Deaths 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.
Entries without a source should be removed.
June
29
- Les Mills, 91, New Zealand shot putter and discus thrower, four-time Olympic competitor (1964–1972), and politician, mayor of Auckland City (1990–1998).
28
- Alla Chernova, 82, Russian actress (Don't Forget... Lugovaya Station, Secret of the Blackbirds).
27
- Waldo Urrego, 80, Colombian actor (Café con aroma de mujer, The Great Heist, Stolen Away).
26
- Likulia Bolongo, 86, Congolese politician, prime minister of Zaire (1997).
- Kadir İnanır, 77, Turkish actor (Target, A Sip of Love, Yarın Ağlayacağım), complications from pneumonia.
25
- Charlie Davis, 82, West Indian cricketer.
24
- Ann Blyth, 98, American actress ([Mildred Pierce]]).
- Charlie Nelson, French actor (Diplomacy, A Difficult Year, The Marching Band).
23
- Bob Blair, 94, New Zealand cricketer (national team).
22
- Clive Davis, 94, American Hall of Fame music executive (Columbia Records) and record producer, founder of Arista Records and J Records, four-time Grammy winner.
- Alan Greenspan, 100, American economist, chair of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006), complications from Parkinson's disease.
21
- Francisco Guterres, 71, East Timorese politician, president (2017–2022) and president of the national parliament (2002–2007).
19
- James Burrows, 85, American television producer and director (Cheers, Will & Grace, Taxi).
17
- Walter Parazaider, 81, American Hall of Fame woodwind musician (Chicago), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
15
- Christian Bujeau, 81, French actor.
- Alan Ward, 78, English cricketer (Derbyshire, Border, Leicestershire).
14
- Anne Schedeen, 77, American actress (ALF, Marcus Welby, M.D., Three's Company).
- Notable deaths in the Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision:[1]
- Lucas Frota, 25–26, Brazilian music producer
- Gaspi, 23, Argentine YouTuber
- Oliver Tree, 32, American singer-songwriter ("Life Goes On", "Jerk", "Superhero") and rapper
- Lucas A. Vignale, 28, Argentine movie director (The River Train) and screenwriter
13
- Dee Palmer, 88, English musician (Jethro Tull), arranger, and composer.
12
- Pauls Butkēvičs, 85, Latvian actor (I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts, Long Road in the Dunes).
- Ronnie Schell, 94, American actor (Gomer Pyle – USMC, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Jetsons: The Movie).
- Gene Shalit, 100, American journalist (Ladies' Home Journal), media critic (Look) and television personality (Today).[2]
11
- Bajrakitiyabha, 47, Thai royal and diplomat, complications from heart disease and infection.[3]
- David Hockney, 88, English painter, draughtsman and printmaker.
10
- Lyudmila Chursina, 84, Russian actress (The Adjutant of His Excellency, A Little Crane, The Andromeda Nebula).
- Jean Ziegler, 92, Swiss author and sociologist[4]
9
- Sophie Faucher, 68, Canadian actress (Bethune: The Making of a Hero, Ding et Dong), voice actress, and scriptwriter.
- John Loring, 86, American fashion design director (Tiffany & Co.).
- Tamao Nakamura, 86, Japanese actress (The River with No Bridge, Satan's Sword, The Human Condition), pneumonia.
6
- Julio Jung, 84, Chilean actor (Coronation, El regalo, And Suddenly the Dawn) and radio announcer.
5
- Bernadette Chirac, 93, French politician, first lady (1995–2007).
- Christiane Cohendy, 86, French actress (The Creator, The Horseman on the Roof, The Passerby).
- Anthony Head, 72, English actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin), complications from pneumonia.[5]
4
- Patrick Godfrey, 93, English actor (Maurice, The Count of Monte Cristo, Ever After).
- Fergus Slattery, 77, Irish Hall of Fame rugby union player (British & Irish Lions, Barbarians, national team).
- John Swan, 90, Bermudian politician, premier (1982–1995).
- Chunchuna Villafañe, 92, Argentine actress (No toquen a la nena, The Official Story, I Never Been in Vienna).
3
- Chung King-fai, 89, Hong Kong actor (Black Mask, My Family, Welcome to the House).
- Sally Grace, 74, English actress (The Animals of Farthing Wood, Coronation Street, Ghost Story).
- Angela Morant, 84–85, British actress (I, Claudius, Brookside, Dixon of Dock Green).
2
- Peabo Bryson, 75, American singer ("Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "Beauty and the Beast", "A Whole New World"), Grammy winner (1993, 1994), stroke.
1
- Knut Husebø, 80, Norwegian visual artist and actor (Life and Death, Julia Julia, Apprentice to Murder).
May
31
- Ronald LaPread, 75, American musician (Commodores).
30
- Dorita Burgos, 90, Argentine actress (The Campanelli's Picnic, Los caballeros de la cama redonda).
- Josefina Molina, 89, Spanish film director (Esquilache, Teresa de Jesús), screenwriter and television producer.
29
- Sidney Moko Mead, 99, New Zealand Māori anthropologist and historian.
28
- Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, 80, Yemeni politician, president (2012–2022), vice president (1994–2012), and minister of defense (1994), heart attack.
27
- Klaus Emmerich, 82, German film director (The First Polka, Trokadero).
25
- Rene Belmonte, 55, Brazilian screenwriter (If I Were You, Novo Mundo, Federal Bank Heist).
- Sonny Rollins, 95, American jazz saxophonist ("Airegin", "Doxy", "St. Thomas").
23
- Thérèse Liotard, 80, French actress (Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle).[6]
- Dame Jools Topp, 68, New Zealand musician and comedian (Topp Twins), breast cancer.
22
- Tamati Reedy, 89, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player (East Coast, Thames Valley, Māori All Blacks), and public servant.[7]
21
- Kyle Busch, 41, American racing driver (NASCAR).[8]
- Michael Keating, 79, English actor (Blakes 7, EastEnders, Doctor Who).[9]
20
- George Eastman, 83, Italian actor (Antropophagus, Rabid Dogs) and screenwriter (Keoma).[10]
19
- Péter Scherer, 64, Hungarian actor (The Lord's Lantern in Budapest, Kontroll, One Day in Europe).
18
- Alexander Held, 67, German actor.[11]
17
- Scott Hastings, 61, Scottish rugby union player (Watsonians, Edinburgh, national team), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- M. J. K. Smith, 92, English cricketer (Leicestershire, Warwickshire, national team).
16
15
- Angelica Domröse, 85, German actress (Love's Confusion, The Adventures of Werner Holt, The Legend of Paul and Paula).
14
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz, 80, Polish screenwriter (No End, The Double Life of Veronique) and politician, senator (1991–1993, 1997–2011).
- Alan Rothwell, 89, English actor (Coronation Street, Brookside, Heartbeat) and television presenter.
13
- Clarence Carter, 90, American singer-songwriter ("Slip Away", "Patches", "Strokin'"), complications from pneumonia, prostate cancer and sepsis.
12
- Stanisława Celińska, 79, Polish actress (Mamuśki, The Maids of Wilko, Landscape After the Battle).
- Jack Taylor, 99, American actor (Succubus, Conan the Barbarian, The Ninth Gate).
11
- Mal Anderson, 91, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
- Brandon Clarke, 29, Canadian basketball player (Memphis Grizzlies)[13]
10
- Rosemarie Bergmans, 82, Belgian actress (Pauline and Paulette).
- Michael Pennington, 82, English actor (Return of the Jedi, Hamlet), co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company.
9
- Bobby Cox, 84, American Hall of Fame baseball manager (Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays), player, and coach, World Series champion (1977, 1995).
- Maurice R. Greenberg, 101, American businessman and philanthropist
8
- Festus Mogae, 86, Botswana politician and economist, president (1998–2008).
6
- Ted Turner, 87, American businessman and media owner (CNN, WTBS, TNT).[14]
- Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, 86, Cameroonian politician, president of the National Assembly (1992–2026).[15]
5
- Lee Hong-koo, 91, South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister (1994–1995) and ambassador to the United States (1998–2000).
- Jonathan Tiersten, 60, American actor (Sleepaway Camp, Return to Sleepaway Camp, The Perfect House).
4
- Stein Erik Hagen, 69, Norwegian businessman.[16]
3
- Claire Maurier, 97, French actress (La Cage aux Folles, Amélie, A Bad Son).
References
- ↑ Mueren el cantante Oliver Tree y el youtuber Gaspi en un choque de helicópteros en Río de Janeiro (in Spanish)
- ↑ Gene Shalit, 'TODAY' show movie critic, dies at 100
- ↑ Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati dies after three-year-long coma
- ↑ "È morto l'ex consigliere nazionale e sociologo ginevrino Jean Ziegler". Blue News. 10 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ↑ "Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72". BBC News. 5 June 2026. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ Gajderowicz, Jessica (2026-05-23). "Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine : après Michel Blanc, décès à 80 ans de la comédienne Thérèse Liotard". Public (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-24.
- ↑ "Ngāti Porou leader Tā Tamati Reedy dies aged 89". RNZ. 2026-05-23. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
- ↑ "Nascar star Kyle Busch died of severe pneumonia and sepsis, family says". www.bbc.com. 2026-05-24. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
- ↑ "Eastenders and Blake's 7 star Michael Keating dies aged 79". The Independent. 2026-05-21. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
- ↑ "George Eastman, è morto l'attore, papà di Arianna Montefiori" (in Italian). 2026-05-21. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
- ↑ "Schauspieler Alexander Held stirbt mit 67 Jahren". Focus Online (in German). 19 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Bird, Daniel; Association, Izzie Addison, Press (2026-05-17). "Dr Hook star dead after 'long and courageous battle'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ 29-year-old Memphis Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke dies in the San Fernando Valley
- ↑ CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87
- ↑ Cavaye Yéguié Djibril Dies Days After Removal as Assembly Speaker
- ↑ Haugan, Bjørn; Farestvedt, Ingrid Bjørndal; Tovan, Anders Ihle; Storebø, Ingrid (2026-05-04). "Stein Erik Hagen (69) er død". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2026-05-04.