Matt Suhey dies at 68
Matt Suhey, an American football player who spent ten seasons as a fullback with the Chicago Bears, died on September 6, 2026, aged 68. Born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, he played…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Edward Field died at age 102
Edward Field, the American poet, died on September 6, 2026, at age 102. Born in Brooklyn on June 7, 1924, he built a career as a poet and writer whose…
Joe Morgan died at age 95
Joe Morgan, an American baseball player and manager, died on September 5, 2026, at age 95. A native of Walpole, Massachusetts, Morgan was a graduate of Walpole High School and…
Robin Morgan passes away at age 85
Robin Morgan, the American poet, writer and activist, died on September 5, 2026, aged 85. Born on January 29, 1941, in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, she became a central figure…
Andy Williams dead at age 48
Andy Williams, the American metal guitarist and professional wrestler known as The Butcher, died on September 5, 2026, aged 48. Born Andrew J. Williams in Buffalo on December 12, 1977,…
Don Wilhelms, died aged 96
Don Wilhelms, an American geologist who helped map the Moon and train Apollo astronauts, died on September 4, 2026, aged 96. Born Don Edward Wilhelms in Los Angeles on July…
Blaine Campbell passes away at age 86
Blaine Campbell, an American politician and former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, died on September 3, 2026, aged 86. A Republican, Campbell represented District 35 in the…
Alphonso Smith has died at age 40
Alphonso Smith, an American football player and former cornerback for the Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions, died on September 2, 2026, aged 40. Smith, also known as Alphonso Smith, Jr.,…
Arthur Marshall dies at 57
Arthur Marshall, an American football player who spent time with the Denver Broncos and New York Giants, died on September 2, 2026, at age 57 of stomach cancer. Born in…
Obituary: Cassandra Wilson, dead at age 70
Cassandra Wilson, the American jazz singer and two-time Grammy winner, died on September 2, 2026, aged 70. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, she built a long career as a singer, songwriter…
Gloria Steinem dies at age 92
Gloria Steinem, the American feminist, journalist and writer who co-founded the Women's Media Center, died on September 2, 2026, at age 92. Born Gloria Marie Steinem in Toledo, Ohio, she…
Charles Hatcher, died aged 87
Charles Hatcher, an American politician and lawyer who served in Congress as a Democrat, died on September 1, 2026, aged 87. Born in Doerun, Georgia, he was educated at Georgia…
Death of Konrad Jarausch at age 85
Konrad Jarausch, the German-American historian and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor, died on September 1, 2026, aged 85. Born in Magdeburg, Germany, on August 14, 1941, he…
Edythe Harrison dies at 91
Edythe Harrison, an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1980 to 1983, died on September 1, 2026, aged 91. Born Edythe Colton in Detroit, she…
Obituary: Jim Sockwell, dead at age 84
Jim Sockwell, an American pottery and marquetry craftsman, died on September 1, 2026, aged 84. He spent most of his adult life in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and was a…
Hinson Mosley has died at age 93
Hinson Mosley, an American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives, died on September 1, 2026, at age 93. Born George Hinson Mosley on October 21, 1932, in…
Harold Gene Lucas death at age 74
Harold Gene Lucas, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on September 1, 2026, aged 74. Lucas was convicted in the 1976 shooting death of 16-year-old…
Bill Schmidt died at age 78
Bill Schmidt, an American Olympic javelin thrower, died on August 31, 2026, aged 78. A native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Southview, Pennsylvania, he became one of the United States’…
Death of Kippy Brown at age 71
Kippy Brown, an American football coach who worked for the Houston Texans, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks, died on August 31, 2026, at age 71. Brown, whose full name was…
Obituary: Jerry Stovall, dead at age 85
Jerry Stovall, the American Hall of Fame football player and coach, died on August 31, 2026, at age 85. Born Jerry Lane Stovall in West Monroe, Louisiana, he graduated from…
Phillips Robbins dies at age 96
Phillips Robbins, an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Boston University, died on August 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1930, he built a long academic career…
Chan Sarun death at age 78
Chan Sarun, a Cambodian politician who served as minister of agriculture and a member of parliament, died on August 31, 2026, aged 78. Also known as Ngor Hong Srun, he…
Rollie Sheldon obituary: died at age 89
Rollie Sheldon, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees, died on August 31, 2026, aged 89. A native of Putnam, Connecticut, he attended the University of…
Thomas Cease passed away at age 84
Thomas Cease, an American electrical engineer, died on August 31, 2026, at age 84. Born Thomas Wayne Cease in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 17, 1942, he served aboard the USS…
Victor Miller died at age 86
Victor Miller, the American screenwriter best known for writing the original Friday the 13th, died on August 31, 2026, aged 86. Born Victor Brooke Miller in New Orleans, he wrote…
Obituary: Wendell Berry, dead at age 92
Wendell Berry, the American novelist and essayist whose work as a poet, farmer and cultural critic was closely tied to rural Kentucky, died on August 31, 2026, aged 92. Born…
George Wells, died aged 72
George Wells, an American professional wrestler and football player, died on August 31, 2026, aged 72. Born George Oliver Wells in Oakland, Calif., on October 31, 1947, he attended Oakland…
Cornelius Cash dies at 74
Cornelius Cash, the American basketball player and former Detroit Pistons prospect, died on August 31, 2026, aged 74. Born Cornelius Cash Jr. in Macon, Mississippi, he stood 6-foot-8 and weighed…
Iván T. Berend dies at 95
Iván T. Berend, the Hungarian historian who led the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and later taught at UCLA, died on August 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Budapest on December…
Death of P. David Pearson at age 85
P. David Pearson, an American literary scholar and reading and literacy scholar, died on August 30, 2026, aged 85. He was professor emeritus in the School of Education at the…
Death of Gene Bertoncini at age 89
Gene Bertoncini, the American jazz guitarist born in New York City on April 6, 1937, died on August 29, 2026, aged 89. A native of New York, he grew up…
Frankie Miller obituary: died at age 94
Frankie Miller, an American country singer, died on August 29, 2026, at age 94. Born Frank Miller, Jr., in Victoria, Texas, he began performing as a teenager on the local…
Obituary: Jeffrey G. Williamson, dead at age 90
Jeffrey G. Williamson, an American academic and economic historian, died on August 29, 2026, aged 90. He was the Laird Bell Professor of Economics emeritus at Harvard University and also…
Obituary: Bill Doba, dead at age 85
Bill Doba, the American football coach who led Washington State University’s Cougars from 2003 through 2007, died on August 28, 2026, at age 85 from complications from a stroke. Born…
Ray Miller died at age 77
Ray Miller, an American politician and former member of the Ohio General Assembly, died on August 28, 2026, aged 77. A Democrat and graduate of Ohio State University, he also…
Kenneth Treister dead at age 96
Kenneth Treister, an American architect best known for the Holocaust Memorial he designed in Miami Beach, Florida, died on August 28, 2026, aged 96. A Fellow of the American Institute…
Richard E. Stearns dies at age 90
Richard E. Stearns, the American computer scientist who helped lay the foundations of computational complexity theory, died on August 28, 2026, aged 90. Born Richard Edwin Stearns in Caldwell, he…
Frank Campo has died at age 99
Frank Campo, an American composer and emeritus professor of music at California State University Northridge, died on August 28, 2026, at age 99. Born in New York City in 1927,…
Jackie Glass obituary: died at age 70
Jackie Glass, an American judge and television personality, died on August 28, 2026, at age 70. Glass was known to television audiences through "Swift Justice with Jackie Glass" and was…
Larry Christenson dies at age 72
Larry Christenson, the American baseball pitcher who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Philadelphia Phillies and helped them win the 1980 World Series, died on August 28,…
Will Murray has died at age 73
Will Murray, an American novelist, journalist and comic book writer, died on August 28, 2026, aged 73. Born William Patrick Murray on April 28, 1953, he wrote fiction, short stories…
Bill Edwards dies at 81
Bill Edwards, an American businessman who owned numerous properties in St. Petersburg, Florida, died on August 27, 2026, at age 81 of multiple organ failure and pneumonia. Born Edward Francis…
Rich Rowland died at age 62
Rich Rowland, an American baseball player who spent parts of six major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, died on August 27, 2026, aged 62. Born…
Samuel Monroe Jr., died aged 52
Samuel Monroe Jr., an American actor known for roles in Menace II Society and The Players Club, died on August 27, 2026, at age 52 from complications of meningitis. Born…
Mary Tsingou obituary: died at age 97
Mary Tsingou, the American physicist and mathematician known for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem, died on August 27, 2026, aged 97. Born in Milwaukee, she was one of the first programmers on…
Robert C. Hughes dies at age 85
Robert C. Hughes, an American chemist, died on August 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Robert Clark Hughes on November 27, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied chemistry at Carleton College…
Granville Straker passed away at age 86
Granville Straker, an American record producer and businessman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Saint Vincent in 1939, he moved to Brooklyn from Trinidad in 1959 and…
George Joseph dies at age 104
George Joseph, the American insurance executive who founded and chaired Mercury General, died on August 26, 2026, aged 104. Born in Beckley, West Virginia, on September 11, 1921, he was…
Marty Nadler dies at age 80
Marty Nadler, an American television producer and writer, died on August 26, 2026, aged 80. Nadler worked on a string of popular television comedies, including Perfect Strangers, Happy Days and…
Jack Grassel passed away at age 77
Jack Grassel, an American jazz guitarist, teacher and author from Milwaukee, died on August 26, 2026, aged 77, in a traffic collision. Born in Milwaukee and educated at the University…
Rubén Rada, died aged 83
Rubén Rada, the Uruguayan singer-songwriter who helped shape modern candombe and fused it with rock, soul, jazz and funk, died on August 26, 2026, aged 83. Born Omar Ruben Rada…
Mark S. DeFrancesco died at age 76
Mark S. DeFrancesco, an American politician, died on August 26, 2026, aged 76. A Republican, he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975. Born in New…
Dolly Parton dies at age 80
Dolly Parton, the American singer and actress known for “Jolene” and 9 to 5, died on August 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Dolly Rebecca Parton in Pittman Center, Tennessee, she…
Anna Louizos has died at age 69
Anna Louizos, an American scenic designer and art director known for Tony Award-nominated sets for In the Heights, High Fidelity and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, died on August 25,…
Bernice Gottlieb passes away at age 95
Bernice Gottlieb, an American leader in the trans-racial adoption movement in the United States, died on August 25, 2026, aged 95. Born Bernice Friedman on January 8, 1931, in the…
Donald Shankweiler, died aged 91
Donald Shankweiler, an American academic and psychologist who studied language processing in the brain, died on August 24, 2026, aged 91. He was professor emeritus of psychology at the University…
Storm dies at 61
Storm, an American reality television competitor best known for appearing on American Gladiators from 1991 to 1993, died on August 24, 2026, aged 61. He was part of the syndicated…
Jaye P. Morgan died at age 94
Jaye P. Morgan, the American singer and actress known for "That's All I Want from You" and for appearing in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, died on August…
Jay Maisel dies at age 95
Jay Maisel, an American photographer, died on August 23, 2026, aged 95. Born in Brooklyn on January 18, 1931, he studied at Abraham Lincoln High School under Leon Friend before…
Dave Kragthorpe death at age 93
Dave Kragthorpe, an American football player and coach, died on August 23, 2026, aged 93. He served as head football coach at South Dakota State University in 1969, at Idaho…
Death of James Lew at age 73
James Lew, an American stuntman and actor, died on August 23, 2026, aged 73. Born James Jene Fae Lew in Escalon, California, he built a long career in film and…
Death of Roy Drinkard at age 106
Roy Drinkard, an American businessman and developer, died on August 23, 2026, aged 106. He lived in Cullman, Alabama, and served as president and CEO of Drinkard Development, Inc., which…
René Malo, died aged 84
René Malo, a Canadian film producer and Knight of the National Order of Quebec, died on August 23, 2026, at age 84. Born in Joliette, Quebec, he was most closely…
Gerhard Schwedes passed away at age 88
Gerhard Schwedes, an American football player who played for the New York Titans and Boston Patriots, died on August 23, 2026, aged 88. Born in Freiburg im Breisgau on April…
Benjamin M. Rosen dead at age 93
Benjamin M. Rosen, the American businessman who chaired Compaq and co-founded Sevin Rosen Funds, died on August 23, 2026, aged 93. Known as Ben Rosen, he also served as Compaq’s…
Nick Bougas obituary: died at age 71
Nick Bougas, an American film director and illustrator, died on August 23, 2026, aged 71. Born Nicholas Bougas in Savannah, Georgia, he worked across film, illustration, record production, and screenwriting…
Sean Grayson, died aged 32
Sean Grayson, an American convicted murderer, died on August 23, 2026, at age 32. He had been convicted in connection with the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed…
Shelley Fabares death at age 82
Shelley Fabares, the American actress known for her roles on The Donna Reed Show, One Day at a Time and Coach, died on August 22, 2026, aged 82. Born Michele…
Slava Veder passed away at age 99
Slava Veder, the American photojournalist best known for the Associated Press image "Burst of Joy," died on August 22, 2026, aged 99. Veder, who was born in Berkeley, California, on…
John Anson dies at 77
John Anson, a Canadian professional wrestler, died on August 22, 2026, aged 77. Born in Vancouver in 1949, he began his career in 1971 and wrestled under the ring name…
Bill Ayres passes away at age 85
Bill Ayres, an American talk radio host and co-founder of WhyHunger, died on August 22, 2026, aged 85. Born on January 14, 1941, Ayres became a Roman Catholic priest for…
Janie Bradford obituary: died at age 87
Janie Bradford, the American songwriter whose work was closely associated with Motown, died on August 22, 2026, aged 87. Born in Charleston, Missouri, on June 2, 1939, she began her…
Alejandro Larrea, died aged 59
Alejandro Larrea, the Uruguayan football player and manager, died on August 22, 2026, aged 59. A forward born in Montevideo on December 5, 1966, Larrea built a career in South…
Charlie St. Clair passed away at age 74
Charlie St. Clair, an American politician and Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died on August 22, 2026, aged 74. He represented the Belknap 5th district until…
Latimore obituary: died at age 86
Latimore, the American soul singer best known for "Let's Straighten It Out," died on August 22, 2026, aged 86. Born Benjamin William Lattimore in Charleston, Tennessee, he worked as a…
V. C. Manning passes away at age 78
V. C. Manning, an American politician and educator, died on August 21, 2026, at age 78. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Mississippi State Senate from…
Dave Morice, died aged 79
Dave Morice, an American poet, died on August 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in St. Louis on September 10, 1946, he also worked as a writer, visual artist, performance artist…
Ira A. Fulton has died at age 94
Ira A. Fulton, an American philanthropist and businessman, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. A Tempe, Arizona native, Fulton founded Fulton Homes and became a major benefactor to educational…
Herbert Dixon dies at 106
Herbert Dixon, an American golfer who won the National Negro Open in 1951 and played on the African American circuit during segregation, died on August 21, 2026, aged 106. Dixon…
Death of Roger McKenzie at age 75
Roger McKenzie, an American comic book writer, died on August 21, 2026, aged 75, of heart failure and kidney disease. He was best known for his work on Daredevil with…
Michael Wright dies at 70
Michael Wright, an American film and television actor known for The Five Heartbeats, Streamers and Sugar Hill, died on August 21, 2026, aged 70. Born in New York City, he…
Sidney A. Bludman obituary: died at age 99
Sidney A. Bludman, an American physicist, died on August 21, 2026, aged 99. Born Sidney Arnold Bludman in New York, he studied at the Bronx High School of Science, where…
Nancy Kassebaum dies at age 94
Nancy Kassebaum, the American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1978 to 1997, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. A Kansas Republican, she was born Nancy Josephine…
Christian Styles died at age 29
Christian Styles, an American pornographic actor and adult model, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. Born Zachary Christian Jaghab on January 17, 1997, in Canton, Michigan, he entered the…
Brent Carter dies at age 77
Brent Carter, the American poker player and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, died on August 20, 2026, aged 77. A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Carter built a…
Darrell Hickman dead at age 91
Darrell Hickman, an American jurist and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died on August 20, 2026, at age 91. Hickman served on the state’s highest court from 1977 to…
Bob Ives died at age 87
Bob Ives, an American politician, died on August 20, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Robert Stuart Ives, he was born on December 16, 1938, and was educated at the…
Nancy Kissinger dead at age 92
Nancy Kissinger, an American philanthropist and longtime Rockefeller aide, died on August 20, 2026, at age 92. Born Nancy Sharon Maginnes in Manhattan, she was educated at The Masters School,…
José Suárez dies at age 55
José Suárez, an American broadcaster who led several Telemundo stations, died on August 19, 2026, at age 55 in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya. Suárez served as president…
Elaine Cheris obituary: died at age 80
Elaine Cheris, an American Olympic fencer, died on August 19, 2026, at age 80. Also known as Elaine Gayle Cheris, she was born in Dothan, Alabama, and became a foil…
Anthony Devaney, died aged 86
Anthony Devaney, an American electrical engineer, died on August 18, 2026, at age 86. Born on February 1, 1940, in Braintree, Massachusetts, he attended Braintree High School, graduating in 1959,…
Charles Walker passed away at age 78
Charles Walker, an American politician and former state senator in Georgia, died on August 18, 2026, aged 78. A Democrat from Augusta, he was first elected to the Georgia Senate…
Death of G. Wallace Caulk Jr. at age 85
G. Wallace Caulk Jr., an American politician and member of the Delaware House of Representatives, died on August 18, 2026, at age 85. Known as Wally Caulk, he was born…
Bill Rasmussen death at age 93
Bill Rasmussen, the American television executive and co-founder and president of ESPN and ESPN Inc., died on August 18, 2026, at age 93. Born William F. Rasmussen in Chicago on…
Norman A. Bailey passes away at age 95
Norman A. Bailey, the American economist and former U.S. government official, died on August 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Chicago in 1931, he served as senior director of international…
Cindy Denby died at age 70
Cindy Denby, an American politician and member of the Michigan House of Representatives, died August 18, 2026, aged 70. A Republican from Michigan, she served in the state House from…
Wayne McKoy has died at age 68
Wayne McKoy, an American basketball player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 68. Born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, he emerged as a highly recruited high school prospect at Long Island…
O. J. Brigance passed away at age 56
O. J. Brigance, an American football player who competed in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League, died on August 17, 2026, at age 56 from complications of…
Orientate passes away at age 28
Orientate, an American Thoroughbred racehorse and 2002 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner, died on August 17, 2026, aged 28. Foaled in Kentucky in 1999, the American-bred colt was bred by Gainesway…