Famous Dead People from America

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Gary Walker dies at 83

Gary Walker, an American musician and drummer and vocalist with The Standells and The Walker Brothers, died on March 1, 2026, at age 83. Born Gary Leeds on March 9,…

Don McCune death at age 89

Donald Eugene McCune, an American ten-pin bowler, died on February 28, 2026, at age 89. Born on October 9, 1936, in Morrison, Illinois, he grew up in Munster, Indiana, served…

David Botstein dead at age 83

David Botstein, an American biologist, died on February 27, 2026. He was director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University from 2003 to 2013 and held the…

Bo Gritz death at age 87

Bo Gritz, an American military officer and politician, died on February 27, 2026, at age 87. Born James Gordon Gritz in Enid, Oklahoma, he served as an officer in the…

Ardis E. Parshall dead at age 66

Ardis E. Parshall, an American historian and independent researcher of Latter-day Saint history, died on February 26, 2026. She published her research on the blog Keepapitchinin and worked for The…

Bevan Morris dead at age 76

Bevan Morris, an Australian-born American academic and politician who served as president of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, for 36 years and was a founder of the Natural…

Carol Walker has died at age 90

Carol Walker, an American mathematician and mathematics textbook author, died on February 25, 2026. Born Carol Lee Walker on August 19, 1935, in Martinez, California, she studied music education at…

Phil Ryan, died aged 80

Phil Ryan, the American Texas Ranger and three-term sheriff of Wise County, Texas, died on February 25, 2026, at age 80. Ryan entered law enforcement in 1966 as a police…

Dick Absher death at age 81

Dick Absher, an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1944, he played…

Carl Samuelson dies at age 94

Carl Samuelson, an American swim coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 94. He coached Williams College from 1966 to 1999 after swimming freestyle at Springfield College. During his…

Lauren Chapin, Television actress, died on February 24, 2026

Lauren Chapin dead at age 80

Lauren Chapin, the American actress best known for playing Kathy Anderson, nicknamed "Kitten," on Father Knows Best, died on February 24, 2026. She was 80. Chapin appeared in 196 episodes…

Robert Carradine, Actor, died on February 23, 2026

Robert Carradine died at age 71

Robert Carradine, an American actor known for starring as Lewis Skolnick in the Revenge of the Nerds films and Sam McGuire in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, died on…