Arlene Lesewski dead at age 90
Arlene Lesewski, an American politician who served in the Minnesota Senate and worked as an insurance agent, died October 22, 2026, aged 90. Born Arlene Julia Dau on April 12,…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Donald Wood-Smith died at age 95
Donald Wood-Smith, an Australian-American plastic surgeon and professor of clinical surgery at Columbia University, died October 22, 2026, aged 95. Born Donald Smith in Sydney, Australia, he attended Newington College…
Marilyn Slaby dies at 86
Marilyn Slaby, an American politician and teacher who represented Ohio’s 41st District in the state House, died October 22, 2026, aged 86. A Republican, she served the district in 2004…
Obituary: Clint Hackney, dead at age 74
Clint Hackney, an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives, died October 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Lufkin, Texas, on March 5, 1952, he served in…
Bob “Hoolihan” obituary: died at age 93
Bob "Hoolihan" Wells, an American weatherman, television personality and actor, died of liver cancer on October 21, 2026, aged 93. Born Robert D. Wells in West Point, Nebraska, he began…
Cornell Green, died aged 86
Cornell Green, an American football player, died October 21, 2026, aged 86. Born Cornell M. Green on February 10, 1940, in Oklahoma City, he was raised in northern California and…
Tom Skerritt, died aged 93
Tom Skerritt, the American actor and Emmy winner known for Alien and Picket Fences, died October 21, 2026, aged 93. Born Thomas Roy Skerritt in Detroit, he built a career…
Todd Benzinger dies at age 63
Todd Benzinger, an American baseball player and 1990 World Series champion, died October 21, 2026, aged 63. Born Todd Eric Benzinger in Dayton, Kentucky, on February 11, 1963, he graduated…
Elena Maganini death at age 70
Elena Maganini, an American film and television editor known for Dexter, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Wild Things, died of breast cancer on October 21, 2026, aged 70.…
John Anderson dies at age 71
John Anderson, an American country singer, died October 21, 2026, aged 71, in Smithville, Tennessee. Born John David Anderson in Apopka, Florida, on December 13, 1954, he attended Apopka High…
Dan Davis passed away at age 84
Dan Davis, an American radio broadcaster known as “The Duke,” died October 21, 2026, aged 84. He spent nearly 30 years in radio, beginning in 1963 at WEMJ in Laconia,…
Death of John M. Geddes at age 74
John M. Geddes, an American journalist and editor at The New York Times, died of lung disease on October 20, 2026, aged 74. Born in Providence, Geddes graduated from the…
Alex Sanders died at age 88
Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr., an American jurist, politician and academic administrator, died October 20, 2026, aged 88. Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he served in the U.S. Army…
Michael Joseph Melloy death at age 78
Michael Joseph Melloy, an American jurist who served as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, died of cancer on October 20, 2026, aged 78.…
Sandy Frank dies at age 97
Sandy Frank, an American television producer and founder of Sandy Frank Entertainment, died October 20, 2026, aged 97. Born Sundel Frank on July 11, 1929, in Mount Kisco, New York,…
Early Voting dies at age 7
Early Voting, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died of colic on October 20, 2026, aged 7. Born on March 7, 2019, and bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm, he was…
Allen Bailey death at age 37
Allen Bailey, an American football player who played defensive end in the NFL, died October 20, 2026, aged 37. Born March 25, 1989, on Sapelo Island, Georgia, he attended McIntosh…
Harry Tsuchidana has died at age 94
Harry Tsuchidana, an American painter, died October 20, 2026, aged 94. Also known as Harry Suyemi Tsuchidana, he was born in Waipahu, Hawaii, where his parents owned a two-acre farm.…
William Reaves has died at age 77
William Reaves, an American convicted murderer, was executed by lethal injection on October 20, 2026, at age 77. His conviction was connected to the 1986 killing of Richard Raczkoski, a…
Mr. Whitekeys, died aged 79
Mr. Whitekeys, an American musician also known as W. Keys, died October 19, 2026, aged 79. A musician, recording artist, entrepreneur, writer, media personality and ornithologist in Alaska, he became…
Chuck Amato death at age 80
Chuck Amato, an American college football coach who led NC State and coached at Florida State, died of throat cancer on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born Charles Michael Amato…
Alexandre Chorin passed away at age 88
Alexandre Chorin, an American mathematician known for work in computational fluid mechanics, turbulence and computational statistical mechanics, died October 19, 2026, aged 88. Born Alexandre Joel Chorin in Warsaw, Poland,…
Kenneth Atchity dead at age 82
Kenneth Atchity, an American film producer, died October 19, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth John Atchity in Eunice, Louisiana, on January 16, 1944, he worked in film and literary fields…
Tom Daniel dies at age 89
Tom Daniel, an American designer aged 89, died October 19, 2026. Tags Other, 19 October 2026, America, Daniel, Tom, October 19, October 2026
Larry Hibbard dead at age 81
Larry Hibbard, a rancher and Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, died October 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Larry Paul Hibbard on September 14, 1945, in Toronto, Kansas,…
Ann Hornaday obituary: died at age 66
Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post’s chief film critic, died October 18, 2026, aged 66. She was an American film critic and journalist whose career included work at national publications and…
Mary Fell dies at age 79
Mary Fell, an American poet and academic, died October 18, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 22, 1947, she graduated from Worcester…
Gary Heffern died at age 72
Gary Heffern, a Finnish-American punk rock singer associated with The Penetrators, died October 18, 2026, aged 72, in Rovaniemi, Finland. Born Veli-Matti Tervaniemi on August 20, 1954, in Finland, he…
Obituary: Robert Christopherson, dead at age 90
Robert Henry Christopherson, an American Olympic boxer, died October 18, 2026, aged 90. Born October 7, 1936, in Finlayson, Minnesota, he competed as an amateur in the men’s light heavyweight…
Death of James P. Axiotis at age 63
James P. Axiotis, an American television producer known for Cold Case Files, died October 18, 2026, aged 63. Born James Photi Axiotis in Athens, Greece, he was adopted by Greek…
John Beake obituary: died at age 87
John Beake, an American football coach and executive who served as general manager of the Denver Broncos, died October 17, 2026, aged 87. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, he…
Samuel S. Kim dead at age 91
Samuel S. Kim, an American political scientist and writer, died October 17, 2026, aged 91. Born Samuel Soonki Kim in Hamhung, North Korea, he emigrated to South Korea in 1950.…
Yvette Biro has died at age 96
Yvette Biro, a Hungarian-American screenwriter and essayist, died in Paris on October 17, 2026, aged 96. Born in Budapest on April 3, 1930, she worked as a film critic, playwright…
Tom DeSimone passes away at age 87
Tom DeSimone, an American film director, writer and producer whose work included Chatterbox, Hell Night and The Concrete Jungle, died October 17, 2026, aged 87. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in…
Death of Janet Jackel at age 79
Janet Jackel, an American optical engineer and former chief scientist at Telcordia, died October 17, 2026, aged 79. Born in Queens, New York, on May 30, 1947, she studied physics…
Robert S. Knox has died at age 95
Robert S. Knox, an American physicist, died October 17, 2026, aged 95, in Rochester, New York. Born July 13, 1931, in Newton, New Jersey, he studied at Lehigh University, earning…
Michael Gray passed away at age 75
Michael Gray, an American actor known for playing Billy Batson in the 1970s television series Shazam!, died October 16, 2026, aged 75. Born in Chicago on September 2, 1951, Gray…
Medaglia d’Oro has died at age 27
Medaglia d’Oro, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died October 16, 2026, aged 27. A dark bay or brown stallion marked with a white star and three white socks, he was bred…
Noah Adams dead at age 84
Noah Adams, an American radio journalist and author associated with NPR, died October 16, 2026, aged 84. Born September 15, 1942, in Ashland, Kentucky, he began his career in 1962…
Jack Berry, died aged 95
John Thomas Berry, the American sports journalist known as Jack Berry, died October 16, 2026, aged 95, from complications of a fall. A Detroit native, he studied journalism at Michigan…
Richard E. Holmes death at age 82
Richard E. Holmes, an American civil rights activist and physician, died October 16, 2026, aged 82. Born in Chicago to Horace and Minnie Holmes, he was raised in Starkville, Mississippi,…
Joe Redner, died aged 86
Joe Redner, an American strip club owner, died October 16, 2026, aged 86. A businessman, activist and sometime political candidate in Florida, he became closely associated with Mons Venus, the…
Sam Noto dies at age 96
Sam Noto, an American jazz trumpeter, died October 16, 2026, aged 96. Born in Buffalo, New York, on April 17, 1930, he built a career in jazz as a trumpet…
Sharon Sites Adams obituary: died at age 96
Sharon Sites Adams, an American sailor who became the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific, died October 16, 2026, aged 96. In 1969, she made the crossing from…
Jon Morris obituary: died at age 84
Jon Morris, an American football player who played center for the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears, died October 15, 2026, aged 84. Born in Washington, D.C., on…
Tommy R. Smith passes away at age 75
Tommy R. Smith, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died October 15, 2026, aged 75. Born in Bacon County, Georgia, on December 15, 1950, Smith…
Dominic J. Elioff passed away at age 95
Dominic J. Elioff, a college instructor and former Minnesota state representative, died October 15, 2026, at age 95. Born Dominic Joseph Elioff on March 7, 1931, he was an American…
Richard Riehle dead at age 78
Richard Riehle, the American character actor, died October 15, 2026, aged 78. Born May 12, 1948, in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, he built a career across film, television and other projects…
Cliff Hagan passed away at age 94
Clifford Oldham Hagan, the American Hall of Fame basketball player, died October 15, 2026, aged 94. Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, he attended Owensboro High School and the University of Kentucky,…
Gilman Shattuck obituary: died at age 99
Gilman Conant Shattuck, an American Democratic politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died October 15, 2026, aged 99. Born December 19, 1926, he represented the Hillsborough…
Death of Myron Augsburger at age 97
Myron Augsburger, a Mennonite pastor, theologian, academic and author who served as president of Eastern Mennonite College, died October 15, 2026, aged 97. Born in Elida, Ohio, on August 20,…
Michael Forest death at age 97
Michael Forest, the American actor known for Star Trek: The Original Series, Beast from Haunted Cave and Atlas, died October 14, 2026, aged 97. Born Gerald Michael Charlebois in Harvey,…
Death of Rita Vorperian at age 88
Rita Vorperian, a Syrian-born American literary scholar, journalist, writer, translator and researcher who served as executive director of the Armenian Relief Society in the Western United States, died October 14,…
Obituary: Louis Appignani, dead at age 93
Louis Appignani, an American philanthropist and entrepreneur, died October 14, 2026, aged 93. Born in Manhattan, he pursued postgraduate studies in economics at Indiana University, graduated from Baruch College of…
Death of Jack Kirksey at age 97
Jack Edwin Kirksey, a school principal, probation officer and Michigan politician who served as mayor of Livonia, died October 14, 2026, aged 97. Born in Atlanta on November 21, 1928,…
Obituary: Malcolm H. Wiener, dead at age 91
Malcolm H. Wiener, an American prehistorian and lawyer, died October 14, 2026, aged 91. Born Malcolm Hewitt Wiener in Qingdao, China, on July 3, 1935, he was the son of…
Michael Cremo passes away at age 78
Michael Cremo, the American pseudoarcheologist associated with *Forbidden Archeology*, died October 14, 2026, aged 78. Born in Schenectady, New York, on July 15, 1948, he attended George Washington University from…
Thomas H. Buxton passed away at age 86
Thomas H. Buxton, an American academic, died October 14, 2026, aged 86. Born Thomas Hamilton Buxton on January 18, 1940, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, he was the son of…
Richard Gray passed away at age 68
Richard Gray, the American video game designer known as Levelord, died October 13, 2026, aged 68. Born Richard Bailey Gray in New Haven, Connecticut, he joined the United States Navy…
Death of Peter Nagy at age 67
Peter Nagy, an American artist known for post-conceptual work and his role as a gallerist, died October 13, 2026, aged 67. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1959, he studied communication…
Obituary: Kasey Redfern, dead at age 35
Kasey Redfern, an American football punter who had been receiving chemotherapy for a cancerous brain tumor and CNS lymphoma, died October 13, 2026, aged 35. Born September 26, 1991, in…
Guy Conti died at age 84
Guy Conti, an American baseball coach who served as the New York Mets’ bullpen coach, died October 13, 2026, aged 84. Born Guy Clyde Conti in Pittsburgh, he studied at…
Death of Martina Arroyo at age 90
Martina Arroyo, an American operatic soprano whose international career spanned the 1960s through the 1980s, died October 13, 2026, aged 90. Born in New York City, she became part of…
Craig L. Symonds died at age 79
Craig L. Symonds, an American naval historian whose work examined the Civil War, World War II and maritime history, died of cancer October 13, 2026, aged 79. Born in Long…
Obituary: David Surkamp, dead at age 73
David Surkamp, an American progressive rock singer, guitarist and songwriter associated with Pavlov’s Dog, died October 13, 2026, aged 73. The group was formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1972,…
Obituary: David Surkamp, dead at age 73
David Surkamp, the American progressive rock singer, guitarist and songwriter associated with Pavlov’s Dog, died October 13, 2026, aged 73. His career was linked to a band formed in St.…
Dorothy Saxe passes away at age 100
Dorothy Saxe, an American philanthropist and art collector known for her art collection, died October 13, 2026, aged 100, in Menlo Park, California. Born Dorothy Ruby in Michigan City, Indiana,…
Alan Mandell dead at age 98
Alan Mandell, a Canadian-American actor, died October 13, 2026, aged 98, in Westwood, Los Angeles. Born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927, in Toronto, he performed on stages in Canada…
Anthony A. Less died at age 89
Anthony A. Less, an American vice admiral in the U.S. Navy, died October 13, 2026, aged 89. Born August 31, 1937, in Salem, Ohio, he attended Leetonia High School in…
Death of Perry Mehrling at age 67
Perry Mehrling, an American economist, died on October 13, 2026, aged 67. He was a professor of political economy at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and directed educational…
Paul Kimelman died at age 79
Paul Kimelman, an American world record holder, died October 12, 2026, aged 79. Tags Politicians, 12 October 2026, America, Cancer, Kimelman, Paul, October 12, October 2026
RJ Mitte dies at age 34
RJ Mitte, the American actor and producer known for Breaking Bad, Switched at Birth and The Guardians of Justice, died by suicide on October 12, 2026, aged 34. Born Roy…
Lucian Piane dies at 46
Lucian Piane, an American composer and music producer associated with RuPaul’s Drag Race, died in a traffic collision on October 12, 2026, aged 46. Born in Kansas City, Piane studied…
Sheana Davis death at age 57
Sheana Davis, an American cheesemaker, chef and culinary educator, died October 12, 2026, aged 57. Born in Sonoma, California, in 1969, she founded the Epicurean Connection in Sonoma and created…
Jeffrey Goldstone dies at 93
Jeffrey Goldstone, a British theoretical physicist and academic, died October 12, 2026, aged 93. Born in Manchester on September 3, 1933, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge,…
Joan M. Clark, died aged 104
Joan M. Clark, an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta, died October 11, 2026, aged 104. Born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, on March 27, 1922, she…
Tom’s d’Etat dead at age 13
Tom's d'Etat, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died October 11, 2026, aged 13. Born July 1, 2013, he made his first start at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2016, finishing 11th.…
Obituary: Meta Grosman, dead at age 90
Meta Grosman, a Slovenian linguist, anglicist and literary historian, died in Ljubljana on October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Ljubljana on May 18, 1936, she attended the Classical Gymnasium…
Grant Heiken death at age 84
Grant H. Heiken, an American volcanologist who studied volcanic processes and materials on Earth and the moon, died of mesothelioma on October 11, 2026, aged 84. Born on October 11,…
Rachna Shroff dies at 47
Rachna Shroff, an American oncologist, died October 11, 2026, aged 47. Born Rachna Trivedi, she grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where her father worked as a biochemist and her mother…
Giuseppe Schifilliti, died aged 88
Giuseppe Schifilliti, an Italian-American mobster and prominent member of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family, died October 10, 2026, aged 88. Known as Pino, he was born in Tripoli, Italian Libya,…
Michael W. Rice passed away at age 82
Michael W. Rice, an American food company executive and chairman of Utz Brands, died October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born December 9, 1943, he was the son of Francis Xavier…
Stephen Dow Beckham has died at age 85
Stephen Dow Beckham, an American historian, died October 10, 2026, aged 85. His scholarship focused on Native Americans and the American West, with particular attention to the Pacific Northwest and…
Death of Bud Zipfel at age 87
Marion Sylvester “Bud” Zipfel, an American baseball player who appeared with the Washington Senators, died October 10, 2026, aged 87. Born in Belleville, Illinois, on November 18, 1938, he graduated…
Keven McDonald has died at age 70
Keven McDonald, an American basketball player and lawyer, died October 10, 2026, aged 70. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he attended Seton Hall Preparatory School, where he scored 1,774 career…
Rory Bourke passes away at age 84
Rory Bourke, an American country music songwriter and music publisher, died October 10, 2026, aged 84. Born Rory Michael Bourke in Cleveland on July 14, 1942, he attended Mount St.…
Obituary: Billy Ray Smith, dead at age 82
Billy Ray Smith, a Kentucky farmer and politician who served as commissioner of agriculture, died October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born William Ray Smith on April 5, 1944, he came…
Larry Bertlemann obituary: died at age 71
Larry Bertlemann, an American surfer known as “Rubberman,” died October 10, 2026, aged 71, from complications of a heart attack. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, on August 7, 1955, he moved…
Jim Richards passes away at age 90
Jim Richards, an American basketball coach who led Western Kentucky’s Hilltoppers, died October 9, 2026, aged 90. He coached the men’s team for seven seasons, from 1971 through 1978. Richards…
Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, an American football player and coach associated with the Chicago Bears, died October 9, 2026, aged 86. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, he was named Michael Dyczko at birth…
Death of Carl Abbott at age 90
American architect Carl Abbott died October 9, 2026, aged 90. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he was the youngest member of the original Sarasota School of Architecture.…
Stephen A. Schuker died at age 87
Stephen A. Schuker, an American historian who served as William W. Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. He studied at Cornell…
Jeff Cannonball has died at age 39
Jeff Guerriero, the American professional wrestler and punk musician known as Jeff Cannonball, died October 8, 2026, aged 39, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Active on the independent wrestling…
Myles O’Connor dies at age 59
Myles O'Connor, a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New Jersey Devils and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, died October 8, 2026, aged 59. Born in Calgary…
Bob Brynildson dead at age 69
Bob Brynildson, an American comic book store owner, died of lung cancer on October 8, 2026, aged 69. He owned The Source Comics and Games in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a…
Mark Pryor obituary: died at age 59
Novelist and attorney Mark Pryor, a British-born American writer, died October 8, 2026, aged 59. He grew up in Hertfordshire, England, and worked as a crime reporter for the Daily…
Curtis Flowers died at age 56
Curtis Flowers, an American man who was wrongfully imprisoned, died October 7, 2026, aged 56. Born Curtis Giovanni Flowers on May 29, 1970, in Winona, Mississippi, he spent more than…
Patricia Blevins passes away at age 72
Patricia Blevins, an American politician and former member of the Delaware Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 72. A Democrat, she represented the Senate’s 7th District from 1990 until 2016,…