September 2026 took the face of American feminism, Nollywood's best-known father figure, the Ghanaian gospel singer behind Life Is Short and the Calypso King of the World.
In two days at the end of August 2026, the world lost Dolly Parton, Dr Frank-N-Furter and the voice of Optimus Prime. August also took Hayden Panettiere at 36 and the pitcher whose name is on a surgery.
July 2026 took Jurassic Park's Dr Alan Grant, two European football legends eleven days apart, the Oscar-winning songwriter of Once and the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award.
June 2026 took Britain's best-known living painter, Buffy's Giles, the voice of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the author of Persepolis and the Ghanaian diplomat whose father wrote the national anthem.
May 2026 took CNN's founder and, four days later, the manager he brought back to the Braves. It also took a two-time NASCAR champion at 41, a Nollywood leading man at 40 and the NBA's first openly gay player.
Prince left a fortune and no will. Aretha Franklin left three handwritten ones, one of them under a sofa cushion. What happened to the estates of famous people who did not plan for death.
The Real World Seattle: Bad Blood roommate and Challenge competitor turned matchmaker died more than a year after a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, her friend Tiara Ramos announced.
April 2026 took a singer who recorded around 12,000 songs, the DJ behind Planet Rock, the highest scorer in Olympic basketball history and a 20-year-old Ghanaian footballer shot on his team bus.
Two US presidents died on the 50th Fourth of July. C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley died hours before JFK was shot. The famous deaths that shared a single day.
March 2026 took Walker, Texas Ranger, Buffy's Xander, Superman's Miss Teschmacher, Back to the Future's Mr Strickland and the man who led the Woodstock crowd in the Fish Cheer.
