Obituary: Brad Arnold, dead at age 47
Brad Arnold, the American singer and lead vocalist of 3 Doors Down, died on February 7, 2026, at age 47. Born Bradley Kirk Arnold in Escatawpa, Mississippi, on September 27,…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
David J. Farber obituary: died at age 91
David J. Farber, an American computer scientist and professor of computer science, died on February 7, 2026, at age 91. He was noted for major contributions to programming languages and…
Adriano Lima dead at age 52
Adriano Lima, the Brazilian Paralympic swimmer, died on February 7, 2026, of bone cancer in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, at the age of 52. Born in Natal on…
Obituary: Cabell Tennis, dead at age 93
Cabell Tennis, an American Episcopal prelate and former Bishop of Delaware, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Hampton, Virginia, on October 24, 1932, he…
Terrance Gore obituary: died at age 34
Terrance Gore, an American professional baseball outfielder who debuted in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals, died on February 7, 2026. He was 34. Gore also played for…
Gabriel P. Weisberg death at age 83
Gabriel P. Weisberg, an American art historian and educator, died on February 7, 2026. He was 83. A native of New York City, he earned a bachelor’s degree from New…
Daniel Boyd dies at 69
Daniel Boyd, an American filmmaker and academic, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on September 14, 1956, he was also an…
Barry Wilburn dead at age 62
Barry Wilburn, an American football player who played cornerback in the NFL and CFL, died on February 6, 2026. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 9, 1963, he played college…
Jeffrey Carver dead at age 76
Jeffrey Carver, an American science fiction author, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Cleveland on August 25, 1949, he graduated from Brown University and…
Obituary: George R. Rossman, dead at age 81
George R. Rossman, an American mineralogist and academic, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He was the Professor of Mineralogy at the California Institute of Technology.…
Sonny Jurgensen death at age 91
Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame football player and longtime radio color commentator, died on February 6, 2026, at age 91. Christian Adolph Jurgensen III was a quarterback for 18…
John Wheeler obituary: died at age 95
John Wheeler, an American actor known for his work on "Star Trek: The Original Series," died on February 6, 2026. Wheeler was born Johnnie Lee Wheeler Jr. on June 20,…
Robert J. Plemmons dies at age 87
Robert J. Plemmons, an American mathematician who specialized in computational mathematics, died on February 6, 2026. He was the emeritus Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at…
Richard W. Mansbach dead at age 83
Richard W. Mansbach, an American political scientist, died on February 6, 2026. Born in Brooklyn on January 3, 1943, he studied political science, history, and Spanish at Swarthmore College, graduating…
Death of Tres Chicas at age -1
Tres Chicas, the American country musician and alternative country group from Raleigh, North Carolina, died on February 6, 2026. The group formed in 1999 after Lynn Blakey, Caitlin Cary and…
Afleet Alex obituary: died at age 24
Afleet Alex, the American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in 2005, died on February 6, 2026, at age 23. Owned by the Cash Is King…
128th Georgia General Assembly death at age 99
The 128th Georgia General Assembly, an American political body, died on February 6, 2026. It convened its first session on January 13, 1965, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta,…
Reta Holden passes away at age 87
Reta Holden, an American politician, died on February 6, 2026. Reta Faye Eaves Holden was born on August 7, 1938, to Odie Lee and Floy Triplett Eaves. She served as…
Charles C. dead at age 95
American actor (Will & Grace) Died on Friday February 6th 2026
Death of Jeff Griffin at age 81
Jeff Griffin, an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Reno, Nevada, from 1995 to 2002, died on February 5, 2026. During his tenure, he chaired the Criminal…
Henry G. Lackey died at age 78
Henry G. Lackey, an American politician from Kentucky, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 78. He served in the Kentucky Senate from 1982 to 1987 and again…
Death of Alan Trustman at age 95
Alan Trustman, an American screenwriter best known for The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, died on February 5, 2026, at age 95. Born in Brookline,…
Fred Smith dies at age 77
Fred Smith, the American bassist best known for his work with the rock band Television, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Fredrick Edward Lefkowitz in…
Troy Poteete death at age 70
Troy Poteete, an American Cherokee politician and jurist, died on February 5, 2026, at age 70. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 6, 1955, he served on the Cherokee Nation…
Ray Handley dies at age 81
Ray Handley, an American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants, died on February 5, 2026, at age 81. Handley was the Giants’ head coach from 1991…
Greg Brown dead at age 56
Greg Brown, an American musician and songwriter known for his work with Cake and Deathray, died on February 5, 2026. Born Gregory Paul Brown in Sacramento, California, on January 3,…
Stanley Zdonik has died at age 78
Stanley Zdonik, an American computer scientist and academic, died on February 5, 2026. He was 78. Zdonik specialized in database management systems and was a tenured professor of computer science…
Lloyd Monsen dies at 94
Lloyd Monsen, an American soccer player, died on February 5, 2026. A forward and baseball pitcher, he spent eleven seasons in the American Soccer League and also played in the…
Death of Scott Printz at age 69
American television producer (How to Get Away with Murder Died on Wednesday February 4th 2026
Ron Teasley died at age 99
Ron Teasley, an American baseball player who played for the New York Cubans, died on February 4, 2026. Ronald Teasley Sr. was born on January 26, 1927, and was a…
Obituary: John Lofland, dead at age 79
John Lofland, an American sociologist, died on February 4, 2026, at age 79. Born John Franklin Lofland in Milford, Delaware, he was best known for his studies of the peace…
Death of Mickey Lolich at age 85
Mickey Lolich, the American baseball player best known as a left-handed pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, died on February 4, 2026. He played in Major League Baseball from 1963 until…
Charles Poindexter died at age 83
Charles Douglas Poindexter, an American politician, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 83. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2008 to 2022,…
Ted Berger died at age 85
Ted Berger, an American arts activist, died on February 4, 2026. He was based in New York City and was one of the creators of the Cultural Council Foundation's Artists…
Sandra Schultz Newman death at age 87
Sandra Schultz Newman, an American judge and former justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, died on February 4, 2026, at age 87. Born Sandra Schultz on November 4, 1938, she…
Ed Iskenderian passes away at age 104
Ed Iskenderian, an American hot rodder and entrepreneur, died on February 4, 2026, at age 104. Known as Edward “Isky” Iskenderian, he was an Armenian-American hot rodder and businessman born…
Tommy Crook obituary: died at age 81
Tommy Crook, an American guitarist, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 81. Thomas Paul Crook was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 16, 1944, and lived in…
Marie Woo died at age 97
Marie Woo, a Chinese-American ceramicist and educator, died on February 4, 2026, at age 97. Born in Seattle, Washington, on April 3, 1928, to Southern Chinese parents, she earned a…
The Elegants death at age 88
The Elegants, the American doo-wop vocal group formed in 1958 in South Beach, Staten Island, New York, died on February 4, 2026. The group was started by Vito Picone, Arthur…
Death of Margalit Oved at age 96
Margalit Oved, an American-Israeli dancer and choreographer, died on February 4, 2026, at age 96. Born in the Aden Protectorate on January 21, 1930, she was airlifted to Israel in…
Lee Hamilton dies at 94
Lee Hamilton, an American politician and lawyer from Indiana, died on February 3, 2026. A Democrat, he represented Indiana’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965…
Obituary: Jim Morrison, dead at age 94
Jim Morrison, a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, coach and scout who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins, died on February 3, 2026, at age…
Rick Renick, died aged 81
Rick Renick, an American baseball player who played for the Minnesota Twins, died on February 3, 2026. Renick, whose full name was Warren Richard Renick, had a 14-year professional playing…
Ron Kenoly passed away at age 81
Ron Kenoly, an American Christian worship leader, singer and songwriter, died on February 3, 2026, at age 81. Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, on December 6, 1944, he grew up there…
Lamonte McLemore died at age 86
Lamonte McLemore, an American singer, actor, composer and photographer who was a founding member of The 5th Dimension, died on February 3, 2026, at age 90. Born Herman Lamonte McLemore…
Ruben Rodriguez dead at age 60
Ruben Rodriguez, an American football punter who played in the National Football League, died on February 3, 2026, at age 60. Rodriguez played for the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos and…
William Safran has died at age 95
William Safran, an American academic and Holocaust survivor and professor emeritus of political science at the University of Colorado Boulder, died on February 2, 2026. Born in Dresden, Germany, on…
Slave American passes away at age 67
Slave, the American Ohio-based funk band formed in Dayton in 1975 by trombonist Floyd Miller and trumpeter Steve Washington, died on February 2, 2026. The group was popular in the…
Frankie Cain dies at 93
Frankie Cain, the American professional wrestler known as James Ault, died on February 2, 2026, at age 93. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on August 13, 1932, he wrestled under the…
Daryl Hoole died at age 91
Daryl Hoole, an American author and public speaker, died on February 2, 2026, at age 91. Born Daryl Van Dam in Salt Lake City, Utah, she wrote on home management…
Chuck Negron dead at age 83
Chuck Negron, an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Three Dog Night, died on February 2, 2026, of heart failure and…
Gabor Boritt death at age 86
Gabor Boritt, an American historian and the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, died on February 2, 2026. Hungarian-born…
Bud Moore dead at age 86
Robert W. "Bud" Moore, an American college football player and coach, died on February 2, 2026, at age 86. Moore played at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant from…
Death of Frank S. Royal at age 86
Frank S. Royal, an American physician, company director and civic leader, died on February 2, 2026. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on September 15, 1939, he graduated from Virginia Union University…
Ken Peplowski died at age 66
Kenneth Joseph Peplowski, an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, died on February 2, 2026, at age 66. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 23, 1959, he was known primarily…
Chuck Sullivan, died aged 83
Chuck Sullivan, an American lawyer and sports executive who was vice president of the New England Patriots and owned the team's stadium, Foxboro Stadium, died on February 2, 2026. He…
Myra MacPherson died at age -1
Myra MacPherson, an American journalist, died on February 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C., at age 91. Born Myra Lea MacPherson in Marquette, Michigan, and raised in Belleville, Michigan, she graduated…
Vicki Abt death at age 83
Vicki Abt, an American sociologist, died on February 1, 2026, at age 83. She was a professor of sociology and American studies at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington College. Born Isleen…
Death of Don Adams at age 85
Don Adams, an American country singer, died on February 1, 2026. Born in Ross County, Ohio, on January 4, 1941, he often supported George Jones, including on Live at Dancetown…
Robert Tinney death at age 78
Robert Tinney, an American illustrator known for his work on Byte magazine, died on February 1, 2026. He was known for his monthly cover illustrations for the microcomputer publication over…
Neil Pappalardo has died at age 83
Neil Pappalardo, an American technology entrepreneur and founder of Meditech, died on February 1, 2026. He co-founded the Massachusetts-based hospital information systems software company in 1969, when it was known…
Death of Ismael Ahmed at age 79
American labor leader Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Bernice Shedrick obituary: died at age 85
American politician Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Barbara McNamara obituary: died at age 83
American linguist Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
José Cuéllar death at age 85
American anthropologist and musician Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Obituary: Woodie King, dead at age 88
American theatre director Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
X. J., died aged 96
American poet Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Demond Wilson, died aged 79
American actor (Me and the Kid) and author Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Burt Wolf, died aged 87
Burt Wolf, an American journalist and writer, died on January 31, 2026. Born Burton R. Wolf in New York City on September 28, 1938, he was also a businessman, chef…
Death of Mingo Lewis at age 72
American percussionist and drummer (Santana Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Parthenon Huxley death at age 70
American musician (ELO Part II) Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Chet Raymo dead at age 89
American writer Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Scott Laidlaw dies at 72
American football player (Dallas Cowboys) Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Raimonds Staprans has died at age 99
Latvian-American artist and playwright Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Obituary: Catherine O’Hara, dead at age 71
Canadian-American actress (Schitt's Creek Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Gerald M. passed away at age 97
American architect Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Hilton Woods died at age 57
American-Dutch Olympic swimmer Died on Friday January 30th 2026
James Sallis dead at age 81
American writer Died on Friday January 30th 2026
John H., died aged 92
American architect Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Robert W. death at age 78
American jurist Died on Friday January 30th 2026
H. Robert Reynolds died at age 91
H. Robert Reynolds, an American musician, conductor and academic, died on January 30, 2026, at the age of 91. He was principal conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton…
Larry Reed, died aged 81
Larry Reed, an American shadow puppeteer, died on January 30, 2026, in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81. Born Charles Lawson Reed III in Los Angeles on June…
Mark Marquess has died at age 78
Mark Edward Marquess, an American college baseball coach who led the Stanford Cardinal from 1977 to 2017, died on January 30, 2026, at age 78. Born in Stockton, California, he…
Chip Berlet passes away at age 76
Chip Berlet, an American investigative journalist and author, died on January 30, 2026, of leukemia. Born John Foster Berlet on November 22, 1949, he was known for his work as…
Christa Lang has died at age 82
Christa Lang, the German-American actress and screenwriter known for films including What’s Up, Doc?, Alphaville and The Big Red One, died on January 30, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Arthur P. Dempster, died aged 96
Arthur P. Dempster, an American mathematician and professor emeritus in the Harvard University department of statistics, died on January 30, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on October 8,…
Linda S., died aged 89
American academics Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Sentoryū Henri has died at age 56
American martial artist and sumo wrestler Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Gordon L. died at age 78
American author and military historian Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Philip G., died aged 84
American air force general Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Michael McElroy dead at age 86
American scientist Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Suzannah Lessard obituary: died at age 81
Suzannah Lessard, an American writer, died on January 29, 2026, of complications from endometrial cancer. She was 81. Lessard was a staff writer for The New Yorker and one of…
Death of Graham E. Fuller at age 89
Graham E. Fuller, an American political analyst and author, died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He specialized in Islamic extremism and formerly served as vice-chair of the National…
Willie Taylor obituary: died at age 79
Willie James Taylor, an American basketball player, died on January 29, 2026, at age 79. Taylor played college basketball for the LeMoyne–Owen Magicians and was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers…
Michael H. Prosser dies at 89
Michael H. Prosser, an American academic and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He served at the University of Virginia from…
Noel Mayo, died aged 88
Noel Mayo, an American industrial designer who founded the first African American industrial design firm, died on January 29, 2026. Mayo founded Noel Mayo Associates, which produced work for clients…
Kenneth Hyman died at age 97
Kenneth Hyman, an American film producer and executive with Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, died on January 29, 2026, at age 97. Born in New York City on December 11, 1928, and…
Akira Iriye dies at age 91
Japanese-American historian Died on Thursday January 29th 2026