Wei-Wen Yu dies at 102
Wei-Wen Yu, a Chinese-born American civil engineer and academic known for his work on cold-formed steel structures, died on June 2, 2026. He was 102. Yu was born in Weifang,…
Famous Dead People from America
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Kenneth Legan death at age 79
Kenneth Legan died on June 2, 2026. Tags Politicians, 02 June 2026, America, Kenneth, Legan, Leo, June 2, June 2026
Obituary: Ken Legan, dead at age 79
Ken Legan, an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1981 to 2002, died on June 2, 2026, at age 79. Born Kenneth Dale Legan on…
Casey Luna dead at age 95
Casey Luna, an American racing team owner and politician who served as lieutenant governor of New Mexico from 1991 to 1995, died on June 2, 2026. He was 95. Luna…
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…
Mildred Pitts Walter dies at 103
Mildred Pitts Walter, an American writer whose children’s books often featured African-American protagonists, died on June 2, 2026, at age 103. Born Mildred Pitts on September 9, 1922, in Sweetville,…
Death of Peabo Bryson at age 75
Peabo Bryson, the American singer and songwriter known for “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World,” died on June 2, 2026, at age…
David J. Halberstam dies at age 74
David J. Halberstam, an American sports broadcaster and producer, died on June 2, 2026, at age 74. Born October 7, 1951, he served as executive vice president and general manager…
William Willard Gibson Jr. obituary: died at age 94
William Willard Gibson Jr., an American lawyer and legal scholar, died on June 1, 2026, at age 94. Born in Amarillo, Texas, on March 5, 1932, he earned a B.A.…
Kenneth Gagnon died at age 68
Kenneth Gagnon, an American politician and Maine State Senator, died on June 1, 2026. He served in the Maine Senate from 2000 to 2006, representing Maine’s 25th District, which covered…
Jim Tallas dies at age 89
Jim Tallas died on June 1, 2026. Tags Politicians, 01 June 2026, America, Jim, Pisces, Tallas, June 1, June 2026
Lois Landgraf dies at 74
Lois Landgraf died on June 1, 2026. She was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 01 June 2026, America, Cancer, Landgraf, Lois, June 1, June 2026
Bruce Van Sant dies at 88
Bruce Van Sant died on June 1, 2026. He was an American-born Dominican sailor and author. His books included "Tricks of the Trades" (2002), "Margarita Cat" (2010) and "The Gentleman's…
Keith Anthony Morrison died at age 84
Keith Anthony Morrison, a Jamaican-American painter, died on June 1, 2026, at age 84. Born in Linstead, Jamaica, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earning…
Jay Silva passed away at age 45
Jay Silva, an Angolan-born American mixed martial artist, died on June 1, 2026. He was 45. Born in Luanda on May 25, 1981, Silva competed as a heavyweight and fought…
Rick Adelman dies at age 79
Rick Adelman, the American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves, died on June 1, 2026, at age 79.…
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,…
Bruce P. Crandall dead at age 93
Bruce P. Crandall died on May 31, 2026. He was an American Army aviator. Tags Other, 31 May 2026, America, Aquarius, Bruce, Crandall, May 2026, May 31
Alan L. Gropman passes away at age 88
Alan L. Gropman died May 31, 2026. He was an American Air Force colonel. Tags Other, 31 May 2026, Alan, America, Aquarius, Gropman, May 2026, May 31
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein has died at age 40
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein died on May 31, 2026. She was an American art critic and influencer. Tags Writers, 31 May 2026, America, Cancer, Helphenstein, Hilde, May 2026, May 31
Ru-Chih Chow Huang, died aged 94
Ru-Chih Chow Huang died on May 31, 2026. She was a Taiwanese-American biologist. Tags Scientists, 31 May 2026, America, Huang, Taiwan, May 2026, May 31, Ru-Chih
Robert Kya-Hill passes away at age 95
Robert Kya-Hill, the American actor born Robert Hill on December 4, 1930, died on May 31, 2026, at age 95. He also worked as a director, playwright, musician, composer and…
Cleo Littleton has died at age 93
Cleo Littleton died on May 31, 2026. He was an American basketball player. Tags Athletes, 31 May 2026, America, Capricorn, Cleo, Littleton, May 2026, May 31
Vic Purvis death at age 82
Vic Purvis died on May 31, 2026. He was an American football player and analyst. No further details about his death were immediately available. Tags Athletes, 31 May 2026, America,…
Hoyle Schweitzer dead at age 93
Hoyle Schweitzer died on May 31, 2026. He was an American surfer and businessman. Tags Other, 31 May 2026, America, Cancer, Hoyle, Schweitzer, May 2026, May 31, San Marcos
Dexter Wansel has died at age 75
Dexter Wansel died on May 31, 2026, at age 75. He was an American keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. Born in Philadelphia on August 22, 1950, Wansel was also known…
Ronald LaPread obituary: died at age 75
Ronald LaPread, an American musician best known for his work with the Commodores, died on May 31, 2026. He was 75. LaPread was part of the funk, soul, R&B, pop…
Death of Curt Newsome at age 67
Curt Newsome, an American football coach who worked with the Virginia Tech Hokies and Emory and Henry Wasps, died on May 31, 2026. He was 67. Newsome, whose full name…
William Coupon passed away at age 73
William Coupon died on May 30, 2026. He was an American photographer. Tags Artists, 30 May 2026, America, Coupon, William, May 2026, May 30
Jamshid Gharajedaghi died at age 88
Jamshid Gharajedaghi, the Iranian-American business theorist known for his work in systems thinking, managing complexity and business architecture, died on May 30, 2026. He served as adjunct professor of Social…
Death of Speight Jenkins at age 89
Speight Jenkins, the American music director and critic who guided Seattle Opera for more than three decades, died on May 30, 2026, at age 89. Born in Dallas, Texas, on…
Rick Treadway, died aged 56
Rick Treadway, an American racing driver who competed in the Indy Racing League, died on May 30, 2026. He made 11 career starts in the 2001 and 2002 seasons, including…
Kelly Curtis dead at age 69
Kelly Curtis, an American actress known for her role in The Devil's Daughter, died on May 30, 2026. Born Kelly Lee Curtis on June 17, 1956, in Santa Monica, California,…
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…
Joe Negri died at age 99
Joe Negri, an American jazz guitarist and educator, died on May 30, 2026, at age 99. Born Joseph Harold Negri on June 10, 1926, in Pittsburgh, he began performing on…
John Basinger passes away at age 92
John Basinger died on May 29, 2026. He was an American actor. Tags Actors, 29 May 2026, America, Basinger, John, Taurus, May 2026, May 29
Obituary: Carole Bellows, dead at age 91
Carole Bellows died on May 29, 2026. She was an American judge. Tags Lawyers, 29 May 2026, America, Bellows, Carole, Gemini, May 2026, May 29
Obituary: Bill Clapp, dead at age 84
Bill Clapp died on May 29, 2026. He was an American business executive and philanthropist. Further details about his life and career were not included in the provided record. Tags…
Charles Hinman passes away at age 93
Charles Hinman died on May 29, 2026. He was an American painter. Tags Artists, 29 May 2026, America, Charles, Hinman, May 2026, May 29
Bobby Crockett has died at age 83
Bobby Crockett, an American football player who played for the Buffalo Bills, died on May 29, 2026, at age 83. Born Robert Paul Crockett on April 3, 1944, in Briggsville,…
Larry King dead at age 81
Larry King, an American tennis promoter and attorney, died on May 29, 2026, at age 81. Born Larry William King in Dayton, Ohio, on January 30, 1945, he studied at…
James M. Redfield dead at age 90
James M. Redfield, an American academic known for his work on Homer and Herodotus, died on May 28, 2026. He was 91. Redfield’s best-known book was Nature and Culture in…
Ellen Weston dead at age 87
Ellen Weston died on May 28, 2026. She was an American actress and television writer. Weston’s work spanned both acting and writing for television, and her career also included published…
George Bork died at age 84
George Bork, an American Hall of Fame football player who starred for the Northern Illinois Huskies and later played for the Montreal Alouettes, died on May 28, 2026. He was…
John Amari dies at 77
John Amari died on May 27, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 27 May 2026, Amari, America, John, Leo, May 2026, May 27
Obituary: Owain Rhys Davies, dead at age 44
Owain Rhys Davies, a Welsh actor, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 44. Born in Cardiff on February 20, 1982, he worked across film, stage and television…
Sir Ralph Robins passed away at age 93
Sir Ralph Robins, the British businessman who led Rolls-Royce as chief executive and later chairman, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 93. Born on June 16, 1932,…
Joe Schwarz has died at age 88
Joe Schwarz, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and in the Michigan Senate from 1987 to 2002, died on May 27,…
Paul Dorpat death at age 87
Paul Dorpat, an American historian, died on May 27, 2026. He was 87. Dorpat was an author and photographer who focused on the history of Seattle and Washington state. He…
Jay Milder, died aged 92
Jay Milder, an American painter, died on May 27, 2026, at 92. A figurative expressionist associated with the second generation of the New York School, he developed a body of…
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…
Tim Johnston obituary: died at age 63
Tim Johnston died on May 26, 2026. He was an American author. Tags Writers, 26 May 2026, America, Johnston, Tim, May 2026, May 26
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy dies at 86
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, an American historian and academic, died on May 26, 2026, at age 86. Kennedy was among the founding feminists in the early women’s studies program at the…
Renato Rosaldo passes away at age 85
Renato Rosaldo, an American cultural anthropologist, died on May 26, 2026. Born in Champaign, Illinois, on April 15, 1941, he carried out field research among the Ilongots of northern Luzon…
William Smithers passed away at age 98
William Smithers, the actor best known for recurring roles on "Peyton Place" and "Dallas," died on May 26, 2026. Born Marion Wilkinson Smithers Jr. on July 10, 1927, in Richmond,…
Neil V. Wake dies at 77
Neil V. Wake died May 26, 2026. He was an American jurist and a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Tags Lawyers, 26 May 2026,…
Frankie Duarte passed away at age 71
Frankie Duarte, an American boxer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 71. Duarte was a professional super bantamweight who turned pro in 1973 and retired in 1989 after losing…
Manny Fernandez passed away at age 79
Manny Fernandez, the American football player who played for the Miami Dolphins, died on May 26, 2026. He was 79. Born in Oakland, California, on July 3, 1946, Fernandez was…
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: Terry Don Phillips, dead at age 78
Terry Don Phillips, an American college athletics administrator and former Clemson Tigers athletic director, died on May 26, 2026. He served as athletic director at Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty…
Bob Horner died at age 68
Bob Horner, an American baseball player who starred for the Atlanta Braves and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on May 26, 2026. Born James Robert Horner on…
R. Fred Lewis passes away at age 78
R. Fred Lewis, an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1998 to 2019, died on May 26, 2026, at age 78. Born…
Howard Storm died at age 94
Howard Storm, an American actor and director known for work on "Take the Money and Run," "Once Bitten" and "Mork & Mindy," died on May 26, 2026. He was 94.…
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…
Marc Johnson dies at age 49
Marc Johnson, an American skateboarder, died on May 26, 2026, at age 49. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on January 6, 1977, he was a professional skateboarder whose career included…
Alan Saret dies at 81
Alan Saret, an American postminimalist artist and sculptor whose wire works helped define parts of the Soho alternative art scene, died on May 26, 2026. He was 81. Born in…
Robert Daley died at age 96
Robert Daley, the American writer, journalist and New York City Police Department officer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 96. Daley, born in New York City on May 10,…
Raymond Berry dies at 93
Raymond Berry died on May 25, 2026. He was an American Hall of Fame football player and coach. Berry’s name became closely associated with the sport through his work as…
Florence Denmark has died at age 94
Florence Denmark died on May 25, 2026. She was associated with the American Psychological Association. Tags Politicians, 25 May 2026, America, Aquarius, Denmark, Florence, May 2026, May 25
Stanley Michael Gartler died at age 102
Stanley Michael Gartler died on May 25, 2026. He was an American biologist. Tags Scientists, 25 May 2026, America, Gartler, Gemini, Stanley, May 2026, May 25
Sonny Rollins passes away at age 95
Sonny Rollins, the American jazz saxophonist known for "Airegin," "Oleo" and "Doxy," died on May 25, 2026, at age 95. Born Walter Theodore Rollins on Sept. 7, 1930, in New…
Kathryn Sessions, died aged 84
Kathryn Sessions, an American politician who served in the Wyoming Senate from 1999 to 2011 and in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998, died on May 25,…
Gary L. Pudney passed away at age 91
Gary L. Pudney died on May 25, 2026. He was an American television executive at ABC. No other details about his life or career were provided in the available record.…
Russell M. Pitzer dies at 88
Russell M. Pitzer, an American chemist and educator, died on May 25, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Russell Mosher Pitzer on May 10, 1938, in Berkeley, California, he…
Benjamin Swan dead at age 92
Benjamin Swan, the American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2017, died on May 25, 2026. He was 92. Swan represented the 11th Hampden…
Gary Foster dead at age 89
Gary Foster, an American musician and educator whose career spanned jazz, cool jazz, classical and pop, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Norman Gary Foster…
Oval Jaynes dies at 85
Oval Jaynes died on May 24, 2026. He was an American college football player and coach. Born July 25, 1940, Jaynes was known for his involvement in college football as…
Obituary: Ted White, dead at age 88
Ted White, an American author, editor and fan who also worked as a music critic, died on May 24, 2026. Born Theodore Edwin White on February 4, 1938, in Washington,…
Charlie Moore has died at age 72
Charlie Moore, an American baseball player who spent 14 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and one with the Toronto Blue Jays, died on May 24, 2026. He was 72. Moore…
John Eaton dies at age 91
John Eaton, the American jazz pianist and musicologist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born John Livingston Eaton in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1934, he…
James Anthony Carmichael, died aged 84
James Anthony Carmichael, an American musician and record producer, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 84. A Grammy-winning arranger and producer, he began his career in Los…
Richard A. Tapia obituary: died at age 88
Richard A. Tapia, an American mathematician, died on May 23, 2026. He was known for his work in mathematical optimization and iterative methods for nonlinear problems, with more recent research…
Dang Van Phuoc, died aged 90
Dang Van Phuoc, a Vietnamese-American photojournalist, died on May 23, 2026. He was 90. Born in 1935 in a village near Quảng Ngãi Province in central Vietnam, he moved to…
Arleen Schloss passed away at age 82
Arleen Schloss, an American performance artist, died on May 23, 2026. She was 82. Schloss was known for performance art, video and film art, sound poetry, directing and curating, and…
Albert Wolsky dies at 95
Albert Wolsky, the French costume designer, died on May 23, 2026. He was 95. Wolsky was known for work in film and on stage, with a career that included costume…
Ann Fox Chandonnet passed away at age 83
Ann Fox Chandonnet, an American poet, died on May 23, 2026, at age 83. She was also known as a journalist, book reviewer, and culinary historian. Born Ann Alicia Fox…
Ruth Shack passed away at age 94
Ruth Shack, an American politician, died on May 23, 2026, at age 94. She served as the sponsor of the 1977 Human Rights Ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and was…
William W. Parmley dead at age 90
William W. Parmley, an American cardiologist, died on May 23, 2026, at age 90. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 22, 1936, and was also known…
Philip Aaberg has died at age 77
Philip Aaberg, the American pianist and composer, died on May 23, 2026, at age 77 of pneumonia. Born in Havre, Montana, in 1949 and raised in Chester, he began performing…
Carl Schachter, died aged 93
Carl Schachter died on May 22, 2026. He was an American music theorist. Tags Other, 22 May 2026, America, Carl, Schachter, May 2026, May 22
Charles Cioffi dead at age 90
Charles Cioffi, an American actor known for Get Christie Love!, Shaft and Klute, died on May 22, 2026. He was 90. Born in New York City on October 31, 1935,…
Jonathan L. Foote passes away at age 90
Jonathan L. Foote, an American architect, died on May 22, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Foote's work was associated with the preservation movement in the United…
Lucille Berrien dead at age 98
Lucille Berrien, an American politician and civil rights activist, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 98. She was an activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a member of…
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…
Clarence B. Jones dies at age 95
Clarence B. Jones, an American lawyer and counsel, died on May 22, 2026. He was 95. Jones was the former personal counsel, adviser, draft speech writer and close friend of…
Grizz Chapman passed away at age 52
Grizz Chapman, an American actor best known for his recurring role on NBC’s "30 Rock," died on May 22, 2026. He was 52. Born Grizzwald Chapman in Brooklyn, New York,…
Mary Ellen Edmunds death at age 86
Mary Ellen Edmunds, an American Latter-day Saints missionary and speaker, died on May 21, 2026, at age 86. Born in Los Angeles on March 3, 1940, she grew up in…
Kyle Busch dead at age 41
Kyle Busch, an American race car driver and team owner, died on May 21, 2026, at age 41. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 2, 1985, he competed full-time…
Julienne Bušić dead at age 77
Julienne Bušić, an American writer and activist, died on May 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Julienne Eden Schultz in Eugene, Oregon, in 1948, she was known for her role…