Richard Heinberg: key obituary facts
Is Richard Heinberg dead? Yes. Richard Heinberg died on July 19, 2026, at age 75.
Cause of death: Richard Heinberg's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Richard Heinberg known for?
He was a writer, journalist, educator, environmentalist.
More about Richard Heinberg
Born: 21 October 1950.
Gender: male.
Occupation: journalist, illustrator, writer, environmentalist, pedagogue, teacher, author.
Nationality: United States.
Notable work: The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies.
Also known as: Richard William Heinberg.
Richard Heinberg, a writer and educator whose work examined energy, economic and ecological issues, died on July 19, 2026, aged 75.
He was known for writing extensively about oil depletion and other energy questions, and he authored 14 books over the course of his career. Heinberg served as a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute.
He also published the MuseLetter newsletter and, in his early career, worked as personal assistant to the writer Immanuel Velikovsky and later helped edit manuscripts after Velikovsky’s death.