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. 

## March
### 29 
* Rahul Banerjee, 42, Indian actor (*Chirodini Tumi Je Amar*, *Pati Parameshwar*, *Zulfiqar*), drowned.

### 28 
* Mary Beth Hurt, 79, American actress (*The World According to Garp*, *The Age of Innocence*, *Interiors*), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Liamine Zéroual, 84, Algerian former president (1994–1999) and minister of defense (1993–1999).

### 27 
* Mary Rand, 86, British track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1964).

### 26 
* Jean-Pierre Faye, 100, French philosopher (horseshoe theory) and writer.

* Epeli Nailatikau, 84, Fijian former president (2009–2015) and military officer.
* Giuseppe Savoldi, 79, Italian footballer (Bologna, Napoli, national team).
* James Tolkan, 94, American actor (*Back to the Future*, *Top Gun*, *Serpico*).

### 25 
* Wilson Bombarda, 95, Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1956).
* Dash Crofts, 85, American musician (Seals & Crofts), complications from heart surgery.
* Alexander Kluge, 94, German author and movie director (*Yesterday Girl*, *Germany in Autumn*).

### 24 
* Biruté Galdikas, 79, Lithuanian-Canadian anthropologist.

* Gino Paoli, 91, Italian singer-songwriter and deputy (1987–1992). 

### 23
* Valerie Perrine, 82, American actress (*Lenny*, *Superman*, *Slaughterhouse-Five*), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* David Sklansky, 78, American poker player and author, heart failure.

### 22
*Lionel Jospin, 88, former French prime minister (1997–2002).

### 21
*Juca de Oliveira, 91, Brazilian actor (*Case of the Naves Brothers*, *The Sign of the City*, *De Onde Eu Te Vejo*), pneumonia complicated by heart disease.
* Rhoda Roberts, 66, Indigenous Australian arts director, broadcaster and cultural leader, ovarian cancer.

### 20
* Linas Banys, 27, Lithuanian Olympic biathlete.
*Nicholas Brendon, 54, American actor (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, *Criminal Minds*, *Psycho Beach Party*).

### 19
* Chuck Norris, 86, American martial artist and actor (*The Way of the Dragon*, *The Delta Force*, *Walker, Texas Ranger*).

### 18
*Tom Georgeson, 88, British actor (*A Fish Called Wanda*, *Boys from the Blackstuff*, *G.B.H.*).

### 17
*Len Deighton, 97, British spy novelist (*The IPCRESS File*, *An Expensive Place to Die*, *XPD*).

### 16
### 15
*Matt Clark, 89, American actor (*In the Heat of the Night*, *The Outlaw Josey Wales*, *The Jeff Foxworthy Show*), complications from spinal surgery.
*Judy Pace, 83, American actress (*Peyton Place*, *The Young Lawyers*, *Cotton Comes to Harlem*).

### 14
*Jürgen Habermas, 96, philosopher and political scientist.

### 13
*Shujaat Hashmi, Pakistani actor (*Waris*, *Khaak Aur Khoon*, *Wadda Khan*).

### 12
*Enrica Bonaccorti, 76, Italian television presenter (*Non è la Rai*) and actress (*Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key*, *The Sensual Man*), pancreatic cancer.
*Trevor McMahon, 96, New Zealand test cricketer (Wellington, national team).
*Wendy Playfair, 99, Australian actress (*Prisoner*).

### 11
*Nev MacEwan, 91, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).

### 10
*Giorgos Panousopoulos, 84, Greek film director (*Mania*, *Love Me Not?*, *Testosterone*), cinematographer and screenwriter.

### 9
*Tommy DeCarlo, 60, American singer (Boston), brain cancer.

### 8
*Dilworth Karaka, 75, New Zealand musician (Herbs).

### 7
*Ian Huntley, 52, British murderer (Soham Murders), head trauma from an attack.

### 6
*Antonio Marsina, 80, Italian actor (*Keoma*, *Vatican Conspiracy*, *Tornado: The Last Blood*).
*Christos Valavanidis, 81, Greek actor (*The Wretches Are Still Singing*, *Loafing and Camouflage*, *Crying... Silicon Tears*) and poet.

### 5
*Corey Parker, 60, American actor (*Biloxi Blues*, *Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning*, *Will & Grace*), cancer.
*Jānis Streičs, 89, Latvian film director (''A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve, Cilvēka bērns*).

### 4
*Ana Luisa Peluffo, 96, Mexican actress (*Las señoritas Vivanco*, *The Phantom of the Operetta*, *Paper Flowers*).

### 3
### 2
*Try Sutrisno, 90, Indonesian politician, vice president (1993–1998)

### 1
## February
### 28
* Ali Khamenei, 86, Iranian politician
* Abdolrahim Mousavi,65/66, Iranian military officer.
* Aziz Nasirzadeh, 62, Iranian minister of defense.
* Mohammad Pakpour, 64, commander of the IRGC (since 2025)
### 27
* Neil Sedaka, 86, American pop singer-songwriter.

### 26
*Ahmed Nimal, 62, Maldivian film director (*Shakku*, *Sitee*, *Udhaas*) and actor, complications from a stroke.
*Pepito Rodriguez, 83, Filipino actor (*Sa Bilis Walang Kaparis*).

### 25
*Natalya Klimova, 87, Russian actress (*Comrade Arseny*, *The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin*, *The Snow Queen*).
*Ludwig Scotty, 77, Nauruan politician, president (2003, 2004–2007).

### 24
*Irina Shevchuk, 74, Russian actress (*The Dawns Here Are Quiet*, *White Bim Black Ear*), brain tumor.

### 23
*Robert Carradine, 71, American actor (*Revenge of the Nerds*, *The Big Red One*, *Lizzie McGuire*), suicide.

### 22
*Birgitta Andersson, 92, Swedish actress (*Jönssonligan*, *Docking the Boat*, *The Apple War*).
*Ali Tutal, 75-76, Turkish actor (*On Fertile Lands*, *Hemşo*, *Home Coming*).

### 21
*Raymond Bouchard, 80, Canadian actor (*Seducing Doctor Lewis*).

### 20
*Ismael Kanater, 69, Moroccan actor (*Queen of the Desert*, *The Forgiven*, *Alias*).
*Angela Luce, 87–88, Italian actress (*Some Like It Cold*, *Due mafiosi contro Al Capone*, *The Decameron*) and singer, heart failure.

### 19
*Eric Dane, 53, American actor (*Grey's Anatomy*, *The Last Ship*, *Euphoria*), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

### 18
*Lil Poppa, 25, American rapper.

### 17
*Jesse Jackson, 84, American civil rights activist and politician, founder of Rainbow/PUSH.

### 16
*Billy Steinberg, 75, American songwriter ("Like a Virgin", "True Colors", "Eternal Flame"), cancer.

### 15
*Pino Colizzi, 88, Italian actor  (*Jesus of Nazareth*, *Tea with Mussolini*, *La piovra*) and voice actor.
*Robert Duvall, 95, American actor

### 14
### 13
### 12
* Bożena Dykiel, 77, Polish actress (*The War of the Worlds: Next Century*, *The Quack*, *Holy Week*).

*Roy Face, 97, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
*Vangie Labalan, 83, Filipino actress (*Manila by Night*, *Himala*, *Bobo Cop*) and comedian.
*Esa Pakarinen Jr., 78, Finnish actor (*The Year of the Hare*, *Poet and Muse*, *Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit*).

### 11
*Bud Cort, 77, American actor (*Harold and Maude*, *M*A*S*H*, *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou*).
*James Van Der Beek, 48, American actor (*Dawson's Creek*, *Varsity Blues*, *The Rules of Attraction*), colorectal cancer.

### 10
*Jose de Venecia Jr., 89, Filipino politician, speaker (1992–1998, 2001–2008) and three-time member of the House of Representatives.

### 9
*Giancarlo Dettori, 93, Italian actor (*Quattro bravi ragazzi*, *My Sister in Law*, *Damned the Day I Met You*).

### 8
*Blake Carrett, 33, American actor (How to Eat Fried Worms).
*Jung Jin-woo, 88, South Korean film director (*Oyster Village*, *Adultery Tree*) and producer (*Woman of Fire*), complications from a fall and COVID-19.
*Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, 86, Polish actor (*Rose*, *Soldiers of Freedom*, *Boys Don't Cry*)

### 7
*Brad Arnold, 47, American singer (3 Doors Down) and songwriter ("Kryptonite", "Here Without You"), renal cell carcinoma.

### 6
*Jana Brejchová, 86, Czech actress (*Higher Principle*, *I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen*, *The Fabulous Baron Munchausen*).
*Nevin Efe, 78, Turkish actress (*Valley of the Wolves: Ambush*, *Aşk ve Ceza*, *Arka Sokaklar*).

### 5
*Janina Borońska, 82, Polish actress (*How I Unleashed World War II*, *More Than Life at Stake*).

### 4
*François Beukelaers, 88, Belgian actor (*Brussels by Night*, *The Over-the-Hill Band*, *Stormforce*), stage director and singer.
*Mickey Lolich, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, San Diego Padres).

### 3
*Jim Morrison, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins).

### 2
*Ahmad Obeidat, 87, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1984–1985).

### 1
* Fernando Esteso, 80, Spanish comedian and actor.
*Tony Pigott, 67, English cricketer (Sussex, Surrey, national team), heart attack.

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## References
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