John Killacky: key obituary facts
Is John Killacky dead? Yes. John Killacky died on November 2, 2026, at age 74.
Cause of death: John Killacky's cause of death was reported as Prostate cancer.
What was John Killacky known for?
He was an American politician and author.
More about John Killacky
Born: 24 June 1952.
Gender: male.
Occupation: politician, writer.
Nationality: United States.
Also known as: John R. Killacky.
John Killacky, an American politician and former arts administrator who served in the Vermont House of Representatives, died of prostate cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 74.
Elected to the House in 2019, he served two terms, through 2022. His public career followed work in arts organizations: before retiring in 2018, he led the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont, and he also served as an arts program officer with the San Francisco Foundation.
Killacky was also an artist and writer whose publications addressed the arts. He wrote and directed several award-winning short films and videos, which were shown at festivals, galleries, museums, hospitals and universities around the world. His video work entered the collections of libraries and universities and was televised locally in Texas, Minnesota, Maine and Vermont, as well as nationally on Free Speech TV, PBS and Cultura24. In 2019, he curated a retrospective of photographer Dona Ann McAdams, “Performative Acts,” which toured five Vermont venues through 2021. Champlain College Art Gallery presented a retrospective of eight of Killacky’s videos, “Embodied Voice,” in 2018; he was also an artist-in-residence there and co-curated FluxFest in 2023. At the Fabric Workshop and Museum in 2024, he worked onsite with production staff on an intermedia installation.