Larry King dead at age 81
Larry King, an American tennis promoter and attorney, died on May 29, 2026, at age 81. Born Larry William King in Dayton, Ohio, on January 30, 1945, he studied at…
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
James M. Redfield dead at age 90
James M. Redfield, an American academic known for his work on Homer and Herodotus, died on May 28, 2026. He was 91. Redfield’s best-known book was Nature and Culture in…
Ellen Weston dead at age 87
Ellen Weston died on May 28, 2026. She was an American actress and television writer. Weston’s work spanned both acting and writing for television, and her career also included published…
George Bork died at age 84
George Bork, an American Hall of Fame football player who starred for the Northern Illinois Huskies and later played for the Montreal Alouettes, died on May 28, 2026. He was…
John Amari dies at 77
John Amari died on May 27, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 27 May 2026, Amari, America, John, Leo, May 2026, May 27
Obituary: Owain Rhys Davies, dead at age 44
Owain Rhys Davies, a Welsh actor, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 44. Born in Cardiff on February 20, 1982, he worked across film, stage and television…
Sir Ralph Robins passed away at age 93
Sir Ralph Robins, the British businessman who led Rolls-Royce as chief executive and later chairman, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 93. Born on June 16, 1932,…
Paul Dorpat death at age 87
Paul Dorpat, an American historian, died on May 27, 2026. He was 87. Dorpat was an author and photographer who focused on the history of Seattle and Washington state. He…
Jay Milder, died aged 92
Jay Milder, an American painter, died on May 27, 2026, at 92. A figurative expressionist associated with the second generation of the New York School, he developed a body of…
Marcia Lucas passes away at age 80
Marcia Lucas, the American film editor who won an Academy Award for her work on Star Wars, died on May 27, 2026. She was 80. Born Marcia Lou Griffin in…
Joe Schwarz has died at age 88
Joe Schwarz, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and in the Michigan Senate from 1987 to 2002, died on May 27,…
Tim Johnston obituary: died at age 63
Tim Johnston died on May 26, 2026. He was an American author. Tags Writers, 26 May 2026, America, Johnston, Tim, May 2026, May 26
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy dies at 86
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, an American historian and academic, died on May 26, 2026, at age 86. Kennedy was among the founding feminists in the early women’s studies program at the…
Renato Rosaldo passes away at age 85
Renato Rosaldo, an American cultural anthropologist, died on May 26, 2026. Born in Champaign, Illinois, on April 15, 1941, he carried out field research among the Ilongots of northern Luzon…
William Smithers passed away at age 98
William Smithers, the actor best known for recurring roles on "Peyton Place" and "Dallas," died on May 26, 2026. Born Marion Wilkinson Smithers Jr. on July 10, 1927, in Richmond,…
Neil V. Wake dies at 77
Neil V. Wake died May 26, 2026. He was an American jurist and a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Tags Lawyers, 26 May 2026,…
Manny Fernandez passed away at age 79
Manny Fernandez, the American football player who played for the Miami Dolphins, died on May 26, 2026. He was 79. Born in Oakland, California, on July 3, 1946, Fernandez was…
Mark Bailey, died aged 64
Mark Bailey, an American baseball player who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants, died on May 26, 2026, at age 64. A catcher in Major League Baseball…
Obituary: Terry Don Phillips, dead at age 78
Terry Don Phillips, an American college athletics administrator and former Clemson Tigers athletic director, died on May 26, 2026. He served as athletic director at Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty…
Bob Horner died at age 68
Bob Horner, an American baseball player who starred for the Atlanta Braves and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on May 26, 2026. Born James Robert Horner on…
R. Fred Lewis passes away at age 78
R. Fred Lewis, an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1998 to 2019, died on May 26, 2026, at age 78. Born…
Howard Storm died at age 94
Howard Storm, an American actor and director known for work on "Take the Money and Run," "Once Bitten" and "Mork & Mindy," died on May 26, 2026. He was 94.…
Donald Newhouse passed away at age 96
Donald Newhouse, the American businessman and publisher who led Advance Publications, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 96, according to the family company. Born in New York…
Marc Johnson dies at age 49
Marc Johnson, an American skateboarder, died on May 26, 2026, at age 49. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on January 6, 1977, he was a professional skateboarder whose career included…
Alan Saret dies at 81
Alan Saret, an American postminimalist artist and sculptor whose wire works helped define parts of the Soho alternative art scene, died on May 26, 2026. He was 81. Born in…
Robert Daley died at age 96
Robert Daley, the American writer, journalist and New York City Police Department officer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 96. Daley, born in New York City on May 10,…
Frankie Duarte passed away at age 71
Frankie Duarte, an American boxer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 71. Duarte was a professional super bantamweight who turned pro in 1973 and retired in 1989 after losing…
Raymond Berry dies at 93
Raymond Berry died on May 25, 2026. He was an American Hall of Fame football player and coach. Berry’s name became closely associated with the sport through his work as…
Florence Denmark has died at age 94
Florence Denmark died on May 25, 2026. She was associated with the American Psychological Association. Tags Politicians, 25 May 2026, America, Aquarius, Denmark, Florence, May 2026, May 25
Stanley Michael Gartler died at age 102
Stanley Michael Gartler died on May 25, 2026. He was an American biologist. Tags Scientists, 25 May 2026, America, Gartler, Gemini, Stanley, May 2026, May 25
Gary L. Pudney passed away at age 91
Gary L. Pudney died on May 25, 2026. He was an American television executive at ABC. No other details about his life or career were provided in the available record.…
Russell M. Pitzer dies at 88
Russell M. Pitzer, an American chemist and educator, died on May 25, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Russell Mosher Pitzer on May 10, 1938, in Berkeley, California, he…
Benjamin Swan dead at age 92
Benjamin Swan, the American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2017, died on May 25, 2026. He was 92. Swan represented the 11th Hampden…
Sonny Rollins passes away at age 95
Sonny Rollins, the American jazz saxophonist known for "Airegin," "Oleo" and "Doxy," died on May 25, 2026, at age 95. Born Walter Theodore Rollins on Sept. 7, 1930, in New…
Kathryn Sessions, died aged 84
Kathryn Sessions, an American politician who served in the Wyoming Senate from 1999 to 2011 and in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998, died on May 25,…
Gary Foster dead at age 89
Gary Foster, an American musician and educator whose career spanned jazz, cool jazz, classical and pop, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Norman Gary Foster…
Oval Jaynes dies at 85
Oval Jaynes died on May 24, 2026. He was an American college football player and coach. Born July 25, 1940, Jaynes was known for his involvement in college football as…
Obituary: Ted White, dead at age 88
Ted White, an American author, editor and fan who also worked as a music critic, died on May 24, 2026. Born Theodore Edwin White on February 4, 1938, in Washington,…
Charlie Moore has died at age 72
Charlie Moore, an American baseball player who spent 14 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and one with the Toronto Blue Jays, died on May 24, 2026. He was 72. Moore…
John Eaton dies at age 91
John Eaton, the American jazz pianist and musicologist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born John Livingston Eaton in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1934, he…
James Anthony Carmichael, died aged 84
James Anthony Carmichael, an American musician and record producer, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 84. A Grammy-winning arranger and producer, he began his career in Los…
Arleen Schloss passed away at age 82
Arleen Schloss, an American performance artist, died on May 23, 2026. She was 82. Schloss was known for performance art, video and film art, sound poetry, directing and curating, and…
Albert Wolsky dies at 95
Albert Wolsky, the French costume designer, died on May 23, 2026. He was 95. Wolsky was known for work in film and on stage, with a career that included costume…
Ann Fox Chandonnet passed away at age 83
Ann Fox Chandonnet, an American poet, died on May 23, 2026, at age 83. She was also known as a journalist, book reviewer, and culinary historian. Born Ann Alicia Fox…
Ruth Shack passed away at age 94
Ruth Shack, an American politician, died on May 23, 2026, at age 94. She served as the sponsor of the 1977 Human Rights Ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and was…
William W. Parmley dead at age 90
William W. Parmley, an American cardiologist, died on May 23, 2026, at age 90. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 22, 1936, and was also known…
Philip Aaberg has died at age 77
Philip Aaberg, the American pianist and composer, died on May 23, 2026, at age 77 of pneumonia. Born in Havre, Montana, in 1949 and raised in Chester, he began performing…
Richard A. Tapia obituary: died at age 88
Richard A. Tapia, an American mathematician, died on May 23, 2026. He was known for his work in mathematical optimization and iterative methods for nonlinear problems, with more recent research…
Dang Van Phuoc, died aged 90
Dang Van Phuoc, a Vietnamese-American photojournalist, died on May 23, 2026. He was 90. Born in 1935 in a village near Quảng Ngãi Province in central Vietnam, he moved to…
Carl Schachter, died aged 93
Carl Schachter died on May 22, 2026. He was an American music theorist. Tags Other, 22 May 2026, America, Carl, Schachter, May 2026, May 22
Jonathan L. Foote passes away at age 90
Jonathan L. Foote, an American architect, died on May 22, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Foote's work was associated with the preservation movement in the United…
Lucille Berrien dead at age 98
Lucille Berrien, an American politician and civil rights activist, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 98. She was an activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a member of…
Rob Base dead at age 59
Rob Base, the American rapper known as one half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, died on May 22, 2026, of cancer. Along with DJ E-Z Rock, whose real…
Clarence B. Jones dies at age 95
Clarence B. Jones, an American lawyer and counsel, died on May 22, 2026. He was 95. Jones was the former personal counsel, adviser, draft speech writer and close friend of…
Grizz Chapman passed away at age 52
Grizz Chapman, an American actor best known for his recurring role on NBC’s "30 Rock," died on May 22, 2026. He was 52. Born Grizzwald Chapman in Brooklyn, New York,…
Charles Cioffi dead at age 90
Charles Cioffi, an American actor known for Get Christie Love!, Shaft and Klute, died on May 22, 2026. He was 90. Born in New York City on October 31, 1935,…
Mary Ellen Edmunds death at age 86
Mary Ellen Edmunds, an American Latter-day Saints missionary and speaker, died on May 21, 2026, at age 86. Born in Los Angeles on March 3, 1940, she grew up in…
Karl E. Weick has died at age 89
Karl E. Weick, the American organizational theorist who helped introduce the concepts of loose coupling, mindfulness and sensemaking into organizational studies, died on May 21, 2026. He was 89. Born…
John M. Fabian passes away at age 87
John M. Fabian, an American astronaut and Air Force officer, died on May 21, 2026, at age 87. Born John McCreary Fabian on January 28, 1939, in Goose Creek, Texas,…
Rafe Pomerance died at age 79
Rafe Pomerance, an American environmentalist, died on May 21, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 79. Pomerance was a Distinguished Senior Arctic Policy Fellow of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.…
Gerald M. Pomper dead at age 91
Gerald M. Pomper, an American political scientist, died on May 21, 2026. He was 91. Pomper specialized in American elections and politics and was the Board of Governors Professor Emeritus…
Kyle Busch dead at age 41
Kyle Busch, an American race car driver and team owner, died on May 21, 2026, at age 41. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 2, 1985, he competed full-time…
Julienne Bušić dead at age 77
Julienne Bušić, an American writer and activist, died on May 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Julienne Eden Schultz in Eugene, Oregon, in 1948, she was known for her role…
Howard Fendrich passes away at age 55
Howard Fendrich died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was an American sports writer for The Associated Press. His death was reported in connection with the illness. Howard Fendrich,…
Peter Helm, died aged 84
Peter Helm, the Canadian-American actor known for Inside Daisy Clover, The Andromeda Strain and The Longest Day, died on May 21, 2026. Born Peter John Helm Jr. on December 22,…
Jimmy Hughes dies at 88
Jimmy Hughes, an American rhythm and blues singer best known for "Steal Away," died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Jimmy J. Hughes on February 3,…
Cleve Moler, died aged 86
Cleve Moler, an American mathematician and computer programmer known for MATLAB and MathWorks, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86. He specialized in numerical analysis and was one of…
Phil Hickerson died at age 79
Phil Hickerson, an American professional wrestler, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 4, 1946, he debuted in 1974 with the…
Ron Escheté obituary: died at age 77
Ron Escheté, an American jazz guitarist, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 77. Also known as Ronald Patrick Escheté, he was a seven-string jazz guitarist whose career…
Murder of Charles Perez died at age 63
Murder of Charles Perez, the case stemming from the 2002 killing of Charles Perez in Phoenix, Arizona, died on May 20, 2026, when Leroy Dean McGill was executed by lethal…
Diane Carlson Evans has died at age 79
Diane Carlson Evans, an American army nurse, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. She served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and later…
Obituary: Jeffrey Lane, dead at age 71
Jeffrey Lane, an American television writer and playwright, died on May 20, 2026, at age 71. He wrote for the television series Ryan's Hope and Mad About You, and was…
Manny Nosowsky, died aged 94
Manny Nosowsky, an American crossword puzzle creator, died on May 20, 2026. Also known as Emanuel Ezra Nosowsky, he was a medical doctor by training who retired from a San…
Ladislav Jindra, died aged 104
Ladislav Jindra, a Czechoslovak-born American World War II veteran, died on May 20, 2026. He was known for his service during the war. No further details were immediately available. Ladislav…
John Huston Ricard obituary: died at age 86
John Huston Ricard, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop who led the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee from 1997 to 2007 and served as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore from 1984…
Tom Moore dies at age 81
Tom Moore, an American football player and coach with The Citadel Bulldogs, Clemson Tigers and Gardner–Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs, died on May 20, 2026. He was 81. Moore, born February 14,…
Limmie Pulliam death at age 50
Limmie Pulliam, an opera singer and American tenor, died on May 19, 2026. Born Limmie Demetrus Pulliam in Kennett, Missouri, on January 10, 1976, he became known for his powerful…
Al Hurricane Jr. died at age 66
Al Hurricane Jr., an American singer-songwriter, died on May 19, 2026, at age 66. Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez Jr. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 30, 1959, he was known…
Barney Frank passes away at age 86
Barney Frank, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013, died on May 20, 2026, at age 86 of congestive heart failure. A…
Walt Rock passes away at age 84
Walt Rock, an American professional football player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Walter Warfield Rock in Cleveland on November 4, 1941, he grew up…
Jacob Cress dead at age 81
Jacob Cress, an American furniture maker known for his interpretations of classical 18th-century furniture, died on May 19, 2026. He was 81. Born in 1944 in Norton, Virginia, he worked…
Death of Robert Woodson at age 89
Robert Woodson, an American political activist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Robert Leon Woodson on April 8, 1937, in Philadelphia, he was a civil…
Herb Wilkinson dead at age 102
Herb Wilkinson, an American basketball player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 102. Born Herbert Wells Wilkinson on December 13, 1923, in Hurricane, Utah, he attended East…
Barbara Lenk obituary: died at age 75
Barbara Lenk, an American attorney and jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, died on May 21, 2026. She was 75. Born in Queens, New York, on December…
Mike Purzycki passes away at age 80
Mike Purzycki, the former mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, died on May 19, 2026. He was 80–81. Purzycki served as Wilmington’s 56th mayor from 2017 to 2025. Born in Newark, New…
Crawford Henry dies at age 88
Crawford Henry, an American tennis player, died on May 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1937, he was a high school tennis standout in…
Obituary: Carey Scurry, dead at age 63
Carey Scurry, an American basketball player, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 4, 1962, he was a 6-foot-7 small…
Piper J. Drake has died at age 49
Piper J. Drake, an American author, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 49. Better known by the pseudonym Piper J. Drake and also writing as PJ Schnyder,…
Meredith Lillich dies at 94
Meredith Lillich, an American art historian, died on May 18, 2026. She was 94. Lillich was an art historian and medievalist who taught at Syracuse University. She was educated at…
Marideth Sisco passes away at age 82
Marideth Sisco, an American author and musician, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Also known as Marideth Ann Sisco, she was an American storyteller, folklorist, singer-songwriter,…
Jerry Grey death at age 62
Jerry Grey died on May 18, 2026, of colon cancer. He was an American professional wrestler. Tags Athletes, 25 May 2026, America, Cancer, Grey, Jerry, Colon Cancer, May 2026, May…
Gregory D. Shorey Jr. dead at age 101
Gregory D. Shorey Jr., an American politician who served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1958 to 1961, died on May 18, 2026. He was 101. Born…
Tom Kane passes away at age 64
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was…
Death of Patriotic Kenny at age 84
Patriotic Kenny, an American veteran and social media personality, died on May 18, 2026, at age 84 of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. Born Kenneth Jary on January 29,…
Caitlin O’Heaney passes away at age 73
Caitlin O'Heaney, the American actress best known for her lead role in the television adventure series "Tales of the Gold Monkey," died on May 18, 2026, at age 73. Born…
Rob Schumacher dies at age 62
Rob Schumacher died May 17, 2026. He was an American photojournalist. Tags Other, 17 May 2026, America, Cancer, Rob, Schumacher, May 17, May 2026
Peter G. Neumann dies at age 93
Peter G. Neumann, an American computer science researcher, died on May 17, 2026, at age 93 from complications from a fall. He worked on the Multics operating system in the…
Juris Upatnieks passes away at age 90
Juris Upatnieks, a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, died on May 17, 2026, at age 90. Born in Riga, Latvia, on May 7, 1936, he was a pioneer in holography and…
Brenda Travis dies at age 81
Brenda Travis, an American civil rights campaigner, died on May 17, 2026. She was 81. Travis was an African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose…