Deaths in 2026
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
June
9
8
- Myktybek Abdyldayev, 72, Kyrgyz politician, speaker (2020) and member (since 2010) of the Supreme Council.[1]
- Bo Brown, 81, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2020).[2]
- María Rosa Fugazot, 83, Argentine actress.[3]
- Juan Andrés Larre, 58, Uruguayan footballer (Chamois Niortais, Gazélec Ajaccio, national team).[4]
- Nikke Ström, 75, Swedish rock musician (Nationalteatern), complications from heart surgery.[5]
7
- Fatjon Bunjaku, 22, Kosovar footballer (Phoenix Banjë, Malisheva, AF Elbasani), traffic collision.[6]
- Mangal Prasad Gupta, 80, Nepali politician, MP (2022–2025).[7]
- Stacey King, 59, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster, three-time NBA champion (1991, 1992, 1993), fall.[8]
- Yishai Levi, 63, Israeli Mizrahi music singer.[9]
- Arvi Lind, 85, Finnish television news presenter (Yle TV1).[10]
- Prakash Mallavarapu, 77, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cuddapah (1998–2002) and Vijayawada (2002–2012), archbishop of Visakhapatnam (2012–2024).[11]
- István Mihalecz, 78, Hungarian football player (Zalaegerszegi TE) and manager (Szombathelyi Haladás, Nagykanizsa FC).[12]
- Dennis Parrett, 66, American politician, member of the Kentucky Senate (2011–2023).[13]
- Richard Scolyer, 59, Australian pathologist, glioblastoma.[14]
- Vsevolod Sevastyanov, 88, Russian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai (1994–2016).[15]
- Karel Tejkal, 88, Czech radio journalist and publicist.[16] (death announced on this date)
- Wilma Tisch, 98, American philanthropist.[17]
- V. Vikramraju, 92, Indian cricket umpire.[18]
- Robert Louis Wilken, 89, American historian.[19]
- Gordon S. Wood, 92, American historian (The Radicalism of the American Revolution, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815), Pulitzer Prize winner (1993), traffic collision.[20]
- Ben Aziz Zagré, 27, Burkinabè footballer (Kaisar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, national team), complications of cancer.[21]
6
- Osório Citora Afonso, 54, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Maputo (2023–2025) and bishop of Quelimane (since 2025), shot.[22]
- Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, 68, Nigerian academic administrator, vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin (2012–2017).[23]
- Hans Chrunak, 77, Swedish swimming coach.[24]
- Ernie Cunliffe, 88, American Olympic runner (1960).[25]
- Alan Hale, 67, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Hale–Bopp.[26]
- Julio Jung, 84, Chilean actor (Coronation, El regalo, And Suddenly the Dawn) and radio announcer.[27]
- Salim Kumar, 56, Indian film director (Karutha Joothan) and actor (Achanurangatha Veedu, Adaminte Makan Abu), liver disease.[28]
- Víctor Mendoza, 62, Ecuadorian footballer (Barcelona, national team), heart, lung and kidney disease.[29]
- Bob Packwood, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1969–1995) and the Oregon House of Representatives (1963–1969).[30]
- Alan Riding, 82, British journalist (The New York Times), cancer.[31]
5
- Steve Almaas, 69, American musician (The Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo, The Del-Lords), cancer.[32]
- Manuel Domingos Augusto, 68, Angolan journalist and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2017–2020).[33]
- Waldemar Bohdanowicz, 85, Polish politician, mayor of Łódź (1989–1990), senator (1991–1993).[34]
- Bernadette Chirac, 93, French politician, spouse of the president (1995–2007).[35]
- Christiane Cohendy, 86, French actress (The Creator, The Horseman on the Roof, The Passerby).[36]
- Denis Coughlan, 80, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Glen Rovers, St. Nicholas').[37]
- Cliff Fletcher, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey executive (Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Phoenix Coyotes).[38]
- Marion Fossett, 71, Irish singer (Sheeba).[39]
- Ignacio Gómez Aristizábal, 96, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ocaña (1972–1992) and archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (1992–2007).[40]
- Ovidio Granados, 84, Colombian vallenato accordionist and songwriter.[41]
- Lady Pamela Hicks, 97, British aristocrat.[42]
- Tamás Horváth, 35, Hungarian footballer (Kaposvári Rákóczi), cancer.[43] (death announced on this date)
- Jürgen Kesting, 85, German journalist and music critic.[44]
- Olufemi Majekodunmi, 86, British-Nigerian architect.[45]
- Gerry Meehan, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Washington Capitals, Atlanta Flames) and executive.[46]
- Yrondu Musavu-King, 34, Gabonese footballer (Boulogne, Le Mans, national team).[47]
- Vania Protti Traxler, 89, Italian entrepreneur.[48]
- Talay Riley, 35, British singer ("Make You Mine") and songwriter ("Young Dumb & Broke", "Bounce"), stabbed.[49]
- Giuseppe Sacchi, 93, Italian television director and producer.[50]
- Sadıq Sadıqov, 60, Azerbaijani football executive, president of Neftçi (2009–2015).[51]
- Herbert Schnitzer, 85, German racing team owner (Schnitzer Motorsport).[52]
- Indio Solari, 77, Argentine musician (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota).[53]
- Georgios Souflias, 84, Greek politician, minister of national economy (1989–1990), education (1991–1993), and the environment (2004–2009).[54]
- A. C. Sreehari, 56, Indian poet and writer.[55]
- Tchamola Tanko, Togolese footballer (Foadan FC).[56]
- Michael Tate, 80, Australian politician and Catholic priest, senator (1978–1993).[57]
- Francine Villeneuve, 61, Canadian jockey and racing pioneer.[58]
4
- Claudio Appiani, 69, Italian rugby union player (Calvisano, national team).[59]
- George Berzsenyi, 87, Hungarian-American mathematician.[60]
- Robert Coles, 97, American child psychiatrist and author.[61]
- Aaron Cook, 46, Welsh footballer (Salisbury City, Gosport Borough, Bemerton Heath Harlequins), cancer.[62]
- Muhammad al-Fayadh, 95, Afghan-born Iraqi marja'.[63]
- Patrick Godfrey, 93, English actor (Maurice, The Count of Monte Cristo, Ever After).[64]
- Eddie Haas, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Atlanta Braves).[65]
- Ian Hampton, 79, Scottish bassist (Sparks).[66]
- Nell Hynes, 109, Irish centenarian, oldest person in Ireland (since 2025).[67]
- Valentina Ignatyeva, 77, Russian actress.[68]
- Greg James, 71, American tattoo artist.[69]
- Ned Jarrett, 93, American Hall of Fame racing driver (NASCAR) and broadcaster, two-time Cup Series champion (1961, 1965).[70]
- Jin Ze, 33, Chinese actor.[71]
- Hans Jorritsma, 77, Dutch Olympic field hockey player (1976).[72]
- Subhash C. Kashyap, 97, Indian political scientist.[73]
- Bob Lacey, 72, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians).[74]
- Leivinha, 76, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Portuguesa, national team).[75]
- Pahlaj Nihalani, 76, Indian film producer (Aankhen, Shola Aur Shabnam).[76]
- Edward Ntshingila, South African politician, MP (since 2024).[77]
- John D. Ong, 92, American manufacturing industry executive and diplomat, CEO of Goodrich Corporation (1979–1986) and ambassador to Norway (2002–2005), kidney failure.[78]
- Gary Piantedosi, 71, American Olympic rower (1976), cancer.[79]
- José Sanfilippo, 91, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, EC Bahia, national team).[80]
- Marjane Satrapi, 56, Iranian-French graphic novelist (Persepolis) and film director (Persepolis, Dear Paris).[81] (death announced on this date)
- Fergus Slattery, 77, Irish Hall of Fame rugby union player (British & Irish Lions, Barbarians, national team).[82]
- Sir John Swan, 90, Bermudian politician, premier (1982–1995).[83]
- Anantrao Thopate, 93, Indian politician, three-time Maharashtra MLA.[84]
- Amin Tojiyev, 79, Uzbek politician, chairman of the Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan (1989–1992, 1998–2002).[85]
- Rabilal Tudu, 76, Indian Santali writer.[86]
- Chunchuna Villafañe, 92, Argentine actress (No toquen a la nena, The Official Story, I Never Been in Vienna).[87]
3
- Rocky Allen, 71, American talk radio personality (WPLJ), cancer.[88]
- Eugène Attigan, 55, Togolese journalist and television presenter (Togolese Television).[89]
- Wilhelmus de Bekker, 87, Dutch-born Surinamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Paramaribo (2004–2014).[90]
- Dimitri Bertsekas, 83, Greek mathematician.[91]
- Sterling Betancourt, 96, Trinidadian steelpan music arranger and musician.[92]
- Chung King-fai, 89, Hong Kong actor (Black Mask, My Family, Welcome to the House).[93]
- Charlie Cunningham, 77, American mountain biker, co-founder of Wilderness Trail Bikes, complications from a traffic collision.[94] (death announced on this date)
- Matthieu d'Epenoux, 60, French businessman and board game designer.[95]
- Jagannath Prasad Das, 90, Indian writer and poet.[96]
- Jaba Dvali, 41, Georgian footballer (Zestaponi, Dinamo Tbilisi, national team), heart attack.[97]
- Sally Grace, 74, English actress (Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, Coronation Street, Ghost Story).[98] (death announced on this date)
- James Handy, 81, American actor (Top Gun: Maverick, Jumanji, Alias), stabbed.[99]
- Margriet Hermans, 72, Belgian singer and politician (Open VLD), senator (2007–2011), euthanasia.[100]
- Kanya King, 57, British businesswoman, founder of the MOBO Awards, colon cancer.[101]
- Max Kleven, 92, Norwegian-born American stuntman and second unit director (Back to the Future, Batman Returns, The River Wild).[102]
- Ray Lampkin, 78, American boxer.[103] (death announced on this date)
- Lieke Marsman, 35, Dutch poet, cancer.[104]
- Rutsel Martha, 70, Dutch politician.[105]
- Angela Morant, 84–85, British actress (I, Claudius, Brookside, Dixon of Dock Green).[106] (death announced on this date)
- Reha Muhtar, 66, Turkish television anchor (TRT, Show TV) and newspaper columnist (Vatan), heart failure.[107]
- Patrick Négrier, 70, French philosopher.[108]
- Peter Potichnyj, 96, Polish-Ukrainian-born American-Canadian political scientist and historian.[109]
- A. K. M. Rahmatullah, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1987, 1996–2001, 2009–2024).[110]
- Axel Schreiber, 49, German actor (Berlin by the Sea).[111]
- Bobby Tambling, 84, English football player (Chelsea, Crystal Palace, national team) and manager.[112]
- James Blood Ulmer, 86, American guitarist.[113]
- Price Wallace, 64, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2018).[114]
- Whatarangi Winiata, 90, New Zealand Māori academic, founder of Te Wānanga o Raukawa.[115]
- Norma Yaeger, 96, American stockbroker.[116]
2
- Nasos Athanasiou, 75, Greek politician, MP (2012–2023).[117]
- Andy Bishop, 61, American racing cyclist, cancer.[118]
- Peabo Bryson, 75, American singer ("If Ever You're in My Arms Again", "Beauty and the Beast", "A Whole New World"), Grammy winner (1993, 1994), complications from a stroke.[119]
- Sir Neville Cenac, 86, Saint Lucian politician, governor-general (2018–2021) and minister of foreign affairs (1987–1992).[120]
- Daniel Costelle, 90, French documentarist and film director (Apocalypse: The Second World War, Apocalypse: World War I).[121]
- Lyuben Dilov Jr., 61, Bulgarian writer and journalist, MP (2005–2009, since 2021), complications from a heart attack.[122]
- Seham Galal, 54, Egyptian actress, complications from vascular surgery.[123]
- José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, 63, Spanish veterinarian and politician, minister of universities of Andalusia (since 2022) and rector of the University of Córdoba (2014–2022), cancer.[124]
- David J. Halberstam, 74, American radio executive (Westwood One) and sports broadcaster (Miami Heat, St. John's Red Storm), brain cancer.[125]
- Casey Luna, 95, American racing team owner and politician, lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1991–1995).[126]
- Cláudio Magrão, 72, Brazilian politician, deputy (2003–2007, 2007–2009).[127]
- Nina Marushina, 91, Russian actress (Day by Day).[128]
- Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, 64–65, Burmese film director, poet and political prisoner, liver cancer.[129]
- Homa Mirafshar, 89, Iranian poet.[130]
- Alexey Panteleev, 67, Russian politician, senator (2009–2012).[131]
- Robert Parizeau, 90, Canadian businessman (Fonds de solidarité FTQ).[132]
- Yogesh Patel, 79, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA (since 2012).[133]
- Mildred Pitts Walter, 103, American writer.[134] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Alex Younger, 62, British intelligence officer, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (2014–2020), pancreatic cancer.[135]
1
- Rick Adelman, 79, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets).[136]
- Tofail Ahmed, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–2024), minister of industries (1996–2006) and commerce (2014–2019).[137]
- Ermanno Arslan, 85, Italian archaeologist.[138]
- Areski Belkacem, 86, French singer, musician, and composer.[139]
- Jozien Bensing, 76, Dutch clinical psychologist.[140]
- John Blanche, 77, British fantasy and science fiction illustrator (White Dwarf, Warhammer 40,000).[141]
- Stéphane-Albert Boulais, 76, Canadian writer and film critic.[142]
- Margaret Commodore, 93, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA (1982–1996).[143]
- Probal Dasgupta, 72, Indian Esperantist, president of the Universal Esperanto Association (2007–2013), stroke.[144]
- Souleymane Diallo, 80–81, Guinean journalist, founder of Le Lynx.[145]
- Raúl Guerrón, 49, Ecuadorian footballer (Deportivo Quito, national team), stomach cancer.[146]
- Alan Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst, 88, British politician, MP (1970–1974, 1977–2017) and member of the House of Lords (2018–2024).[147]
- Anthony Head, 72, English actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin), complications from pneumonia.[148]
- Knut Husebø, 80, Norwegian visual artist and actor (Life and Death, Julia Julia, Apprentice to Murder).[149]
- Aleksandr Ivanchenko, 80, Russian writer.[150]
- Pierre Izard, 90, French politician, member (1967–2015) and president (1988–2015) of the general council of Haute-Garonne, mayor of Villefranche-de-Lauragais (1971–2001).[151]
- Igoris Kirilovas, 54, Lithuanian footballer (FK Panerys Vilnius, Hapoel Jerusalem, national team).[152]
- Master Parrot, 47–48, Ugandan dancehall and Afro-pop musician, traffic collision.[153]
- Gianni Francesco Mattioli, 86, Italian politician, deputy (1987–2001) and minister of community policies (1998–1999).[154]
- Michael Meadowcroft, 84, English politician, MP (1983–1987).[155]
- Richard Mettler, 56, French-born American film editor (Desert Warrior, Anthropoid, I.S.S.), cancer.[156]
- Marios Oikonomou, 33, Greek footballer (Bologna, AEK Athens, national team), complications from head injury in a traffic collision.[157]
- André Santini, 85, French politician, deputy (2009–2017) and mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux (since 1980).[158]
- Sir Angus Stirling, 92, British arts administrator and conservationist.[159]
- Bruce Van Sant, 88, American-born Dominican sailor and author.[160]
- Wei Zongwan, 87, Chinese actor (San Mao Joins the Army, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 1911).[161]
- Larisa Zhukovskaya, 88, Russian actress (War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Black Monk).[162]