Zeke Moore dies at 82
Zeke Moore, the American football player who spent his professional career with the Houston Oilers, died on September 22, 2026, at age 82. Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Moore played college…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
George N. Gillett Jr. death at age 87
George N. Gillett Jr., an American businessman and sports executive who served as chairman of Liverpool F.C. from 2007 to 2010, died on September 22, 2026, aged 87. Born in…
Harry Haines passes away at age 87
Harry Haines, an American judge of the United States Tax Court, died September 22, 2026, aged 87. Born Harry Allen Haines in Missoula, Montana, on May 30, 1939, he built…
James Becket has died at age 89
James Becket, an American filmmaker and human rights lawyer, died on September 22, 2026, aged 89. Born in New York City on October 5, 1936, he built a career that…
Kenneth Lane dead at age 84
Kenneth Lane, an American theoretical particle physicist and professor of physics at Boston University, died September 22, 2026, aged 84. His research focused on electroweak and flavor symmetry breaking, and…
Chris Spatola death at age 47
Chris Spatola, an American college basketball player and analyst, died on September 22, 2026, at age 47. A four-year starter at Army from 1998 to 2002, he led the Black…
Donald Weder dead at age 79
Donald Weder, an American inventor and businessman, died on September 22, 2026, aged 79. Based in Highland, Illinois, he built a career centered on product development and patents, and by…
JJ Pionke passes away at age 47
JJ Pionke, an American librarian and disability advocate, died September 21, 2026, aged 47. He also worked as a professor and library and information studies educator. Born in Chicago in…
Morris Ballen dies at age 88
Morris Ballen, an American businessman and the owner and chief executive of Disc Makers, died on September 21, 2026, aged 88. Ballen led the company as it became a pioneering…
Phil Spence died at age 72
Phil Spence, the American college basketball player and coach who helped North Carolina State win the 1974 national championship, died on September 21, 2026, aged 72. Born in Raleigh, North…
Chad Gilbert has died at age 45
Chad Gilbert, the American guitarist, songwriter and record producer best known as a founding member of New Found Glory, died on September 20, 2026, aged 45. Born Chad Everett Gilbert…
Bruce Bergey obituary: died at age 80
Bruce Bergey, an American football player who played defensive end, died on September 20, 2026, at age 80. Born Bruce Gene Bergey in South Dayton, New York, he played for…
Michael James Gaffey obituary: died at age 80
Michael James Gaffey, an American planetary scientist who specialized in deriving the mineralogies of asteroids from their reflectance spectra, died on September 20, 2026, aged 80. Born on December 1,…
Presley Gerber dead at age 27
Presley Gerber, an American male model, died on September 20, 2026, at age 27. Born in Los Angeles on July 2, 1999, he was the elder child of Cindy Crawford…
Jeff Scott obituary: died at age 72
Jeff Scott, an American baseball writer and journalist, died on September 19, 2026, at age 72. Scott served as senior writer for Major League Baseball Productions from 1988 until the…
Ernie Accorsi has died at age 84
Ernie Accorsi, the American football executive and general manager who ran the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, died on September 19, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hershey,…
Arthur Asa Berger passes away at age 93
Arthur Asa Berger, an American author and academic who taught media studies for years at San Francisco State University, died on September 19, 2026, aged 93. Born in Boston on…
Richard Giragosian, died aged 61
Richard Giragosian, an Armenian-American academic and political scientist, died on September 19, 2026, aged 61. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1965, he became known as a contributing…
Elliot Graham passed away at age 50
Elliot Graham, an American film editor known for his work on Milk, Captain Marvel and No Time to Die, died on September 19, 2026, aged 50. Born in Claremont, California,…
Death of Tyler Abell at age 94
Tyler Abell, an American lawyer who briefly served as chief of protocol of the United States in the late 1960s, died on September 19, 2026, aged 94. Born in Washington,…
Carolyn J. B. Howard dies at 87
Carolyn J. B. Howard, an American politician and longtime member of the Maryland House of Delegates, died on September 19, 2026, at age 87. She represented District 24 in Prince…
Joyce L. Kennard dies at age 85
Joyce L. Kennard, the American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1989 to 2014, died on September 18, 2026, aged 85. Born Josephine…
Death of Richard Harrison at age 90
Richard Harrison, the American actor known for Secret Agent Fireball, 100.000 dollari per Ringo and The Invincible Gladiator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 90. Born in Salt Lake City…
Obituary: Bryan Bishop, dead at age 48
Bryan Bishop, an American radio personality and production and sound-effects worker known to podcast listeners as Bald Bryan, died on September 18, 2026, aged 48. He was best known for…
Arthur B. Hancock III obituary: died at age 83
Arthur B. Hancock III, a Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner of Stone Farm, died September 18, 2026, at age 83. Born in the United States on February 22, 1943, he…
Mike Burton dies at 79
Mike Burton, an American Olympic swimmer and later swimming coach, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born Michael Jay Burton in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 3, 1947, he…
Albert S. Axelrad died at age 87
Albert S. Axelrad, an American rabbi and author, died on September 18, 2026, aged 87. A Reform rabbi, educator and community leader, he helped foster the American Jewish counterculture of…
Margaret Chant-Papandreou dead at age 102
Margaret Chant-Papandreou, an American-born Greek women’s rights activist, writer and former first lady, died on September 18, 2026, aged 102. Born Margaret Esther Chant in Oak Park, Illinois, she later…
Arthur R. Kudart dies at 96
Arthur R. Kudart, an American lawyer and former Iowa state senator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 96. Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa, on July 27, 1930, Kudart attended Cornell…
Karal Ann Marling dead at age 82
Karal Ann Marling, an American historian and writer, died on September 18, 2026, at age 82. A professor emerita at the University of Minnesota, she was an American studies scholar…
Obituary: P. C. Vey, dead at age 70
P. C. Vey, the American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker, MAD Magazine and National Lampoon, died on September 17, 2026, aged 70. Known professionally as Peter C.…
Death of Jerry Thomas Howard at age 90
Jerry Thomas Howard, an American politician and member of the Missouri Senate, died on September 17, 2026, at age 90. A Democrat, he also served in the Missouri House of…
Michael Sweetney death at age 43
Michael Sweetney, the American basketball player who played for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls, died on September 17, 2026, aged 43. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Oxon…
Jon Kyl has died at age 84
Jon Kyl, an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona and later as a lobbyist, died on September 17, 2026, aged 84. A Republican, he represented Arizona…
Duncan Sheik dies at 56
Duncan Sheik, the American singer-songwriter and composer known for “Barely Breathing” and the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, died on September 17, 2026, at age 56. The cause was organ failure.…
Obituary: Mac Percival, dead at age 86
Mac Percival, an American football placekicker who played for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys, died of colorectal cancer on September 17, 2026, aged 86. Born in Vernon, Texas, on…
Barry T. Parker obituary: died at age 93
Barry T. Parker, an American politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the State Senate, died on September 17, 2026, aged 93. A Republican, he was…
Jeffery Lee obituary: died at age 49
Jeffery Lee, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on September 17, 2026, at age 49. Born Jeffery James Lee in Alabama, he was also known…
Randy Pedersen dies at age 64
Randy Pedersen, the American ten-pin bowler and sportscaster, died September 16, 2026, aged 64. Born in Shallotte, North Carolina, he became a member of the Professional Bowlers Association and went…
Tim Janus dies at age 49
Tim Janus, a professional eater and contestant on The Amazing Race, died on September 16, 2026, aged 49. Known in competitive eating as “Eater X,” he was an American entertainer…
Fredd Young died at age 64
Fredd Young, the American football player who spent seven seasons as a linebacker in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks and the Indianapolis Colts, died on September 16, 2026, aged…
Obituary: Bonnie Greer, dead at age 77
Bonnie Greer, the American-British playwright, critic and novelist, died on September 16, 2026, aged 77. Born in Chicago in 1948, she lived in the UK from 1986 and built a…
Dolores Sibonga obituary: died at age 94
Dolores Sibonga, an American lawyer and Seattle City Council member, died on September 16, 2026, aged 94. Washington’s first Filipina American female lawyer, she became the first minority female to…
Jack Dale dies at age 80
Jack Dale, the American Olympic ice hockey player known to teammates and fans as John Byron Dale, died September 16, 2026, aged 80. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he was…
Jodie Allen has died at age 88
Jodie Allen, an American journalist and senior editor at the Pew Research Center, died on September 15, 2026, aged 88. Allen was born on September 1, 1938, in the United…
Mike Beigel died at age 79
Michael Lee “Mike” Beigel, an American electronics engineer, died September 15, 2026, aged 79. Born in Manhattan, New York, on January 29, 1947, he was the son of Jerome Beigel,…
Charles Trueheart dies at age 75
Charles Trueheart, an American journalist and essayist, died on September 15, 2026, aged 75. He reported for The Washington Post from 1986 to 2000 and later served as director of…
Gerrit Graham, died aged 77
Gerrit Graham, the American actor best known for Phantom of the Paradise and for voicing Franklin Sherman on The Critic, died on September 15, 2026, aged 77. Born in New…
Brian Wolfe passes away at age 45
Brian Wolfe, an American baseball player who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Saitama Seibu Lions, died on September 15, 2026, at age 45. Wolfe made…
Jim Bradshaw obituary: died at age 87
Jim Bradshaw, an American football player who played safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died on September 15, 2026, aged 87. Born James Alfred Bradshaw in St. Clairsville, Ohio, on January…
Obituary: Annie Dillard, dead at age 81
Annie Dillard, the American writer whose work included Tickets for a Prayer Wheel, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and The Maytrees, died on September 15, 2026, aged 81. Born Annie Doak…
Ronnie Dove died at age 91
Ronnie Dove, the American pop singer whose career produced a string of hit records in the 1960s, died on September 15, 2026, aged 91. Born Ronald Eugene Dove in Herndon,…
Rosalind Ashford death at age 83
Rosalind Ashford, the American singer best known as an original member of Martha and the Vandellas, died on September 15, 2026, aged 83. Born Rosalind Ashford on September 2, 1943,…
David C. Kronick dead at age 94
David C. Kronick, an American politician and member of the New Jersey General Assembly, died on September 15, 2026, at age 94. A Democrat, he represented the 32nd Legislative District…
Karl Finch obituary: died at age 87
Karl Finch, an American football player who was a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams, died on September 15, 2026, at age 87. Born in Modesto, California, on July…
Peter Max, died aged 88
Peter Max, the German-American pop artist known for his bright, vividly colored work, died on September 14, 2026, at age 88. Born Peter Max Finkelstein in Berlin on October 19,…
Bernie Orenstein has died at age 95
Bernie Orenstein, a Canadian-born American television writer and producer who also worked as an actor, died September 14, 2026, aged 95. Born Bernard Orenstein in Toronto, Ontario, he became a…
Bob Mackie died at age 87
Bob Mackie, the American costume designer whose elaborate creations shaped television, concert and stage wardrobes for decades, died on September 14, 2026, aged 87. Born Robert Gordon Mackie in Monterey…
Joe Romm death at age 66
Joe Romm, born Joseph Jacob Romm, was an American researcher, author, editor and physicist who died September 14, 2026, aged 66. Born in Middletown, he attended Middletown High School and…
Death of Judy Gumbo at age 83
Judy Gumbo, the Canadian-born American activist and original member of the Youth International Party known as the Yippies, died on September 14, 2026, aged 83. Born Judith Lee Clavir in…
Jim Collier dead at age 87
Jim Collier, an American football player who played tight end for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, died on September 13, 2026, aged 87. Born James William Collier in…
BloodHound Q50 dies at 22
BloodHound Q50, an American rapper, died on September 13, 2026, aged 22. Born Mikquale T. Cooper, he was from Chicago and became part of the city’s drill scene. He began…
Ann Kaiser obituary: died at age 78
Ann Kaiser, an American academic, died on September 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in Great Bend, Kansas, on March 1, 1948, she earned an undergraduate degree in political science and…
Cheetah Chrome obituary: died at age 71
Cheetah Chrome, the American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Rocket from the Tombs and the Dead Boys, died on September 13, 2026, at age 71. Born…
Tanchum Portnoy has died at age 75
Tanchum Portnoy, the American composer best known for writing the melody for “Eitz Chaim,” died on September 12, 2026, at age 75. Born Tanchum Gershon Portnoy in Brooklyn on July…
Ellen Brandom passes away at age 84
Ellen Brandom, an American politician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives, died on September 12, 2026, at age 84. Born in Quincy, Illinois, she served in the Missouri…
Byron Sher dead at age 98
Byron Sher, the American politician and law professor who served in the California State Assembly from 1980 to 1996 and in the State Senate from 1996 to 2004, died on…
Michael J. Brennan, died aged 83
Michael J. Brennan, an American financial economist, died September 12, 2026, at age 83. He was emeritus professor of finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and had earlier…
Lars Herseth obituary: died at age 80
Lars Herseth, an American politician and rancher, died September 12, 2026, aged 80. Born Ralph Lars Herseth in Aberdeen, South Dakota, he served in the South Dakota House of Representatives…
Rafael Sorkin has died at age 80
Rafael Sorkin, an American physicist whose work helped shape the study of quantum gravity and black hole entropy, died on September 12, 2026, aged 80. He was professor emeritus of…
Death of Bain Boehlke at age 87
Bain Boehlke, an American theater director and actor, died on September 11, 2026, at age 87. Born in Warroad, Minnesota, he was associated with both stage and screen work and…
Bruce M. Davis dies at age 83
Bruce M. Davis, an American criminal and member of the Manson Family, died on September 11, 2026, at age 83. Born Bruce McGregor Davis on October 5, 1942, in Monroe,…
Solomon Pappaiah dies at age 90
Solomon Pappaiah, the Indian scholar and actor known for his work in Tamil television and film, died on September 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Madurai on February 22, 1936,…
Death of Paul Bender at age 93
Paul Bender, an American attorney and legal scholar who served as dean of the Arizona State University college of law, died on September 11, 2026, aged 93. Born in Brooklyn…
Elaine Mokhtefi dead at age 98
Elaine Mokhtefi, the Algerian-American anti-colonial activist and writer known for her work as a translator and author, died on September 11, 2026, aged 98. Born Elaine Klein in New York…
Obituary: Robert E. Dickinson, dead at age 86
Robert E. Dickinson, an American meteorologist and geoscientist, died on September 11, 2026, aged 86. Born Robert Earl Dickinson on March 26, 1940, in Millersburg, Ohio, he studied chemistry and…
Marilyn Edwards has died at age 88
Marilyn Edwards, an American politician and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, died on September 10, 2026, aged 88. She represented the 88th district in the Arkansas House from…
Roger Simon has died at age 78
Roger Simon, the American journalist and writer who became Politico’s chief political columnist, died on September 10, 2026, aged 78. Born in Chicago and educated at the University of Illinois…
Death of Gary Myers at age 76
Gary Myers, an American racing driver who competed in NASCAR events, died on September 10, 2026, at age 76. Born on March 4, 1950, he raced in the NASCAR Winston…
Bob McKay dies at age 78
Bob McKay, an American football player who played offensive line in the National Football League, died September 10, 2026, at age 78. A native of Seminole, Texas, he was born…
Mike McFarland obituary: died at age 56
Mike McFarland, an American voice actor, died on September 10, 2026, aged 56. Born in Texas City, Texas, he worked extensively on English-language dubs of Japanese anime as a voice…
Death of Daniel Conahan at age 72
Daniel Conahan, a licensed practical nurse and convicted murderer, died September 10, 2026, at age 72. Known as the Hog Trail Killer, Conahan was born Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. in…
Death of Gaylyn Studlar at age 73
Gaylyn Studlar, an American feminist, film and media critic, died on September 9, 2026, aged 73. She was David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities and director of the…
Bryan Isacks dies at 90
Bryan Isacks, an American geophysicist who helped provide seismological evidence for the theory of plate tectonics in the late 1960s, died on September 9, 2026, aged 90. Born in New…
Barry Melrose passes away at age 70
Barry Melrose, the Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach and sportscaster, died on September 9, 2026, aged 70. Born in Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Melrose played professionally in the World Hockey Association and…
Ranee Brylinski died at age 69
Ranee Brylinski, an American mathematician known for her work in representation theory and quantum logic gates, died on September 9, 2026, at age 69. Born Ranee Kathryn Gupta in Detroit…
Edward H. Lehner passed away at age 93
Edward H. Lehner, an American politician and member of the New York State Assembly, died on September 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Queens on March 6, 1933, he…
William Henry Draper III obituary: died at age 98
William Henry Draper III, an American venture capitalist, died on September 8, 2026, aged 98. Born in White Plains, New York, he was the son of Katherine Louise Baum and…
Lucien Smith has died at age 37
Lucien Smith, an American artist known for painting, died on September 8, 2026, aged 37. Born in Los Angeles in 1989, he studied at The Cooper Union and became one…
André Pronovost dies at 90
André Pronovost, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent parts of his career with the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings, died on September 8, 2026, aged 90.…
Tom Whitestone death at age 62
Tom Whitestone, an American sport coach and associate athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, died on September 8, 2026, aged 62. Whitestone spent 37 years with…
Death of Pat Senatore at age 91
Pat Senatore, an American jazz bassist, died on September 8, 2026, aged 91. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 19, 1935, he became known as a musician and composer…
David Worth passed away at age 86
David Worth, an American film director and cinematographer, died September 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Los Angeles on March 2, 1940, he built a career behind the camera on…
Marty Lowe died at age 54
Marty Lowe, an American football player and coach, died on September 7, 2026, at age 54. Lowe played quarterback in the Arena Football League, appearing for the St. Louis Stampede…
Jonathan Cooper death at age 76
Jonathan Cooper, an American luthier who built and crafted more than 500 violins, died on September 7, 2026, at age 76. Born Jonathan Gelula Cooper on May 17, 1950, in…
David Cobb,, died aged 63
David Cobb, the Green Party of the United States candidate for president in the 2004 United States presidential election, died on September 7, 2026, at age 63. Known also as…
David Worth passed away at age 86
David Worth, an American film director and cinematographer, died on September 7, 2026, aged 86. Born March 2, 1940, he built a career behind the camera on more than twenty…
Jim Geoghan passes away at age 79
Jim Geoghan, an American television writer and producer known for his work on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Family Matters and Silver Spoons, died on September 6, 2026,…
Bruce Lunsford dies at age 78
Bruce Lunsford, an American politician and attorney from Kentucky, died on September 6, 2026, aged 78. Born William Bruce Lunsford in Kenton County on November 11, 1947, he built a…