Remembering 2026
The writers, filmmakers, and performers we lost in 2026.
Memorials — 2026
102 peopleAlbert Wolsky
1931 – 2026
Remembered for two-time academy award-winning costume designer.
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Howard Storm
1931 – 2026
Remembered for veteran television director.
Yoshihiro Nishimura
1967 – 2026
Remembered for director.
Clarence B Jones
1931 – 2026
Remembered for key adviser to martin luther king jr..
Charles Cioffi
1936 – 2026
Remembered for character actor.
Brian Lindstrom
d. 2026
Remembered for director.
Audrey Beth Davis
1944 – 2026
Remembered for retired entertainment publicist.
Mike Stenson
1961 – 2026
Remembered for president of jerry bruckheimer films.
Tom Kane
1962 – 2026
Remembered for voice actor (yoda in star wars: the clone wars, professor utonium in the powerpuff girls).
Patrick Godfrey
1933 – 2026
Remembered for english actor.
Anthony Guidera
1961 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Orlando Senna
1940 – 2026
Remembered for brazilian filmmaker, playwright, and cultural activist.
Margaret Kerry
1929 – 2026
Remembered for model for tinker bell in disney's 'peter pan'.
David Hockney
1938 – 2026
Remembered for iconic british artist.
Ronnie Schell
1932 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Joe Negri
1927 – 2026
Remembered for musician and handyman on 'mister rogers’ neighborhood'.
Gene Shalit
1926 – 2026
Remembered for longtime film and book critic for nbc's 'the today show'.
Oliver James Leonard
1994 – 2026
Remembered for musician.
Anne Schedeen
1949 – 2026
Remembered for actress.
Roger Cook
1943 – 2026
Remembered for bafta-winning investigative reporter.
James Barker
1986 – 2026
Remembered for executive producer.
Wendy Freedman
1960 – 2026
Remembered for founder of polkadots and moonbeams.
Tom Dreesen
1940 – 2026
Remembered for stand-up comedian.
Daveigh Chase
1991 – 2026
Remembered for actress.
Walter Parazaider
1945 – 2026
Remembered for founding member of the band chicago and key reed player.
David Sheiner
1928 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Tay Keith
1997 – 2026
Remembered for grammy-nominated producer.
James Burrows
1941 – 2026
Remembered for tv director and co-creator of 'cheers'.
Justin Cary
1976 – 2026
Remembered for bassist for sixpence none the richer.
Casey LaLonde
1972 – 2026
Remembered for film festival participant and family member of joan crawford.
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1975 – 2026
Leonard Kornberg
1950 – 2026
Story Analyst • Studio Executive • Teacher • Father
Coverage on fileClive Davis
1932 – 2026
Remembered for grammy-winning music executive.
Giorgia Moll
1938 – 2026
Remembered for italian actress.
Jeff Olson
1949 – 2026
Remembered for visual effects producer.
David Clayton-Thomas
1942 – 2026
Remembered for singer with the band blood, sweat & tears.
Tim Ryan
1946 – 2026
Remembered for former honolulu star-bulletin reporter and variety correspondent covering hawaii's film and television industry.
Ann Blyth
1928 – 2026
Remembered for oscar-nominated actress.
Doug Goldstein
1961 – 2026
Remembered for longtime manager of guns n' roses.
Luis de la Rosa
1992 – 2026
Remembered for mexican animator.
Tom Ligon
1941 – 2026
Remembered for actor and sag-aftra board member.
Michael Byrne
1944 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Owain Rhys Davies
1982 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Kjell Nilsson
1950 – 2026
Remembered for actor in 'mad max 2: the road warrior'.
Moritz de Hadeln
1941 – 2026
Remembered for film festival director.
Tony Rayns
1948 – 2026
Remembered for british writer, festival programmer, and screenwriter.
Joanna Pettet
1943 – 2026
Remembered for actress.
Bonnie Tyler
1951 – 2026
Remembered for singer.
Cristina Sanz
1990 – 2026
Remembered for reality star.
Randolph Mantooth
1946 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Donald Iwerks
1930 – 2026
Remembered for disney camera technician and co-founder of iwerks entertainment.
Peter Van Norden
1951 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Barbara Ling
1953 – 2026
Remembered for oscar-winning production designer.
Don Iwerks
1930 – 2026
Remembered for disney executive and cinematic innovator.
Jayden Adams
2001 – 2026
Remembered for midfielder for mamelodi sundowns and member of south africa's 2026 fifa world cup squad.
Antoinette Bower
1933 – 2026
Remembered for actress.
Lindsey Graham
1955 – 2026
Remembered for senator.
Wai Ching Ho
1944 – 2026
Remembered for actress.
Sam Neill
1948 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
Nansun Shi
1951 – 2026
Remembered for hong kong film producer.
Theo Burrell
1987 – 2026
Remembered for regular expert on the u.k. edition of antiques roadshow.
Pat Oliphant
1936 – 2026
Remembered for pulitzer‑winning political cartoonist.
Scott Bryce
1958 – 2026
Remembered for actor.
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d. 2026
Remembered for voice actress in a popular disney film.
Ryoichiro Kezuka
d. 2026
Remembered for manga creator.
Sam Masaru Sekoff
1993 – 2026
Remembered for literary manager.
Dave Kendall
1958 – 2026
Remembered for former mtv host and music journalist.
Hal Williams
1935 – 2026
Remembered for television actor.
Dom Taylor
1982 – 2026
Remembered for chef.
John Kirby
1951 – 2026
Remembered for acting coach.
Joe Caldwell
1929 – 2026
Remembered for writer for the original 1960s gothic daytime series dark shadows.
Freddy Cannon
1937 – 2026
Remembered for rock musician.
Jennifer Finch
1967 – 2026
Remembered for bassist for the 1990s alt-rock band l7.
William Wisher
1955 – 2026
Remembered for co-writer of 'terminator 2: judgment day'.
Simon Field
1946 – 2026
Remembered for film executive.
Artashes Aleksanyan
1961 – 2026
David Gamble
1955 – 2026
Kelly Curtis
1956 – 2026
S. Sathyendra
1960 – 2026
Angelica Domröse
1941 – 2026
Tibor Fonyódi
1965 – 2026
Michael Pennington
1943 – 2026
Michael Keating
1947 – 2026
Beau Starr
1944 – 2026
Darrell Sheets
1958 – 2026
Dean Tavoularis
1932 – 2026
Elsie Kelly
1936 – 2026
Alan Osmond
1949 – 2026
Václav Hybs
1935 – 2026
Dee Freeman
1959 – 2026
James Tolkan
1931 – 2026
Sam Scarber
1949 – 2026
Patrick Dewolf
1950 – 2026
Dan Simmons
1948 – 2026
John Wheeler
1930 – 2026
Catherine O'Hara
1954 – 2026
Lucinda Crosby
1952 – 2026
John Forte
1975 – 2026
Saeed Pirdust
d. 2026
John Cunningham
1932 – 2026
Béla Tarr
1955 – 2026