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Rhegan Spiegel

† 2026

“Former UMKC volleyball player, remembered after a sudden and violent death.”

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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.”

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Todd Benzinger

1963 – 2026 · Baseball player and coach

“He caught the last out of 1990 and spent his life passing the game on to children.”

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Sarah Hart

1936 – 2026 · Teacher

“Steel Pier diving horse rider, teacher and free spirit who gave to everyone she met.”

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Steve Selvin

1941 – 2026 · Biostatistician

“He showed the world why you should switch doors, and showed generations of students that statistics could be fun.”

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Jorge Veras

1959 – 2026 · Footballer and coach

“The Gre-Nal Man from Fortaleza, a goalscorer and teacher of young footballers.”

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Russell Khan

† 2026 · Guitarist

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

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Business

Michael Wynne

1944 – 2026 · Secretary of the Air Force

“West Point engineer and 21st Secretary of the Air Force who put principle above position.”

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Allan Nascimento

1991 – 2026 · Brazilian mixed martial artist

“Puro Osso. A Chute Boxe warrior who kept the faith and never backed down.”

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Maria Melnyk

† 2026 · UPA courier

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

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Eleanor Barnfield

† 2026

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

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Nguyễn Vinh Sơn

1953 – 2026 · Film and television director

“The director of Đất phương Nam, who made few films and made each one count.”

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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.”

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Education

Nancy Bingham

1950 – 2026 · Teacher and Dallas ISD trustee

“A teacher for three decades who fought for every Dallas ISD student as a trustee.”

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Jaume Pont

1947 – 2026 · Poet and literary critic

“A Lleida poet who turned absence into words and taught literature for four decades.”

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Jack Grassel

1948 – 2026 · Jazz guitarist

“Milwaukee jazz guitarist, teacher and inventor of the triple-neck guitar, for whom music was like breathing.”

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Paul Flack

† 2026

“Norwich graphic designer, brother of Caroline Flack, remembered for his talent and his devotion to family.”

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Media

Caryle Murphy

1946 – 2026 · Journalist

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

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Krishnaraj Ramasamy

† 2026

“The voice behind some of Tamil cinema's best loved film songs of the 1990s.”

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Politics

Kwame Dzokoto

† 2026 · Politician

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

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Royalty

Ahmad Muhammad Sani II

1942 – 2026 · Emir of Gumel

“The 16th Emir of Gumel, who opened his palace doors to his people for nearly 46 years.”

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Reimo Wukounig

1943 – 2026 · Painter

“A Carinthian painter who turned a wounded childhood into fearless, uncompromising art.”

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Adam Wolke (SkylineTV)

† 2026 · Livestreamer and web video producer

“Germany's IRL streaming pioneer, who took his viewers everywhere with him.”

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Frans Geysen

1936 – 2026 · Composer

“Flemish composer who found his own path to repetitive music and gave the recorder quartet a modern voice.”

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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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Business

Charles Hampden-Turner

1934 – 2026 · Management philosopher

“British management philosopher who created dilemma theory and co-founded Trompenaars Hampden-Turner, teaching leaders to reconcile clashing values.”

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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.”

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Rachael Booth

† 2026 · Headteacher

“A headteacher who changed young lives at The Willows School.”

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Activism

Mélanie Berger-Volle

1921 – 2026 · French Resistance fighter

“Vienna-born resistance fighter who escaped the Gestapo and spent a century warning the young against fascism.”

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Marcela Ortiz

1965 – 2026 · Model and actress

“A bright face of Argentine comedy in the 1980s and 1990s.”

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Joe Romm

1960 – 2026 · Physicist

“Physicist and America's fiercest climate blogger, who fought for clean energy now, with facts, wit and urgency.”

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Krishnaraj

† 2026 · Tamil film playback singer

“The voice of Thanjavooru Mannu Eduthu, carrying Tamil cinema songs into every home.”

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Joji Hirota

1948 – 2026 · Percussionist

“The Hokkaido drummer who made London's heart beat to taiko for half a century.”

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Public figure

Larry Hibbard

1945 – 2026 · Farmer

“Greenwood County rancher who served Kansas with conviction, humor and friends on both sides.”

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Dominique Foata

1934 – 2026 · Mathematician

“He found the hidden order in permutations and made Strasbourg a home for combinatorics.”

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Religion

Ediémou Blin Jacob

† 2026 · Pastor

“Servant of God, builder of peace and tireless voice for dialogue between faiths.”

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Kent Carter

1939 – 2026 · Jazz double bassist

“Bass is beautiful. The quiet American in Paris who held up Steve Lacy's music for twenty years.”

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Media

Terry Sullivan

† 2026 · Magazine writer

“He could find a story anywhere, and spent 42 years telling them with wit and a perfectly timed word.”

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John Anderson

1954 – 2026 · Country singer

“The country voice behind Swingin' and Seminole Wind, a Hall of Famer who kept tradition alive.”

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Rahal Bulathsinhala

† 2026 · Actor

“A former prison officer who became Loku Hamuduruwo, the beloved village monk of Nadagamkarayo.”

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Mayer Hillman

1931 – 2026 · Architect

“Architect turned social scientist who fought for children, walkers and cyclists, and warned the world early about climate change.”

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Stosh Cienki

† 2026

“Longtime ESPN Radio producer remembered as one of the steadiest, kindest voices behind the scenes.”

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Hugo Rivero

† 2026 · Footballer

“A Uruguayan defender who helped Huachipato win its first Chilean title in 1974.”

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Tsuneko Okazaki

1933 – 2026 · Molecular biologist

“She and Reiji found the fragments that let life copy itself, and she carried their work on alone.”

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Juha Kallas

1941 – 2026 · Chemical engineer

“An Estonian chemical engineer who linked the universities of Tallinn and Lappeenranta.”

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Politics

Sven Hirdman

1939 – 2026 · Diplomat

“Sweden's man in Moscow for a decade, a diplomat of the old school who believed in dialogue.”

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Larisa Naumova

1945 – 2026 · Painter

“A Crimean-born painter who found the sacred in apples, balconies and ordinary lives.”

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