Death of Mike Nelson at age 71
Mike Nelson died on May 16, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 16 May 2026, America, Gemini, Mike, Nelson, May 16, May 2026
Famous Dead People from America
Over 31,000 obituaries for famous people from America who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Gary Cutsinger, died aged 86
Gary Leon Cutsinger, an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Houston Oilers, died on May 16, 2026, at age 86. Born in Perry, Oklahoma,…
International Journal of Comic Art passes away at age 90
International Journal of Comic Art, the American comics scholar who founded the International Journal of Comics Art, died on May 16, 2026. John A. Lent established the biannual journal in…
Death of Silvio Benedetto at age 88
Silvio Benedetto, the Argentine painter and sculptor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on March 21, 1938, he was a naturalized Italian…
Dennis Locorriere has died at age 76
Dennis Locorriere, the American singer and guitarist best known for his work with Dr. Hook, died on May 16, 2026, of kidney disease. He was 76. Born Dennis Michael Locorriere…
James Robison died at age 82
James Robison, an American televangelist, died on May 17, 2026, at age 82, according to an announcement of his death. He was also a pastor, theologian, and author, and founded…
Ryan Porter dead at age 46
Ryan Porter, an American jazz trombonist, died on May 16, 2026, from injuries sustained in a traffic collision. He was 46. Based in Los Angeles, Porter was a founding member…
Quinn G. McKay obituary: died at age 99
Quinn G. McKay, an American academic, writer and Mormon leader, died on May 16, 2026. He was 99. McKay was born on October 30, 1926, and was raised in Huntsville,…
Ike Willis dead at age 70
Ike Willis, an American guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with Frank Zappa, died on May 17, 2026, of prostate cancer. He was 70. Born Isaac Willis in…
Edmund Phelps death at age 92
Edmund Phelps, an American economist and 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, died on May 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 26, 1933,…
Tony Zappone passed away at age 78
Tony Zappone, an American journalist and radio personality, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Anthony Nicholas Zappone on October 9, 1947, in Tampa, Florida, he…
Sherman Lewis passed away at age 83
Sherman Lewis died on May 15, 2026. He was an American football player for the Toronto Argonauts and New York Jets and later coached for the Green Bay Packers. Lewis…
Brian Lindstrom died at age 65
Brian Lindstrom, an American documentary filmmaker, died on May 15, 2026, at age 65. He was associated with documentaries on addiction, incarceration, mental illness and police brutality. His films included…
Jane Healy has died at age 77
Jane Healy, an American journalist, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 1949, she was the daughter of Paul and…
Jon Phipps McCalla dies at age 79
Jon Phipps McCalla, an American judge, died on May 15, 2026, at age 79. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the…
Fred Nesler died at age 81
Fred Nesler, an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Born Aug. 2, 1944, he served in…
Morris Soller died at age 94
Morris Soller, an American-Israeli agricultural geneticist, died on May 14, 2026. He was 94 or 95. Soller, whose Hebrew name was Moshe Morris Soller, was born in Manhattan, New York…
Pete Naaden dead at age 98
Pete Naaden, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died on May 14, 2026, at age 98. He represented North Dakota’s 30th district from 1973…
Death of Raymond Eugene Johnson at age 52
Raymond Eugene Johnson, an American convicted serial killer, died on May 14, 2026, by lethal injection at age 52. Johnson was convicted of the 2007 murders of his ex-girlfriend and…
Claudine Longet dies at 84
Claudine Longet, a French-American singer and actress, died on May 14, 2026, at age 84. Born Claudine Georgette Longet in Paris on January 29, 1942, she was active from 1963…
David Henderson passed away at age 83
David Henderson, an American writer and poet, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 83. He was a co-founder of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and…
Thomas E. Breidenthal dead at age 75
Thomas E. Breidenthal, an American Episcopal bishop, died on May 14, 2026, at age 75. He served as the ninth Bishop of Southern Ohio from 2007 to 2020. Born in…
James F. Almand obituary: died at age 77
James F. Almand, an American politician and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 77. He represented Arlington, Virginia, in the…
DuWayne Bridges dies at 79
DuWayne Bridges died on May 13, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 13 May 2026, America, Bridges, Gemini, DuWayne, May 13, May 2026
Liah Greenfeld dead at age 71
Liah Greenfeld died on May 13, 2026. She was a Russian-born Israeli-American sociologist and anthropologist. Greenfeld, born on August 22, 1954, wrote on nationalism and related subjects. Tags Scientists, 13…
Clarence Carter passes away at age 90
Clarence Carter, an American singer-songwriter, died on May 14, 2026. He was 90. Born Clarence George Carter in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 14, 1936, he was blind from birth and…
David Morelock dies at 94
David Morelock, an American opera director, died on May 13, 2026. Born on July 16, 1931, he was a stage director of opera whose work was closely associated with the…
Mark Fuhrman, died aged 74
Mark Fuhrman, an American detective known for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder case, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 74 from cancer. He was…
Rex Reed passes away at age 87
Rex Reed, an American film critic and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at age 87. Born Rex Taylor Reed on Oct. 2, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, he was…
Bobby Keasler dies at age 80
Bobby Keasler, an American college football coach, died on May 12, 2026, at age 80. He was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, on September 8, 1945. Keasler served as head…
Barry W. Blaustein death at age 72
Barry W. Blaustein, an American screenwriter and film director, died on May 12, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Blaustein was best known for writing on Saturday Night Live…
Jack Taylor dies at 99
Jack Taylor, an American actor known for roles in Succubus, Conan the Barbarian and The Ninth Gate, died on May 12, 2026, at age 99. Born George Brown Randall in…
Charle Young dead at age 75
Charle Young, a Hall of Fame American football player who played tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on May 12, 2026, at age 75. Born…
Jason Collins has died at age 47
Jason Collins, an American basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, died on May 12, 2026, at age 47 from glioblastoma. Collins was…
Donald Gibb, died aged 71
Donald Gibb, an American actor known for Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport and 1st & Ten, died on May 12, 2026, at age 71. Gibb, whose full name was Donald…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dies at age 100
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12,…
William V. Tamborlane dies at age 79
William V. Tamborlane, an American pediatrician and academic, died on May 12, 2026. He was Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at Yale School of Medicine from 1986. Born in…
Patrick Arnold obituary: died at age 59
Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist known as the “Father of Prohormones,” died on May 12, 2026, at age 59. Born in 1966 in Guilford, Connecticut, he was identified in…
Lou Graham has died at age 88
Lou Graham, an American golfer and 1975 U.S. Open champion, died on May 11, 2026, at age 88. Born Louis Krebs Graham in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 7, 1938, he…
Buzz Capra died at age 78
Buzz Capra, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, died on May 11, 2026, at age 78. Born Lee William Capra on October…
Brandon Clarke dies at 29
Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 29. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 19, 1996, Clarke…
Death of Jack Douglas at age 80
Jack Douglas, an American record producer known for his work on "Toys in the Attic," "Rocks" and "Double Fantasy," died on May 11, 2026. He was 80. Douglas was a…
Xuong Nguyen-Huu has died at age 92
Xuong Nguyen-Huu, an American biochemist, died on May 11, 2026. He was born in Vietnam and became known as a pioneer of protein crystallography technology. His research focused on developing…
Silva has died at age 67
Luís Carlos da Silva Matos, a Brazilian footballer known as Silva, died on May 11, 2026. He was 67. A forward, Silva emerged in Botafogo’s youth system and played for…
David Lee passes away at age 82
David Lee, an American football player who was a punter for the Baltimore Colts, died on May 11, 2026, at age 82. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Minden,…
Jan E. DuBois has died at age 95
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A…
Obituary: Mary Lovelace, dead at age 84
Mary Lovelace O'Neal, an American artist and arts educator, died on May 10, 2026, at age 84. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 10, 1942, she was known for painting…
Kenneth B. Wiberg obituary: died at age 98
Kenneth B. Wiberg, an American chemist and professor emeritus of organic chemistry at Yale University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born Kenneth Berle Wiberg on…
Death of Abraham Foxman at age 86
Abraham Foxman, an American lawyer and activist who served as director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10, 2026, at age 86. He was the…
Mark Ratner, died aged 83
Mark Ratner, an American chemist and professor emeritus at Northwestern University, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83. Ratner was known for his work on the interplay…
Death of Jim Colbert at age 85
Jim Colbert, an American professional golfer, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on March 9, 1941, he attended Kansas State University,…
Death of Joyce Woodhouse at age 82
Joyce Woodhouse, an American politician and former member of the Nevada Senate, died on May 9, 2026. She was 82. Woodhouse served in the Nevada Senate representing the 5th district…
Bruno Bischofberger dies at age 86
Bruno Bischofberger, the Swiss art dealer and collector who became one of the most influential figures in postwar art, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 86. Born…
Bill Posey, died aged 78
Bill Posey, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2025, died on May 9, 2026, at age 78. A Republican, he represented Florida's…
Margareta Waterman dead at age 93
Margareta Waterman, an American poet and publisher, died on May 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Boston on December 8, 1932, and raised in New York City, she attended…
Jennifer Harmon has died at age 82
Jennifer Harmon, an American actress known for her work in How to Survive a Marriage and One Life to Live, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Gerald Talbot, died aged 94
Gerald Talbot, an American politician and civil rights leader, died on May 9, 2026, at age 94. A native of Bangor, Maine, he was born on October 28, 1931, and…
Warren Tipton dead
Warren Tipton, an American singer best known for his work with The Chi-Lites, died on May 9, 2026. He was an American R&B and soul singer from Gary, Indiana, who…
Mark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Mark Smythe died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 53 from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was a New Zealand-born American composer known for Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, and…
Death of Dennis Rush at age 74
Dennis Rush died on May 14, 2026. Dennis Rush, 74, American actor (Man of a Thousand Faces). (death announced on this date) Tags Actors, 14 May 2026, America, Dennis, Rush,…
Bobby Cox obituary: died at age 84
Bobby Cox, the Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player and manager, died on May 9, 2026. Robert Joe Cox was 84. He played for the New York Yankees…
Craig Morton death at age 83
Craig Morton, the American football player best known for his time with the Denver Broncos, died on May 9, 2026, at age 83. Born in Flint, Michigan, on February 5,…
Robert D. Garton has died at age 92
Robert D. Garton, an American politician and member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2006, died on May 9, 2026, at age 92. A Republican, he served…
Alan Gribben passed away at age 84
Alan Gribben, an American literary scholar, died on May 9, 2026. Born in Parsons, Kansas, on November 21, 1941, he built his career on the works of Mark Twain and…
Jo Ann Castle, died aged 86
Jo Ann Castle, the honky-tonk pianist known for her appearances on The Lawrence Welk Show, died on May 8, 2026. She was 86. Born Jo Ann Zering on September 3,…
Kiara St. James passed away at age 52
Kiara St. James, an American transgender activist, died on May 8, 2026. She was an African-American transgender activist and the co-founder and executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy…
Death of Betty Broderick at age 78
Betty Broderick, the American convicted murderer born Elizabeth Anne Bisceglia, died on May 8, 2026, at age 78 in San Bernardino County, California. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, on…
Joe Sedelmaier passed away at age 92
Joe Sedelmaier, an American television advertising director, died on May 8, 2026. He was 92. Born John Josef Sedelmaier on May 31, 1933, he worked in television advertising and was…
Joe Senser, died aged 69
Joe Senser, an American football player who was a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Philadelphia on August…
Michael J. Bransfield passes away at age 82
Michael J. Bransfield, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston from 2004 to 2018, died on May 7, 2026, at age 82. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,…
Pat Caputo obituary: died at age 67
Pat Caputo, an American sportswriter and broadcaster, died on May 7, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. Caputo was based in Southeast Michigan and worked as an on-air host…
Joni Lamb dead at age 65
Joni Lamb, the American Christian broadcaster who co-founded and led Daystar Television Network, died on May 7, 2026, of complications from a spinal injury. She was 65. Born Joni Trammell…
Bede Liu dies at age 91
Bede Liu, a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer, died on May 7, 2026. He was a professor emeritus at Princeton University. Born in Shanghai, China, on September 25, 1934, Liu earned a…
Philip Caputo dies at 84
Philip Caputo, an American author and journalist best known for the memoir A Rumor of War, died on May 7, 2026, at age 84. Born in Westchester, Illinois, in 1941,…
Earl-Jean McCrea dies at age 83
Earl-Jean McCrea, the American singer known for her work with The Cookies, died on May 7, 2026. Also known as Earl-Jean Reavis, she was a former pop and R&B singer…
Rick Kreuger dies at 76
Rick Kreuger, the American baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, died on May 7, 2026. Born Richard Allen Kreuger on November 3, 1948, he appeared in Major…
Mert Lawwill died at age 85
Mert Lawwill, an American motorcycle racer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Boise, Idaho, on September 25, 1940, he competed in the AMA Grand…
Russ Hodge obituary: died at age 86
Russ Hodge, an American Olympic decathlete, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Roscoe, New York, in 1939, Hodge was a track and field athlete…
Manuela Hoelterhoff obituary: died at age 77
Manuela Hoelterhoff, a German-born American cultural journalist who was executive editor of Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News, died on May 6, 2026, of cancer. She was…
Judith Barnard death at age 94
Judith Barnard, the American writer known as Judith Michael, died on May 6, 2026, of heart failure. She wrote under the name Judith Michael. Judith Barnard, 94, American writer (Judith…
John L. Marion died at age 92
John L. Marion, the American auctioneer and philanthropist who chaired Sotheby’s from 1975 to 1994, died on May 6, 2026. Born in Gardiner, New York, on November 27, 1933, Marion…
Lawrence J. Smith passes away at age 93
Lawrence J. Smith, an American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on May 6, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida, at the age of 85. A Florida…
Ronald Russell died at age 71
Ronald Russell, an American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, on June 10, 1954, he represented…
Harold K. Brown passes away at age 92
Harold K. Brown, an American civil rights leader, died on May 6, 2026. He was 92. Brown worked in San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego State University…
Morris Watts has died at age 89
Morris Watts, an American football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026. He was 88. Watts spent much of his career in coaching, serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks…
Dick Hughes dies at 88
Dick Hughes, an American baseball player, died on May 6, 2026, at age 88. Born Richard Henry Hughes on February 13, 1938, he pitched in three seasons for the St.…
Ted Turner died at age 87
Ted Turner, the American media proprietor who founded CNN, WTBS and TNT, died on May 6, 2026, at age 87. Born Robert Edward Turner III on November 19, 1938, in…
Daniel W. Jones obituary: died at age 81
Daniel W. Jones died on May 5, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 05 May 2026, America, Capricorn, Daniel, Jones, May 2026, May 5
Evelyn Cox dead at age 66
Evelyn Cox, an American country and bluegrass singer and musician with The Cox Family, died on May 5, 2026. She was 66. The Cox Family was an American country and…
Bob Belden has died at age 78
Bob Belden, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, died on May 5, 2026, in Canton, Ohio, at age 78. Belden was born in Canton…
Obituary: Kyle Loftis, dead at age 43
Kyle Loftis, an American media producer, entrepreneur, and internet personality, died on May 5, 2026, at age 43. He was the founder of 1320Video, an automotive media brand known for…
Jonathan Tiersten dies at 60
Jonathan Tiersten, an American actor known for Sleepaway Camp, died on May 5, 2026, at age 60. Tiersten portrayed Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult film Sleepaway Camp and later…
Death of Peter Ferrara at age 71
Peter Ferrara, an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The…
Crystal R. Emery passes away at age 65
Crystal R. Emery, an American film director and producer known for The Deadliest Disease in America, died on May 5, 2026. She was an American filmmaker, playwright and theatre director,…
Donald Ross died at age 85
Donald Ross, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003, died on May 5, 2026, at age 85. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he…
John Sterling died at age 87
John Sterling, the American sportscaster best known for his work with the New York Yankees, died on May 4, 2026, of heart failure. He was 87. Born John Sloss in…
Robert A. Stebbins obituary: died at age 87
Robert A. Stebbins, an American-born Canadian sociologist, died on May 4, 2026. He was 87. Stebbins was professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and served as associate editor for…
George Trahern passes away at age 89
George Trahern, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988, died on May 4, 2026. He was 89. Born in Grants Pass, Oregon,…
David Plowden passed away at age 93
David Plowden, an American photographer, died on May 4, 2026. He was born on October 9, 1932, in Boston and became known for historical documentary photographs of urban cities, steam…