“ 2026 ยท Footballer and coach

โ€œFar Eastern striker whose goals won Lokomotiv two Russian Cups and a scoring record.โ€

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Noah Musingku

1964 โ€“ 2026 ยท Con artist and self-proclaimed king

โ€œHe promised Bougainville a fortune and built a kingdom on a payout that never came.โ€

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