Joe Sedelmaier, an American television advertising director, died on May 8, 2026. He was 92. Born John Josef Sedelmaier on May 31, 1933, he worked in television advertising and was known for FedEx’s "Fast Talking Man" ads and Wendy’s "Where’s… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026
Kiara St. James, an American transgender activist, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 52 or 53. She was an African-American activist based in New York City and co-founder and executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy… · 08 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
Rick Kreuger, an American baseball player and former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, died on May 7, 2026. He was 76. Kreuger played in Major League Baseball from 1975 through 1978, appearing for the Red Sox from 1975 to… · India · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Joe Senser, an American football player who was a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Philadelphia on August 18, 1956, he played college football for the West Chester… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Michael J. Bransfield, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston from 2004 to 2018, died on May 7, 2026, at age 82. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 8, 1943, he was a bishop of the… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Pat Caputo, an American sportswriter and broadcaster, died on May 7, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. Caputo was based in Southeast Michigan and worked as an on-air host and sports columnist for WXYT-FM in Detroit. He also occasionally… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Joni Lamb, the American Christian broadcaster who co-founded and led Daystar Television Network, died on May 7, 2026, of complications from a spinal injury. She was 65. Born Joni Trammell on July 19, 1960, in Greenville, South Carolina, she was… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Bede Liu, a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and professor emeritus at Princeton University, died on May 7, 2026. He was 91. Born in Shanghai, China, in 1934, he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1954, followed… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Philip Caputo, an American author and journalist best known for the memoir A Rumor of War, died on May 7, 2026, at age 84. Born in Westchester, Illinois, in 1941, he attended Loyola University Chicago and graduated with a B.A.… · England · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Earl-Jean McCrea, the American singer known for her work with The Cookies, died on May 7, 2026. Also known as Earl-Jean Reavis, she was a former pop and R&B singer and organist. Born in Brooklyn in 1942, she grew up… · 07 May 2026 · May 2026
Morris Watts, an American football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 89–90. Born in 1936 in Seneca, Missouri, he spent much of his career in college coaching, including assistant posts at Drake University, the… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Dick Hughes, an American baseball player, died on May 6, 2026, at age 88. Born Richard Henry Hughes on February 13, 1938, he pitched in three seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. In his rookie season… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Ted Turner, the American media proprietor who founded CNN, WTBS and TNT, died on May 6, 2026, at age 87. Born Robert Edward Turner III on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was an entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Mert Lawwill, an American motorcycle racer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Boise, Idaho, on September 25, 1940, he competed in the AMA Grand National Championship from 1962 to 1977. Lawwill won the 1969… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Russ Hodge, an American Olympic decathlete, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Roscoe, New York, in 1939, Hodge was a track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Manuela Hoelterhoff, a German-born American cultural journalist who was executive editor of Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News, died on May 6, 2026, of cancer. She was 77. Hoelterhoff won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1983.… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026 · Manuëla
Judith Barnard, the American writer known as Judith Michael, died on May 6, 2026, of heart failure. She wrote under the name Judith Michael. · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
John L. Marion, an American auctioneer and philanthropist, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 92. He served as chairman of Sotheby’s from 1975 to 1994 and began his career there as an auctioneer in 1960. Born in…
Ronald Russell, an American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, on June 10, 1954, he represented the United States Virgin Islands in sprinting and competed in… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Lawrence J. Smith, an American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on May 6, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida, at the age of 85. A Florida Democrat, he served in the House from 1983 to 1993… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Harold K. Brown, an American civil rights leader, died on May 6, 2026. He was 92. Brown was active in San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego State University in 1959 and later became the first African American… · 06 May 2026 · May 2026
Jonathan Tiersten, an American actor known for Sleepaway Camp, died on May 5, 2026, at age 60. Tiersten portrayed Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult film Sleepaway Camp and later reprised the role in the 2008 sequel Return to Sleepaway… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
Crystal R. Emery, an American film director and producer, died on May 5, 2026, in New Haven, Connecticut. She was 65. Emery was also a filmmaker, playwright and theatre director, and founded URU The Right To Be, Inc., a nonprofit… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
Evelyn Cox, an American country and bluegrass singer and musician with The Cox Family, died on May 5, 2026. She was 66. The Cox Family was an American country and bluegrass music group from Cotton Valley in Webster Parish in… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
Donald Ross, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003, died on May 5, 2026, at age 85. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he attended grade school in Vinita, later returned to Tulsa for… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
Bob Belden, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, died on May 5, 2026, in Canton, Ohio, at age 78. Belden was born in Canton on June 20, 1947, and played college football for the… · Ireland · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
Kyle Loftis, an American media producer, entrepreneur, and internet personality, died on May 5, 2026, at age 43. He was the founder of 1320Video, an automotive media brand known for coverage of street racing, drag racing, and car culture. Loftis… · 05 May 2026 · May 2026
George Trahern, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988, died on May 4, 2026. He was 89. Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on June 29, 1936, Trahern was also a real estate… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
Bob Skinner, an American baseball player and manager, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. Robert Ralph Skinner played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1966.… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
John Sterling, the American sportscaster best known for his work with the New York Yankees, died on May 4, 2026, of heart failure. He was 87. Born John Sloss in New York City on July 4, 1938, he grew up… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
David Plowden, an American photographer, died on May 4, 2026, at age 93. He was known for historical documentary photography of urban cities, steam trains, American farmlands and small towns. Born in Boston on October 9, 1932, he grew up… · 04 May 2026 · May 2026
Charles W. Curtis, an American mathematician and historian of mathematics, died on May 3, 2026. He was 99. Curtis was known for his work in finite group theory and representation theory. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in…
William Daniel Mayer, an American politician and member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2005 to 2007, died on May 3, 2026. He was 84. Mayer served as the delegate for District 28, which covers Charles County, after being… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026
Lee Allen Zeno died on May 3, 2026. He was an American musician. · 03 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
Emily Grosholz, an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026, at age 75. Born in Philadelphia in 1950, she was Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies and English at Pennsylvania State University and a member… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
Donald Sidney-Fryer, an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry, essay, short story, fiction and solo performance. Born in New… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026 · Cancer
Castell V. Bryant, an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida A&M from January 2005 to May 2007 and was the… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
Chet Dobis died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana House for more than four decades, according to the provided… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
Martin C. Weisskopf, an American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May 2022, served as project scientist for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
Ben Morea, an American painter and anarchist activist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84–85. Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in poverty, he became addicted to heroin and discovered painting while incarcerated and in drug rehabilitation. In… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on December 20, 1927, King graduated from Redland High School in… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
David Kendall, an American television writer and producer and film director, died on May 2, 2026, at age 68. He worked on television series including "Boy Meets World" and "Growing Pains," and also directed the 2005 film "Dirty Deeds." Kendall's… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
Doris F. Fisher, an American businesswoman and co-founder of Gap Inc., died on May 2, 2026, at age 94. Born Doris Lee Feigenbaum on August 23, 1931, in San Francisco, California, she co-founded The Gap with her husband, Donald Fisher,… · 02 May 2026 · May 2026
René Henry Gracida, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997 and of Pensacola–Tallahassee from 1975 to 1983, died on May 1, 2026. He was 102. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 9,… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Danny Mixon, an American jazz pianist, died on May 1, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 76. Born Daniel Asbury Mixon in Harlem, New York City, on August 19, 1949, he performed in mainstream jazz, hard bop and post-bop. Mixon… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
G. Robert Blakey, an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, and… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Panayot Butchvarov, a Bulgarian philosopher, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 2, 1933, he was a Bulgarian-born American philosopher and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Greg Hyman, an American inventor and co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Greg Eaton Hyman on June 25, 1947, in New Rochelle, New York, he was a toy inventor whose… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 1
Juliet Winters Carpenter, an American translator of modern Japanese literature, died on May 1, 2026. She was born in 1948 in the American Midwest and studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Audrey Beth Davis, an American entertainment publicist, died May 1, 2026. · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Alfredrick Hughes, an American basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs, died on May 1, 2026. He was 63. Hughes was selected by the Spurs in the first round, 14th overall, of the 1985 NBA draft. A Chicago… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
Stephen Owen, an American sinologist, died on May 1, 2026, at age 79. He specialized in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics, and taught Chinese literature and comparative literature at Harvard University, where he was James Bryant… · 01 May 2026 · May 2026
James Ernest Hitchcock, an American convicted murderer, died by lethal injection on April 30, 2026, at age 70. Born in Arkansas on April 5, 1956, Hitchcock was on death row in Florida for the July 31, 1976, rape and murder… · 30 April 2026 · April 2026
David Allan Coe, an American country singer and songwriter, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for songs including "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" and "The Ride," and for writing "Take This Job and… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, at age 79 from complications from cancer. Venter, born John Craig Venter in Salt Lake City, Utah, led… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
J. Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, of complications from cancer. He was 79. Venter was known for leading one of the first draft… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026, at age 81. A Democrat, he represented a portion of the Upper Peninsula during his tenure… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
Merle Bettenhausen, an American racing driver, died on April 29, 2026, at age 82 of complications from a stroke. Born June 9, 1943, in Tinley Park, Illinois, he was the second oldest member of the Bettenhausen racing family and the… · 29 April 2026 · April 2026
Roger Sweet, the American toy designer who created He-Man, died on April 28, 2026, at age 91 from complications of dementia. Sweet was known as the lead designer in Mattel’s Preliminary Design Department, where he helped create the He-Man and… · 28 April 2026 · April 2026
John Garrett, a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and television sports commentator, died on April 28, 2026. He was 74. Born in Trenton, Ontario, Garrett played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1979 and in the National Hockey… · America · 28 April 2026 · April 2026
Matt Davidson, a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in 56 National Hockey League games with the Columbus Blue Jackets, died on April 28, 2026. He was 48. Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, on August 9, 1977, Davidson played right… · America · 28 April 2026 · April 2026
Cleetis Mack died April 28, 2026. · America · 28 April 2026 · April 2026
Len Strazewski, an American comic book writer, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 71. He worked on DC Comics titles including Starman, The Flash, Justice Society of America, Phantom Lady and The Fly. He also wrote a… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
Gerry Conway, an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer, died on April 27, 2026, at age 73. He wrote for titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Justice League and The Punisher, and was known for co-creating Marvel’s vigilante antihero… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
Edith Eger, a Hungarian-American psychologist and author, died on April 27, 2026, at age 98. Born Edith Eva Elefánt on September 29, 1927, in Budapest, Hungary, she was a clinical psychologist and a specialist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
John E. Franz, an American chemist known for discovering the herbicide glyphosate, died on April 27, 2026, at age 96. Born in Springfield, Illinois, on December 21, 1929, Franz spent his career at Monsanto in St. Louis, Missouri, beginning in… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
Zelda F. Gamson, an American sociologist, died on April 27, 2026, at age 90 from pancreatic cancer. Born Zelda Finkelstein in Philadelphia on March 12, 1936, she was a writer and activist whose scholarly work focused on the sociology of… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
Richard “Doc” Sauers, an American basketball coach who led the Albany Great Danes, died on April 27, 2026. He was 96. Sauers coached the Albany men’s basketball team from 1955 to 1997, except for the 1987-88 season, a span of… · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
Steve Maslow, an American sound mixer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 81, of cancer. He worked on more than 200 films from 1978 and was credited on The… · Australia · 27 April 2026 · April 2026
Samuel Michael Hunt, an American politician and educator, died on April 26, 2026. He was 83. Born in Billings, Montana, on December 9, 1942, Hunt served in the Washington State legislature from 2001 to 2025. He represented the 22nd District… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Jesse Crenshaw, an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, died on April 26, 2026, at age 79. He served in the House for the 77th district from 1993 to 2015, after first being elected in 1992… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Dion Anderson died on April 26, 2026. He was an American actor known for his role in "The Shawshank Redemption." · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
David Klahr, an American psychologist, died on April 26, 2026, at age 86. He was known for his research in cognitive development, psychology of science, and educational psychology, including work on computational models of cognitive development and dual space search… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Nedra Talley, an American Hall of Fame singer best known for her work with The Ronettes, died on April 26, 2026. She was 80. Born Nedra Yvonne Talley in New York City on January 27, 1946, she performed with her… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Monte Coleman, an American football player and coach, died on April 26, 2026, at age 68. He played 16 seasons as a linebacker with the Washington Redskins from 1979 to 1994 and later served as head football coach at the… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Erroll Davis, an American politician and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1971 to 1972, died on April 26, 2026. He was 81. Davis was born in Pittsburgh on August 5, 1944. The available information also identifies him… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Alfred Slote, an American author, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, on September 11, 1926, he wrote children’s books that included numerous sports and space novels. Among his works was… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
Ruby Duncan, an American rights activist and advocate for low-income families and welfare rights in Las Vegas, Nevada, died on April 26, 2026, at age 93. Born Ruby Phillips Duncan on June 7, 1932, in Tallulah, Louisiana, she came from… · 26 April 2026 · April 2026
James E. Carnes, an American politician and member of the Ohio Senate from 1995 to 2004, died on April 25, 2026, at age 84. Carnes represented Ohio’s 20th district, which encompassed much of Southeastern Ohio, before resigning in 2004. Joy… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Liz Conmy, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives since 2022, died on April 25, 2026, in a plane crash. She represented the 11th district and served alongside Gretchen Dobervich as a member of the… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Matt DeCaro, an American actor, died on April 25, 2026, at age 70. He was known for roles in Richie Rich, U.S. Marshals and The Wise Kids. DeCaro also appeared in the television series Prison Break as Correctional Officer Roy… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Dylan Carter died on April 25, 2026, in a car accident. He was an American singer and reality show contestant. No additional details about his life or career were provided in the available information. · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Mircea Răceanu, a Romanian-born American diplomat and political dissident, died on April 25, 2026, at age 90. Born Mircea Bernat on October 17, 1935, he was born in Văcărești Prison, where his mother was serving a sentence for Communist activities.… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Marilyn Hickey, an American minister and televangelist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 94. Born Marilyn Allene Hickey on July 1, 1931, in Dalhart, Texas, she was the founder of Marilyn Hickey Ministries Int'l and co-hosted the "Marilyn &… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Jaan Puhvel, an Estonian-American linguist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 94. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on January 24, 1932, he was an Estonian comparative linguist and comparative mythologist who specialized in Indo-European studies. He fled Estonia with his… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Dick Kimball, an American diver and diving coach, died on April 25, 2026. He was 91. A native of Rochester, Minnesota, Kimball was the Minnesota high school diving champion four straight years from 1952 to 1956 and won the NCAA… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter H. Raven, an American botanist and environmentalist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 89. Raven was born in Shanghai, China, on June 13, 1936, to American parents. He became a member of the California Academy of Sciences while… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026
Dirk Kempthorne, the American politician who served as Idaho governor from 1999 to 2006 and as U.S. secretary of the interior from 2006 to 2009, died on April 24, 2026, at age 74 of colon cancer. A Republican, he also… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026
Bill Swain, an American football player who played in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, died on April 24, 2026, of complications from dementia. He was 85. Born on February 22, 1941,… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026
Tommy Nuñez, an American basketball referee, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Santa Maria, California, on September 10, 1938, he was of Mexican American descent. Nuñez was hired by the NBA in 1972 and… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026 · Núñez
G. A. Hardaway, an American politician and member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 71. Goffrey A. Hardaway Sr. was born on June 18, 1954, in Meridian, Mississippi, and held a… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026
Donald Riegle, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1976 and in the Senate from 1976 to 1995, died on April 24, 2026, at age 88 of cardiac arrest. Born in Flint, Michigan,… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026
George Herms, an American artist known for assemblages, works on paper, and poetry, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in 1935 in Woodland, California, he was best known for creating assemblages from discarded, often rusty,… · 24 April 2026 · April 2026
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham between 1963 and 1976. After his English career, Ley moved… · America · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
Nancy Cox, an American virologist and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Influenza Division, died on April 23, 2026, at age 77. Cox, who was born in 1949 and was a native of Curlew, Iowa, served… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
Richard P. Simmons, an American metallurgist, industrialist and philanthropist, died on April 23, 2026. He was 94. Simmons was born on May 3, 1931, and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology beginning in 1949. He became a metallurgist at Allegheny… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
Josh Mauro, an English-born American football player who played for the Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars, died on April 23, 2026, at age 35. Born in St Albans, England, on February 17, 1991, he moved to Texas… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
Jack Bass, an American author and journalist, died on April 23, 2026, at age 91. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1934 and grew up in North as the youngest of seven children. Bass graduated from the University… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026
Jack R. Thornell, an American photographer, died on April 23, 2026, from complications from kidney disease. He was 86. Born Jack Randolph Thornell in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on August 29, 1939, he served in the Army Signal Corps and worked as… · 23 April 2026 · April 2026