Hermann Huppen, the Belgian comic book creator known for Jeremiah, died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 87. Better known by the pen name Hermann, he was born on July 17, 1938, in Bévercé, now part of Malmedy,… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Juca de Oliveira, a Brazilian actor, died on March 21, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil, from pneumonia complicated by heart disease. Born José de Oliveira Santos on March 16, 1935, in São Roque, São Paulo, he worked as an actor,… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Rhoda Roberts, an Australian Aboriginal arts director, died on March 21, 2026, aged 66. She was an Australian theatre and arts director, arts executive, television presenter and actress who served as head of Indigenous programming at the Sydney Opera House… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Desmond Barrit, British actor best known for his stage work, died on March 21, 2026, aged 81. Born Desmond Brown in Morriston, near Swansea, Wales, on October 19, 1944, he worked as an actor from 1979 to 2021. His screen… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
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. Born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, on May 11, 1958,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Aref Arefkia, the Iranian pop singer and actor known professionally as Aref, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Tehran on August 10, 1941, he was active from 1963 to 2026. He was known by… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Nicholas Brendon Schultz, the American actor, artist and writer best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds, died on March 20, 2026. He was 54. Born in Los Angeles, California, on April 12, 1971, Schultz… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Robert Fox, an English film and television producer whose work included The Hours, The Crown and Iris, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 73. Fox’s work on the 2002 film The Hours brought him an Academy Award… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Jessie Jones, an American actress and playwright, died on March 20, 2026, after a long illness. Born on August 21, 1950, in Texas, she appeared on the internationally broadcast television shows Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Night Court, and Who's the… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Ben Keaton, the Irish actor known for roles in Emmerdale, Casualty and Father Ted, died on March 20, 2026, aged 69. Born Benjamin J. Burke-Kennedy in Dublin on 3 May 1956, he appeared in Emmerdale as Jeff Brannigan and in… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Louis Edmond Cordero, the Puerto Rican musician, record producer and actor known as Louie Louie, died on March 19, 2026. Born on July 10, 1962, he released four full-length albums, including two on major record labels and one under his… · America · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Chuck Norris, the American martial artist, actor and author known for Walker, Texas Ranger, Missing in Action and The Way of the Dragon, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10,… · Brazil · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Tom Georgeson, the English actor known for Between the Lines, A Fish Called Wanda and Doctor Who, died on March 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Liverpool on 8 August 1936, he worked in television and film from 1963 to… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Shams Sumon, a Bangladeshi actor, died on March 17, 2026, of a heart attack. Born in Rajshahi on March 2, 1967, he completed his graduation and post-graduation from Rajshahi University. His acting career ran from 1997 to 2023. Sumon won… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Alicia Caro, a Colombian-Mexican actress, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 8, 1930, she settled in Mexico and appeared in films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Her credits… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Slava Racheva, a Bulgarian actress and puppeteer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Sofia on April 23, 1938, she studied drama acting at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film. She made her stage debut at the… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, a Polish actress and translator, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Lviv on May 7, 1940, she was the daughter of writer Jan Kurczab and Janina née Liebling. She worked as an actress from 1957 to 1960,… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Jamie Blanks, the Australian film director and composer behind Urban Legend and Valentine, died on March 16, 2026, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born in Melbourne on November 29, 1971, Blanks studied at Swinburne Film School, later part of the Victorian… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting at the age of three and later took part in… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Kiki Shepard, the American television host best known as co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died on March 16, 2026. Born Chiquita Renee Shepard on July 15, 1951, in Tyler, Texas, she was also an actress and dancer. Shepard was… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Italian singer and stage actress · 14 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 14
Madhu Malhotra, an Indian actress, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. She was best remembered for her appearance as a gypsy woman in the song "Lambi Judai" from Subhash Ghai’s film Hero. Malhotra also acted in… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn Nilsen and Borgunn Alvilde Iversen. Nilsen graduated with examen artium… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Bruno Salomone, a French actor and comedian, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 55 following a long illness. Active in film, television and dubbing from 2001 to 2026, he became known in France for his role as… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Sam Kieth, an American comic book artist and writer best known for The Maxx and Zero Girl, died on March 15, 2026, at age 63 of complications from Lewy body dementia. Born in Sacramento, California, on January 11, 1963, he… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Matt Clark, an American actor best known for his roles in Western films, died on March 15, 2026, at age 89. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 25, 1936, he served in the U.S. Army before attending George Washington University… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Attila Lőte, a Hungarian actor, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Szeged on June 13, 1934, he worked in film, stage and television from 1959 to 2023. Lőte received the Jászai Mari Award and… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Japanese voice actress · 14 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 14
Phil Woolas, a British politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 66. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010 and was Minister of… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Lyudmila Arinina, the Russian actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina on November 8, 1926, in Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast, she graduated from the acting department of GITIS in 1948 and began… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Gemma Cuervo, a Spanish television, film and theatre actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Barcelona on July 22, 1934, she worked from 1956 to 2026 and made her first stage performance in 1956… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Fatma Sarhan, an Egyptian singer and actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Basyoun in 1928, she began singing on the radio in the 1950s. She later appeared in films including "I am the… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Russian actor and stuntman (Peter the Great) · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 12
John Alford, the British actor best known for playing Robbie Wright in the BBC series Grange Hill, died on March 13, 2026, aged 54. Born John James Shannon in Glasgow, he also appeared as Billy Ray in ITV’s London's Burning… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Eili Sild, an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Tallinn on October 26, 1942, she began her career on the theatre stage in the early 1960s and worked as an actress from… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Indian actor (Rasikan · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 12
Enrica Bonaccorti, the Italian television presenter, actress and song lyricist known for Non è la Rai and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Peeter Simm died on March 12, 2026. He was an Estonian film director. · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
David Sage, an American actor known for The Birdcage, Campus Cops and Highway to Heaven, died on March 12, 2026, at age 85. Born David Rohan Sage in Syracuse, New York, he worked as a character actor from 1980 to… · Italy · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Harimurali, an Indian Malayalam actor, died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1998 in Annoor, Payyannur, in Kerala’s Kannur district, he began acting as a child and appeared in Rasikan (2004), Annan Thampi and Madambi in 2008. He also acted… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Asim Bukhari, a Pakistani television and film actor, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Bukhari began his acting career with Pakistan Television in 1965 and appeared in more than 200 films. Among his best-known work were… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Kiril Pop Hristov, the Macedonian film, television and theatre actor best known for playing Ćoro in the 2005 film Bal-Can-Can, died on March 11, 2026. Nicknamed “Kili,” he appeared in more than 20 films and television programs during a career… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Wendy Playfair, the Australian actress best known for her role in Prisoner, died on March 11, 2026, aged 99. Born in Woollahra, New South Wales, on August 28, 1926, she began her career in radio serials before moving into theatre,… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Judy Pace, the American actress known for her roles on Peyton Place and The Young Lawyers, died on March 11, 2026, at age 83. Born Judy Lenteen Pace in Los Angeles on June 15, 1942, she worked in film and… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Giorgos Panousopoulos, the Greek cinematographer, film director and screenwriter known for Mania, died on March 10, 2026. He was 84. Born in Kifissia, German-occupied Greece, on February 3, 1942, Panousopoulos worked on 37 films between 1964 and 2004. His 1985… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
IJf Blokker, a Dutch actor, musician and television presenter, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Den Helder on September 2, 1930, he began his career as a drummer before becoming known on Dutch television… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Thakkali Srinivasan, an Indian film director, musician and producer known for Tamil films, died on March 10, 2026. He was 72. Born in 1953 or 1954, he worked on films often centered on horror or murder mystery plots. Srinivasan began… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Tamal Roy Chowdhury, an Indian actor from West Bengal, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 80 after cardiac arrest at his residence in South Kolkata while asleep. He was known for acting in Bengali films including Challenge,… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Sam Scarber, an American actor and former football player, died on March 8, 2026, at age 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1949, he played fullback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers. Scarber… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Blake Emmons, a Canadian country singer and television host, died on March 8, 2026, at age 81. Born Bruce MacKenzie in Toronto and raised in Prince George, British Columbia, he hosted the 1974 CTV series Funny Farm, the Canadian answer… · America · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Mantana Morakul, the Thai singer and actress known as Mantana Keartiwongs, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 102. Born on March 30, 1923, she was the first female singer and the oldest member of the Public Relations… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Jamie Dunn, the Australian puppeteer, television and radio personality, and voice artist known for performing Agro, died on March 7, 2026. He began his entertainment career as a drummer and singer-songwriter before moving into television. Dunn found success working the… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Ekaterina Vedunova, a Russian theatre and film actress known for her work in "Sklifosovsky," died on March 7, 2026. Vedunova, whose full name was Ekaterina Viktorovna Vedunova, was born on July 9, 1980. In 2004, she studied at the studio… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Antonio Marsina, the Italian actor, died on March 6, 2026, in Nardò, Italy, at the age of 80. Born in Nardò on January 12, 1946, he worked as an actor from 1966 to 2004 and appeared in films from the… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Christos Valavanidis, a Greek actor and poet, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Athens in 1944, he graduated from the National Theatre Drama School in 1973. He worked in theatre, television series and theatre… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Jennifer Runyon, an American actress known for her role on Charles in Charge, died on March 6, 2026. She made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight in 1980 and went on to have supporting roles… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
English actress (Coronation Street · 04 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 4
Bob Rosenfarb, an American television producer and writer known for Step by Step, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born Robert Martin Rosenfarb on September 16, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy film The Child of Man was Latvia's submission for the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Sandy Wernick, an American film and television producer, died on March 5, 2026. Born Sanford Wernick on March 22, 1939, in the Bronx, New York, he was a graduate of New York University and a partner at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Jane Lapotaire, the English actress, died on March 5, 2026, aged 81. Born Jane Elizabeth Marie Burgess in Ipswich, Suffolk, on December 26, 1944, she was from Suffolk and worked as an actress from 1965 to 2026. Her performance in… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Yonehiko Kitagawa, a Japanese voice actor known for work on Kinnikuman, Tiger Mask and Sally the Witch, died on March 5, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 94. Born Kunihiko Takeda in Tokyo on June 9, 1931, he was also credited… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Corey Parker, an American actor and acting coach, died on March 5, 2026, in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 60. Born in New York City on July 8, 1965, he committed to acting full time after high school and was a… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Anis Djaad, an Algerian film director, screenwriter and writer, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 51. Born in Algiers on April 29, 1974, he grew up in the Bab El Oued district and began his career in… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Soli Philander, a South African actor, comedian, director, television presenter and radio personality, died on March 4, 2026, aged 65. Born Silamour Philander on January 19, 1961, in Elsie's River on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, he became known… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Mouta Penda, a Cameroonian comedian, died on March 4, 2026, following a long illness. He was primarily known for uploading videos of his comedy sketches to social media and appeared in online productions such as Le Piège de Mouta Penda… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Vijay Mohan Crishna, an Indian actor, died on March 4, 2026. Crishna, who was from Shimla, began his acting career on a Delhi stage in the 1960s and moved to the Mumbai theatre scene by 1971. He appeared in Pearl… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Ana Luisa Peluffo, a Mexican actress, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 96. Born Ana Luisa de Jesús Quintana Paz Peluffo in Querétaro in 1929, she worked as an actress from 1948 to 2014 and appeared in… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Ted Emery, an Australian film and television director and producer, died on March 3, 2026. Born in 1947, he served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Vietnam War before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Melbourne. He became a… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Robert Hinkle, an American stuntman and actor known for his work on "Bronco Buster" and appearances in "Hud" and "Gunsmoke," died on March 3, 2026. Also known as Texas Bob, he was born on July 25, 1930, in Brownfield, Texas,… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Lyle Conway, an American actor, puppeteer and designer, died on March 3, 2026. He was known for his work with Jim Henson on "The Dark Crystal" (1982) and for creating the Audrey II puppet for "Little Shop of Horrors." Conway… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Masako Ikeda, a Japanese voice actress and narrator, died on March 3, 2026, in Tokyo at the age of 87. Born in Tokyo on January 1, 1939, she worked from 1948 to 2026 and was known for voicing Reika "Madame… · Intracerebral Hemorrhage · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Nikolay Kolyada, a Russian playwright, theatre director, actor and teacher, died on March 2, 2026. He was 68. Born on December 4, 1957, in Presnogor'kovka in the Kostanay Region of the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, he studied theater in Sverdlovsk… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Jacopo Camagni, an Italian illustrator and comics artist, died on March 2, 2026. He was born in Bologna on December 21, 1977, and began working in the comic book industry in Italy in 1998 as an artist on Lupin III… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Andrew Gunn, a Canadian film producer, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 58. Born in Toronto, Ontario, on July 15, 1967, he founded Gunn Films in 2001 and was one of the founders of Solstice Studios in… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026 · Als
Stephen Hibbert, the British-American actor and television writer known for portraying the masked character the Gimp in "Pulp Fiction," died on March 2, 2026. He also wrote for "Late Night with David Letterman," "MADtv" and "Boy Meets World," and co-wrote… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Bernard Launois, a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for Devil Story, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Mézières, France, on April 8, 1930, he studied pharmacology for two years before turning to film work. He began as… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Patrick Dewolf, the French film director and screenwriter, died in Invalid Date at the age of 75. Born in Paris on 3 June 1950, he was nominated for a César Award for best original or adapted screenplay for Tandem, a…
Bob Power, an American record producer and music engineer, died on March 1, 2026, at age 73. Born Robert Power in Chicago on April 5, 1952, he was also an audio engineer, composer, arranger, performer and music educator. His engineering… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Kenith Trodd, a British film and television producer best known for his association with playwright Dennis Potter, died on March 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Kenneth George Trodd on May 28, 1935, in Southampton, Hampshire, he was raised in the… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026
Slava Tsukerman, a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, died on February 28, 2026. Born Vladislav Markovich Tsukerman in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he was of Jewish origin and reported to have been born either on April 25, 1939,… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Annabel Schofield, a Welsh-born American model, actress and producer, died on February 28, 2026, at age 62. Born in Llanelli in 1963, she began modeling at 16 after moving to London and signed with the Take Two agency. She appeared… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Lorraine Bayly, the Australian actress best known for her role in The Sullivans, died on February 28, 2026, aged 89. Born in Booligal, New South Wales, on January 16, 1937, she began performing as a child and became a professional… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Dennis Carvalho, a Brazilian director, actor and voice actor, died on February 28, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 78. Born Dennis de Carvalho on September 27, 1947, in São Paulo, he began acting at age 11… · 28 February 2026 · February 2026
Mexican television director and producer (El Chavo del 8 · 26 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 26 · Other
Egyptian-born Greek actress and belly dancer · 26 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 26 · Greek
Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist, died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in comics and was known for her color work on Camelot… · 27 February 2026 · February 2026
Pepito Rodriguez, a Filipino actor, died on February 26, 2026, at age 83. Born Jose Maria Moreno Rodriguez on October 18, 1942, he began his acting career in 1962 and was contracted under Sampaguita Pictures. He was the second of… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Ahmed Nimal, a Maldivian actor, director, editor, writer and producer, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 62. Born on January 13, 1963, in the Sultanate of the Maldive Islands, he began his career at the Maldives Meteorological… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Bobby J. Brown, an American actor known for his work on The Wire and We Own This City, died on February 26, 2026, at age 62. He was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Brown died of smoke inhalation from… · 26 February 2026 · February 2026
Russian actor (Brigada · 24 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 24
Zhani Ziçishti, an Albanian actor of stage, film and television, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 85. He was born in Korçë on May 31, 1940, and graduated in 1964 from the Faculty of Performing Arts at… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Natalya Klimova, a Russian actress, died on February 25, 2026. Born Natalya Ivanovna Klimova in Moscow on February 27, 1938, she graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1963 and received the lead role in the military drama The… · 25 February 2026 · February 2026
Rob Grant, the British comedy writer and television producer who co-created the Red Dwarf comedy franchise, died on February 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Robert Grant in Salford on September 25, 1955, he studied psychology at Liverpool University for two… · England · 25 February 2026 · February 2026 · Grant,
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 and executive produced all of its albums. He was the… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026 · Cancer · Grant,
Lauren Chapin, the American actress best known for playing Kathy Anderson, nicknamed "Kitten," on Father Knows Best, died on February 24, 2026. She was 80. Chapin appeared in 196 episodes of the television series between 1954 and 1960 and won… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026
Irina Shevchuk, a Russian actress, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Murmansk on October 6, 1951, she graduated from VGIK in 1972 and then worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. From 1983, she was an actress at the Gorky… · 24 February 2026 · February 2026