Obituary: Frank Beard, dead at age 77
Frank Beard, the American Hall of Fame rock drummer best known for his long run with ZZ Top, died on August 17, 2026, aged 77. Born Frank Lee Beard in…
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Vincent Van Brunt has died at age 82
Vincent Van Brunt, an American chemical engineer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 82. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Friends Academy in Long Island before earning a bachelor’s…
Mike Bailey death at age 84
Mike Bailey, the English footballer and manager who played for Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England, died on August 17, 2026, aged 84, following complications from dementia. Born in Wisbech…
Bob Lee dead at age 81
Bob Lee, an American football player who spent part of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams, died on August 17, 2026, aged 81.…
Obituary: Frank Beard, dead at age 77
Frank Beard, the American Hall of Fame rock drummer best known for his long tenure with ZZ Top, died on August 17, 2026, aged 77. Born Frank Lee Beard on…
Dick Stevens passes away at age 78
Dick Stevens, an American football player who spent five seasons as an offensive tackle with the Philadelphia Eagles, died on August 17, 2026, aged 78, from complications of dementia and…
Robert Lanou dies at age 98
Robert Lanou, an American physicist, died on August 17, 2026, aged 98. Born Robert Eugene Lanou Jr. on February 13, 1928, in Colchester, Vermont, he studied at the University of…
Paul Cranis dead at age 91
Paul Cranis, the American tennis player known as “Tall Paul,” died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Born Paul Leonard Cranis in New York City on April 12, 1935, he…
Franklin Kury died at age 89
Franklin Kury, an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, died on August 16, 2026, aged 89. Kury served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1966 to…
Venus passes away at age 17
Venus, the American tortoiseshell cat known for her unusual coloring, died on August 16, 2026, at age 17. Widely recognized as Venus the Two-Faced Cat, she was noted for a…
Barry Pearson passes away at age 76
Barry Pearson, an American football player who spent four seasons as a wide receiver in the NFL, died on August 16, 2026, at age 76. Born Barry Lynn Pearson in…
Richard Herman dies at 88
Richard Herman, an American politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died on August 16, 2026, aged 88. A Democrat, he represented his district in the state…
Hasan M. El-Shamy, died aged 88
Hasan M. El-Shamy, the Egyptian-born American folklorist and professor, died on August 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in Cairo, he taught folklore at Indiana University, where he held appointments…
Hayden Panettiere obituary: died at age 36
Hayden Panettiere, the American actress known for roles in Heroes and Nashville, died on August 16, 2026, aged 36. Born Hayden Lesley Panettiere in Palisades, New York, she began appearing…
Rex A. Wade obituary: died at age 89
Rex A. Wade, an American historian and author, died on August 16, 2026, aged 89. Born in Piedmont, he was also known as Rex Arvin Wade and taught Russian and…
John Niland dead at age 82
John Niland, an American football player who starred as an offensive guard for the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, died on August 15, 2026, aged 82. Born John Hugh Niland…
Peggy Webber dies at age 100
Peggy Webber, an American actress known for work in Dragnet, Macbeth and The Smurfs, died on August 15, 2026, aged 100. Born in Laredo, Texas, on September 15, 1925, she…
Randal C. Picker obituary: died at age 66
Randal C. Picker, an American legal scholar in antitrust law and intellectual property law, died on August 15, 2026, aged 66. He was the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor…
Obituary: Tommy John, dead at age 83
Tommy John, the American baseball player known for his long major league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, died on August 15, 2026,…
Barry “The obituary: died at age 83
Barry "The Reazar" Richards, an American radio and television personality and music consultant, died on August 15, 2026, aged 83. Also known as Barry Richards, he was born in Washington,…
Barry “Reazar” passed away at age 83
Barry "Reazar" Richards, an American radio and television personality and music consultant, died on August 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1946, Richards began his…
Butch Huskey, died aged 54
Butch Huskey, the American baseball player known for his time with the New York Mets, died on August 14, 2026, aged 54. Robert Leon Huskey was born on November 10,…
Obituary: Dave Marsh, dead at age 76
Dave Marsh, the American music critic and radio talk show host, died on August 14, 2026, at age 76. Born in Detroit on March 1, 1950, he grew up in…
Mark Rydell has died at age 97
Mark Rydell, the American film director behind On Golden Pond, The Rose and The River, died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Born Mortimer H. Rydell in New York City…
George W. Cave dies at age 97
George W. Cave, an American author and CIA agent, died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Cave was a retired CIA operations officer and an authority on Iran who later…
Brian Holguin obituary: died at age 62
Brian Holguin, an American cartoonist and comic book writer, died on August 14, 2026, aged 62. He was known for his work on Aria and Todd McFarlane's Spawn, and also…
Skip Bertman, died aged 88
Skip Bertman, the American baseball player and coach who became one of Louisiana State University’s most accomplished athletic figures, died on August 14, 2026, aged 88. Born Stanley Bertman in…
Mary Heilmann death at age 86
Mary Heilmann, an American painter, died on August 14, 2026, at age 86. Based in Manhattan and Bridgehampton on Long Island, New York, she was known for abstract paintings that…
Obituary: Duane Nutt, dead at age 92
Duane Nutt, an American football player and coach, died on August 14, 2026, at age 92. Nutt played college football at Southern Methodist University, where he developed into a player…
Phil Lyne dies at age 79
Phil Lyne, an American rodeo cowboy who won multiple world championships in the Rodeo Cowboys Association and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79. Born in…
Obituary: Nikki Ross, dead at age 54
Nikki Ross, an American gospel singer, died on August 14, 2026, at age 54. A singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and composer from Houston, Texas, she was known for her work…
Stan Adelstein dies at 94
Stan Adelstein, an American politician who served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and Senate, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Adelstein, a Republican, represented the House from…
James T. Laney, died aged 98
James T. Laney, an American minister, professor and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to South Korea from 1993 to 1996 and as president of Emory University from 1977 to…
Prichard Colón died at age 33
Prichard Colón, the Puerto Rican boxer who became an honorary WBC World Champion, died on August 13, 2026, aged 33, from complications of a brain hemorrhage. Born in Maitland, Florida,…
Tyler Duckworth passes away at age 44
Tyler Duckworth, an American reality television contestant known for appearing on The Real World: Key West and multiple seasons of The Challenge, died on August 13, 2026, aged 44. Duckworth…
Ruby Andrews passes away at age 79
Ruby Andrews, the American soul singer known professionally by that name, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Ruby Mae Stackhouse in Hollandale, Mississippi, she began her career in…
Gregor Benko passed away at age 82
Gregor Benko, the American music historian behind the International Piano Archives, died on August 13, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cleveland on August 4, 1944, he built a career as…
Jim Powers has died at age 89
Jim Powers, a Canadian hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks, died on August 13, 2026, aged 89. Born James Leroy Powers in Claresholm, Alberta, he built a lengthy…
Juan Manuel Escobar death at age 76
Juan Manuel Escobar, an American politician and judge, died on August 12, 2026, aged 76. A former member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 43rd district, he served…
Nancy Wyman dies at age 80
Nancy Wyman, an American politician who served as Connecticut’s lieutenant governor and state comptroller, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. A Democrat, she was the 108th lieutenant governor of…
Christy Knowings dead at age 46
Christy Knowings, the American actress and comedian best known for her work on Nickelodeon’s sketch-comedy series "All That," died August 11, 2026, at age 46 from complications from an asthma…
Sensational dies at 51
Sensational, the Guyanese-American rapper known to fans as Colin Julius Bobb, died on August 11, 2026, at age 51. Born on October 18, 1974, in Guyana, he began making music…
Harold P. Freeman passed away at age 93
Harold P. Freeman, an American physician and patients' rights advocate, died on August 11, 2026, at age 93. A leading figure in the study of race, poverty and cancer, he…
Carol Cass dies at age 83
Carol Cass, an American-born Canadian medical researcher, died on August 11, 2026, aged 83. A research scientist in oncology, she led Alberta's Cross Cancer Institute from 2003 to 2010 and…
Len Brown dead at age 84
Len Brown, an American comic book writer and creator of Mars Attacks, died on August 11, 2026, aged 84. Born in Brooklyn on October 7, 1941, he also worked as…
Barton Myers has died at age 91
Barton Myers, an American architect who led Barton Myers Associates Inc. in Santa Barbara, California, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Over a career that spanned more than four…
Ward Churchill dies at age 78
Ward Churchill, the American academic, activist and writer known for his controversial work on political dissent and Native Americans, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78. Born Ward LeRoy Churchill…
Prince Mongo passed away at age 89
Prince Mongo, the American novelty politician and Memphis local political personality who repeatedly ran for mayor, died on August 10, 2026, aged 89. Born Robert Hodges, he became known in…
Paul Snyder passed away at age 87
Paul Snyder, the American sports administrator who owned the Buffalo Braves, died on August 10, 2026, aged 87. Snyder was an American businessman in Buffalo, New York, and a graduate…
Miguel Mancera obituary: died at age 93
Miguel Mancera, the Mexican economist who directed the Bank of Mexico from 1982 to 1998, died on August 10, 2026, aged 93. Also known as Miguel Mancera Aguayo, he was…
Timothy M. Carney died at age 82
Timothy M. Carney, a career U.S. diplomat and consultant, died on August 10, 2026, aged 82. A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, he spent 32 years as a Foreign Service…
Death of Ben Jones at age 84
Ben Jones, the American politician and actor best known for playing Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard and serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993,…
Death of Edward B. Fort at age 95
Edward B. Fort, an American academic administrator who served as chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1981 to 1999, died on August 9, 2026, aged 95.…
John F. Link dead at age 91
John F. Link, the American film editor known for his work on Commando, Predator and Die Hard, died on August 9, 2026, aged 91. Also credited as John F. Link…
Don Nelson has died at age 86
Don Nelson, the American basketball player and coach who won five NBA championships with the Boston Celtics before becoming one of the league’s most influential head coaches, died on August…
Lynn Council died at age 92
Lynn Council, an American victim of an aborted or mock lynching, died on August 9, 2026, aged 92. He was the African American man at the center of a 1952…
John Crowley passes away at age 83
John Crowley, the American writer and screenwriter whose works of fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction included Little, Big, the Ægypt sequence and Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of…
Dennis Grey dead at age 79
Dennis Grey, an American basketball player who spent two seasons in the American Basketball Association, died on August 9, 2026, at age 79. A center, he played for the Los…
Brian Dyson obituary: died at age 90
Brian Dyson, the former chief executive of The Coca-Cola Company, died on August 9, 2026, aged 90. An American businessman, Dyson was chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. from…
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel obituary: died at age 89
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, an American diplomat and ambassador to Slovakia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 89. She served as the United States ambassador to Slovenia from 1998 to 2001.…
Obituary: Garreth Lynch, dead at age 83
Garreth Lynch, an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978, died on August 9, 2026, aged 83. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Obituary: David H. Lund, dead at age 86
David H. Lund, an American philosopher and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 86. Born David Herbert Lund in Roseau, Minnesota, on October 23, 1939, he studied at the…
Reggie Bannister dies at 80
Reggie Bannister, the American actor best known for playing Reggie in the Phantasm film series, died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, of complications from dementia and Parkinson's disease. Born…
Rick Galbos dies at 75
Rick Galbos, an American football player who later played running back in the Canadian Football League, died on August 8, 2026, aged 75. Galbos grew up in Mentor, Ohio, and…
William G. Anderson dies at 98
William G. Anderson, an American surgeon and osteopathic physician who played a leading role in the Albany Movement, died on August 8, 2026, aged 98. Anderson was the first African-American…
John Rousmaniere, died aged 82
John Rousmaniere, an American author and sailor whose work focused on sailing and historical writing, died on August 8, 2026, at age 82. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he wrote 30…
Girvin passed away at age 12
Girvin, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 8, 2026, aged 12. Foaled on March 31, 2014, the dark bay or brown colt rose to prominence in 2017 when he…
Randy Burns death at age 78
Randy Burns, the American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, died on August 8, 2026, aged 78. Known professionally as Randall R. Burns and also associated with the Sky Dog Band,…
La Norma Fox has died at age 100
La Norma Fox, the Danish-born American aerialist and trapeze artist also known as La Norma, died on August 8, 2026, aged 100. Born Norma Nielsen in Randers, Denmark, she built…
Rachel Naomi Remen, died aged 88
Rachel Naomi Remen, an American pediatrician, died on August 8, 2026, aged 88. Born in New York City on February 8, 1938, she became known as an author and teacher…
Death of Bob Jones at age 93
Bob Jones, an American Episcopal prelate and bishop of Wyoming, died on August 8, 2026, aged 93. Bob Gordon Jones served as bishop of Wyoming from 1977 to 1996. Born…
Violet Hensley, died aged 109
Violet Hensley, an American luthier and fiddle player, died on August 7, 2026, aged 109. Born Violet Brumley in Mount Ida, Arkansas, she made and played the fiddle and later…
Charles Hollis Jones dies at age 81
Charles Hollis Jones, the American furniture designer known for his use of acrylic and lucite, died on August 7, 2026, aged 81. Jones built a reputation for turning materials such…
Death of Aaron Marsh at age 81
Aaron Marsh, an American football player for the Boston Patriots, died on August 7, 2026, at age 81. Known as Butch, Aaron Washington Marsh Jr. was born on July 27,…
Eugene McDaniel passes away at age 94
Eugene McDaniel, an American Navy captain and naval aviator, died on August 7, 2026, at age 94; the cause was heart failure. Born Eugene Barker McDaniel in Kinston, North Carolina,…
Chandler David Hendry passed away at age 27
Chandler David Hendry, an American social media personality and founder of Restored Truth, died on August 7, 2026, at age 27 in a car crash in Lehi, Utah. Known as…
Peter Katsis has died at age 69
Peter Katsis, an American music manager and talent manager who helped guide acts including the Backstreet Boys, Korn and Jane’s Addiction, died on August 6, 2026, aged 69. Born in…
Whitney Chadwick passes away at age 83
Whitney Chadwick, the American art historian and educator whose work examined contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism and questions of gender and sexuality, died on August 6, 2026, aged 83. She taught…
Death of Tom Rockmore at age 84
Tom Rockmore, an American philosopher who wrote extensively on German idealism, died on August 6, 2026, aged 84. A scholar of the history of philosophy as well as philosophy itself,…
Death of William Ilgenfritz at age 79
William Ilgenfritz, an American Anglican bishop, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79. Ordained first as an Episcopal priest, he became the first bishop consecrated in the newly formed Anglican…
Death of Harry C. Dorn at age 82
Harry C. Dorn, an American chemist who spent five decades on the faculty at Virginia Tech, died on August 6, 2026, aged 82. Dorn, whose full name was Harry Conrad…
Martha Rivers Ingram dies at age 90
Martha Rivers Ingram, the American business executive who led Ingram Industries as chairman and chief executive officer, died on August 6, 2026, aged 90. Known also as Martha Robinson Rivers…
Flo Anthony death at age 74
Flo Anthony, an American gossip columnist, died on August 6, 2026, aged 74. Known also as Florence Anthony, she worked as a journalist and writer, building a career that included…
Obituary: Ann Bogan, dead at age 85
Ann Bogan, the American singer known for her work with the Motown groups the Andantes and the Marvelettes, died on August 6, 2026, at age 85. Sometimes credited as Anne…
Ben Clarke passes away at age 98
Ben Clarke, an American politician and member of the Colorado House of Representatives, died on August 6, 2026, aged 98. A Democrat, he served in the Colorado House from 1995…
Terry Buffalo Ware passes away at age 76
Terry Buffalo Ware, an American guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026, at age 76. A native of Woodward, Oklahoma, he grew up in northwest Oklahoma and studied at…
Sammy Price death at age 82
Sammy Price, an American football player who ran for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League, died on August 5, 2026, at age 82. Born on October 1, 1943,…
Death of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. at age 96
John Langeloth Loeb Jr., the American diplomat and former ambassador to Denmark, died on August 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Manhattan on May 2, 1930, he also served as…
Sydney Towle dies at 26
Sydney Towle, an American social media influencer who shared her life with cholangiocarcinoma online, died on August 5, 2026, aged 26. Towle, whose full name was Sydney Elizabeth Towle, had…
Gloria Carlin died at age 84
Gloria Carlin, a Canadian actress known for The Hanoi Hilton, died on August 5, 2026, at age 84. Carlin’s screen work included the 1987 war drama, and she is identified…
Jack Mortland, died aged 91
Jack Mortland, an American Olympic racewalker, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. Born John Eggart Mortland on January 23, 1935, he represented the United States in the men’s 20…
Laurence E. Nyquist passes away at age 87
Laurence E. Nyquist, an American planetary scientist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 87. He was known for work on the chronometry of planetary materials, research that helped scientists better…
Cozell McQueen dead at age 64
Cozell McQueen, an American basketball player who was part of North Carolina State’s 1983 NCAA championship team, died on August 5, 2026, aged 64. Born in Paris, McQueen played center…
Robby Albarado death at age 52
Robby Albarado, an American jockey, died on August 4, 2026, aged 52. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, he became one of thoroughbred racing’s most accomplished riders, winning more than 5,000 races…
Dory Funk Jr. passes away at age 85
Dory Funk Jr., the American professional wrestler and trainer known for his work in NWA and AJPW, died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. Born Dorrance Earnest Funk in Hammond,…
Jim Toman dies at 64
Jim Toman, an American baseball player and coach, died on August 4, 2026, aged 64, after a battle with brain cancer. A native of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Toman played baseball at…
Terry Trotter passes away at age 85
Terry Trotter, the American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the theme music for "Everybody Loves Raymond," died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Los Angeles in 1940,…
Victor Niederhoffer passed away at age 82
Victor Niederhoffer, an American investor and writer, died on August 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Brooklyn on December 10, 1943, he was also known as a statistician, economist and…