Ben Aziz Zagré dead at age 28
Ben Aziz Zagré, a Burkinabè footballer who played for Esbjerg, Shinnik Yaroslavl and the Burkina Faso national team, died on June 7, 2026. He was 28. Born in Bobo-Dioulasso on…
Famous People Who Died of Cancer
Obituaries for public figures whose cause of death was publicly reported as cancer. Over 200 obituaries link to obituary pages with biographical details and source information where available.
Death of Hans Chrunak at age 76
Hans Chrunak, the Swedish swimming coach who led the national swim team for nearly a decade, died on June 6, 2026, after battling cancer. He was 76. Born in 1950…
Tamás Horváth obituary: died at age 35
Tamás Horváth died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 35. The Hungarian footballer, who played for Kaposvári Rákóczi, died of cancer. Born in Kaposvár on April 29, 1991,…
Death of Steve Almaas at age 69
Steve Almaas died on June 5, 2026. He was an American musician known for his work with the Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo and the Del-Lords. He died of cancer. Tags…
Gary Piantedosi has died at age 71
Gary Piantedosi, an American rower who competed in the men's coxless four at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Boston…
Kanya King dies at age 57
Kanya King, the British entrepreneur who founded the MOBO Awards, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Born in Kilburn, London,…
Death of Andy Bishop at age 61
Andy Bishop, an American racing cyclist, died June 2, 2026, of cancer. Born May 26, 1965, in Tucson, he competed as a professional rider from the United States and finished…
Richard Mettler death at age 56
Richard Mettler died on June 1, 2026, of cancer. He was a French-born American film editor whose credits included "Desert Warrior," "Anthropoid" and "I.S.S.". Tags Journalists, 01 June 2026, America,…
Foster Sylvers dead at age 64
Foster Sylvers, an American singer and member of the family group The Sylvers, died on May 30, 2026, at age 64 of prostate cancer. Born Foster Emerson Sylvers on February…
Marcia Lucas passes away at age 80
Marcia Lucas, the American film editor who won an Academy Award for her work on Star Wars, died on May 27, 2026. She was 80. Born Marcia Lou Griffin in…
Mark Bailey, died aged 64
Mark Bailey, an American baseball player who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants, died on May 26, 2026, at age 64. A catcher in Major League Baseball…
Obituary: Martine Prenen, dead at age 62
Martine Prenen, the Belgian former model and television presenter known for Supertalent in Vlaanderen and Expeditie Robinson, died on May 26, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. She was 62. Prenen, born…
Donald Newhouse passed away at age 96
Donald Newhouse, the American businessman and publisher who led Advance Publications, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 96, according to the family company. Born in New York…
Béatrice Bellamy dies at 59
Béatrice Bellamy, a French politician and member of parliament since 2022, died on May 24, 2026, of cancer. She was 59. Bellamy served in the National Assembly for Vendée’s 2nd…
Dame Jools Topp passes away at age 68
Dame Jools Topp, the New Zealand musician and comedian known as one half of the Topp Twins, died on May 23, 2026, aged 68. A performer active from 1975 to…
Rob Base dead at age 59
Rob Base, the American rapper known as one half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, died on May 22, 2026, of cancer. Along with DJ E-Z Rock, whose real…
Rafe Pomerance died at age 79
Rafe Pomerance, an American environmentalist, died on May 21, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 79. Pomerance was a Distinguished Senior Arctic Policy Fellow of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.…
Death of Matthew Biggs at age 65
Matthew Biggs, the British radio personality best known for his work on Gardeners' Question Time, died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was 65. Biggs was a professional gardener…
Howard Fendrich passes away at age 55
Howard Fendrich died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was an American sports writer for The Associated Press. His death was reported in connection with the illness. Howard Fendrich,…
Death of François Potez at age 70
François Potez, a French Roman Catholic priest, died on May 20, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. Born in 1955, he entered the École navale and graduated in 1976, then served in…
Robert Irving has died at age 71
Robert Irving, the Canadian industrialist and co-CEO of J.D. Irving, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 71 after cancer. Based in Moncton, New Brunswick, he was responsible…
Aglaia Kremezi dies at 79
Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food writer and journalist, died on May 19, 2026, in Athens at the age of 79. Born in Athens on May 4, 1947, she was often considered…
Jerry Grey death at age 62
Jerry Grey died on May 18, 2026, of colon cancer. He was an American professional wrestler. Tags Athletes, 25 May 2026, America, Cancer, Grey, Jerry, Colon Cancer, May 2026, May…
Sally Head death at age 79
Sally Head, the British television producer behind Cracker, Prime Suspect and Jeeves and Wooster, died on May 18, 2026, of cancer. She was 79. Head began her career as a…
Jennifer Paes obituary: died at age 72
Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer. She captained the Indian national basketball team…
Obituary: Tatsuya Hori, dead at age 90
Tatsuya Hori, Japanese politician and governor of Hokkaido from 1995 to 2003, died on May 16, 2026, of cancer. He was 90. Hori was born in Tomakishi, Karafuto, on Nov.…
Ike Willis dead at age 70
Ike Willis, an American guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with Frank Zappa, died on May 17, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 70. Born Isaac Willis in…
Dame Felicity dies at age 79
Dame Felicity Lott, the English soprano, died on May 15, 2026, aged 79, after a reported illness with cancer. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on May 8, 1947, she studied piano…
Jason Collins has died at age 47
Jason Collins, an American basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, died on May 12, 2026, at age 47 from glioblastoma. Collins was…
Mark Fuhrman, died aged 74
Mark Fuhrman, an American detective known for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder case, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 74 from cancer. He was…
Barry W. Blaustein death at age 72
Barry W. Blaustein, an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live…
Günther Maria Halmer, died aged 83
Günther Maria Halmer, a German actor, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83, according to reports that said he died of cancer. Born in Rosenheim, Germany, on…
José Ballesta, died aged 67
José Ballesta, the Spanish politician who served as mayor of Murcia, died on May 10, 2026, of cancer. He was 67. Born in Murcia in 1958, he was a medical…
Kiara St. James passed away at age 52
Kiara St. James, an American transgender activist, died on May 8, 2026. She was an African-American transgender activist and the co-founder and executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy…
Pat Caputo obituary: died at age 67
Pat Caputo, an American sportswriter and broadcaster, died on May 7, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. Caputo was based in Southeast Michigan and worked as an on-air host…
Manuela Hoelterhoff obituary: died at age 77
Manuela Hoelterhoff, a German-born American cultural journalist who was executive editor of Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News, died on May 6, 2026, of cancer. She was…
Chris Phelan death at age 70
Chris Phelan, the Irish-born Australian rugby league player who represented Parramatta and Queensland, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland, on…
Obituary: José Ortiz, dead at age 62
José Ortiz, a Puerto Rican basketball player for Atléticos de San Germán, Cangrejeros de Santurce and the national team, died on May 5, 2026, at age 62 of colorectal cancer.…
Lee Allen Zeno has died at age 71
Lee Allen Zeno died on May 3, 2026. He was an American musician. Lee Allen Zeno, 71, American musician, cancer. Tags Musicians, 03 May 2026, America, Cancer, Lee, Zeno, 2026-05-03,…
Donald Sidney-Fryer dies at age 91
Donald Sidney-Fryer, an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry,…
Michael Sollis dies at age 40
Michael Sollis, an Australian musician, died on May 1, 2026, aged 40, from bowel cancer. He was also an interdisciplinary artist, artistic director, researcher and teaching artist. Sollis founded and…
Danny Mixon death at age 76
Danny Mixon, an American jazz pianist, died on May 1, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 76. Born Daniel Asbury Mixon in Harlem, New York City, on August 19, 1949,…
Craig Venter died at age 79
Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, at age 79 from complications from cancer. Venter,…
J. Craig Venter passes away at age 79
J. Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, of complications from cancer. He was 79.…
Jerry.K obituary: died at age 42
Jerry.K, the South Korean rapper also known as Kim Jin-il, died on April 27, 2026, at age 42, from glioblastoma. Born Kim Jin-il on January 26, 1984, he was known…
Zelda F. Gamson death at age 90
Zelda F. Gamson, an American sociologist, died on April 27, 2026, at age 90 from pancreatic cancer. Born Zelda Finkelstein in Philadelphia on March 12, 1936, she was a writer…
Steve Maslow has died at age 81
Steve Maslow, an American sound mixer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 81, of cancer. He worked on more…
Raghu Rai died at age 83
Raghu Rai, an Indian photographer and photojournalist, died on April 26, 2026, in Delhi, India, at the age of 83, from cancer. He became a photographer in the mid-1960s and…
Heidi Sørensen death at age 56
Heidi Sørensen died on April 25, 2026, of cancer. She was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2012 to…
Kim Bowers Australian musician, music director and sound artist, breast cancer dies
Kim Bowers, an Australian musician, music director and sound artist associated with Spdfgh, died on April 24, 2026, of breast cancer. Bowers was a founding member of Spdfgh, an Australian…
Dirk Kempthorne passes away at age 74
Dirk Kempthorne, the American politician who served as Idaho governor from 1999 to 2006 and as U.S. secretary of the interior from 2006 to 2009, died on April 24, 2026,…
Lize van der Walt dead at age 60
Lize van der Walt died on April 19, 2026, of cancer. She was a South African television personality known for Gladiators. The news of her death was reported with respect…
Ben Bartlett died at age 61
Ben Bartlett died on April 19, 2026, of lung cancer. He was a British composer. Ben Bartlett, 61, British composer, lung cancer. Tags Musicians, 19 April 2026, Bartlett, Ben, Britain,…
Rif Hutton dead at age 63
Rif Hutton, an American actor known for roles in Doogie Howser, M.D., JAG and The Thirteenth Floor, died on April 18, 2026, at age 63. Hutton was perhaps best known…
Shiran Kaïdine died at age 44
Shiran Kaïdine, a French guitarist with Year of No Light and Monarch!, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 44 after cancer. He was active from 2002 to…
John Hockridge passes away at age 79
John Hockridge died on April 17, 2026, of liver cancer. He was an American first assistant director known for his work on "Ghost," "The Longest Yard" and "Get Smart." John…
Obituary: Finnian Garbutt, dead at age 28
Finnian Garbutt died on April 17, 2026, from skin cancer. He was a British actor known for his role in Hope Street. Finnian Garbutt, 28, British actor (Hope Street), Skin…
Death of Bob Kevoian at age 75
Bob Kevoian, an American radio presenter best known for The Bob & Tom Show, died on April 17, 2026, at age 75, of stomach cancer. Born Robert James Kevoian in…
Andy Kershaw passed away at age 66
Andy Kershaw, the English broadcaster and radio DJ, died on April 16, 2026, after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 66. Born Andrew J. G. Kershaw in Littleborough, Lancashire, on…
Death of Jim Jabir at age 63
Jim Jabir, an American women’s basketball coach who worked at Dayton, Siena and Marquette, died on April 16, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. Jabir, a native of Brooklyn,…
Lionel Rosenblatt dies at 82
Lionel Rosenblatt, an American diplomat and president of Refugees International from 1990 to 2001, died on April 11, 2026, of cancer. He was 82. Born in New Rochelle, New York,…
Phil Garner has died at age 76
Phil Garner, an American baseball player and manager, died on April 11, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 76. Garner played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the…
Peter Lynn dead at age 79
Peter Lynn, a New Zealand engineer, kite maker and inventor, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79 after cancer. He was born Peter Robert Lynn in 1946…
Obituary: Browning Nagle, dead at age 57
Browning Nagle, an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League, died on April 10, 2026, at age 57 of colon cancer. He played for the…
Harry Kim dead at age 74
Harry Kim, an American trumpeter best known for his work with the Phenix Horns and his long association with Phil Collins, died on April 10, 2026, of cancer. Born and…
Afrika Bambaataa dies at 67
Afrika Bambaataa, an American DJ, rapper, and record producer, died on April 9, 2026, of complications from cancer. Born Lance Taylor on April 17, 1957, he was known for the…
Death of Koo Sze-yiu at age 80
Koo Sze-yiu, a Chinese political activist known for anti-communism protests, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 80 from colon cancer. Also known by the nickname "Long Beard,"…
David Kabua obituary: died at age 74
David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho…
Nick Pope dead at age 61
Nick Pope died on April 6, 2026, of esophageal cancer. He was a British journalist and television personality known for Ancient Aliens and UFOs Declassified. His work on those programs…
Arne Olsen dies at 64
Arne Olsen died on April 4, 2026, from complications from cancer. He was a Canadian screenwriter whose credits included Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Cop and a Half, and…
Augustine Nshimye dead at age 79
Augustine Nshimye, a Ugandan judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, died on April 3, 2026. He served as a member of the Supreme Court from 2015, after…
Butch Wilson passes away at age 84
Butch Wilson, an American football player who played for the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, died on April 3, 2026, of cancer. He was 84. Wilson, whose full name…
Nicolás Biglianti passes away at age 51
Nicolás Biglianti, a Uruguayan footballer who played for Liverpool Montevideo, Rampla Juniors and Peñarol, died on April 2, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 51. Biglianti, whose full name was…
Dalia Nausheen obituary: died at age 71
Dalia Nausheen, a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer, died on April 1, 2026, of cancer. Born in 1954 or 1955, she was among the artists who participated in the Swadhin Bangla…
Stephen Lewis death at age 88
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician and diplomat who served as an Ontario MPP from 1963 to 1978, died on March 31, 2026, of cancer. He was elected to the Legislative…
Bob Atha passes away at age 65
Bob Atha, an American football player who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes, died on March 31, 2026, at age 65. Atha, born in Marietta, Ohio, played college football as…
Christopher North dies at 75
Christopher North, the American keyboardist who was the founding keyboardist of the band Ambrosia, died on March 30, 2026, at age 75. Born Christopher Reed North in San Francisco on…
James Stannage dies at age 76
James Stannage, the British radio talk show host, died on March 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Charles James M. Stannage in Norton, County Durham, on February 22, 1950, he presented…
Glen Baxter passed away at age 82
Glen Baxter, the English artist and draughtsman known for his absurdist drawings, died on March 29, 2026. He was 82. Born in Leeds on March 4, 1944, Baxter trained at…
Bill Riley, died aged 75
Bill Riley, a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, died on March 29, 2026, of cancer. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on September 20, 1950, he played 139 NHL games…
Ronald H. Spector passes away at age 83
Ronald H. Spector, an American military historian, died on March 26, 2026, at age 83. He was a professor at George Washington University and also taught at the University of…
Paula Hollinger death at age 85
Paula Hollinger, an American politician and former Maryland state senator, died on March 25, 2026, at age 85. A Democrat, she represented Maryland’s 11th district in the state Senate from…
Biruté Galdikas dies at age 79
Biruté Galdikas, the Canadian primatologist, conservationist and author known for her work with orangutans and as founder of the Orangutan Foundation International, died on March 24, 2026. She was 79.…
Tracy Kidder dies at age 80
Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 80. Kidder…
Mel Schilling passes away at age 53
Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight, died on March 24, 2026, at the…
Obituary: Chip Taylor, dead at age 86
Chip Taylor, the American singer and songwriter known for writing "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing," died on March 23, 2026, at age 86. Born James Wesley Voight in…
Obituary: The Pillows, dead at age 61
The Pillows, a Japanese rock drummer with the band The Pillows, died on March 22, 2026, of esophageal cancer. The Pillows were a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Hokkaido…
Steve Gaines dies at age 68
Steve Gaines, an American pastor and president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2016 to 2018, died on March 20, 2026, at age 68. Born John Steven Gaines in Corinth,…
Isabelle Mergault dead at age 67
Isabelle Mergault, the French actress, director, writer and television and radio personality, died on March 20, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at the age of 67, following a battle with cancer.…
Jun Matsumoto obituary: died at age 75
Jun Matsumoto, a Japanese politician and twice a member of the House of Representatives, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 75 in Tokyo. A member of the…
Mike Clampitt passes away at age 71
James Michael Clampitt, an American politician and former firefighter who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, died on March 18, 2026, at age 71 of cancer. A Republican,…
Richard Menschel dies at age 92
Richard Menschel, an American investment banker and senior director of Goldman Sachs, died on March 4, 2026, at age 92. He was also an art collector and philanthropist. Through the…
Andrew Watson, died aged 64
Andrew Watson, the British Anglican clergyman who served as Bishop of Aston from 2008 to 2014 and Bishop of Guildford from 2014 until his death, died on March 3, 2026,…
Death of Eugènia Balcells at age 82
Eugènia Balcells, a Spanish-Catalan visual artist, died on March 1, 2026, in Barcelona at the age of 82. Born in Barcelona on May 12, 1943, she graduated in technical architecture…
Obituary: José Luis, dead at age 65
José Luis Álvarez Núñez, a Chilean professional footballer who played as a forward, died on March 1, 2026, from complications from liver cancer. Born on 8 December 1960, he came…
Devonta Lee died at age 27
Devonta Lee, an American football player, died on February 26, 2026, at age 27. Lee was an American college football player who played wide receiver for the LSU Tigers and…
Oliver “Power” obituary: died at age 52
Oliver "Power" Grant, an American entrepreneur and producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan, died on February 24, 2026, at age 55. Grant was a close associate of the hip-hop group…
Obituary: Karen Shaw Petrou, dead at age 72
Karen Shaw Petrou, an American financial analyst and co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics, died on February 21, 2026, of cancer in Washington, D.C., at the age of 72. Born Karen…
Walter Pawelkiewicz died at age 77
Walter Pawelkiewicz, a German-born American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 49th district from 1999 to 2009, died on February 21, 2026, at the age…