Famous Dead People from America

Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.

William Norvel dies at age 90

William Norvel, an American Catholic priest, died on March 12, 2026. Born William Leonard Norvel Jr. on October 1, 1935, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, he was ordained to the priesthood in…

David Sage dies at age 85

David Sage, an American actor known for The Birdcage, Campus Cops and Highway to Heaven, died on March 12, 2026, at age 85. Born David Rohan Sage in Syracuse, New…

Ernie Anastos, died aged 82

Ernie Anastos, an American news anchor and talk show host, died on March 12, 2026, at age 82. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, he hosted WABC’s Positively Ernie, a program focused…

Tom Brown, American Hall of Fame football player, died on March 12, 2026

Tom Brown died at age 89

Tom Brown, an American professional football player and guard for the BC Lions, died on March 12, 2026, at age 89. Brown played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers…

Robert Trivers died at age 83

Robert Trivers, an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist, died on March 12, 2026, at age 83. He was known for proposing the theories of reciprocal altruism, parental investment, facultative sex…

Serena’s Song, died aged 34

Serena's Song, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on March 11, 2026, at age 33. Born April 4, 1992, she won 17 graded stakes races, including 11 Grade I victories, some…

Judy Pace, died aged 83

Judy Pace, the American actress known for her roles on Peyton Place and The Young Lawyers, died on March 11, 2026, at age 83. Born Judy Lenteen Pace in Los…

Melvin Steinberg, American politician, died on March 10, 2026

Melvin Steinberg dead at age 92

Melvin A. Steinberg, an American politician who served as Maryland’s fifth lieutenant governor, died on March 10, 2026. He was 92. Born in Baltimore on October 4, 1933, Steinberg served…

Michael Hague, died aged 77

Michael Hague, an American illustrator known for his work on children's fantasy books, died on March 10, 2026, at age 77. Born in Los Angeles on September 8, 1948, he…

Sam Scarber dies at age 76

Sam Scarber, an American actor and former football player, died on March 8, 2026, at age 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1949, he played fullback in…

Anthony Leggett, Leggett–Garg inequality, Leggett inequality, Superfluid phase of helium-3, died on March 8, 2026

Anthony Leggett died at age 87

Anthony Leggett, the British-American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, died on March 8, 2026. He was 87. Sir Anthony James Leggett was widely recognised as…

David Keene, died aged 80

David Keene, an American political consultant, died on March 8, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 80. He was also a presidential advisor and newspaper editor, and served…

Lilias, Yoga and You, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026

Lilias, Yoga and You dies at 90

Lilias Folan, the American yoga teacher and television presenter behind the PBS program Lilias, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026. The show, later shortened to Lilias!, first aired…

Ernie Mills has died at age 91

Ernie Mills, an American decoy maker, died on March 8, 2026. Ernest Leon Mills Jr. was a third-generation duck decoy maker who made Lower Chesapeake-style decoys. Nationally recognized as a…

Death of Ray Schoenke at age 84

Ray Schoenke, an American football player who played offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, died on March 8, 2026, at age 84. Born Raymond Frederick Schoenke on…

Holly Warlick death at age 67

Holly Warlick, the American college basketball coach who led the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, died on March 7, 2026. Warlick served as head coach of the Lady Volunteers from prior to…

Country Joe McDonald, American singer and songwriter, died on March 7, 2026

Country Joe McDonald dies at age 84

Country Joe McDonald, the American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer and co-founder of Country Joe and the Fish and for writing "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," died on March…

Augie Meyers death at age 85

Augie Meyers, an American musician, songwriter, studio musician, record producer and record label owner, died on March 7, 2026, at age 85. He was best known as a founding member…

Death of James Garbarino at age 78

James Garbarino, an American academic and psychologist, died on March 6, 2026. He was a professor at Loyola University Chicago and specialized in studying the causes of violence in children,…

Tierney Thys dies at 59

Tierney Thys, an American marine biologist and science educator, died on March 6, 2026, at age 59. A National Geographic explorer, she earned a biology degree from Brown University in…

Joan Leitzel has died at age 89

Joan Leitzel, an American mathematician and university administrator, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. She served as interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for six months before…

Bob Rosenfarb, died aged 74

Bob Rosenfarb, an American television producer and writer known for Step by Step, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born Robert Martin Rosenfarb on September 16, 1951, in…

Bob Harlan died at age 89

Bob Harlan, the American football executive who served as president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. Harlan also held the…

Eddie Germano dies at 101

Eddie Germano, an American cartoonist best known for his sports cartoons, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1924, he began working at an office…

Daniel Migliore death at age 90

Daniel Migliore, an American theologian and author who was professor emeritus of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, died on March 4, 2026. Born in 1935, he earned a Bachelor of…

Death of Philip Low at age 78

Philip Low, an American chemist and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University, died March 4, 2026, at age 78. A prolific researcher, he contributed to…

Lou Holtz, American college football coach, died on March 4, 2026

Lou Holtz dies at age 89

Lou Holtz, the American college football coach who led Notre Dame from 1986 to 1996, died on March 4, 2026, at age 89. Born in Follansbee, West Virginia, Holtz served…

Albert Zuckerman died at age 94

Albert Zuckerman, an American literary agent and founder of the literary agency Writers House, died on March 4, 2026. He was 94. Zuckerman was identified in supplied information as Albert…

Richard Menschel dies at age 92

Richard Menschel, an American investment banker and senior director of Goldman Sachs, died on March 4, 2026, at age 92. He was also an art collector and philanthropist. Through the…

Jacky Cupit death at age 88

Jacky Cupit, an American professional golfer who played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour, died on March 4, 2026, at age 88. Born Jacky Douglas Cupit…

Andrea Weiss dead at age 60

Andrea Weiss, an American rabbi and author, died on March 3, 2026. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1993 and later served there as associate professor of Bible,…

Alvin Greene, American political candidate, died on March 3, 2026

Alvin Greene dies at age 48

Alvin Greene, an American political candidate and politician, died on March 3, 2026, at age 48. Greene was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election in…

John Resman dies at age 70

John Resman, an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 121st district from 2017 to 2026, died March 2, 2026, in…

Carol Kitman passes away at age 96

Carol Kitman was an American photographer who died on March 2, 2026. She followed the lives of twin brothers Alexander and Eugene Vindman in a decades-long documentary project. Kitman, whose…