Gerald M. Pomper dead at age 91
Gerald M. Pomper, an American political scientist, died on May 21, 2026. He was 91. Pomper specialized in American elections and politics and was the Board of Governors Professor Emeritus…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
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…
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,…
Peter Helm, died aged 84
Peter Helm, the Canadian-American actor known for Inside Daisy Clover, The Andromeda Strain and The Longest Day, died on May 21, 2026. Born Peter John Helm Jr. on December 22,…
Karl E. Weick has died at age 89
Karl E. Weick, the American organizational theorist who helped introduce the concepts of loose coupling, mindfulness and sensemaking into organizational studies, died on May 21, 2026. He was 89. Born…
Murder of Charles Perez died at age 63
Murder of Charles Perez, the case stemming from the 2002 killing of Charles Perez in Phoenix, Arizona, died on May 20, 2026, when Leroy Dean McGill was executed by lethal…
Diane Carlson Evans has died at age 79
Diane Carlson Evans, an American army nurse, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. She served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and later…
Obituary: Jeffrey Lane, dead at age 71
Jeffrey Lane, an American television writer and playwright, died on May 20, 2026, at age 71. He wrote for the television series Ryan's Hope and Mad About You, and was…
Manny Nosowsky, died aged 94
Manny Nosowsky, an American crossword puzzle creator, died on May 20, 2026. Also known as Emanuel Ezra Nosowsky, he was a medical doctor by training who retired from a San…
Ladislav Jindra, died aged 104
Ladislav Jindra, a Czechoslovak-born American World War II veteran, died on May 20, 2026. He was known for his service during the war. No further details were immediately available. Ladislav…
John Huston Ricard obituary: died at age 86
John Huston Ricard, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop who led the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee from 1997 to 2007 and served as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore from 1984…
Tom Moore dies at age 81
Tom Moore, an American football player and coach with The Citadel Bulldogs, Clemson Tigers and Gardner–Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs, died on May 20, 2026. He was 81. Moore, born February 14,…
Jimmy Hughes dies at 88
Jimmy Hughes, an American rhythm and blues singer best known for "Steal Away," died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Jimmy J. Hughes on February 3,…
Cleve Moler, died aged 86
Cleve Moler, an American mathematician and computer programmer known for MATLAB and MathWorks, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86. He specialized in numerical analysis and was one of…
Phil Hickerson died at age 79
Phil Hickerson, an American professional wrestler, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 4, 1946, he debuted in 1974 with the…
Ron Escheté obituary: died at age 77
Ron Escheté, an American jazz guitarist, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 77. Also known as Ronald Patrick Escheté, he was a seven-string jazz guitarist whose career…
Limmie Pulliam death at age 50
Limmie Pulliam, an opera singer and American tenor, died on May 19, 2026. Born Limmie Demetrus Pulliam in Kennett, Missouri, on January 10, 1976, he became known for his powerful…
Death of Robert Woodson at age 89
Robert Woodson, an American political activist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Robert Leon Woodson on April 8, 1937, in Philadelphia, he was a civil…
Herb Wilkinson dead at age 102
Herb Wilkinson, an American basketball player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 102. Born Herbert Wells Wilkinson on December 13, 1923, in Hurricane, Utah, he attended East…
Barbara Lenk obituary: died at age 75
Barbara Lenk, an American attorney and jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, died on May 21, 2026. She was 75. Born in Queens, New York, on December…
Mike Purzycki passes away at age 80
Mike Purzycki, the former mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, died on May 19, 2026. He was 80–81. Purzycki served as Wilmington’s 56th mayor from 2017 to 2025. Born in Newark, New…
Al Hurricane Jr. died at age 66
Al Hurricane Jr., an American singer-songwriter, died on May 19, 2026, at age 66. Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez Jr. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 30, 1959, he was known…
Barney Frank passes away at age 86
Barney Frank, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86 of congestive heart failure. A…
Walt Rock passes away at age 84
Walt Rock, an American professional football player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Walter Warfield Rock in Cleveland on November 4, 1941, he grew up…
Jacob Cress dead at age 81
Jacob Cress, an American furniture maker known for his interpretations of classical 18th-century furniture, died on May 19, 2026. He was 81. Born in 1944 in Norton, Virginia, he worked…
Death of Patriotic Kenny at age 84
Patriotic Kenny, an American veteran and social media personality, died on May 18, 2026, at age 84 of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. Born Kenneth Jary on January 29,…
Tom Kane passes away at age 64
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was…
Caitlin O’Heaney passes away at age 73
Caitlin O'Heaney, the American actress best known for her lead role in the television adventure series "Tales of the Gold Monkey," died on May 18, 2026, at age 73. Born…
Crawford Henry dies at age 88
Crawford Henry, an American tennis player, died on May 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1937, he was a high school tennis standout in…
Obituary: Carey Scurry, dead at age 63
Carey Scurry, an American basketball player, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 4, 1962, he was a 6-foot-7 small…
Piper J. Drake has died at age 49
Piper J. Drake, an American author, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 49. Better known by the pseudonym Piper J. Drake and also writing as PJ Schnyder,…
Meredith Lillich dies at 94
Meredith Lillich, an American art historian, died on May 18, 2026. She was 94. Lillich was an art historian and medievalist who taught at Syracuse University. She was educated at…
Marideth Sisco passes away at age 82
Marideth Sisco, an American author and musician, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Also known as Marideth Ann Sisco, she was an American storyteller, folklorist, singer-songwriter,…
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…
Gregory D. Shorey Jr. dead at age 101
Gregory D. Shorey Jr., an American politician who served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1958 to 1961, died on May 18, 2026. He was 101. Born…
Rob Schumacher dies at age 62
Rob Schumacher died May 17, 2026. He was an American photojournalist. Tags Other, 17 May 2026, America, Cancer, Rob, Schumacher, May 17, May 2026
Brenda Travis dies at age 81
Brenda Travis, an American civil rights campaigner, died on May 17, 2026. She was 81. Travis was an African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose…
Peter G. Neumann dies at age 93
Peter G. Neumann, an American computer science researcher, died on May 17, 2026, at age 93 from complications from a fall. He worked on the Multics operating system in the…
Juris Upatnieks passes away at age 90
Juris Upatnieks, a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, died on May 17, 2026, at age 90. Born in Riga, Latvia, on May 7, 1936, he was a pioneer in holography and…
Death of Mike Nelson at age 71
Mike Nelson died on May 16, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 16 May 2026, America, Gemini, Mike, Nelson, May 16, May 2026
Gary Cutsinger, died aged 86
Gary Leon Cutsinger, an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Houston Oilers, died on May 16, 2026, at age 86. Born in Perry, Oklahoma,…
International Journal of Comic Art passes away at age 90
International Journal of Comic Art, the American comics scholar who founded the International Journal of Comics Art, died on May 16, 2026. John A. Lent established the biannual journal in…
Death of Silvio Benedetto at age 88
Silvio Benedetto, the Argentine painter and sculptor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on March 21, 1938, he was a naturalized Italian…
Dennis Locorriere has died at age 76
Dennis Locorriere, the American singer and guitarist best known for his work with Dr. Hook, died on May 16, 2026, of kidney disease. He was 76. Born Dennis Michael Locorriere…
James Robison died at age 82
James Robison, an American televangelist, died on May 17, 2026, at age 82, according to an announcement of his death. He was also a pastor, theologian, and author, and founded…
Ryan Porter dead at age 46
Ryan Porter, an American jazz trombonist, died on May 16, 2026, from injuries sustained in a traffic collision. He was 46. Based in Los Angeles, Porter was a founding member…
Quinn G. McKay obituary: died at age 99
Quinn G. McKay, an American academic, writer and Mormon leader, died on May 16, 2026. He was 99. McKay was born on October 30, 1926, and was raised in Huntsville,…
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…
Edmund Phelps death at age 92
Edmund Phelps, an American economist and 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, died on May 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 26, 1933,…
Tony Zappone passed away at age 78
Tony Zappone, an American journalist and radio personality, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Anthony Nicholas Zappone on October 9, 1947, in Tampa, Florida, he…
Sherman Lewis passed away at age 83
Sherman Lewis died on May 15, 2026. He was an American football player for the Toronto Argonauts and New York Jets and later coached for the Green Bay Packers. Lewis…
Brian Lindstrom died at age 65
Brian Lindstrom, an American documentary filmmaker, died on May 15, 2026, at age 65. He was associated with documentaries on addiction, incarceration, mental illness and police brutality. His films included…
Jane Healy has died at age 77
Jane Healy, an American journalist, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 1949, she was the daughter of Paul and…
Jon Phipps McCalla dies at age 79
Jon Phipps McCalla, an American judge, died on May 15, 2026, at age 79. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the…
Fred Nesler died at age 81
Fred Nesler, an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Born Aug. 2, 1944, he served in…
Morris Soller died at age 94
Morris Soller, an American-Israeli agricultural geneticist, died on May 14, 2026. He was 94 or 95. Soller, whose Hebrew name was Moshe Morris Soller, was born in Manhattan, New York…
Pete Naaden dead at age 98
Pete Naaden, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died on May 14, 2026, at age 98. He represented North Dakota’s 30th district from 1973…
Death of Raymond Eugene Johnson at age 52
Raymond Eugene Johnson, an American convicted serial killer, died on May 14, 2026, by lethal injection at age 52. Johnson was convicted of the 2007 murders of his ex-girlfriend and…
Claudine Longet dies at 84
Claudine Longet, a French-American singer and actress, died on May 14, 2026, at age 84. Born Claudine Georgette Longet in Paris on January 29, 1942, she was active from 1963…
David Henderson passed away at age 83
David Henderson, an American writer and poet, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 83. He was a co-founder of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and…
Thomas E. Breidenthal dead at age 75
Thomas E. Breidenthal, an American Episcopal bishop, died on May 14, 2026, at age 75. He served as the ninth Bishop of Southern Ohio from 2007 to 2020. Born in…
James F. Almand obituary: died at age 77
James F. Almand, an American politician and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 77. He represented Arlington, Virginia, in the…
DuWayne Bridges dies at 79
DuWayne Bridges died on May 13, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 13 May 2026, America, Bridges, Gemini, DuWayne, May 13, May 2026
Liah Greenfeld dead at age 71
Liah Greenfeld died on May 13, 2026. She was a Russian-born Israeli-American sociologist and anthropologist. Greenfeld, born on August 22, 1954, wrote on nationalism and related subjects. Tags Scientists, 13…
Clarence Carter passes away at age 90
Clarence Carter, an American singer-songwriter, died on May 14, 2026. He was 90. Born Clarence George Carter in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 14, 1936, he was blind from birth and…
David Morelock dies at 94
David Morelock, an American opera director, died on May 13, 2026. Born on July 16, 1931, he was a stage director of opera whose work was closely associated with the…
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…
Rex Reed passes away at age 87
Rex Reed, an American film critic and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at age 87. Born Rex Taylor Reed on Oct. 2, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, he was…
Bobby Keasler dies at age 80
Bobby Keasler, an American college football coach, died on May 12, 2026, at age 80. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on September 8, 1945. Keasler served as head…
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…
Jack Taylor dies at 99
Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in…
Charle Young dead at age 75
Charle Young, a Hall of Fame American football player who played tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on May 12, 2026, at age 75. Born…
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…
Donald Gibb, died aged 71
Donald Gibb, an American actor known for Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport and 1st & Ten, died on May 12, 2026, at age 71. Gibb, whose full name was Donald…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dies at age 100
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12,…
William V. Tamborlane dies at age 79
William V. Tamborlane, an American pediatrician and academic, died on May 12, 2026. He was Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at Yale School of Medicine from 1986. Born in…
Patrick Arnold obituary: died at age 59
Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in…
Lou Graham has died at age 88
Lou Graham, an American golfer and 1975 U.S. Open champion, died on May 11, 2026, at age 88. Born Louis Krebs Graham in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 7, 1938, he…
Buzz Capra died at age 78
Buzz Capra, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, died on May 11, 2026, at age 78. Born Lee William Capra on October…
Brandon Clarke dies at 29
Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 29. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 1996, Clarke…
Death of Jack Douglas at age 80
Jack Douglas, an American record producer known for his work on "Toys in the Attic," "Rocks" and "Double Fantasy," died on May 11, 2026. He was 80. Douglas was a…
Xuong Nguyen-Huu has died at age 92
Xuong Nguyen-Huu, an American biochemist, died on May 11, 2026. He was born in Vietnam and became known as a pioneer of protein crystallography technology. His research focused on developing…
Silva has died at age 67
Luís Carlos da Silva Matos, a Brazilian footballer known as Silva, died on May 11, 2026. He was 67. A forward, Silva emerged in Botafogo’s youth system and played for…
David Lee passes away at age 82
David Lee, an American football player who was a punter for the Baltimore Colts, died on May 11, 2026, at age 82. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Minden,…
Jan E. DuBois has died at age 95
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A…
Obituary: Mary Lovelace, dead at age 84
Mary Lovelace O'Neal, an American artist and arts educator, died on May 10, 2026, at age 84. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 10, 1942, she was known for painting…
Kenneth B. Wiberg obituary: died at age 98
Kenneth B. Wiberg, an American chemist and professor emeritus of organic chemistry at Yale University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born Kenneth Berle Wiberg on…
Death of Abraham Foxman at age 86
Abraham Foxman, an American lawyer and activist who served as director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10, 2026, at age 86. He was the…
Mark Ratner, died aged 83
Mark Ratner, an American chemist and professor emeritus at Northwestern University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83. Ratner was known for his work on the interplay…
Death of Jim Colbert at age 85
Jim Colbert, an American professional golfer, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 9, 1941, he attended Kansas State University,…
Death of Joyce Woodhouse at age 82
Joyce Woodhouse, an American politician and former member of the Nevada Senate, died on May 9, 2026. She was 82. Woodhouse served in the Nevada Senate representing the 5th district…
Bruno Bischofberger dies at age 86
Bruno Bischofberger, the Swiss art dealer and collector who became one of the most influential figures in postwar art, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 86. Born…
Bill Posey, died aged 78
Bill Posey, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2025, died on May 9, 2026, at age 78. A Republican, he represented Florida's…
Margareta Waterman dead at age 93
Margareta Waterman, an American poet and publisher, died on May 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Boston on December 8, 1932, and raised in New York City, she attended…
Jennifer Harmon has died at age 82
Jennifer Harmon, an American actress known for her work in How to Survive a Marriage and One Life to Live, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Gerald Talbot, died aged 94
Gerald Talbot, an American politician and civil rights leader, died on May 9, 2026, at age 94. A native of Bangor, Maine, he was born on October 28, 1931, and…
Warren Tipton dead
Warren Tipton, an American singer best known for his work with The Chi-Lites, died on May 9, 2026. He was an American R&B and soul singer from Gary, Indiana, who…
Mark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Mark Smythe died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 53 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was a New Zealand-born American composer known for Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, and…