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.
September
9
8
- Eric Pearce, 94, Australian field hockey player, Olympic silver (1968) and bronze medalist (1964).[1] (death announced on this date)
- Monito Rodríguez, 80, Mexican footballer (Zacatepec, Club América, national team).[2] (death announced on this date)
7
- K. Achuthan, 76, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1996–2016).[3]
- Admire Moon, 23, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse.[4] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Richard Alston, 77, British choreographer.[5]
- Hafidh Ameir, 76, Tanzanian agriculturalist, first gentleman (since 2021), heart disease.[6]
- Tony Buss, 87, English cricketer (Sussex).[7]
- Nuno Cardoso, 64, Portuguese engineer and politician, president of the Porto Municipal Chamber (1999–2002).[8]
- Norberto Galasso, 90, Argentine historian.[9]
- Sir Roger Jones, 83, Welsh pharmaceutical executive and researcher.[10]
- Stanisław Małkowski, 82, Polish Roman Catholic priest.[11]
- Bello Mandiya, 62, Nigerian politician, senator (2019–2023).[12]
- Iskhak Mashbash, 96, Russian poet.[13]
- Galina Mishenina, 76, Russian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1976).[14]
- Silvio Meli, 72, Maltese judge.[15]
- Rihards Pīks, 84, Latvian politician and film director, MEP (2004–2009) and minister of foreign affairs (2004).[16]
- Vadim Popov, 86, Belarusian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (2000–2004, 2007–2008).[17] (death announced on this date)
- Nina Popova, 81, Russian actress (Day by Day, Investigation Led by Experts, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer).[18]
- R. Sarath, 65, Indian film director (Sayahnam, The Desire, Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu), kidney disease.[19]
6
- Rudy Ariffin, 73, Indonesian politician, governor of South Kalimantan (2005–2015) and regent of Banjar (2000–2005).[20]
- Iván Carvajal, 78, Ecuadorian poet.[21]
- Bill Dundee, 82, Scottish-born Australian professional wrestler (AWA, NWA, WCW).[22]
- Edward Field, 102, American poet.[23]
- Guus Kouwenhoven, 84, Dutch arms dealer.[24]
- Sudivya Kumar, 56, Indian politician, Jharkhand MLA (since 2019), heart attack.[25]
- Darío Silva Silva, 88, Colombian Evangelical pastor.[26]
- Hristo Spasov, 38, Bulgarian footballer (Chepinets, Naftex, Bansko).[27]
- Matt Suhey, 68, American football player (Chicago Bears).[28]
- Richard Tesařík, 80, Czech singer (Yo Yo Band).[29]
- Stephen Walker, 61, English-born Northern Irish journalist (BBC Northern Ireland) and author.[30]
5
- Robert Alexy, 80, German jurist and legal philosopher.[31]
- Jean-Pierre Clar, 84, French rugby league (US Villeneuve XIII, national team) and rugby union player (SU Agen).[32]
- Alberto Iribarne, 76, Argentine lawyer and politician, minister of justice (2005–2007).[33]
- Otto Jelinek, 86, Czech-born Canadian figure skater and politician, MP (1972–1993) and minister of national revenue (1989–1993), complications from Parkinson's disease.[34]
- Peter Katsambanis, 60, Australian politician, Victoria MLC (1996–2002) and Western Australia MLC (2013–2017) and MLA (2017–2021).[35] (death announced on this date)
- Shirley Strum Kenny, 92, American academic administrator, president of Stony Brook University (1994–2009) and Queens College (1985–1994).[36]
- Serhat Kılıç, 51, Turkish actor (Kuruluş: Osman, Maraşlı, Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı).[37]
- Ken Lancaster, 83, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2001–2003).[38] (death announced on this date)
- Georgina Lightning, 63, Canadian film director (Older than America), screenwriter, and actress, equestrian accident.[39]
- Bruce Lunsford, 78, American politician and attorney.[40]
- Erni Mangold, 99, Austrian actress (Before Sunrise, Therapy for a Vampire, The Forester of the Silver Wood).[41]
- Georgy Matyukhin, 91, Russian economist, governor of the Central Bank of Russia (1992).[42]
- Frank McDonald, 76, Irish environmental journalist (The Irish Times).[43]
- Michael Mendl, 82, German actor (Downfall, 14 Days to Life, Dark), skin cancer.[44]
- Resil B. Mojares, 83, Filipino author, historian and literary critic.[45]
- Joe Morgan, 95, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Boston Red Sox).[46]
- Robin Morgan, 85, American poet, writer (Sisterhood Is Powerful) and feminist, co-founder of the Women's Media Center, complications from Parkinson's disease.[47]
- Filip Sternberg, 69, Czech-Austrian lawyer, member of Sternberg nobility.[48]
- Klaus Wanger, 85, Liechtensteiner politician, member (1993–2009) and president (2001–2009) of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.[49]
- Andy Williams, 48, American guitarist (Every Time I Die) and professional wrestler (AEW, ROH).[50]
4
- Shin'ichi Abe, 76, Japanese mangaka, mandibular gland cancer.[51]
- Yves Brunier, 85, French animator, puppeteer and actor (L'Île aux enfants).[52]
- Craig Douglas, 85, English singer ("Only Sixteen") and actor (It's Trad, Dad!).[53]
- Camilo Escalona, 71, Chilean politician, senator (2006–2014), prostate cancer.[54]
- Zenyazen Escobar, 42, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2024), shot.[55] (body discovered on this date)
- Jorge Gallego, 86, Colombian footballer (Deportivo Cali, Deportes Tolima, national team).[56]
- Steve Gollschewski, 67, Australian police officer, commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (2024–2026), lung cancer.[57]
- S. R. Janakiraman, 98, Indian Carnatic singer and musicologist.[58]
- Tadeush Kasyanov, 87, Russian martial artist and stunt coordinator.[59]
- Husky Kihal, 64, French actor (Astrid et Raphaëlle).[60]
- Javad Mojabi, 86, Iranian poet and writer, cancer.[61]
- Tahir Nikšić, 76, Bosnian actor and theatre artist.[62]
- Jerry Oates, 78, American professional wrestler.[63]
- Richard O'Sullivan, 82, English actor (Man About the House, Robin's Nest, Dick Turpin).[64]
- Edward Raradza, 79, Zimbabwean tobacco farmer and politician, MP (2008–2013).[65]
- Pedro Rodríguez, 93, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and theologian (Opus Dei).[66]
- François Rossé, 81, French composer and pianist.[67]
- Jon Small, American drummer (The Hassles, Attila) and music video director ("Walk This Way").[68]
- Alexey Vishnevetsky, 60, Russian journalist.[69] (death announced on this date)
- Don Wilhelms, 96, American geologist.[70]
- Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 92, British-Australian aristocrat.[71]
3
- Mireille Calle-Gruber, 81, French literary critic and academic.[72]
- Ramón Espinar Gallego, 72, Spanish politician, member of the Assembly of Madrid (1983–1995).[73]
- Brian Fallon, 93, Irish art critic.[74]
- Keyvan Khosrovani, 88, Iranian architect and lighting designer.[75]
- Ritu Khullar, 62, Canadian jurist, chief justice of Alberta (since 2022), cancer.[76]
- Enos Mafokate, 80, South African equestrian.[77]
- Győző Martos, 76, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros, national team).[78]
- Harish Chandra Mishra, 67, Indian judge, lokayukta of Delhi (since 2022).[79]
- Fabio Mussi, 78, Italian politician, minister of university and research (2006–2008) and deputy (1992–2008).[80]
- Milan Ohnisko, 61, Czech poet, editor and dissident, signatory of Charter 77.[81]
- Michel Paulin, 92, French actor (Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, Nuits Rouges).[82]
- Ahmad Muhammad Sani II, 83, Nigerian traditional ruler, emir of Gumel (since 1980).[83]
- Iwan Setiawan, 58, Indonesian football manager (Persibom, Serpong City, Persibo Bojonegoro).[84] (death announced on this date)
2
- Libor Balák, 65, Czech painter and illustrator.[85]
- Jimmy Batten, 70, English boxer, complications from Parkinson's disease.[86] (death announced on this date)
- Hugh Curran, 82, Scottish footballer (Norwich City, Wolverhampton, national team).[87]
- Chen Kuan-tai, 80, Hong Kong actor (The Chinese Boxer, Vengeance, Heroes Two) and choreographer, cerebral haemorrhage.[88]
- Rich DeMartino, 87, American bridge player.[89]
- Raif Dizdarević, 99, Bosnian politician, president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1988–1989), minister of foreign affairs (1984–1987), and chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1978–1982).[90]
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis, 84, American poet and essayist.[91]
- Eraj Ravindra Fernando, 57, Sri Lankan politician, mayor of Hambantota (2014–2023).[92]
- Tony Gatlif, 77, French film director (Latcho Drom, Gadjo dilo, Je suis né d'une cigogne).[93]
- Gracindo Júnior, 83, Brazilian actor (Esplendor, Rei Davi, The Emerald Forest) and film director.[94]
- Ivan Gudelj, 66, Croatian football player (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Primorac Stobreč).[95]
- Hasegawa Yoshikazu, 96, Japanese vertebrate paleontologist.[96]
- Lau Siu-ming, 94, Hong Kong dancer and actor (A Chinese Ghost Story, The Swordsman, The Butterfly Murders).[97]
- Peter Leaver, 81, British barrister, judge, and football administrator, chief executive of the Premier League (1997–1999).[98]
- Arthur Marshall, 57, American football player (Denver Broncos, New York Giants), stomach cancer.[99]
- David McDermott, 38, English footballer (Walsall, Kidderminster Harriers, York City).[100] (death announced on this date)
- Raymond Pointu, 86, French sports journalist (Le Monde, Agence France-Presse).[101]
- Anil Sharma, 63, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (2002–2012, since 2017).[102]
- Alphonso Smith, 40, American football player (Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos), suicide.[103]
- Gloria Steinem, 92, American feminist and journalist (New York, Ms.), co-founder of the Women's Media Center.[104]
- Pierre Tordo, 86, French football player (Sedan, AS Béziers) and manager (SO Châtellerault).[105]
- Wilfried Wesemael, 76, Belgian Olympic road racing cyclist (1972), winner of the 1979 Tour de Suisse.[106]
1
- Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari, Yemeni Islamic militant, spokesman of the Islamic State (since 2023).[107]
- Edith Barr, 90, Peruvian Creole singer.[108] (death announced on this date)
- Enzo Bianchi, 83, Italian Roman Catholic friar, founder of the Bose Monastic Community, kidney failure.[109]
- Geles Cabrera, 100, Mexican sculptor.[110]
- Barry Cleavin, 86, New Zealand printmaker.[111]
- Galopin Des Champs, 10, French Thoroughbred racehorse, leg injury.[112]
- Edythe Harrison, 91, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1980–1983).[113]
- John Hastie, 93, New Zealand cricket umpire.[114]
- Charles Hatcher, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. (1981–1993) and the Georgia House of Representatives (1973–1980).[115]
- He Yong, 57, Chinese rock musician.[116]
- Konrad Jarausch, 85, German-American historian, drowned.[117]
- Carla Jeffery, 33, American actress (Zombies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, American Vandal).[118]
- Charles Josselin, 88, French politician, MEP (1979–1981), five-time deputy, senator (2006–2008).[119]
- Alan Knight, 65, English footballer (Portsmouth) and coach (Horndean, Dorchester Town), prostate cancer.[120]
- Khrist Kopetzky, 44, French rugby union player (Stado Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, Blagnac Rugby, national rugby sevens team).[121]
- Lee Nam-cheol, 65, South Korean politician, esophageal cancer.[122]
- Harold Gene Lucas, 74, American convicted murderer (murder of Jill Piper), execution by lethal injection.[123]
- Ronald McCoy, 96, Malaysian peace and anti-nuclear activist.[124]
- Jonathan Meléndez, 38, Mexican keyboardist (Camilo Séptimo), shot.[125]
- Hinson Mosley, 93, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1992–2006).[126]
- Monti Parungao, 58, Filipino television and film director (Survivor Philippines, Madrasta, Las Hermanas), colon cancer.[127]
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 94, French film director (The Married Couple of the Year Two, Cyrano de Bergerac) and screenwriter (That Man from Rio).[128]
- József Rusznyák, 79, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1968, 1972).[129]
- Annette Saint-Pierre, 101, Canadian educator, writer and publisher.[130]
- Carlos Horacio Salinas, 70, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Independiente Medellín, Racing de Córdoba).[131]
- Jim Sockwell, 84, American ceramicist.[132]
- Eberhard Vogel, 83, German football player (Carl Zeiss Jena, East Germany national team) and manager (Hannover 96), Olympic bronze medallist (1964, 1972).[133]
- Cassandra Wilson, 70, American jazz singer, two-time Grammy winner (1997, 2009).[134]