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died on May 24, 2026, of cancer. She was 59. Bellamy served in the National Assembly for Vendée’s 2nd constituency from 2022 until her death. 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He was 65. Biggs was a professional gardener for more than 25 years, having studied at Pershore College of Horticulture and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He made his first television appearance on Channel 4's Garden Club and directed the long-running ITV programme Grass Roots. He also contributed to BBC Gardeners' World magazine and wrote the Matthew Biggs Gardening Diary blog.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Biggs", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Howard Fendrich dead at age 55, American sports writer, cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/howard-fendrich", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 55, "death_date": "2026-05-21", "reported_date": "2026-05-21", "published_at": "2026-05-21T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fendrich", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Robert Irving dead at age 71, Canadian industrial, co-CEO of J.D. Irving, and sport administrator, president of the Moncton Wildcats, cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robert-irving", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-05-19", "reported_date": "2026-05-19", "published_at": "2026-05-19T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Robert Irving, the Canadian industrialist and co-CEO of J.D. Irving, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 71 after cancer. Based in Moncton, New Brunswick, he was responsible for several businesses within the Irving Group of Companies with operations across North America. He also served as president of Irving Tissue, Cavendish Farms and the Moncton Wildcats, and was co-chief executive officer of Midland Transport and president of Midland Courier.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Irving_(industrialist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Aglaia Kremezi dead at age 79, Greek food writer and journalist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/aglaia-kremezi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-19", "reported_date": "2026-05-19", "published_at": "2026-05-19T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "food writer", "journalist", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Greece" ], "description": "Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food writer and journalist, died on May 19, 2026, in Athens at the age of 79. Born in Athens on May 4, 1947, she was often considered one of Greece’s foremost cooking authorities. She lived on the island of Kea, Greece, where she ran a cooking school.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Aglaia_Kremezi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglaia_Kremezi", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Sally Head dead at age 79, British television producer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sally-head", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-18", "reported_date": "2026-05-18", "published_at": "2026-05-18T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "british television producer", "actors", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Sally Head, British television producer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Head", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Jennifer Paes dead at age 72, Indian Olympic basketball player, cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jennifer-paes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-05-17", "reported_date": "2026-05-17", "published_at": "2026-05-17T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer. She captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982. Paes, née Dutton, also accompanied her husband, field hockey player Vece Paes, to the Olympics.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Paes", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Tatsuya Hori dead at age 90, politician", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tatsuya-hori", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-05-16", "reported_date": "2026-05-16", "published_at": "2026-05-16T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politician", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Tatsuya Hori, politician.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Tatsuya_Hori.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuya_Hori", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Ike Willis dead at age 70, American guitarist, prostate cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ike-willis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-05-16", "reported_date": "2026-05-16", "published_at": "2026-05-16T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musician", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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 St. Louis, Missouri, on November 12, 1955, he played guitar from the age of eight. Willis was a regular member of Zappa’s studio and touring bands from 1978 until the last tour in 1988. He also did studio voice work, wrote compositions for films, led The Ike Willis Band and released two solo studio albums under his own name.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Ike_Willis.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Willis", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Dame Felicity Lott dead at age 79, English soprano, cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dame-felicity-lott", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-15", "reported_date": "2026-05-15", "published_at": "2026-05-15T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "soprano", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "England", "France" ], "description": "Dame Felicity Lott, the English soprano, died on May 15, 2026, aged 79, after a reported illness with cancer. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on May 8, 1947, she studied piano from age 5, played violin and began singing lessons at 12. She studied French and Latin at Royal Holloway, University of London, and took singing lessons in Grenoble during a year in France as part of her degree. Lott made her operatic debut at the City of London Festival in 1974 as Seleuce in Handel's Tolomeo and appeared the following year as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the English National Opera.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Lott", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Mark Fuhrman dead at age 74, American detective, cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mark-fuhrman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-05-12", "reported_date": "2026-05-12", "published_at": "2026-05-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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 a former Los Angeles Police Department detective who was primarily associated with the investigation of the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. After retiring from the LAPD, Fuhrman wrote true crime books and hosted talk radio. In 1995, he testified about evidence found in the case, including a bloody glove recovered at Simpson's estate, and later retired from the department that same year. In 1996, he pleaded no contest to perjury for false testimony related to the case.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Mark_Fuhrman.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fuhrman", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "José Ballesta Spanish politician, mayor of Murcia, cancer dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-ballesta", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-05-10", "reported_date": "2026-05-10", "published_at": "2026-05-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "José Ballesta, the Spanish politician who served as mayor of Murcia, died on May 10, 2026, of cancer. He was 67. Born in Murcia in 1958, he was a medical professor and a full professor at the University of Murcia from 1992. Ballesta served as president of the university from 1998 to 2006 and held office as mayor of Murcia from 2015 to 2021 and again from 2023. He also served as a minister in the Government of the Region of Murcia from 2007 to 2014.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ballesta", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Günther Maria Halmer dead at age 83, German actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gunther-maria-halmer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-05-10", "reported_date": "2026-05-10", "published_at": "2026-05-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Günther Maria Halmer, a German actor, died on May 10, 2026, at the age of 83, according to reports that said he died of cancer. Born in Rosenheim, Germany, on January 5, 1943, he was known for his work in 21 Hours at Munich, Sophie's Choice and Amen. He also served as a philanthropist for SOS Children's Villages.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Maria_Halmer", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Kiara St. James dead at age 52, Transgender and HIV advocacy", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kiara-st-james", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 52, "death_date": "2026-05-08", "reported_date": "2026-05-08", "published_at": "2026-05-08T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "transgender and hiv advocacy", "other" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "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 Group. St. James, who was born in 1973 or 1974, grew up in Beaumont, Texas. Her work focused on transgender and HIV advocacy.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Kiara_St._James.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiara_St._James", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Manuela Hoelterhoff dead at age 77, Cultural journalist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/manuela-hoelterhoff", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-05-06", "reported_date": "2026-05-06", "published_at": "2026-05-06T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "cultural journalist", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Germany" ], "description": "Manuela Hoelterhoff, Cultural journalist.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela_Hoelterhoff", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Chris Phelan dead at age 70, Oldham, Queensland), pancreatic cancer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chris-phelan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-05-05", "reported_date": "2026-05-05", "published_at": "2026-05-05T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia", "Ireland" ], "description": "Chris Phelan, the Irish-born Australian rugby league player who represented Parramatta and Queensland, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland, on December 12, 1955, he played in the 1980s and was a versatile forward for Queensland. Phelan was a two-time New South Wales Rugby League premiership-winner with the Parramatta Eels and also played for Oldham.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Phelan", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "José Ortiz dead at age 62, Puerto Rican basketball player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-ortiz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-05-05", "reported_date": "2026-05-05", "published_at": "2026-05-05T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "puerto rican basketball player", "athletes" ], "description": "José Ortiz, Puerto Rican basketball player.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Jos_Ortiz_basketball.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortiz_(basketball)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Lee Allen Zeno American musician, cancer dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lee-allen-zeno", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-05-03", "reported_date": "2026-05-03", "published_at": "2026-05-03T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Lee Allen Zeno died on May 3, 2026. He was an American musician.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Allen_Zeno", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Donald Sidney-Fryer dead at age 91, writer, poet", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/donald-sidney-fryer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-05-02", "reported_date": "2026-05-02", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writer", "poet", "actors", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Donald Sidney-Fryer, writer, poet.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/05/Donald_Sidney-Fryer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sidney-Fryer", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/craig-venter", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-29", "reported_date": "2026-04-29", "published_at": "2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, at age 79 from complications from cancer. Venter, born John Craig Venter in Salt Lake City, Utah, led one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and headed the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. He also founded the Institute for Genomic Research and was an American scientist and entrepreneur.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Craig_Venter.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Venter", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "J. Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/j-craig-venter", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-29", "reported_date": "2026-04-29", "published_at": "2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "J. Craig Venter, an American genomics researcher and founder of Celera Corporation and the J. Craig Venter Institute, died on April 29, 2026, of complications from cancer. He was 79. Venter was known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and for leading the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. 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He worked on more than 200 films from 1978 and was credited on The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Speed. Maslow also won the BAFTA Award for The Empire Strikes Back and the Australian AACTA for The Great Gatsby.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Maslow", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Raghu Rai Indian photographer, cancer dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/raghu-rai", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-04-26", "reported_date": "2026-04-26", "published_at": "2026-04-26T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Raghu Rai, an Indian photographer and photojournalist, died on April 26, 2026, in Delhi, India, at the age of 83, from cancer. He became a photographer in the mid-1960s and later joined the staff of The Statesman in New Delhi. In 1976, he left the paper and became a freelance photographer. From 1982 until 1992, Rai was director of photography for India Today. He was a protégé of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who nominated him to join Magnum Photos in 1977, and served on the jury for World Press Photo from 1990 to 1997. Rai was known for books including Raghu Rai's India: Reflections in Colour and Reflections in Black and White.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Raghu_Rai.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghu_Rai", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Heidi Sørensen Danish-Norwegian politician, MP, cancer dead at age 56", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/heidi-sorensen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-04-25", "reported_date": "2026-04-25", "published_at": "2026-04-25T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Denmark", "Norway" ], "description": "Heidi Sørensen died on April 25, 2026, of cancer. She was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2013.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_S%C3%B8rensen", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Lize van der Walt South African television personality, cancer dead at age 60", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lize-van-der-walt", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 60, "death_date": "2026-04-19", "reported_date": "2026-04-19", "published_at": "2026-04-19T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "South Africa" ], "description": "Lize van der Walt died on April 19, 2026, of cancer. She was a South African television personality known for Gladiators. The news of her death was reported with respect by those who followed her work on television.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lize_van_der_Walt", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Ben Bartlett British composer, lung cancer dead at age 61", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ben-bartlett", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-04-19", "reported_date": "2026-04-19", "published_at": "2026-04-19T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Ben Bartlett died on April 19, 2026, of lung cancer. He was a British composer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bartlett", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Shiran Kaïdine French guitarist, cancer dead at age 44", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/shiran-kaidine", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 44, "death_date": "2026-04-17", "reported_date": "2026-04-17", "published_at": "2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Shiran Kaïdine, a French guitarist with Year of No Light and Monarch!, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 44 after cancer. He was active from 2002 to 2021 and played in drone metal and sludge metal bands. Monarch!, formed in Bayonne in 2002, released albums, EPs, singles and splits during Kaïdine’s career.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Shiran_Ka_dine.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiran_Kaïdine", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Andy Kershaw English broadcaster and radio DJ, cancer dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andy-kershaw", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-04-16", "reported_date": "2026-04-16", "published_at": "2026-04-16T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Andy Kershaw, the English broadcaster and radio DJ, died on April 16, 2026, after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 66. Born Andrew J. G. Kershaw in Littleborough, Lancashire, on 9 November 1959, he worked predominantly in radio from 1981 to 2026. Kershaw was known for his interest in world music, and his shows featured country, blues, reggae, folk music, African music, spoken word performances and other music from around the world.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Andy_Kershaw.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kershaw", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Peter Lynn New Zealand engineer and kite maker, cancer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-lynn", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-11", "reported_date": "2026-04-11", "published_at": "2026-04-11T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Peter Lynn, a New Zealand engineer, kite maker and inventor, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79 after cancer. He was born Peter Robert Lynn in 1946 and worked in kite making from 1973. Lynn and his wife Elwyn established a kite business in Ashburton in 1971, producing single-line kites for children. He later developed the Peter Lynn Triangular box kite and large creature-themed display kites, including the 27-metre octopus kite. He also helped popularise kite buggying and contributed to the development of power kiting and kitesurfing.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lynn", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Lionel Rosenblatt American diplomat, president of Refugees International, cancer dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lionel-rosenblatt", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-04-11", "reported_date": "2026-04-11", "published_at": "2026-04-11T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Sri Lanka" ], "description": "Lionel Rosenblatt, an American diplomat and president of Refugees International from 1990 to 2001, died on April 11, 2026, of cancer. He was 82. Born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1943, Rosenblatt graduated from Harvard College and attended Stanford Law School for a year before joining the Foreign Service. He served in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Thailand in the 1960s and early 1970s, later as refugee coordinator at the U.S. Embassy in Thailand. He was among the leading advocates for resettling Indochinese refugees in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Lionel_Rosenblatt.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Rosenblatt", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Browning Nagle public figure dead at age 57", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/browning-nagle", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 57, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Browning Nagle, an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League, died on April 10, 2026, at age 57 of colon cancer. He played for the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons after being selected by the Jets in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft. Nagle played college football for Louisville after beginning his college career at West Virginia. He also played professional football in the Arena Football League.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Nagle", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Harry Kim American trumpeter, cancer dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/harry-kim", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Harry Kim, an American trumpeter best known for his work with the Phenix Horns and his long association with Phil Collins, died on April 10, 2026, of cancer. Born and raised in New York City, he attended the High School for the Performing Arts and initially prepared for a career as a classical trumpeter. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he developed an interest in funk and jazz and toured with various show groups, R&B revues and big bands, including the Harry James Big Band. During the disco era, he also worked with Tito Puente and Celia Cruz and further developed his arranging skills on disco productions.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Harry_Kim_musician.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kim_(musician)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Afrika Bambaataa American DJ and rapper, complications from cancer dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/afrika-bambaataa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Afrika Bambaataa, an American DJ, rapper, and record producer, died on April 9, 2026, of complications from cancer. Born Lance Taylor on April 17, 1957, he was known for the tracks \"Planet Rock,\" \"Looking for the Perfect Beat,\" and \"Renegades of Funk.\" He was also one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and helped spread hip hop culture through the Universal Zulu Nation.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Afrika_Bambaataa.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Koo Sze-yiu Chinese political activist, colon cancer dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/koo-sze-yiu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-04-08", "reported_date": "2026-04-08", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "China" ], "description": "Koo Sze-yiu, a Chinese political activist known for anti-communism protests, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 80 from colon cancer. Also known by the nickname \"Long Beard,\" he was widely recognized for carrying a handmade coffin and burning flags at demonstrations. He was jailed 12 times over his protests and continued taking part in Hong Kong social movements after 1989, including 1 July marches and other actions after the 1997 handover.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Koo_Sze-yiu.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Sze-yiu", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "David Kabua Marshallese politician, president, cancer dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-kabua", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-04-08", "reported_date": "2026-04-08", "published_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho Atoll in the Legislature of the Marshall Islands from 2008. Kabua also served terms as minister of health and minister of internal affairs. He was the fourth child and second son of former Marshall Islands President Amata Kabua and former First Lady Emlain Kabua. Kabua graduated from Xavier High School in Chuuk State in 1971 and later studied at the University of Hawaii in Manoa.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/David_Kabua.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kabua", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Nick Pope British journalist and television personality, esophageal cancer dead at age 61", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nick-pope", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-04-06", "reported_date": "2026-04-06", "published_at": "2026-04-06T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Nick Pope died on April 6, 2026, of esophageal cancer. He was a British journalist and television personality known for Ancient Aliens and UFOs Declassified. His work on those programs made him a familiar presence to viewers interested in unexplained phenomena and related subjects.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Nick_Pope_journalist.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Pope_(journalist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Arne Olsen Canadian screenwriter, complications from cancer dead at age 64", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/arne-olsen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 64, "death_date": "2026-04-04", "reported_date": "2026-04-04", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Arne Olsen died on April 4, 2026, from complications from cancer. He was a Canadian screenwriter whose credits included Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Cop and a Half, and All Dogs Go to Heaven 2.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Olsen", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Augustine Nshimye Law dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/augustine-nshimye", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-03", "reported_date": "2026-04-03", "published_at": "2026-04-03T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "law", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "description": "Augustine Nshimye, a Ugandan judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, died on April 3, 2026. He served as a member of the Supreme Court from 2015, after being appointed to the court in September 2015. Nshimye’s career began in 1967 as a senior clerk. He later served as deputy chief registrar from 1986 to 1988, entered private practice in 1988, and was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal, which also served as the Constitutional Court, in 2008. In 2010, he temporarily served as an acting Justice of the Supreme Court.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_Nshimye", "cause_of_death": { "label": "cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Butch Wilson American football player, cancer dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/butch-wilson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-04-03", "reported_date": "2026-04-03", "published_at": "2026-04-03T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Butch Wilson, an American football player who played for the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, died on April 3, 2026, of cancer. He was 84. Wilson, whose full name was George Marvin Wilson, was a tight end for seven seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he led the team in receptions in 1960 and shared the team lead in interceptions for three straight seasons from 1960 to 1962. He won a national championship with Alabama in 1961.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Wilson", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Dalia Nausheen Singer dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dalia-nausheen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-04-01", "reported_date": "2026-04-01", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "singer", "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Bangladesh" ], "description": "Dalia Nausheen, a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer, died on April 1, 2026, of cancer. Born in 1954 or 1955, she was among the artists who participated in the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. In 2020, the government of Bangladesh awarded her the Ekushey Padak, the country’s second-highest civilian award, in recognition of her contribution to music.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_Nausheen", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Bob Atha American football player, cancer dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-atha", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-03-31", "reported_date": "2026-03-31", "published_at": "2026-03-31T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bob Atha, an American football player who played for the Ohio State Buckeyes, died on March 31, 2026, at age 65. Atha, born in Marietta, Ohio, played college football as a placekicker, punter and quarterback. From 1978 to 1980, he served as a backup to quarterback Art Schlichter and placekicker Vlade Janakievski. In 1981, he became the Buckeyes' starting placekicker and remained a backup quarterback behind Mike Tomczak. That season, Atha led Ohio State in scoring with 88 points, and on Oct. 24, 1981, he made five field goals in a game at Ohio Stadium to set a school and stadium record that has since been tied.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Atha", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Stephen Lewis Politician, diplomat, author, writer, journalist, broadcaster, academic, public speaker, nonprofit executive, activist dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/stephen-lewis-2", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-31", "reported_date": "2026-03-31", "published_at": "2026-03-31T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politician", "diplomat", "author", "writer", "journalist", "broadcaster", "academic", "public speaker", "nonprofit executive", "activist", "journalists", "politicians", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician and diplomat who served as an Ontario MPP from 1963 to 1978, died on March 31, 2026, of cancer. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1963 and led the Ontario New Democratic Party from 1970 to 1978. In 1975, he became leader of the province's Official Opposition. Lewis later served as Canadian ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988 and as the U.N. special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from 2001 to 2006.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Stephen_Lewis.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lewis", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Christopher North American keyboardist, throat cancer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christopher-north-ambrosia", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Christopher North, the American keyboardist who was the founding keyboardist of the band Ambrosia, died on March 30, 2026, at age 75. Born Christopher Reed North in San Francisco on January 26, 1951, he grew up in San Pedro, California, and played in several bands during junior high and high school. He later formed Blue Toad Flax in 1968 and co-founded Ambrosia in 1970 with David Pack, Joe Puerta and Burleigh Drummond. North was active as a musician from 1964 to 2026 and played Hammond organ, keyboards, synthesizers and glockenspiel.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Christopher_North_Ambrosia.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_North_(Ambrosia)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "James Stannage British radio talk show host, cancer dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/james-stannage", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "James Stannage, the British radio talk show host, died on March 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Charles James M. Stannage in Norton, County Durham, on February 22, 1950, he presented late-night phone-in shows, including The Late Night James Stannage Talk Show on Manchester’s Key 103. He was dismissed from Key 103 in June 2005 after numerous warnings and a history of run-ins with regulator Ofcom, and later hosted an online radio show. Stannage also worked at Piccadilly Radio in the mid-1970s and had earlier been an amateur actor and secondary school teacher.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stannage", "cause_of_death": { "label": "cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Glen Baxter Draughtsman, artist dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/glen-baxter-artist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "draughtsman", "artist", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Glen Baxter, the English artist and draughtsman known for his absurdist drawings, died on March 29, 2026. He was 82. Born in Leeds on March 4, 1944, Baxter trained at Leeds College of Art from 1960 to 1965 and taught at the V&A from 1967 to 1974. His first solo exhibition was held at New York’s Gotham Book Mart Gallery, and his work appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Independent on Sunday. He lived and worked in London and exhibited with Flowers Gallery in shows including \"Furtive Loomings,\" \"Tofu Walk With Me\" and \"Glen Baxter: The Soul in Torment, Parts I & II.\"", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Glen_Baxter_artist.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Baxter_(artist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Bill Riley Canadian ice hockey player and coach, cancer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-riley-ice-hockey-born-1950", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Bill Riley, a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, died on March 29, 2026, of cancer. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on September 20, 1950, he played 139 NHL games for the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets between 1974 and 1980. Riley was the third black player and the first of African Nova Scotian descent in the NHL. His career, which ran from 1974 to 1989, was otherwise spent in the minor leagues, and he also coached the Moncton Wildcats.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Bill_Riley_ice_hockey_born_1950.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Riley_(ice_hockey,_born_1950)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Ronald H. Spector Historian, writer, academic dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ronald-h-spector", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-03-26", "reported_date": "2026-03-26", "published_at": "2026-03-26T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "historian", "writer", "academic", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Ronald H. Spector, an American military historian, died on March 26, 2026, at age 83. He was a professor at George Washington University and also taught at the University of Alabama. Spector enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel in the reserves. He was a historian at the United States Army Center of Military History and was tasked to prepare a study of the Grenada operation. Born in Pittsburgh on January 17, 1943, he graduated from Johns Hopkins University and later earned a Ph.D. from Yale University.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Ronald_H._Spector.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_H._Spector", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Mel Schilling Australian television presenter, colon cancer dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mel-schilling", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "journalists", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 53. Schilling, born Melanie Jane Schilling in Melbourne on April 20, 1972, also worked as a relationship coach and had a career in organizational psychology that spanned more than two decades. She appeared on the Nine Network reality series from 2016 until her death.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Mel_Schilling.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Schilling", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Chip Taylor American singer and songwriter, cancer dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chip-taylor", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-23", "reported_date": "2026-03-23", "published_at": "2026-03-23T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Chip Taylor, the American singer and songwriter known for writing \"Angel of the Morning\" and \"Wild Thing,\" died on March 23, 2026, at age 86. Born James Wesley Voight in Yonkers, New York, on March 21, 1940, he performed professionally as Chip Taylor and worked in country and pop music from the 1960s until 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Chip_Taylor.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Taylor", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Steve Gaines Pastor, 61st President of the Southern Baptist Convention dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/steve-gaines-pastor", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-03-20", "reported_date": "2026-03-20", "published_at": "2026-03-20T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "pastor", "61st president of the southern baptist convention june 15", "2016 – june 13", 2018, "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Steve Gaines, an American pastor and president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2016 to 2018, died on March 20, 2026, at age 68. Born John Steven Gaines in Corinth, Mississippi, on December 31, 1957, he served as senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, after earlier leading Gardendale First Baptist Church in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, for 14 years. He resigned as senior pastor on September 22, 2024, to pursue an itinerant preaching ministry.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Steve_Gaines_pastor.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gaines_(pastor)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Isabelle Mergault French actress and film director, cancer dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/isabelle-mergault", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-03-20", "reported_date": "2026-03-20", "published_at": "2026-03-20T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Isabelle Mergault, the French actress, director, writer and television and radio personality, died on March 20, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at the age of 67, following a battle with cancer. Born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, on May 11, 1958, she was active from 1979 to 2026. Mergault was known for her work as an actress in \"Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien...\" and \"Club de rencontres,\" and as director of \"You Are So Beautiful.\"", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Isabelle_Mergault.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Mergault", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Jun Matsumoto Japanese politician, twice MP, deputy chief cabinet secretary, and chair of the National Public Safety Commission, stomach cancer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jun-matsumoto-politician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-19", "reported_date": "2026-03-19", "published_at": "2026-03-19T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Jun Matsumoto, a Japanese politician and twice a member of the House of Representatives, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 75 in Tokyo. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served as deputy chief cabinet secretary from 2008 to 2009 and chaired the National Public Safety Commission from 2016 to 2017. Matsumoto was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, and graduated from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jun_Matsumoto_politician.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Matsumoto_(politician)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Mike Clampitt Firefighter dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mike-clampitt", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-03-18", "reported_date": "2026-03-18", "published_at": "2026-03-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "firefighter retired", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "James Michael Clampitt, an American politician and former firefighter who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, died on March 18, 2026, at age 71 of cancer. A Republican, he represented the 119th district, covering portions of Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties, from 2017 to 2019 and again from 2021 until his death. Before winning election in 2016, he ran unsuccessfully for the Swain County Board of Commissioners in 2006 and 2010 and for the state House in 2012 and 2014. He served as a captain in the Charlotte Fire Department from 1977 to 2004.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Mike_Clampitt.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Clampitt", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "José Luis Álvarez Chilean footballer, complications from liver cancer dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-luis-alvarez-footballer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Chile" ], "description": "José Luis Álvarez Núñez, a Chilean professional footballer who played as a forward, died on March 1, 2026, from complications from liver cancer. Born on 8 December 1960, he came through the Deportes La Serena youth system and was promoted to the first team by coach Alfonso Sepúlveda. He later moved to Colo-Colo in 1981, where he scored 18 goals in official matches. Álvarez also played in Chile for O'Higgins, Unión La Calera, Magallanes, Deportes Arica, Cobreandino, Deportes Melipilla and Municipal Talagante, and appeared for clubs in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_%C3%81lvarez_(footballer)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Eugènia Balcells Visual artist dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eugenia-balcells", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "visual artist", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Eugènia Balcells, a Spanish-Catalan visual artist, died on March 1, 2026, in Barcelona at the age of 82. Born in Barcelona on May 12, 1943, she graduated in technical architecture from the University of Barcelona and began presenting her work publicly in the 1970s. She specialized in video and visual art, including work with Eulàlia Grau in the United States. Her later works were acquired by the Generalitat de Catalunya.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8nia_Balcells", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Devonta Lee American football player dead at age 27", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/devonta-lee", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 27, "death_date": "2026-02-26", "reported_date": "2026-02-26", "published_at": "2026-02-26T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Devonta Lee, an American football player, died on February 26, 2026, at age 27. Lee was an American college football player who played wide receiver for the LSU Tigers and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. He joined LSU in 2019 and appeared in 13 games as a freshman, catching two passes for 27 yards. After three seasons, he transferred to Louisiana Tech in 2022. Lee was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in July 2022, later went into remission following several surgeries, and died in Hammond, Louisiana.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonta_Lee", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Oliver “Power” Grant Wu-Tang Clan dead at age 52", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/oliver-power-grant", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 52, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "wu-tang clan", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Oliver \"Power\" Grant, an American entrepreneur and producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan, died on February 24, 2026, at age 55. Grant was a close associate of the hip-hop group and executive produced all of its albums. He was the founder and CEO of the Wu Wear clothing line and stores, and also produced the PlayStation game Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style. Grant appeared briefly as an actor in films including Belly and Black and White. Born in Jamaica, he grew up in the Park Hill Projects in Staten Island.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Oliver_Power_Grant.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_%22Power%22_Grant", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Walter Pawelkiewicz German-born American politician dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/walter-pawelkiewicz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Germany" ], "description": "Walter Pawelkiewicz, a German-born American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 49th district from 1999 to 2009, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Vladyslaw Marion on February 8, 1949, in Oberlahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, he was known by the name Walter Pawelkiewicz during his political career. Pawelkiewicz died of cancer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pawelkiewicz", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Karen Shaw Petrou American financial analyst dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karen-shaw-petrou", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Karen Shaw Petrou, an American financial analyst and co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics, died on February 21, 2026, of cancer in Washington, D.C., at the age of 72. Born Karen Ann Dolmatch in New York City on March 6, 1953, she grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Petrou provided analytic and advisory services on legislation, public policy, and regulatory issues affecting financial services in the United States and foreign countries. She earned an undergraduate degree in political science from Wellesley College, studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received an M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was also a doctoral candidate.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Karen_Shaw_Petrou.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Shaw_Petrou", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "David Judge British political scientist and writer, oesophageal cancer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-judge-political-scientist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-20", "reported_date": "2026-02-20", "published_at": "2026-02-20T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "David Judge, a British political scientist and writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 75 from oesophageal cancer. He was based at the University of Strathclyde, where he was Emeritus Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy. Born in Sheffield on 22 May 1950, his research interests included legislative studies, United Kingdom political institutions, the European Parliament and representative democracy. He was also a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges from 2004 to 2007 and at the University of Houston from 1993 to 1994.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Judge_(political_scientist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Béatrice Ardisson Composer dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/beatrice-ardisson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "composer", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Béatrice Ardisson, a French composer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 62. Born Béatrice Loustalan in Auch, France, on July 26, 1963, she produced a variety of songs in the 1990s alongside her husband, Thierry Ardisson, whom she divorced in 2010. Ardisson died of cancer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9atrice_Ardisson", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Pravina Deshpande Actress dead at age 60", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pravina-deshpande", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 60, "death_date": "2026-02-17", "reported_date": "2026-02-17", "published_at": "2026-02-17T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actress", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Pravina Deshpande, an Indian actress, died on February 17, 2026, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, at the age of 60 from blood cancer. She worked mainly in Marathi and Hindi films and television shows from 2008 to 2026. Deshpande was known for her roles in the television shows Ghar Ek Mandir, Karam Apnaa Apnaa and Kulfi Kumar Bajewala. Her film credits included Ready, Ek Villain and Jalebi, and she last appeared in the Netflix web series Taskaree in 2026. She was cremated the same day at Andheri, Mumbai.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravina_Deshpande", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Shinya Japanese musician dead at age 56", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/shinya-musician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-02-17", "reported_date": "2026-02-17", "published_at": "2026-02-17T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Shinya Yamada, the Japanese musician best known as the drummer of Luna Sea, died on February 17, 2026, at age 56 of cancer. Born in Hadano, Kanagawa, on January 13, 1970, he was also a media personality and businessman. He played with Luna Sea from 1989 until the band’s disbandment in 2000, and again after its 2010 reunion until his death. His career also included solo work and performances with other acts, including Maki Ohguro and Friends, Creature Creature, Toshi with T-Earth, and Yellow Fried Chickenz.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_(musician)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Benny Indra Ardhianto Indonesian politician and businessman dead at age 33", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/benny-indra-ardhianto", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 33, "death_date": "2026-02-07", "reported_date": "2026-02-07", "published_at": "2026-02-07T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Indonesia" ], "description": "Benny Indra Ardhianto, an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as vice regent of Klaten, died on February 7, 2026, in Semarang, Central Java, at the age of 33 after being treated for cancer. Born in Boyolali, Central Java, on April 14, 1992, he was a member of the Greater Indonesia Movement Party and took office as vice regent on February 20, 2025, after being inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace in Jakarta. He served in the post until his death.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Indra_Ardhianto", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Adriano Lima Brazilian swimmer dead at age 52", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/adriano-lima", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 52, "death_date": "2026-02-07", "reported_date": "2026-02-07", "published_at": "2026-02-07T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Brazil" ], "description": "Adriano Lima, the Brazilian Paralympic swimmer, died on February 7, 2026, of bone cancer in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, at the age of 52. Born in Natal on June 21, 1973, he competed in international elite competitions and won 11 Parapan American Games titles, nine Paralympic medals and nine World medals. Lima became paraplegic after falling off a roof while working at a construction site at age 17.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano_Lima", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Fred Smith Bassist dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/fred-smith-bassist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-05", "reported_date": "2026-02-05", "published_at": "2026-02-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "bassist", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Fred Smith, the American bassist best known for his work with the rock band Television, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Fredrick Edward Lefkowitz in New York City on April 10, 1948, he performed with Television and was formerly associated with Blondie. Smith also began making wine with his wife, artist Paula Cereghino, in 1999; they later moved production to Bloomington, New York, and formally established the artisanal winery Cereghino Smith in 2007.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Fred_Smith_bassist.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Smith_(bassist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Scott Adams American cartoonist, prostate cancer dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/scott-adams-2", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-01-13", "reported_date": "2026-01-13", "published_at": "2026-01-13T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "artists", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Scott Adams, the American cartoonist and writer best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip, died on January 13, 2026, at age 68. He was also a conservative commentator and wrote nonfiction works on business, self-improvement, commentary, satire, and politics. Adams worked in various corporate roles before becoming a full-time cartoonist in 1995. Created in 1989, Dilbert reached national prominence by the mid-1990s and later gained a worldwide audience, while Adams also published books including God's Debris and Loserthink.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/01/Scott_Adams.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Murat Bisenbin Kazakh actor, cancer dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/murat-bisenbin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-01-08", "reported_date": "2026-01-08", "published_at": "2026-01-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "description": "Murat Bisenbin died on January 8, 2026. He was a Kazakh actor.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Bisenbin", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "David E. Mitchell American medical activist, founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, multiple myeloma dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-e-mitchell", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-01-02", "reported_date": "2026-01-02", "published_at": "2026-01-02T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "David E. Mitchell, an American medical activist and founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, died on January 2, 2026. Mitchell, also known as David Emerson Mitchell, was an American business executive and drug price advocate who became active in drug pricing after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Born on May 4, 1950, in Detroit, Illinois, he worked for the United Auto Workers union and later became a founding partner of the Washington-based public relations firm GMMB in 1986. He retired in 2016 and then devoted his final years to drug price advocacy.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Mitchell", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Saber Eid Egyptian football player dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/saber-eid", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2025-12-29", "reported_date": "2025-12-29", "published_at": "2025-12-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Egypt" ], "description": "Saber Eid, an Egyptian football player who played for Ghazl El Mahalla and the national team, died on December 29, 2025. He was born on May 1, 1959, and played as a centre-back for Ghazl El Mahalla. Eid represented Egypt at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He died after suffering from lung cancer, with tumors in his leg and lung.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber_Eid", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Richard Meier Poet dead at age 55", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/richard-meier-poet", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 55, "death_date": "2025-12-17", "reported_date": "2025-12-17", "published_at": "2025-12-17T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "poet", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Richard Meier, an English poet, died on December 17, 2025, of lung cancer in East Finchley, London, at the age of 55. Born in Great Bookham, Surrey, in 1970, he won the 2010 Picador Poetry Prize. 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