George Benedek obituary: died at age 97
George Benedek, an American physicist who helped develop quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on July 5, 2026. He was 97. Born on…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Rya W. Zobel dead at age 94
Rya W. Zobel died on July 4, 2026. She was a German-American jurist and a judge of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. Born in Zwickau on December 18, 1931,…
Ed King, died aged 89
Ed King, an American minister and civil rights activist, died on July 4, 2026. Born Ralph Edwin King Jr. in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on September 20, 1936, he was also known…
Obituary: Al Holland, dead at age 73
Al Holland died July 4, 2026. He was an American baseball player. Tags Athletes, 04 July 2026, Al, America, Holland, Leo, July 2026, July 4
Death of Sparky D at age 61
Sparky D died on July 4, 2026. She was an American rapper. Tags Musicians, 04 July 2026, America, Gemini, Sparky, D, July 2026, July 4
David Emil Mungello, died aged 82
David Emil Mungello died on July 4, 2026. He was an American historian. Tags Scientists, 04 July 2026, America, Capricorn, David, Mungello, July 2026, July 4
Bill Archer died at age 98
Bill Archer died July 4, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Athletes, Politicians, 04 July 2026, America, Archer, Aries, Bill, July 2026, July 4
Leonard Abramson dies at age 94
Leonard Abramson died on July 4, 2026. He was an American businessman. Tags Other, 04 July 2026, Abramson, America, Capricorn, Leonard, July 2026, July 4
Obituary: John Parisella, dead at age 81
John Parisella died July 3, 2026. He was an American horse trainer. Tags Other, 03 July 2026, America, John, Parisella, Virgo, July 2026, July 3
Bobbi Queen dead at age 84
Bobbi Queen, an American fashion editor who served as senior fashion editor at Women’s Wear Daily, died on July 3, 2026, of a heart attack. Born Barbara Sela Queen in…
Robert B. Sloan passes away at age 77
Robert B. Sloan died on July 3, 2026. He was an American academic and theologian. Born on January 1, 1949, Sloan was also known as Robert Bryan Sloan, Jr. Tags…
Carter DeHaven dead at age 94
Carter DeHaven died on July 3, 2026. He was an American film producer. Tags Actors, 03 July 2026, America, Carter, DeHaven, July 2026, July 3
Jim Tracy died at age 69
Jim Tracy died July 3, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 03 July 2026, America, Jim, Libra, Tracy, July 2026, July 3
Gail Clark dead at age 75
Gail Clark died on July 3, 2026. He was an American football player. Tags Athletes, 03 July 2026, America, Aries, Clark, Gail, July 2026, July 3
Bruno Lucchesi dies at age 99
Bruno Lucchesi died on July 3, 2026. He was an Italian-American sculptor. Born in Lucca on July 31, 1926, Lucchesi was known for his work as an artist and sculptor.…
Jim Walden dies at age 88
Jim Walden died on July 2, 2026, at age 88. He was an American college football coach. Born April 10, 1938, Walden was identified in records as a former player…
Death of Keith Mitchell at age 51
Keith Mitchell died July 2, 2026. Tags Athletes, 02 July 2026, America, Keith, Leo, Mitchell, July 2, July 2026
Brian Potter died at age 86
Brian Potter, a British-born American songwriter and record producer, died on July 1, 2026. Born on January 1, 1939, he worked in pop music as a songwriter and record producer.…
Joe Melson died at age 91
Joe Melson, the American singer and songwriter known for his collaborations with Roy Orbison, died on July 1, 2026. Born in Bonham, Texas, on May 11, 1935, he helped write…
Wayne Worcester passed away at age 78
Wayne Worcester died on July 1, 2026. He was an American journalist. Tags Journalists, 01 July 2026, America, Wayne, Worcester, July 1, July 2026
Shaun Glass died at age 57
Shaun Glass died July 1, 2026. Tags Musicians, 01 July 2026, America, Glass, Shaun, July 1, July 2026
LeRoy Irvin dead at age 68
LeRoy Irvin died July 1, 2026. Tags Athletes, 01 July 2026, America, Irvin, Virgo, July 1, July 2026, LeRoy
Kenneth Cox death at age 97
Kenneth Cox died July 1, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 01 July 2026, America, Cox, Kenneth, Libra, July 1, July 2026
Anthony M. Trozzolo passed away at age 96
Anthony M. Trozzolo died on July 1, 2026. He was an American chemist. Tags Scientists, 01 July 2026, America, Anthony, Capricorn, Trozzolo, July 1, July 2026
Joe Smith, died aged 91
Joe Smith, an American politician who served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Oregon and later in the Oregon House of Representatives, died on June 30, 2026. Born Raoul…
Roger Cador passes away at age 74
Roger Cador died June 30, 2026. He was 74. Cador was an American Hall of Fame college baseball coach. Tags Athletes, 30 June 2026, America, Aquarius, Cador, Roger, June 2026,…
Karen Clark death at age 80
Karen Clark died on June 30, 2026. She was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 30 June 2026, America, Clark, Karen, Leo, June 2026, June 30
Victor Willis death at age 74
Victor Willis died on June 30, 2026. Tags Musicians, 30 June 2026, America, Cancer, Victor, Willis, June 2026, June 30
Michael Luce dead at age 84
Michael Luce died on June 29, 2026. He was an American Olympic bobsledder. Tags Other, 29 June 2026, America, Luce, Michael, Virgo, June 2026, June 29
Ervin László dies at age 94
Ervin László, the Hungarian-born American philosopher and writer, died on June 29, 2026, at age 94. Born in Budapest on May 12, 1932, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy…
Phyllis Kinney dies at age 103
Phyllis Kinney, an American-born Welsh singer, musicologist and author, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 103. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, on July 4, 1922, she studied at…
Obituary: Wilford Lloyd Baumes, dead at age 86
Wilford Lloyd Baumes died on June 28, 2026. He was an American producer and screenwriter. Baumes worked in television and film, including credits as a writer and producer on projects…
Mignon Dunn passed away at age 98
Mignon Dunn, an American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher, died on June 28, 2026. She was 98. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Tyronza, Arkansas and Memphis. Dunn studied…
Victor H. Mair obituary: died at age 83
Victor H. Mair died on June 28, 2026. He was an American sinologist. Tags Other, 28 June 2026, America, Aries, Mair, Victor, June 2026, June 28
Sergei Sorokin dies at age 93
Sergei Sorokin died on June 27, 2026, in Winchester. He was a scientist. Born on April 13, 1933, in Winchester, he was the son of sociologist Pitirim Sorokin. Tags Scientists,…
Daniel Morse dies at age 81
Daniel Morse, an American Anglican prelate who served as bishop of the Central States, died on June 27, 2026. Born on November 1, 1944, Morse became the first bishop ordinary…
Khadijah Farrakhan obituary: died at age 90
Khadijah Farrakhan, an American political activist and longtime figure in the Nation of Islam, died on June 27, 2026. She was 90. Born Betsy Ross on November 26, 1935, in…
David S. Doty obituary: died at age 96
David S. Doty, an American jurist who served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, died on June 27, 2026, at age 96.…
Simon L. Leis Jr. has died at age 92
Simon L. Leis Jr., an American lawyer, prosecuting attorney and sheriff, died on June 27, 2026. He was 92. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, on June 12, 1934, Leis was…
Billy G. Mills dead at age 96
Billy G. Mills died on June 27, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 27 June 2026, America, Billy, Mills, Scorpio, June 2026, June 27
Margaret Britton Vaughn passes away at age 87
Margaret Britton Vaughn, an American poet, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 1, 1938, she became known as a poet…
Tom Ligon died at age 85
Tom Ligon, an American actor known for work in Paint Your Wagon, The Young and the Restless and Bang the Drum Slowly, died on June 26, 2026. He was 85.…
John T. Pawlikowski passes away at age 85
John T. Pawlikowski, an American Servite priest and professor emeritus of social ethics at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, died on June 26, 2026. He was 85. A member of…
Martha Lillard died at age 78
Martha Lillard, an American polio survivor and the last known person in the United States to rely on an iron lung, died on June 26, 2026, at age 78 from…
Rosetta Miller-Perry passes away at age 91
Rosetta Miller-Perry, an American journalist and founder of the Tennessee Tribune, died on June 26, 2026. She was 91. Miller-Perry was an African-American journalist born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on July…
Joe Doering passes away at age 44
Joe Doering, an American professional wrestler best known for his work with TNA, died on June 26, 2026, at age 44. Born Joseph Doering on April 16, 1982, in Chicago,…
Death of David B. Danbom at age 79
David B. Danbom, an American historian and author, died on June 26, 2026, aged 79. He taught agricultural history at North Dakota State University from 1974 to 2010 and was…
Doug Goldstein passed away at age 65
Doug Goldstein died on June 26, 2026. He was an American band manager. Tags Other, 26 June 2026, America, Doug, Goldstein, June 2026, June 26
Daniel Oliver dead at age 87
Daniel Oliver died on June 26, 2026. He was an American executive editor. Other biographical details were not immediately available. Tags Journalists, 26 June 2026, America, Daniel, Oliver, Pisces, June…
Mickey York died at age 78
Mickey York, an American racing driver, died on June 26, 2026. He was 78. Born Robert Mitchell York on July 30, 1947, he competed in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series…
Dusty Spencer dies at age 74
Dusty Spencer, an American convicted murderer, died on June 25, 2026, at Florida State Prison in Florida at age 74. Born in Pennsylvania on February 13, 1952, he later served…
Katsuya Uechi obituary: died at age 67
Katsuya Uechi, a Japanese-American chef and restaurateur, died on June 25, 2026. Born in 1959 in Okinawa, Japan, he trained in traditional Edomae sushi techniques in Okinawa and Osaka before…
Bill Valentine, died aged 88
Bill Valentine, an American architect who spent five decades with HOK and helped guide major projects including King Khalid International Airport and San Francisco’s Moscone Center, died on June 25,…
Derrell Griffith has died at age 82
Derrell Griffith, an American baseball player who spent parts of four major league seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on June 25, 2026. He was 82. Born Robert Derrell…
Frank A. Welch dies at age 65
Frank A. Welch, a Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, died on June 25, 2026. He was born in Texas on January 1, 1959, and graduated from Shades…
Obituary: Carl Ekdahl, dead at age 90
Carl Ekdahl, an American electrical engineer, died on June 25, 2026. He was Carl August Ekdahl Jr., and much of his career was spent at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In…
Donald William Krummel dies at 96
Donald William Krummel died on June 25, 2026. He was an American music bibliographer. Tags Other, 25 June 2026, America, Cancer, Donald, Krummel, June 2026, June 25
B. J. Sams dies at age 91
B. J. Sams, an American news anchor and television journalist, died on June 25, 2026, at age 91. Born Billy Jack Sams on March 19, 1935, he spent more than…
Death of Nicholas Rossi at age 38
Nicholas Rossi, an American convicted sex offender and fugitive, died on June 25, 2026, in Utah. Born Nicholas Alahverdian on July 11, 1987, in Providence, Rhode Island, he was also…
B. J. Sams dies at age 91
B. J. Sams, an American news anchor whose career in television broadcasting spanned more than 50 years, died on June 25, 2026. Born March 19, 1935, and also known as…
Om Malik death at age 59
Om Malik, an Indian-American writer and founder of the technology news site Gigaom, died on June 24, 2026. He was 59. Born Om Prakash Malik in New Delhi on September…
Mary-Dell Chilton dies at 87
Mary-Dell Chilton, an American biochemist and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology, died on June 24, 2026. She was 87. Born in Indianapolis on February 2, 1939, she…
Harold Wheeler died at age 82
Harold Wheeler, an American orchestrator and composer, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 82. Born William Harold Wheeler Jr. in St. Louis on July 14, 1943, he…
María Clemencia López Ramírez dead
María Clemencia López Ramírez, a Venezuelan diplomat, died on June 24, 2026. Born in 1940, she served as chargé d'affaires at the Venezuelan mission to the United Nations from 1977…
Mike Stamm has died at age 73
Mike Stamm died on June 24, 2026. He was an American swimmer. Tags Athletes, 24 June 2026, America, Leo, Mike, Stamm, June 2026, June 24
Obituary: Dorothy Wilken, dead at age 90
Dorothy Wilken, an American politician and former clerk of courts, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 90. She became a prominent figure in Boca Raton, Florida, after…
Obituary: Steve Zabel, dead at age 78
Steve Zabel, an American football player who played linebacker and tight end in the NFL, died on June 24, 2026, at age 78. Born in Minneapolis on March 20, 1948,…
Ann Blyth has died at age 98
Ann Blyth, the American actress best known for Mildred Pierce, died on June 24, 2026, at age 98. Born Anne Marie Blythe in Mount Kisco, New York, she began performing…
Dorothy L. Reynolds passed away at age 97
Dorothy L. Reynolds died on June 23, 2026. Tags Politicians, 23 June 2026, America, Cancer, Dorothy, Reynolds, June 2026, June 23
Joanne Glasser dead
Joanne Glasser, an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Eastern Kentucky University and later Bradley University, died on June 23, 2026. She was the first woman…
John P. Reardon passes away at age 88
John P. Reardon died June 23, 2026. Tags Scientists, 23 June 2026, America, John, Reardon, June 2026, June 23
Erie Mills has died at age 73
Erie Mills, an American operatic soprano and voice teacher, died on June 23, 2026, at age 73. Born in Granite City, Illinois, on June 22, 1953, she developed an early…
Roger W. Sandler died at age 92
Roger W. Sandler, an American Army general who rose to become a retired major general in the U.S. Army and former chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, died on June…
Jill Smokler, died aged 48
Jill Smokler, an American blogger and founder of the Scary Mommy website, died on June 22, 2026, at age 48. Smokler started Scary Mommy as a personal blog in March…
Death of Martha Zoller at age 66
Martha Zoller, an American political commentator and radio host, died on June 22, 2026. She was 66. Born in Columbus, Georgia, on August 23, 1959, Zoller was also known as…
Bruce Tull dead at age 71
Bruce Tull died on June 22, 2026. Tags Musicians, 22 June 2026, America, Bruce, Tull, June 2026, June 22
H. Edward Knox has died at age 89
H. Edward Knox, the American politician who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, died on June 22, 2026, at age 89. Born Haden Edward Knox on January 22, 1937,…
Clive Davis dies at age 94
Clive Davis, the American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer who founded Arista Records, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Clive Jay Davis…
Gustavus Simmons passes away at age 95
Gustavus Simmons, an American cryptographer and mathematician, died on June 22, 2026, at age 95. Born in West Virginia on October 27, 1930, he studied at Deep Springs College before…
Eddie Knox, died aged 89
Eddie Knox, an American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, died on June 22, 2026, at age 89. Knox was the 49th mayor of Charlotte,…
Alan Greenspan obituary: died at age 100
Alan Greenspan, the American economist who served as chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, died on June 22, 2026, at age 100. Born in New York City…
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. obituary: died at age 93
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., an American physician and medical researcher whose work helped define inherited cancer risk, died on June 22, 2026. He was 93. Born in Boston on Jan.…
Jim Goad, died aged 65
Jim Goad, an American writer and publisher best known for Answer Me! and The Redneck Manifesto, died on June 22, 2026. Born James Thaddeus Goad in Ridley Park, he built…
Joshua Gil dies at 50
Joshua Gil, an American restaurateur, died on June 22, 2026, at age 50. Born in Riverside, California, and raised in Baja California, he built a career in Southern California kitchens…
Ab DeMarco Jr. died at age 77
Ab DeMarco Jr., an American-born Canadian ice hockey player who skated in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association during the 1970s, died June 21, 2026, at 77. Born…
Louise Holcombe died at age 72
Louise Holcombe, an American canoeist who competed in Olympic slalom events, died on June 21, 2026. She was 72. Born on March 17, 1954, in Washington, D.C., Holcombe represented the…
Gene Wiley has died at age 88
Gene Wiley, an American basketball player who spent four seasons in the NBA and later played in the ABA, died on June 21, 2026. He was 88. Born in Wichita,…
Giorgia Moll dies at 88
Giorgia Moll, the Italian actress born on January 14, 1938, died on June 21, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Prata di Pordenone, she also worked as a…
Ange Armato died at age 96
Ange Armato, an American baseball player who appeared in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, died on June 21, 2026, at the age of 96. Also known as Ange Lou…
Obituary: Kent Briggs, dead at age 68
Kent Briggs, an American football player and coach, died on June 21, 2026, at age 68. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, he played quarterback at A. C. Reynolds High…
Jim Battle passed away at age 88
Jim Battle, an American football player who competed in the NFL and CFL, died on June 21, 2026, at age 88. Battle played guard in professional football after his college…
Death of Jeff Olson at age 77
Jeff Olson, an American visual effects artist whose work helped shape films including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Trek and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, died on…
David W. Rohde, died aged 82
David W. Rohde, a political scientist whose research focused on politics in the United States, died on June 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Buffalo, New York, he taught at…
Jim Mitchell, died aged 77
Jim Mitchell, an American football player who spent eight seasons as a defensive end with the Detroit Lions, died on June 20, 2026. He was 77. Born in Danville, he…
Geraldene Felton passed away at age 100
Geraldene Felton died June 20, 2026. Tags Scientists, 20 June 2026, America, Aquarius, Felton, Geraldene, June 20, June 2026
Frank J. Guarini has died at age 101
Frank J. Guarini, an American politician and lawyer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on June 20, 2026. He was 101. Born in Jersey City on August…
Death of Norman Tolk at age 88
Norman Tolk died on June 20, 2026. He was an American physicist. Tags Scientists, 20 June 2026, America, Capricorn, Norman, Tolk, June 20, June 2026
Hershel Parker passes away at age 90
Hershel Parker, an American literary historian and scholar of Herman Melville, died on June 19, 2026. He was 90. Born in Comanche, Oklahoma, on November 26, 1935, Parker was an…
Mark Singer, died aged 75
Mark Singer, an American journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker, died on June 19, 2026, at age 75 of complications from salivary gland cancer. Known professionally as Mark…