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Roger Simon

1948 – 2026 · Political journalist

“Chicago-bred political columnist who made campaigns read like novels and returned to the page after losing his legs.”

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Solomon Pappaiah

1936 – 2026 · Tamil scholar

“He made Tamil laugh, think, and gather around the debate stage.”

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Paddy Keenan

1950 – 2026 · Musician

“Bothy Band founding piper who made the uilleann pipes roar like rock without leaving the tradition.”

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Mike McFarland

1970 – 2026 · Voice actor

“Funimation pioneer who gave English life to Master Roshi, Buggy, and a generation of anime dubs.”

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Emma Bonino

1948 – 2026 · Politician

“Radical who legalised choice in Italy and spent five decades fighting for freedom, Europe, and human rights.”

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Carlo Borlenghi

1956 – 2026 · Sailing and watersports photographer

“He taught the sailing world how to see the sea.”

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Alain Delon

1935 – 2024 · Actor

“French cinema icon; Le Samourai, Purple Noon, The Leopard.”

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Jilly Cooper

1937 – 2025 · Author

“Queen of the British bonkbuster; wit, horses, dogs, and joyous mischief.”

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Samuel Monroe Jr.

1973 – 2026 · Actor

“Unforgettable face of 1990s Black cinema whose grit on screen never erased the kindness friends remembered off it.”

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Mario Vargas Llosa

1936 – 2025 · Novelist

“Nobel Boom novelist who mapped power, liberty, and Peru for the world.”

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Cheryl Hall

1950 – 2026 · Actress

“Citizen Smith's Shirley, Doctor Who's Shirna, and a fierce Labour voice for Kent.”

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Jerome Smith

1939 – 2026 · Civil rights activist

“Freedom Rider who mentored Treme children and demanded humanity be respected.”

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Billy Smith

1942 – 2026 · Rugby league halfback

“Little General of Kogarah. Forever a Dragon.”

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Li Weikang

1947 – 2026 · Peking opera dan

“Golden-voiced Peking opera dan who fused Mei, Cheng, and Zhang schools into a style of her own.”

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Jean-Pierre Clar

1942 – 2026 · Rugby league lock/loose forward

“Villeneuve XIII legend; France RL World Cup finalist 1968; champion at XV and XIII.”

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Eva Olsson

1924 – 2026 · Holocaust survivor

“I need to speak for them because their voices were silenced by hate.”

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Wanda Traczyk-Stawska

1927 – 2026 · Warsaw Uprising Home Army gunner/liaison

“Warsaw Uprising soldier who taught courage, dignity, and the duty to answer evil at once.”

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Isao Harimoto

1940 – 2026 · Professional baseball outfielder

“NPB's only 3,000-hit man, Hiroshima survivor, and Sunday Morning's blunt Appare / Kats voice.”

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Dimitris Kokotas

1968 – 2026 · Singer

“Be strong enough to keep singing the songs we loved.”

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Television

Alfonso Lizarazo

1940 – 2026 · Television presenter

“Creator of Sábados Felices, who taught Colombia to laugh together and built schools with that same smile.”

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Archibald "Archie" MacKinnon

1937 – 2026 · Olympic rower

“Bow of the Cinderella Four. Canada's first Olympic rowing gold.”

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Fabrizio Plessi

1940 – 2026 · Italian installation artist

“Made television a material and Venice the grammar of video art.”

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Science

Gunther von Hagens

1945 – 2026 · Anatomist

“Inventor of plastination who put human anatomy before millions through Body Worlds.”

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Barry Melrose

1956 – 2026 · Ice hockey defenseman

“Mulleted Kings Cup Final coach and ESPN's unmistakable hockey voice for nearly three decades.”

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Zheng Fengrong

1937 – 2026 · High jumper and multi-event athlete

“The swallow who announced China's sports spring: 1.77 m that changed a nation.”

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Media

Robert Skidelsky

1939 – 2026 · Economic historian

“Definitive Keynes biographer who made economics a moral argument for the good life.”

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David Worth

1940 – 2026 · Cinematographer

“Eye behind Bloodsport and the director of Kickboxer; Eastwood DP who taught indie grit to a new generation.”

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David Clayton-Thomas

1941 – 2026 · Singer

“Voice of Spinning Wheel and Blood, Sweat & Tears; Toronto blues kid who took jazz-rock to Woodstock and the Grammys.”

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Michael Wright

1956 – 2026 · Actor

“Pure artist whose Eddie King still sings in every room.”

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Media

Slava Veder

1926 – 2026 · Photojournalist

“Pulitzer photographer whose Burst of Joy froze a nation's homecoming.”

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William G. Anderson

1927 – 2026 · Osteopathic physician and surgeon

“Albany Movement leader and first Black AOA president who healed patients and challenged a segregated nation.”

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Business

Martha Rivers Ingram

1935 – 2026 · Businesswoman

“Nashville's First Lady of the Arts who built halls, saved a symphony, and led a billion-dollar company.”

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Guo Lanying

1929 – 2026 · Operatic soprano

“People's Artist whose My Motherland and White-Haired Girl voice became China's shared song memory.”

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Andrea Eastman

1940 – 2026 · Casting director

“Godfather casting pioneer and ICM trailblazer who spent her later years rescuing horses and dogs.”

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Alexander Milinkevich

1947 – 2026 · Physicist

“Physicist and Sakharov laureate who united Belarus's democrats and never stopped arguing for a European, fearless country.”

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Science

Rudolph A. Marcus

1923 – 2026 · Theoretical chemist

“Nobel chemist who explained how electrons jump between molecules.”

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Violet Hensley

1916 – 2026 · Luthier

“Ozarks Whittlin' Fiddler who carved 73 fiddles and debuted at the Opry at 99.”

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Harold P. Freeman

1933 – 2026 · Surgical oncologist

“Father of patient navigation who proved poverty, not destiny, decides who survives cancer.”

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Betye Saar

1926 – 2026 · Assemblage artist

“Assemblage pioneer who armed Aunt Jemima and remade racist kitsch into Black feminist power.”

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Livio Berruti

1939 – 2026 · Sprinter

“Rome 1960: the Angel who broke the American hold on the Olympic 200.”

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Connie Francis

1937 – 2025 · Singer

“First woman to top the Hot 100; Who's Sorry Now to Pretty Little Baby; voice, resilience, 200 million records.”

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Jesse Jackson

1941 – 2026 · Baptist minister

“Civil rights leader who told America: I am somebody. Keep hope alive.”

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John Lewis

1940 – 2020 · Civil rights leader

“Apostle of nonviolence who made good trouble for justice.”

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Education

James T. Laney

1927 – 2026 · Methodist minister

“Led Emory's quantum jump and sought peace on the Korean peninsula.”

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Pranab Patnaik

1938 – 2026 · Playback singer

“Golden Voice of Odia song, forever on the airwaves.”

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Sally Kirkland

1941 – 2025 · Actress

“Oscar-nominated force of nature who turned grit, glamour and Anna into lasting indie legend.”

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Media

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

1954 – 2026 · Poet

“Border poet who made lonely boys feel seen, and made El Paso a universe of love.”

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