Dash Crofts passes away at age 87
Dash Crofts, the American musician and songwriter best known as one half of Seals & Crofts, died on March 25, 2026, from complications from heart surgery. Born Darrell George Crofts…
Famous Dead People from America
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Paula Hollinger death at age 85
Paula Hollinger, an American politician and former Maryland state senator, died on March 25, 2026, at age 85. A Democrat, she represented Maryland’s 11th district in the state Senate from…
Obituary: Pat Steir, dead at age 87
Pat Steir, an American painter and printmaker, died on March 25, 2026, at age 87. Born Iris Patricia Sukoneck in Newark, New Jersey, she was known for work loosely associated…
Death of Ken Clay at age 71
Ken Clay, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners, died on March 25, 2026. He was 71. Clay, whose full name…
Obituary: Theodore L. Brown, dead at age 97
Theodore L. Brown, an American scientist and author, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1928, he was known for research, teaching, and writing…
Tracy Kidder dies at age 80
Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 80. Kidder…
Chime Rinpoche death at age 84
Chime Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and teacher, died on March 24, 2026, in London, England, at the age of 84. Born near Jyekundo, Kham, Tibet, on October 8, 1941, he…
Bob Rossell dead at age 89
Bob Rossell, an American racing driver and pioneering driver of modified stock cars, died on March 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Wrightstown, New Jersey, he began his career…
Western Dreamer dead at age 32
Western Dreamer, an American Standardbred racehorse and 1997 Pacing Triple Crown winner, died on March 24, 2026. Foaled in Georgetown, Kentucky, he won the U.S. Pacing Triple Crown in 1997.…
Peter Messent, died aged 79
Peter Messent, a British academic and professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham, died on March 24, 2026, aged 79. Born in Wimbledon, London, he attended Wimbledon College…
Death of Geoff Vowden at age 84
Geoff Vowden, the English footballer who played for Birmingham City, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, died on March 24, 2026. Born Geoffrey Alan Vowden on 27 April 1941 in Barnsley,…
Reg Weaver dead at age 86
Reg Weaver, an American labor leader who served as president of the National Education Association, died on March 23, 2026. Weaver was born in Danville, Illinois, on August 13, 1939.…
Death of Valerie Perrine at age 82
Valerie Perrine, an American actress, died on March 23, 2026, from complications of Parkinson's disease. She was best known for portraying Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny, a role…
Rodolfo Acuña, died aged 93
Rodolfo Acuña, an American historian and educator, died on March 23, 2026, at age 93. He was a professor at California State University, Northridge, and a scholar of Chicano studies.…
David Sklansky, died aged 78
David Sklansky, an American professional poker player and author, died on March 23, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada, of heart failure. He was 78. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, on…
Obituary: Stan Berry, dead at age 71
Stan Berry, an American politician and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, died on March 23, 2026. A Republican, he represented Arkansas' 44th House district at the time of…
Obituary: Chip Taylor, dead at age 86
Chip Taylor, the American singer and songwriter known for writing "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing," died on March 23, 2026, at age 86. Born James Wesley Voight in…
Marica Vilcek has died at age 89
Marica Vilcek, an American art historian and philanthropist, died on March 23, 2026. Born on October 13, 1936, in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia, she worked with museums and arts institutions…
Nancy W. Cook dies at 89
Nancy W. Cook, an American politician who served in the Delaware Senate for the 15th district from 1974 to 2010, died on March 22, 2026. A Democrat, she was first…
Death of Sean Stevens at age 47
Sean Stevens, an American artist and inventor, died in Invalid Date. He was known for his involvement in the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic and for creating Sustainable Sound, a pedal-powered…
The Cold Crush Brothers American rapper dies
The Cold Crush Brothers, an American hip-hop group, died on March 22, 2026. Formed in the Bronx, New York City, in 1978, the group was known for routines that combined…
Ronnie Bowman dies at age 64
Ronnie Bowman, an American bluegrass musician, died on March 22, 2026, in a traffic collision. Bowman, born William Franklin Bowman on July 9, 1961, was a singer and composer known…
Jerry Hanlon, died aged 96
Jerry Hanlon, an American football player, coach and radio broadcaster, died on March 22, 2026. He was a halfback on Miami University teams from 1953 to 1955 that won two…
David Simon dies at 63
David E. Simon, the American real estate developer and chief executive officer of Simon Property Group, died on March 22, 2026, at age 64. He was chairman and CEO of…
Ed Blaine has died at age 86
Ed Blaine, an American football player who played guard for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on March 22, 2026, at age 86. Born Edward Homer Blaine in…
Helen Rankin dies at 89
L. Helen Rankin, an American politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1978 to 1994, died on March 22, 2026. She was 89. Rankin was the first…
Michael Aaron Rockland passed away at age 90
Michael Aaron Rockland, an American writer, journalist and academic who was professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, died on March 22, 2026. Born in The Bronx, New York City,…
Leonard Swidler dead at age 97
Leonard Swidler, an American academic, died on March 22, 2026. He was professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he taught from 1966 to…
Celeste M. Stiehl died at age 100
Celeste M. Stiehl, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, died on March 22, 2026. Born Celeste Sullivan in Belleville, Illinois, on…
Arthur E. Humphrey died at age 98
Arthur E. Humphrey, an American chemical engineer, died on March 21, 2026, at age 98. Born in Moscow, Idaho, on November 9, 1927, he attended the University of Idaho, the…
Ralph Metcalf, died aged 90
Ralph Edward Metcalf, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1998 to 2012, died on March 21, 2026, in Lisbon, North Dakota, at the…
Larry Mumper death at age 88
Larry A. Mumper, an American politician and Republican member of the Ohio Senate representing the 26th District from 1997 to 2008, died on March 21, 2026, at the age of…
Jessi Pierce has died at age 37
Jessi Pierce, an American sports reporter and correspondent with the Minnesota Wild, died on March 21, 2026, after injuries sustained in a house fire. She was 37 or 38. Pierce…
Leonid Radvinsky has died at age 43
Leonid Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American businessman and majority owner of OnlyFans, died on March 20, 2026, at age 43. Born in Odesa in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on May 30,…
J. Michael Bishop dies at 90
J. Michael Bishop, an American immunologist and academic administrator who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and served as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco…
Calvin Tomkins passed away at age 100
Calvin Tomkins, an American author and art critic for The New Yorker, died on March 20, 2026. He was 100. Born in Orange, New Jersey, on December 17, 1925, Tomkins…
Nicholas Brendon dies at age 54
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.…
Obituary: Dennis Condrey, dead at age 76
Dennis Condrey, an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the Continental Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling, died on March 20, 2026, at age…
Jessie Jones dead at age 75
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…
Steve Gaines dies at age 68
Steve Gaines, an American pastor and president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2016 to 2018, died on March 20, 2026, at age 68. Born John Steven Gaines in Corinth,…
John R. Corbid has died at age 81
John R. Corbid, an American politician and educator who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1980, died on March 20, 2026. He was a Democrat and…
Smith Gilley passes away at age 86
Smith Edward Gilley, an American politician and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 86. Born…
Sam Goodwin died at age 82
Sam Goodwin, an American football coach and athletic director, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 82. He was born in Pineville, Louisiana, on January 20, 1944. Goodwin…
Agosto Machado American performance artist dies
Agosto Machado, an American performance artist, died on March 20, 2026. He was a performance and visual artist, activist, and archivist who became a major figure in the New York…
Robert Mueller has died at age 81
Robert Mueller, the American lawyer who served as director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013, died on March 20, 2026, at age 81. He also served as U.S. attorney…
Chris Athens Mastering engineer dies
Chris Athens, an American mastering engineer, died on March 19, 2026. He began his career at Sony Music Studios in New York in the mid-1990s and worked there until 1998,…
Alton Sutnick dead at age 97
Alton Sutnick, an American medical researcher and educator, died on March 19, 2026. Sutnick was also an administrator and the author of more than 200 scholarly publications. He received a…
Obituary: Rick Young, dead at age 92
Rick Young, an American Hall of Fame bullfighter and rodeo clown, died on March 19, 2026. Known as “The Ragin’ Cajun,” he worked for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and…
Mike Melvill, died aged 85
Mike Melvill, a South African test pilot and one of the pilots of SpaceShipOne, died on March 19, 2026, at age 85. Born Michael Winston Melvill in Johannesburg, South Africa,…
Richard E. Myers dies at 91
Richard E. Myers, an American politician and businessman who served in the Iowa House of Representatives, died on March 19, 2026, at age 91. Born Richard Ellsworth Myers Jr. in…
Chuck Norris passed away at age 86
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…
Death of Vincenzo C. Vannicola at age 93
Vincenzo C. Vannicola, an American electrical engineer, died on March 19, 2026. Born Vincent Christopher Vannicola in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 8, 1932, he graduated from Wilbur Cross High…
Jeff Webb has died at age 76
Jeff Webb, an American cheerleading executive and entrepreneur who founded Varsity Spirit and the International Cheer Union, died on March 19, 2026, of complications from a fall. Webb, born in…
Louie Louie dead at age 63
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,…
Raymond L. Ethington, died aged 96
Raymond L. Ethington, an American paleontologist, died on March 18, 2026. He worked in the Geology department at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Born in State Center, Iowa,…
Mike Clampitt passes away at age 71
James Michael Clampitt, an American politician and former firefighter who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, died on March 18, 2026, at age 71 of cancer. A Republican,…
Della Hadley died at age 97
Della Hadley, an American politician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981, died on March 18, 2026, at age 97. Della May Hadley was born…
Kevin Sampson died at age 71
Kevin Sampson, an American artist and police detective-composite sketch artist, died on March 18, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, at age 71. Born Kevin Blythe Sampson in Elizabeth, New Jersey,…
Obituary: George H. Goble, dead at age 73
George H. Goble, an American scientist and academic and 1996 Ig Nobel Prize winner, died on March 18, 2026. Born George Harry Goble on December 11, 1952, he was a…
Carl Poelker dead at age 82
Carl Poelker, an American athletics coach, died on March 17, 2026, at age 82. He coached football, wrestling and track and field, and was head football coach at Millikin University…
Death of Sue Wagner at age 86
Sue Wagner, an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1991 to 1995, died on March 17, 2026, at age 86. She was the 30th lieutenant governor…
Lois Delmore, died aged 76
Lois Delmore, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died on March 17, 2026. She served in the House from the 43rd District from 1994…
Robert White passed away at age 89
Robert White, an American tenor and voice teacher, died on March 17, 2026. Born on October 27, 1936, he had an active performance career for eight decades. He began performing…
Orion Samuelson dies at 91
Orion Samuelson, an American agriculture broadcaster, died on March 16, 2026. He was known for his broadcasts on agriculture and for explaining agribusiness and food production in an understandable way.…
Kiki Shepard obituary: died at age 74
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,…
E. Grady Jolly has died at age 88
E. Grady Jolly, an American judge and United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, died March 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in…
Tony Balsamo obituary: died at age 89
Tony Balsamo, an American baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs, died on March 16, 2026. Balsamo, whose full name was Anthony Alred Balsamo, was 89. He attended Fordham…
Larry Stahl dies at 84
Larry Stahl, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets and San Diego Padres, died on March 16, 2026. Larry Floyd Stahl, born June…
Buddy Childers dead at age 87
Eugene Milton "Buddy" Childers, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Rome, Georgia, on…
Obituary: James N. Hardin Jr., dead at age 87
James N. Hardin Jr., an American Germanist, died on March 16, 2026, at age 87. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 17, 1939, he earned a BA in German from…
Eric Overmyer dies at 74
Eric Overmyer, an American television writer and producer known for his work on Bosch, Law & Order and The Wire, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Boulder, Colorado, on…
Jorie Lueloff Friedman passed away at age 85
Jorie Lueloff Friedman, an American broadcast journalist and the first female reporter and first female news anchor at WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago, died on March 16, 2026. Born in…
Death of Bob Tullius at age 95
Bob Tullius, an American racing driver and racing team owner, died on March 16, 2026. Born Robert Charles Tullius in Rochester, New York, on December 7, 1930, he was active…
Doug Camilli dead at age 89
Doug Camilli, an American baseball player and coach who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators, died on March 16, 2026. He was 89. Camilli played in Major…
Rainelle Krause death at age 37
Rainelle Krause, an American soprano and opera singer, died on March 16, 2026, at age 38 in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Tampa, Florida, on December 14, 1987, she grew…
Gene Derfler passed away at age 101
Gene Derfler, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate, died on March 16, 2026, at age 101. Born in Portland, Oregon, on…
Sam Kieth died at age 63
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…
John Galas dies at age 53
John Galas, an American soccer coach, died on March 15, 2026. He was known for coaching Lane United and Tucsom. Born in Walnut Creek, California, Galas moved with his family…
Yuk L. Yung dies at age 79
Yuk L. Yung, a Chinese-born American planetary scientist and professor of planetary science at the California Institute of Technology, died on March 15, 2026. Born in Hong Kong on August…
Alessandro Cortese de Bosis passed away at age 99
Alessandro Cortese de Bosis, an Italian academic, diplomat and writer, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Rome on April 23, 1926, he served as…
William C. Dietz has died at age 80
William C. Dietz, an American science fiction writer, died on March 15, 2026, at age 81. Born William Corey Dietz in Seattle on January 30, 1945, he wrote principally military…
Obituary: Matt Clark, dead at age 89
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…
Wayne Perkins passes away at age 74
Wayne Perkins, an American guitarist, died on March 15, 2026. Perkins, whose full name was David Wayne Perkins, was a rock and R&B guitarist, singer, songwriter and session musician born…
Death of Monroe Price at age 87
Monroe Price, an American academic and director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Global Communication Studies, died on March 15, 2026. He also served as director of the Stanhope…
Sheldon Weinig has died at age 98
Sheldon Weinig, an American businessman, died on March 14, 2026. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on January 15, 1928, attended Stuyvesant High School, and later studied at…
David H. Waldeck death at age 69
David H. Waldeck, an American chemist, died in Invalid Date. Waldeck was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 5, 1956. He earned a BS degree from the University of Cincinnati…
Steve Thel passed away at age 71
Steve Thel, an American academic and lawyer, died on March 14, 2026. Born Steven Scott Thel in Tacoma, Washington, on December 28, 1954, he was the son of Albert John…
Paul Geremia death at age 81
Paul Geremia, an American blues singer and acoustic guitarist, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 21, 1944, he was…
Andrew B. Wittkower obituary: died at age 91
Andrew B. Wittkower, a British-born Canadian-American physicist and technology executive known for his contributions to ion implantation technology and the semiconductor industry, died on March 14, 2026, at the age…
Obituary: The Brothers Four, dead at age 85
The Brothers Four, the American folk singing group formed in 1957 in Seattle, Washington, died on March 14, 2026. Best known for its 1960 hit “Greenfields,” the group was formed…
Christopher A. Sims death at age 83
Christopher A. Sims, an American economist and econometrician, died on March 14, 2026, at age 83. He was the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.…
Roy R. Barrera Sr. has died at age 99
Roy R. Barrera Sr., an American politician who served as Texas secretary of state from 1968 to 1969, died on March 14, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas, at the age…
Death of The Dream Weavers at age 89
The Dream Weavers, the American popular music vocal group known for its work in the 1950s, died on March 14, 2026. Formed at the University of Florida by Gene Adkinson…
Raymond Finney passed away at age 84
Raymond Finney, an American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate from 2004 to 2008, died on March 14, 2026. A Republican, he represented the 8th district, which encompasses Blount…
Nick Baker passes away at age 88
Nick Baker, an American politician and member of the Kentucky Senate from 1970 to 1978, died on March 13, 2026. Born Henry Nicholas Baker in Hazard, Kentucky, on April 10,…
Paul R. Ehrlich dead at age 93
Paul R. Ehrlich, an American biologist, author, and environmentalist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 93. He was known for his warnings about the consequences of population…
John A. Shaud passes away at age 92
John A. Shaud, an American Air Force general who served as chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe from 1988 to 1991, died on March 13, 2026,…
Phil Wise obituary: died at age 76
Phil Wise, an American football defensive back in the National Football League, died on March 13, 2026, at age 76. He was selected by the New York Jets in the…
Gary Wagner has died at age 85
Gary Wagner, an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, died on March 13, 2026. Gary Edward Wagner was born June 28,…