Notable Deaths of 2026

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

The Grim Reaper claims another musician and somewhere Keith Richards experiences The Quickening once more.

This time the Reaper took Brad Arnold from the band 3 Doors Down. He was 47.

Cause of death is listed as cancer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Arnold

[Anianna]

Cancer sucks.  Fuck cancer.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Cancer sucks.  Fuck cancer.

Indeed.

3 Doors Down was one of the most popular bands when I was in high school. My high school loved using "Superman" whenever there was a pep rally and I always associated that song with those days.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

The Grim Reaper strikes again.

This time he got a two-fer with actors James Van Der Beek and Bud Cort.

James Van Der Beek was 48 and his cause of death is listed as cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Beek

Bud Cort was 77 and his cause of death is listed as pneumonia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Cort

[EBuff75]

Hideki Sato, the designer behind virtually every Sega console, and the company's former president, has died age 77

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hideki-sato-designer-of-segas-consoles-dies-age-75/ 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

[MacWa77ace]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

This topic is slow news. Just now I was setting up the TV in our conference room and decided to hook it up with a direct internet connection. It's a Visio so I decided to see what apps were on it. Pluto TV, ok, launched it, and then one of the catagories was 'Remembering Robert Duval'. I was like DID ROBERT DUVAL DIE?! One of the sales guys was there and I heard him say 'Siri, did Robert Duval Die'. OMG, he died.

What a way to find out, thru PlutoTV's catagories. 

 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

This topic is slow news. Just now I was setting up the TV in our conference room and decided to hook it up with a direct internet connection. It's a Visio so I decided to see what apps were on it. Pluto TV, ok, launched it, and then one of the catagories was 'Remembering Robert Duval'. I was like DID ROBERT DUVAL DIE?! One of the sales guys was there and I heard him say 'Siri, did Robert Duval Die'. OMG, he died.

What a way to find out, thru PlutoTV's catagories. 

 

My Tubi app does the same thing. I'm betting by tonight there'll be one of those notices on there as well.

Last one it had was "Remembering James Van Der Beek", so I'm not sure if Tubi will add one for Robert Duvall or drop the Van Der Beek one instead.

[majorhavoc]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

  This one hurts.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

  This one hurts.

Yeah.

Robert Duvall was the kind of guy you'd figure would live forever and thanks to his prolific career and all the movies he was in, he kind of will.

[EBuff75]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

  This one hurts.

Yeah.

Robert Duvall was the kind of guy you'd figure would live forever and thanks to his prolific career and all the movies he was in, he kind of will.

I spent all evening watching Godfather Part 1 and Part 2.  He's one of my favorite characters in them.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Robert Duvall passed away February 15th, 2026 at the age of 95.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall

  This one hurts.

Yeah.

Robert Duvall was the kind of guy you'd figure would live forever and thanks to his prolific career and all the movies he was in, he kind of will.

I spent all evening watching Godfather Part 1 and Part 2.  He's one of my favorite characters in them.

Those are good movies.

One of my favorites of his is "Open Range". Every time I watch that movie, I get the desire to pick up a nice double barrel shotgun and a Colt SAA clone.

[aikorob]

Jesse Jackson-- polarizer at large
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jesse-jackson-dead-civil-rights-leader-84

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Tom Noonan passed away on February 14th, 2026 at the age of 74.

No cause of death has been released just yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Noonan

[MacWa77ace]

Salute to a great bad guy actor.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Man, the Grim Reaper is really racking up the actors this week, isn't he ?

Latest one for the Reaper is actor Eric Dane, who passed away February 19th, 2026 at the age of 53. Cause of death is listed as complications from ALS. He was diagnosed with the disease in April of 2025.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane

[majorhavoc]

Man, the Grim Reaper is really racking up the actors this week, isn't he ?

Latest one for the Reaper is actor Eric Dane, who passed away February 19th, 2026 at the age of 53. Cause of death is listed as complications from ALS. He was diagnosed with the disease in April of 2025.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane

Indulge me - this thread can make me  philosophical.  I didn't really know Eric Dane as a performer, but 53 - that's tragically young.  And ALS is a brutal, devastating disease.  Just a shitty way to die.  There was a time in my life when death was only tragic if it happened to someone in the their 20s or 30s.  As I've gotten older that "tragically young" standard has steadily advanced to the point where I now consider the death of anyone in their early sixties to be tragic.  You can probably guess why.   

But one thing I've learned throughout life is to never envy someone else for their good fortune, wealth, good looks, etc.  Because you just never know.  You don't know what's going on behind closed doors in that person's home, you don't know what fate is lurking just around the corner in that seemingly charmed life.  And the corollary to that is not to feel sorry for yourself for the misfortunes you experience.  Self-pity is a f*cking cop out.  Because as bad as things might be for you - as unfair as life might seem in the moment - I guarantee you won't have to look far to find someone enduring far worse. 

Carpe diem.

[slipkid42]

Bill Mazeroski - Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman.  Defensive stalwart and only player to hit a walkoff homerun to win a World Series.


Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski dies at 89

[EBuff75]

We're down another Carradine.

Robert Carradine, known for his roles in "The Long Riders," "Revenge of the Nerds" and the television series "Lizzie McGuire," has died at 71, his management company told CNN.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/robert-carradine-actor-revenge-nerds-080927800.html

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

We're down another Carradine.

Robert Carradine, known for his roles in "The Long Riders," "Revenge of the Nerds" and the television series "Lizzie McGuire," has died at 71, his management company told CNN.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/robert-carradine-actor-revenge-nerds-080927800.html

Damn.

From what I've been reading, sounds like the poor guy had some major issues he was dealing with for years and went out the only way he thought was the right one.