Richard Heinberg passes away at age 75
Richard Heinberg, a writer and educator whose work examined energy, economic and ecological issues, died on July 19, 2026, aged 75. He was known for writing extensively about oil depletion…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Obituary: Patrick Gleeson, dead at age 91
Patrick Gleeson, an American composer and musician, died on July 19, 2026, aged 91. An American musician, synthesizer pioneer, composer and producer, he helped shape electronic music through his work…
Death of Duane Ward at age 62
Duane Ward, the American baseball pitcher who spent parts of his major league career with the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays, died on July 19, 2026. He was 62.…
Sidney H. Griffith passes away at age 87
Sidney H. Griffith, an American academic and professor of Early Christian Studies at the Catholic University of America, died on July 19, 2026. Born on January 1, 1938, Griffith spent…
John Droney death at age 79
John Droney, an American politician and lawyer, died on July 19, 2026. A Connecticut Democrat, he chaired the state party from 1986 to 1992, helping guide Joe Lieberman’s upset Senate…
Dale Steele passes away at age 70
Dale Steele, an American college football coach, died on July 19, 2026, after a career that included leading Campbell University’s revived football program. Born Philip Dale Steele on August 17,…
Denny Sanford passed away at age 90
Denny Sanford, the American banker and philanthropist who founded First Premier Bank, died on July 18, 2026. Born Thomas Denny Sanford on December 23, 1935, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he…
Gianni Cazzola death at age 88
Gianni Cazzola, the Italian jazz drummer, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in San Giovanni in Persiceto on May 9, 1938, he became one of…
Jim Gilstrap dead at age 79
Jim Gilstrap, an American soul singer known for his work with Wonderlove, died on July 18, 2026. Born on November 10, 1946, in Pittsburg, Gilstrap built a long career as…
Death of Alexandria Holloway at age 79
Alexandria Holloway, the founding dean of the Honors College at Miami Dade College and a longtime music educator and academic administrator, died on July 18, 2026, aged 79. Holloway spent…
James R. Urbaniak has died at age 90
James R. Urbaniak, an American orthopedic surgeon who pioneered the practice of replanting amputated body parts, died on July 18, 2026, aged 90. Urbaniak was known in the field for…
Jennifer Finch passed away at age 59
Jennifer Finch, an American musician and photographer best known as the bass player for the punk rock band L7, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 59. Born…
Michael Hendricks dead at age 84
Michael Hendricks, an American-Canadian gay rights activist, died on July 18, 2026. Along with René LeBoeuf, he became one of the most visible advocates in Quebec’s gay-rights movement and was…
Freddy Cannon dies at age 89
Freddy Cannon, the American rock and roll singer best known for "Tallahassee Lassie" and "Palisades Park," died on July 17, 2026. Born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. on December 4, 1936,…
Ron Hunt dead at age 85
Ron Hunt, the American baseball player who starred as a second baseman in Major League Baseball, died on July 17, 2026. Born Ronald Kenneth Hunt in St. Louis on February…
Gabriel Antonio Camilo González dies at 88
Gabriel Antonio Camilo González, the Dominican Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of La Vega from 1992 to 2015, died on July 17, 2026. Known as Antonio Camilo, he…
Cleveland Still dies at 91
Cleveland Still, an American singer with the doo-wop group the Dubs, died on July 17, 2026, at age 91. He was part of the vocal group formed in 1956, which…
William Gehrlein obituary: died at age 80
William Gehrlein, an American academic and researcher known for work in social choice theory, decision theory and graph theory, died on July 17, 2026. Born July 1, 1946, Gehrlein earned…
Melvin R. Brown dies at 88
Melvin R. Brown, an American politician and Republican member of the Utah State House of Representatives, died on July 17, 2026. He was 88. Known also as Melvin Richins Brown,…
Rudolph A. Marcus dead at age 102
Rudolph A. Marcus, the Canadian-born American chemist who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on electron transfer reactions, died on July 16, 2026. He was 102.…
Lattie F. Coor, died aged 89
Lattie F. Coor, an American university administrator and professor of public policy who led the University of Vermont and Arizona State University, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Phoenix…
Norman Ravitch passed away at age 89
Norman Ravitch, an American historian and professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Riverside, died on July 16, 2026. Born on January 1, 1936, he spent part of…
René Urtreger, died aged 92
René Urtreger, the French bebop pianist and composer, died on July 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Paris on July 6, 1934, Urtreger became known as a jazz musician…
Chiang C. Mei dead at age 91
Chiang C. Mei, an American physicist and fluid dynamicist whose work influenced civil, environmental and coastal engineering, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Wuhan on April 4, 1935, Mei,…
Alan Walden death at age 83
Alan Walden, an American music manager, publisher, booking agent and promoter known for his work with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Otis Redding, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Macon, Georgia,…
Denise Oliver-Velez dies at 78
Denise Oliver-Velez, an American activist and community organizer, died on July 15, 2026. She was 78. Born Denise Roberts Oliver on August 1, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, she became…
Randolph Thummel died at age 80
Randolph Thummel, an American chemist, died on July 15, 2026, aged 80. He was known for work in organic and inorganic chemistry and taught at the University of Houston, where…
John Esposito dies at age 86
John Esposito, the American academic and scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, died on July 15, 2026. Born John Louis Esposito on May 19, 1940, in Brooklyn, he taught…
Plas Johnson dies at 94
Plas Johnson, the American soul-jazz saxophonist widely known for his tenor saxophone solo on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme," died on July 15, 2026. He was 94. Born Plas…
John Kirby dead at age 75
John Kirby, an American actor and acting coach, died on July 15, 2026, at age 75. He was known for playing Frank, the bartender, in the miniseries "Nutcracker: Money, Madness…
Hal Williams, died aged 91
Hal Williams, the American actor known for roles on Sanford and Son, The Waltons and 227, died on July 15, 2026. Born Halroy Candis Williams in Columbus, Ohio, on December…
Richard J. Estes passed away at age 85
Richard J. Estes, an American academic and professor emeritus of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, died on July 15, 2026, at the age…
Death of Janice McNair at age 89
Janice McNair, the American businesswoman who co-founded and owned the Houston Texans, died on July 14, 2026. Born Janice Suber in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on September 30, 1936, she…
William Wisher Jr. death at age 71
William Wisher Jr., an American screenwriter known for his work on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, died on July 14, 2026. Born on May 23, 1955, he worked…
John E. Steele passes away at age 77
John E. Steele, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, died on July 14, 2026. He was 77. Known as John…
Guy Tudor death at age 91
Guy Tudor, an American ornithologist, bird illustrator and conservationist, died on July 14, 2026, aged 91. A self-taught artist as well as a naturalist, he helped document and preserve nature…
Lee Underwood, died aged 87
Lee Underwood, an American musician and journalist who played lead guitar with Tim Buckley for much of Buckley’s career, died on July 14, 2026. Born on January 1, 1938, Underwood…
Obituary: Joe Caldwell, dead at age 97
Joe Caldwell, an American television writer whose credits included NBC Matinee Theater, The Secret Storm and Dark Shadows, died on July 13, 2026. Born Joseph Kerwin Caldwell on October 2,…
Obituary: Jameson Currier, dead at age 70
Jameson Currier, an American writer, died on July 13, 2026, at age 70. Born in Marietta, Georgia, on October 16, 1955, he wrote as a novelist, short story writer, poet,…
Mike Browning has died at age 61
Mike Browning, an American heavy metal drummer and singer, died on July 13, 2026. Born Michael George Browning on May 26, 1964, in Tampa, Florida, he began playing drums at…
Charlie King dies at age 83
Charlie King, an American football player who played defensive back for the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, died on July 13, 2026. He was 83. Born Charles Ronnie King…
Pat Oliphant dead at age 90
Pat Oliphant, the Australian-born American political cartoonist whose work tracked American and global politics for more than six decades, died on July 13, 2026. Born Patrick Bruce Oliphant in Adelaide…
Harry Swinney obituary: died at age 87
Harry Swinney, the American physicist known for work in pattern formation and fluid dynamics experiments, died on July 13, 2026. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, on April 10, 1939, he was…
Death of Fred Dudley at age 81
Fred Dudley, an American politician and attorney who served in the Florida Senate from 1986 to 1998, died July 13, 2026. He was born in Fort Myers on November 8,…
Dudley Laufman obituary: died at age 95
Dudley Laufman, an American contra dance caller and musician who helped spur the 20th-century revival of contra dancing, died on July 13, 2026. He was 95. Born in Newton, Massachusetts,…
Death of Mary Morello at age 102
Mary Morello died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 102. An American activist and founder of Parents for Rock and Rap, she was also known as the mother…
Kent Carpenter, died aged 73
Kent Carpenter, an American marine biologist who spent much of his career based in the Philippines, died on July 12, 2026. Born on January 20, 1953, he earned a bachelor’s…
Mary Otis Stevens, died aged 98
Mary Otis Stevens, an American architect, died on July 12, 2026. She was born in New York City on March 28, 1928, and built her career in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Stevens…
Obituary: Vernon Taylor, dead at age 88
Vernon Taylor, an American rockabilly singer, died on July 12, 2026, at age 88. Born Walton Alderton on November 9, 1937, he grew up in a Baptist family and was…
Kent E. Carpenter has died at age 73
Kent E. Carpenter, an American marine biologist and professor of biological sciences at Old Dominion University, died on July 12, 2026. He was a researcher in marine biology and ichthyology…
Wai Ching Ho, died aged 82
Wai Ching Ho died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 82. She was a Hong Kong actress whose screen credits included Daredevil, Iron Fist and Turning Red. Born…
Scott Bryce dies at 68
Scott Bryce, an American actor best known for his work on "As the World Turns," died on July 12, 2026. Born Scott Macalister Bryce in New York City on January…
Leon Fuller passed away at age 87
Leon Fuller, an American football coach who served as head coach at Colorado State and as defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns, died on July 11, 2026, at the age…
Gunter Stein dies at 84
Gunter Stein, a German-American electrical engineer, died on July 11, 2026. Born on July 16, 1941, in Bordesholm, Germany, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1954.…
Yahiya Emerick has died at age 55
Yahiya Emerick, an American author and scholar, died on July 11, 2026. Born John Joseph Emerick, he became known as a prolific American Muslim writer and educator whose work focused…
Robert W. Cole dead at age 95
Robert W. Cole, the American conductor, impresario and arts administrator who led Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, died on July 11, 2026, of complications from a stroke.…
Bob Farrell has died at age 77
Bob Farrell, an American Christian musician and songwriter best known for his work in the duo Farrell and Farrell, died on July 11, 2026. He was 77. Formed in 1977…
Josh Grisetti dead at age 44
Josh Grisetti died on July 10, 2026. He was an American actor. Tags Actors, 10 July 2026, America, Grisetti, Josh, Sagittarius, July 10, July 2026
Obituary: Peter Van Norden, dead at age 75
Peter Van Norden died on July 10, 2026. He was an American actor. His film and television credits included The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, The Accused and…
Obituary: Mark B. Wise, dead at age 72
Mark B. Wise, the Canadian-American theoretical physicist whose work helped shape heavy quark effective theory, died on July 10, 2026. Born on November 9, 1953, he conducted research in elementary…
Kinu Rochford passes away at age 35
Kinu Rochford died on July 10, 2026. He was an American basketball player. Rochford was born on October 26, 1990, in Brooklyn and attended James Madison High School and Fairleigh…
Death of Doug Stahl at age 63
Doug Stahl, an American professional wrestler, died on July 10, 2026, at the age of 63. Born Douglas Eugene Stahl on February 25, 1963, he competed on the independent wrestling…
Ralph Hemecker passed away at age 65
Ralph Hemecker, an American television director, writer and producer known for his work on series including Blue Bloods, Once Upon a Time and The Flash, died on July 10, 2026.…
Randolph Mantooth dies at age 80
Randolph Mantooth died on July 9, 2026, at age 80. He was an American actor, best known for his work on the television series "Emergency!". Also known as Randy Mantooth,…
Barbara Ling died at age 73
Barbara Ling died on July 9, 2026. She was 73. Ling was an American production designer and lighting designer whose work included films such as "Once Upon a Time in…
Obituary: Robert E. Cohen, dead at age 79
Robert E. Cohen, an American chemical engineer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on July 9, 2026, aged 79, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was known…
Gil Blanco death at age 80
Gil Blanco, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics, died on July 9, 2026, at age 80. Born Gilbert Henry Blanco in…
Don Iwerks has died at age 96
Don Iwerks died July 9, 2026, at age 96. He was an American businessman known for his work with The Walt Disney Company. Born in Dallas on July 24, 1929,…
Obituary: Kathy Muehlemann, dead at age 76
Kathy Muehlemann, an American abstract painter and professor of art, died on July 9, 2026, at age 76. Born in Austin in 1950, she earned a B.F.A. from Empire State…
Lillian Roberts obituary: died at age 98
Lillian Roberts died July 9, 2026. She was an American union leader. Tags Other, 09 July 2026, America, Capricorn, Lillian, Roberts, July 2026, July 9
Paul Farrow has died at age 61
Paul Farrow died on July 8, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 08 July 2026, America, Cancer, Farrow, Paul, July 2026, July 8
Ben Arrendondo, died aged 79
Ben Arrendondo died on July 8, 2026, at age 81. He was an American politician and served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012.…
Greg Hawthorne passed away at age 69
Greg Hawthorne died on July 8, 2026. He was 69. Hawthorne was an American football player who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. He was…
Phil Regan has died at age 89
Phil Regan died on July 8, 2026, at age 89. He was an American baseball player and coach. Regan, also known as Philip Ramond Regan, was born on April 6,…
Wally Funk dead at age 87
Wally Funk died on July 8, 2026. She was an American aviator and commercial astronaut whose career also included work as an aircraft pilot, inspector, flight instructor, and astronaut. Funk…
Death of Jack Latvala at age 74
Jack Latvala died July 8, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Journalists, Politicians, 08 July 2026, America, Jack, Latvala, Scorpio, July 2026, July 8
Henry O. Pollak dies at 98
Henry O. Pollak, the Austrian-American mathematician, died on July 8, 2026, aged 98. Born Henry Otto Pollak in Vienna on December 13, 1927, he was educated at Yale University and…
John Ruf death at age 58
John Ruf, an American sailor and Paralympic competitor, died on July 8, 2026, at age 58. Born John Federick Ruf on March 4, 1968, in Chicago, he grew up sailing…
TJ Lanning died at age 41
TJ Lanning died July 7, 2026. He was an American alpine skier. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Lanning, Virgo, July 2026, July 7, TJ
Jamil Merrell, died aged 36
Jamil Merrell died on July 7, 2026. He was an American football player. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Jamil, Merrell, Taurus, July 2026, July 7
Rhett Bernstein dies at 38
Rhett Bernstein died on July 7, 2026. He was an American soccer player. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Bernstein, Rhett, Virgo, July 2026, July 7
T. J. Lanning dead at age 41
T. J. Lanning died July 7, 2026. He was an American alpine skier. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Lanning, Virgo, July 2026, July 7
Alan Sader died at age 86
Alan Sader, an American actor and television spokesperson, died on July 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Bruington, Virginia, he worked in stage and screen productions from 1981 and was…
Larry Selders dies at age 44
Larry Selders died July 7, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 07 July 2026, America, Cancer, Larry, Selders, July 2026, July 7
George E. Johnson Sr. has died at age 99
George E. Johnson Sr., the businessman and entrepreneur recognized as the first African American to have a company listed on the American Stock Exchange, died July 6, 2026. He was…
Death of Louise Lasser at age 87
Louise Lasser died on July 6, 2026. She was an American actress. Tags Actors, 06 July 2026, America, Aries, Lasser, Louise, July 2026, July 6
John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. obituary: died at age 86
John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., a professor of history and scholar of Balkan and Byzantine studies, died on July 6, 2026. He was 86. Fine taught for decades at the…
Saverio “Sonny” death at age 94
Saverio "Sonny" Morea died on July 6, 2026. He was an American aerospace engineer and aviator, and his work also included service as a scientist, aircraft pilot and military flight…
Kevin Chown obituary: died at age 56
Kevin Chown died on July 6, 2026. He was an American bass guitarist. Tags Musicians, 06 July 2026, America, Capricorn, Chown, Kevin, July 2026, July 6
George E. Johnson dies at 99
George E. Johnson, the American hair and cosmetics executive who founded Johnson Products Company, died on July 6, 2026, at the age of 99. Born George Ellis Johnson in Richton,…
Herman Chernoff passed away at age 103
Herman Chernoff died July 6, 2026. He was an American mathematician. Tags Scientists, 06 July 2026, America, Cancer, Chernoff, Herman, July 2026, July 6
Obituary: Dick Himes, dead at age 80
Dick Himes, an American football player who spent his entire NFL career with the Green Bay Packers, died on July 5, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born Richard Dean…
Darrell Jackson dead at age 70
Darrell Jackson died on July 5, 2026. He was an American baseball player. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, America, Aries, Darrell, Jackson, July 2026, July 5
Bayern died at age 15
Bayern died on July 5, 2026. He was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, born on May 3, 2011. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the available…
Shirley Kitchen obituary: died at age 79
Shirley Kitchen died on July 5, 2026. She was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 05 July 2026, America, Kitchen, Scorpio, Shirley, July 2026, July 5
Mike Wallace passes away at age 83
Mike Wallace died on July 5, 2026. He was an American historian. Tags Scientists, 05 July 2026, America, Cancer, Mike, Wallace, July 2026, July 5
Johnny Ginger obituary: died at age 92
Johnny Ginger died July 5, 2026, at age 92. He was an American television personality. Born June 16, 1934, he was a television presenter from Toledo, Ohio. Tags Journalists, 05…
Walt Odets dies at age 79
Walt Odets died July 5, 2026. He was an American psychologist and author. Born in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 1947, Odets was a clinical psychologist who also wrote books.…
Linda McCarriston obituary: died at age 82
Linda McCarriston, an American poet and longtime University of Alaska Anchorage professor, died on July 5, 2026, aged 82. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, she taught creative writing and literary arts…