Dan Newman, a Canadian politician, died on May 21, 2026. He was 63. Newman was born in Toronto and served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003. He was a cabinet minister… · 21 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026
Dan McLean, a Canadian journalist and news anchor, died on April 28, 2026, at age 78. McLean grew up in Orillia, Ontario, and began his journalism career at 15 with a part-time job at a Welland radio station. He went… · 28 April 2026 · April 2026
Dan Wall, an American jazz organist and pianist, died on April 14, 2026, at age 72. Daniel Lee Wall Jr. was born on September 7, 1953, and was also a university professor. While still in high school, he led his… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Dan Piachaud, a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Oxford University, Marylebone and the national team, died on April 2, 2026, aged 89. Born in Colombo in 1937, he studied at St Thomas' College before going to Keble College, Oxford.… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
DJ Dan, the American house music DJ and producer born Daniel Wherrett, died in March 2026 at the age of 57. Born in Olympia, Washington, in 1968 and raised in Lacey, Washington, he moved to Seattle in the late 1980s…
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Dan Simmons, an American science fiction and horror writer, died on February 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Daniel Joseph Simmons in Peoria, Illinois, on April 4, 1948, he was the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles.… · 21 February 2026 · February 2026
Dan McQuade, an American journalist and writer, died on January 28, 2026. He was 43. A Philadelphia-based writer and community figure, McQuade was best known for recording and reporting on a 2014 comedy performance by Hannibal Buress that referenced longstanding… · 28 January 2026 · January 2026
Dan Coleman, an American football player who was a defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings, died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Lansing, Michigan, on August 14, 1962, he played college football for the Murray… · 10 January 2026 · January 2026
Israeli military officer and businessman · 27 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 27 · Other
American television writer (The Simpsons · 14 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 14
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 22 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 22
American monster truck driver · 07 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 7 · Other
Serbian-American restaurateur · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15 · Other
American record label executive (Putumayo World Music) · 21 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 21 · Other
American musher · 12 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 12 · Other
Irish Gaelic footballer · 07 April 2025 · April 2025 · April 7
Romanian gymnast · 11 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 11 · Other
Canadian voice actor (Care Bears · 19 November 2024 · November 2024 · November 19
American sportscaster (WJW) and journalist (Cleveland Plain Dealer) · 05 October 2024 · October 2024 · October 5
German-born American music journalist and archivist · 07 September 2024 · September 2024 · September 7
Romanian sports journalist · 01 September 2024 · September 2024 · September 1
American football coach (Calgary Stampeders · 16 August 2024 · August 2024 · August 16 · Other
American journalist and author · 10 July 2024 · July 2024 · July 10
American sportswriter (The Star-Ledger) · 05 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 5 · Other
American sound engineer · 09 April 2024 · April 2024 · April 9 · Other
American author and screenwriter (Going All the Way) · 13 March 2024 · March 2024 · March 13
Northern Irish Gaelic footballer · 04 March 2024 · March 2024 · March 4
American screenwriter and producer (M*A*S*H) · 25 February 2024 · February 2024 · February 25
victim of the Perry High School shooting · 18 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 18 · Other
American writer (How to Be a Jewish Mother · 18 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 18
American comic book illustrator (Animal Man · 21 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 21
American singer and guitarist (QTY) · 15 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 15
Mauritian politician · 09 April 2023 · April 2023 · April 9
84-85 · 27 March 2023 · March 2023 · March 27 · Other
American folklorist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania · 27 March 2023 · March 2023 · March 27
Japanese actor · 23 March 2023 · March 2023 · March 23 · Jiro
American baseball player (Montreal Expos · 06 March 2023 · March 2023 · March 6
Israeli architect · 11 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 11 · Other
Canadian guitarist (Helix) · 09 November 2022 · November 2022 · November 9
Scottish singer (Nazareth) · 07 November 2022 · November 2022 · November 7
American businessman and rancher · 27 October 2022 · October 2022 · October 27 · Other
American advertising executive · 30 September 2022 · September 2022 · September 30 · Other
American ice hockey linesman (NHL) · 05 September 2022 · September 2022 · September 5 · Other
Israeli mysticist · 24 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 24 · Other
Israeli entrepreneur · 25 June 2022 · June 2022 · June 25 · Other
American architect · 03 February 2022 · February 2022 · February 3 · Other
Romanian businessman and billionaire · 10 October 2021 · October 2021 · October 10 · Other
Israel biochemist and professor (Weizmann Institute of Science) · 05 May 2021 · May 2021 · May 5
American security researcher · 24 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 24
American rock and roll musician · 20 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 20
Australian ska punk drummer (Area-7) · 30 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 30
American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) · 19 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 19
American entrepreneur · 01 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 1 · Other
American Hall of Fame football player (Montreal Alouettes · 27 August 2020 · August 2020 · August 27
American animation (Felix the Cat) and gag cartoonist · 14 June 2020 · June 2020 · June 14
65–66 · 24 May 2020 · May 2020 · May 24 · Other
American baseball player (San Diego Padres) · 23 April 2020 · April 2020 · April 23
British football chairman Plymouth Argyle · 27 March 2020 · March 2020 · March 27 · Other
American football coach (Pittsburgh Steelers · 20 February 2020 · February 2020 · February 20
Romanian rock musician (Sfinx) · 19 January 2020 · January 2020 · January 19 · Aldea
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 10 November 2019 · November 2019 · November 10
American Grammy-award winning musician (Julio Iglesias · 06 September 2019 · September 2019 · September 6