A life in brief

The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026

Compiled Oct 7

Gloria Steinem, author and activist for women's movement, died in September; she co-founded Ms. Magazine.

January
Deaths including Diane Crump, Aldrich Ames, Béla Tarr, Glenn Hall, Bob Weir, Scott Adams, Claudette Colvin, Valentino Garavani, William Foege, Catherine O'Hara and others.
February
Deaths including X.J. Kennedy, Chuck Negron, Mickey Lolich, James Van Der Beek, Robert Duvall, Frederick Wiseman, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Eric Dane, Bill Mazeroski, Neil Sedaka and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
March
Deaths including Kermit Gosnell, Lou Holtz, Bernard LaFayette, 'Country' Joe McDonald, Alexander Butterfield, Nicholas Haysom, Chuck Norris, Umberto Bossi and Robert S. Mueller III.
September
Deaths of Gloria Steinem, Tung Chee-hwa, Isao Harimoto, Cassandra Wilson and Jon Kyl.