Obituary: Jack R. Thornell, dead at age 86
Jack R. Thornell, an American photographer, died on April 23, 2026, from complications from kidney disease. He was 86. Born Jack Randolph Thornell in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on August 29, 1939,…
Famous Dead People from America
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Gregg Foreman died at age 53
Gregg Foreman, an American musician and DJ, died on April 22, 2026, at age 53. Born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1972, he was the front man of The Delta…
Brian Edgerly obituary: died at age 82
Brian Edgerly, an American Olympic baseball player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 22, 2026, at age 82. Born in 1943, he played baseball internationally with…
Obituary: David Scott, dead at age 80
David Scott, an American politician and member of the House of Representatives since 2003, died on April 22, 2026, at age 80. He served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's…
Darrell Sheets dies at age 67
Darrell Sheets, an American reality television personality known for Storage Wars, died on April 22, 2026, at age 67 by gunshot suicide. Sheets appeared on the A&E series during its…
Dean Tavoularis dies at 93
Dean Tavoularis, the American production designer known for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Bonnie and Clyde, died on April 22, 2026, at age 93. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May…
Michael Tilson Thomas passed away at age 81
Michael Tilson Thomas, an American conductor, pianist, and composer, died on April 22, 2026, at age 81. Born in Los Angeles on December 21, 1944, he studied piano with John…
Death of Mike Ohnstad at age 99
Mike Ohnstad, an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974, died on April 22, 2026. Born Michas Monroe Ohnstad in Hinckley, Minnesota, on…
Corky Withrow has died at age 87
Corky Withrow, an American baseball player who appeared in six major league games for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on April 22, 2026. He was 87. Raymond Wallace Withrow played…
Edward Lozzi dies at age 77
Edward Lozzi, an American publicist, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 77. He was also a political consultant, former White House Press Advance staffer and writer. Lozzi…
Eugene Braunwald dies at 96
Eugene Braunwald died on April 22, 2026. He was an Austrian-born American cardiologist. Eugene Braunwald, 96, Austrian-born American cardiologist. Tags Doctors, 22 April 2026, America, Austria, Braunwald, Eugene, 2026-04-22, April…
Kenneth Roman obituary: died at age 95
Kenneth Roman, an American advertising executive and chairman of Ogilvy from 1985 to 1989, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Boston on September 6,…
Norm Higgins dead at age 89
Norm Higgins, an American marathon runner who won the 1971 New York City Marathon, died on April 21, 2026, aged 89. Higgins also captured a national marathon championship in 1966,…
Henry J. Mansell death at age 88
Henry J. Mansell, an American Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop of Hartford from 2004 to 2013, died April 21, 2026, at age 88. Born in the Bronx section of New…
Dean Buntrock has died at age 94
Dean Buntrock, an American waste service executive and co-founder of Waste Management, Inc., died on April 21, 2026. He was 94. Buntrock was best known for founding and leading Waste…
Andrew Hacker died at age 96
Andrew Hacker, an American political scientist and academic, died on April 21, 2026. He was 96 or 97. Hacker was a professor in the department of political science at Queens…
Allan M. Collins obituary: died at age 88
Allan M. Collins, an American cognitive scientist and professor emeritus of learning sciences, died on April 20, 2026, at age 88. His work focused on semantic memory, artificial intelligence, intelligent…
Georgette Dorn death at age 91
Georgette Dorn, a Hungarian-born American academic who led the Library of Congress’ Hispanic Division, died on April 20, 2026, at age 91. Born Georgette Magassy in Budapest on August 13,…
Obituary: Malissa Sherwood, dead at age 50
Malissa Sherwood, an American wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter, died on April 20, 2026, aged 50. She was known in women’s grappling and combat sports as a trailblazer and…
Michael Yonkers has died at age 78
Michael Yonkers died on April 20, 2026. He was a musician. Tags Musicians, 20 April 2026, America, Michael, Yonkers, April 20, April 2026
Death of David Wilcock at age 53
David Wilcock, an American paranormal writer and media personality, died on April 20, 2026, by suicide by gunshot. He was 53. Wilcock was born in Rotterdam, New York, on March…
Rod Martin died at age 72
Rod Martin, the American football linebacker who played for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, died on April 20, 2026. He was 72. Martin played for the Raiders from 1977…
Alan Osmond, died aged 77
Alan Osmond, an American singer and musician best known as a member of The Osmonds, died on April 20, 2026. He was 77. Born Alan Ralph Osmond in Ogden, Utah,…
Wayne Moss dead at age 88
Wayne Moss, an American session guitarist and songwriter, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on February 9, 1938, in Charleston, West Virginia, he was best…
Lawrence Korb has died at age 86
Lawrence Korb, an American attorney and assistant secretary of defense from 1981 to 1985, died on April 20, 2026. He was 86. Korb was a senior fellow at the Center…
Death of Ralph B. Guy Jr. at age 96
Ralph B. Guy Jr., an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,…
Karl O. Christe dies at age 89
Karl O. Christe, a German-born American inorganic chemist known for his work in fluorine chemistry, died on April 19, 2026. He was 89. Born Karl Otto Christe on July 24,…
Death of Keith Jellum at age 87
Keith Jellum, a metal sculptor and maker of weathervanes, died on April 19, 2026, at age 87. He was an American artist based in Portland, Oregon, and his work was…
Barbara Carr obituary: died at age 85
Barbara Carr, an American blues singer, died on April 19, 2026, at age 85. Born Barbara Jean Crosby on January 9, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, she began singing in…
Patrick Muldoon has died at age 57
Patrick Muldoon, an American actor and film producer, died on April 19, 2026, at age 57 of a heart attack. He was known for his roles in Starship Troopers and…
Death of George Ariyoshi at age 100
George Ariyoshi, the American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 1970 to 1974 and governor from 1974 to 1986, died on April 19, 2026, at the age…
Dean Cooley has died at age 92
Dean Cooley, an American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 92. He served in…
Obituary: Van Hammer, dead at age 66
Van Hammer, the American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling, died on April 19, 2026. Born Mark Ty Hildreth on November 1, 1959, in Hebron,…
Doug Martin died at age 68
Doug Martin, an American football player who played for the Minnesota Vikings, died on April 19, 2026. He was 68. Martin was born in Fairfield, California, on May 22, 1957.…
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…
Stanton Davis died at age 80
Stanton Davis, an American jazz trumpeter and educator, died on April 18, 2026, at age 80. Born Stanton Davis, Jr. in New Orleans on November 10, 1945, he studied at…
John Seymour obituary: died at age 88
John Seymour, an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1991 to 1992, died on April 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Chicago and…
Dean Schwarz obituary: died at age 88
Dean Schwarz, an American ceramic artist, died on April 18, 2026. Dean Lester Schwarz was also a painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher, and he co-founded the South Bear School…
John F. Boyle Jr. dead at age 83
John F. Boyle Jr., an American convicted murderer, died on April 18, 2026. He was 83. Born in Philadelphia on May 1, 1943, Boyle, also known as Jack Boyle, was…
Ernie Dosio died at age 75
Ernie Dosio died on April 17, 2026. Ernie Dosio, 75, American trophy hunter, trampled by elephants Tags Other, 17 April 2026, America, Dosio, Ernie, 2026-04-17, April 17, April 2026
David McKinley obituary: died at age 79
David McKinley, the American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023, died on April 17, 2026, at age 79. Born in…
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…
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…
Terry L. Bruce, died aged 82
Terry L. Bruce, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois,…
Mariclare Costello passed away at age 90
Mariclare Costello, an American actress, died on April 17, 2026, at age 90. She was known for her roles in the cult horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" and…
Leigh Magar has died at age 57
Leigh Magar, an American milliner and owner of Magar Hatworks, died on April 16, 2026, aged 57. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, she built a career making custom hats that…
John R. Reed death at age 88
John R. Reed, an American academic and writer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born John Robert Reed in Duluth, Minnesota, he earned a bachelor’s degree…
Bradley R. Straatsma dead at age 98
Bradley R. Straatsma died on April 16, 2026. Tags Other, 16 April 2026, America, Bradley, Straatsma, April 16, April 2026
Don Schlitz has died at age 73
Don Schlitz, an American songwriter known for "The Gambler," "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "When You Say Nothing at All," died on April 16, 2026. He was 73. Schlitz wrote…
Paris Harvey 91. American Methodist minister and human rights activist dies
Paris Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died on April 16, 2026. Harvey was known for work in both ministry and…
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,…
Pharis Harvey 91. American Methodist minister and human rights activist dies
Pharis Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died April 16, 2026. His work was linked to religious ministry and human rights…
Death of Barbara Flynn Currie at age 85
Barbara Flynn Currie, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 85. A Democrat,…
Garret Anderson dies at 53
Garret Anderson, an American baseball player who played for the Los Angeles Angels, died on April 16, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 53. Anderson played 17 seasons in…
Death of James Hayward at age 82
James Hayward, an American abstract painter, died on April 16, 2026. He was 82. Born in 1943 in San Francisco, California, Hayward was known for paintings divided into two bodies…
Dory Selinger died at age 54
Dory Selinger, an American cyclist and Paralympic champion, died on April 16, 2026, after being struck by a vehicle while riding near his home in McKinney, Texas. He was 54.…
Justin Fairfax obituary: died at age 47
Justin Fairfax, an American politician and former lieutenant governor of Virginia, died on April 16, 2026, in Wakefield, Virginia, at age 47. A Democrat, he served as Virginia’s 41st lieutenant…
Obituary: Craig Krampf, dead at age 80
Craig Krampf, an American drummer, died on April 16, 2026, at age 80. Born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on August 25, 1945, he worked as a drummer, percussionist, arranger, record producer…
Klaus Ihlenfeld has died at age 92
Klaus Ihlenfeld died on April 15, 2026. Tags Artists, 15 April 2026, America, Germany, Ihlenfeld, Klaus, April 15, April 2026
Claire Murray obituary: died at age 83
Claire Murray died on April 15, 2026. Tags Artists, 15 April 2026, America, Claire, Murray, April 15, April 2026
Obituary: Kevin Klose, dead at age 85
Kevin Klose, the American broadcast executive who served as president of National Public Radio from 1998 to 2008, died on April 15, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was…
Obituary: Mark Mobius, dead at age 89
Mark Mobius, the American-born German businessman and emerging markets fund manager, died on April 15, 2026, at age 89. Born Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius in Hempstead, New York, he founded…
Lou Zocchi died at age 91
Lou Zocchi, an American gaming distributor and publisher, died on April 15, 2026, at age 91. Born Louis Joseph Zocchi in Chicago on February 16, 1935, he was a gaming…
Frosted dies at age 13
Frosted, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was euthanized on April 15, 2026, at the age of 13. Foaled on April 18, 2012, he was a gray colt and a son of…
Obituary: Phil Rockefeller, dead at age 87
Phil Rockefeller, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Washington Senate from 2005 to 2011, died on April 15, 2026. He represented the 23rd legislative district as a…
Death of Bob Novogratz at age 89
Bob Novogratz, an American football player and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 89. He played college football for the Army…
Ernest A. Larsen death at age 93
Ernest A. Larsen, an American politician and educator, died on April 14, 2026, at age 93. Born in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, he earned a bachelor's degree in vocational education…
Aleta Mitchell dead at age 74
Aleta Mitchell died on April 14, 2026. Tags Actors, 14 April 2026, Aleta, America, Mitchell, April 14, April 2026
Obituary: David Kahler, dead at age 89
David Kahler, an American architect and photographer, died on May 14, 2026, at age 89. Kahler led the Milwaukee-based firm Kahler Slater for much of his career. His work included…
John Fitzgerald dies at 77
John Fitzgerald, an American football player who played center for the Dallas Cowboys, died on April 14, 2026. He was 77. Fitzgerald, born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, on April 16, 1948,…
Dan Wall obituary: died at age 72
Dan Wall, an American jazz organist and pianist, died on April 14, 2026, at age 72. Daniel Lee Wall Jr. was born on September 7, 1953, and was also a…
Jim Kanicki obituary: died at age 84
Jim Kanicki, an American football player for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, died on April 14, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bay City, Michigan, on December 17,…
Joy Harmon passed away at age 87
Joy Harmon, an American actress known for "Cool Hand Luke," "Village of the Giants" and "Angel in My Pocket," died on April 14, 2026, from complications of pneumonia. She was…
Franklin F. Kuo has died at age 91
Franklin F. Kuo, a Chinese-born American computer scientist and academic, died on April 14, 2026. He was 91. Born in Wuhan, China, on April 22, 1934, Kuo came to the…
Marc Galanter has died at age 95
Marc Galanter, an American academic and professor of law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, died on April 14, 2026, at age 95. He was also honorary professor…
Steve Clark passes away at age 82
Steve Clark, an American swimmer and three-time Olympic champion, died on April 14, 2026, at age 82. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1943, he was a competition swimmer…
James F. Howell dies at age 91
James F. Howell, an American politician, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, in 1934, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma College…
Robert Cluck, died aged 87
Robert Cluck, an American politician and mayor of Arlington, Texas, from 2003 to 2015, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born Robert Nance Cluck Jr. in…
Annetta Alexandridis dies at 58
Annetta Alexandridis died on April 13, 2026. Tags Scientists, 13 April 2026, Alexandridis, America, Annetta, Germany, April 13, April 2026
Bernard Roizman died at age 96
Bernard Roizman died on April 13, 2026. Tags Scientists, 13 April 2026, America, Bernard, Roizman, April 13, April 2026
Lee Wachtstetter, died aged 97
Lee Wachtstetter, an American author, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Known as "Mama Lee," she was also a long-term cruise ship passenger who lived full…
Death of Stephen Crotts at age 75
Stephen Crotts, an American Presbyterian minister and author, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 75. He served as a Presbyterian reverend for more than 50 years and…
Anita Martinez passes away at age 100
Anita Martinez, the American politician who served as a Dallas city councillor from 1969 to 1973, died on April 13, 2026. She was 100. Martinez was the first Mexican-American member…
Dave McGinnis passed away at age 74
Dave McGinnis, an American football player and coach, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He played as a defensive back at Texas Christian University, where he…
Arthur Louis Schechter passes away at age 86
Arthur Louis Schechter, an American politician, diplomat and attorney, died on April 13, 2026, at age 86. He was born on December 6, 1939, in Rosenberg, Texas, and attended public…
Jean Walkinshaw dead at age 99
Jean Walkinshaw, an American television producer, died on April 13, 2026, at age 99. She produced content for The History Channel, KING-TV and KCTS. A graduate of Stanford University, she…
Frank Stack dead at age 88
Frank Stack, an American cartoonist, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Frank Huntington Stack in Houston, Texas, he was an underground cartoonist and artist who…
Bob Hall has died at age 74
Bob Hall, an American wheelchair racer, died on April 12, 2026, at age 74. Hall was an American wheelchair racer and wheelchair designer who competed in the 1975 Boston Marathon,…
Valerie Lee Shepard died at age 94
Valerie Lee Shepard died on April 12, 2026. She was an American actress known for her work in The Wizard of Oz and Our Gang. News of her death was…
Death of Bill Patmon at age 80
Bill Patmon, an American politician who served on the Cleveland City Council from 1990 to 2001 and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018, died on April…
Obituary: Tom H. John, dead at age 95
Tom H. John died on April 11, 2026. Tags Other, 11 April 2026, America, John, Tom, April 11, April 2026
Death of Clifford Otte at age 93
Clifford Otte, an American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, died on April 11, 2026. He was 93. Born Jan. 15, 1933, in Wilson,…
Death of Flo Oy Wong at age 87
Flo Oy Wong, an American artist, curator and educator, died on April 11, 2026, at age 87. Born in Oakland, California, on October 28, 1938, she earned a Bachelor of…
Michael Baroody dies at age 79
Michael Baroody, an American lobbyist, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 1946, he graduated from the University of Notre…
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…
Chris Payton-Jones passed away at age 30
Chris Payton-Jones, an American football player who played for the Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans, died on April 11, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 30. A…
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,…
Thomas Frost died at age 101
Thomas Frost died on April 10, 2026. He was a producer. Tags Musicians, 10 April 2026, America, Austria, Frost, Thomas, April 10, April 2026
Harry Kim dead at age 74
Harry Kim died on April 10, 2026. He was a trumpeter. Tags Other, 10 April 2026, America, Harry, Kim, April 10, April 2026