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Everybody gets a date. Some people get a headline first. This is where Morty's news desk files the ones worth reading — every celebrity death, actor death, politician death and sports figure death we cover, written from real reporting, illustrated with real photographs, and delivered without the funeral-parlour voice.
23 October 2026 · Celebrity Death
John Anderson — the Country Music Hall of Famer behind “Swingin’,” “Straight Tequila Night” and “Seminole Wind,” who helped roof the Grand Ole Opry House before he ever played it — died in Nashville on 21 October 2026, aged 71.
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16 October 2026 · Sports Figure Death
Mike Ditka — the 1985 Bears coach, first tight end in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the man who made “Da Bears” a national catchphrase — died at his Chicago home on 9 October 2026, aged 86.
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9 October 2026 · Celebrity Death
Eva Marie Saint — Oscar winner on her very first film, the last great Hitchcock blonde, and the oldest living Academy Award winner — died at home in Los Angeles on 6 October 2026, aged 102.
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18 September 2026 · Celebrity Death
Bob Mackie — the designer who wrapped Cher in illusion lace, hung a curtain rod on Carol Burnett and put Elton John in a full Donald Duck — died in Palm Springs on 14 September 2026, aged 87.
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13 September 2026 · Sports Figure Death
Barry Melrose died on 9 September 2026, aged 70, three years after a Parkinson’s diagnosis ended the broadcast run.
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11 September 2026 · Sports Figure Death
Andy Williams — AEW's The Butcher and founding guitarist of Every Time I Die — collapsed after a tag-team match in Millvale, Pennsylvania and died on 6 September 2026, aged 48.
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4 September 2026 · Celebrity Death
Cassandra Wilson died at home in Jackson, Mississippi on 2 September 2026, aged 70.
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30 August 2026 · Celebrity Death
Tim Curry died at his Toluca Lake home in Los Angeles on 25 August 2026, aged 80.
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28 August 2026 · Celebrity Death
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on 25 August 2026, aged 80, after a brief battle with cancer.
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23 August 2026 · Actress Death
Hayden Panettiere died on 16 August 2026 in Greenville, South Carolina, aged 36, after cardiac arrest.
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22 August 2026 · Sports Figure Death
Tommy John died at his Florida home on 16 August 2026, aged 83.
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13 August 2026 · Politician Death
Ben Jones died of a heart attack at his home in Luray, Virginia on 9 August 2026, aged 84.
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10 August 2026 · Actor Death
Vincent Pastore died on 1 August 2026 at his home on City Island in the Bronx, aged 80.
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6 August 2026 · Singer Death
Bonnie Tyler died on 8 July 2026 in a hospital in Portugal, aged 75.
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3 August 2026 · Actor Death
Randolph Mantooth died on 9 July 2026 at a hospice in Ventura, California, aged 80.
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31 July 2026 · Actor Death
Sam Neill died in Sydney on 13 July 2026, aged 78.
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31 July 2026 · Actress Death
Brenda Fricker died in Dublin on 16 July 2026, aged 81, after a period of ill health.
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