Notable Deaths of 2026

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor James Tolkan, best known for his roles in "Top Gun" and the "Back To The Future" trilogy, passed away on March 26th, 2026 at the age of 94.

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

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Admin Edit: Confirmed to be Fake News

Can animals be considered Notable ?

I ask because Jonathan the world's oldest known living land animal (a Seychelles giant tortoise) passed away today at the astonishing age of 193 years old.

Apparently, Jonathan the Tortoise was hatched somewhere around 1832 thus making him around 193 or 194 years old and he possibly could've been older than that considering there's not an exact date of his birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Can animals be considered Notable ?

I ask because Jonathan the world's oldest known living land animal (a Seychelles giant tortoise) passed away today at the astonishing age of 193 years old.

Apparently, Jonathan the Tortoise was hatched somewhere around 1832 thus making him around 193 or 194 years old and he possibly could've been older than that considering there's not an exact date of his birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)

Are we sure about this? I am skeptical that it might be a poor April Fool's Day joke. None of the local news on St. Helena is reporting it, the source seems to be a seldom used X Account that is "experiencing suspicious activity". Nothing on the Instagram account. 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Can animals be considered Notable ?

I ask because Jonathan the world's oldest known living land animal (a Seychelles giant tortoise) passed away today at the astonishing age of 193 years old.

Apparently, Jonathan the Tortoise was hatched somewhere around 1832 thus making him around 193 or 194 years old and he possibly could've been older than that considering there's not an exact date of his birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)

Are we sure about this? I am skeptical that it might be a poor April Fool's Day joke. None of the local news on St. Helena is reporting it, the source seems to be a seldom used X Account that is "experiencing suspicious activity". Nothing on the Instagram account.

That's a good point, Uomo.

If this turns out to be a bad April Fool's joke, I'll delete this post.

ETA: So far only USA Today has posted anything about Jonathan the Tortoise being deceased. I'm seeing stuff slowly trickle in, but nothing concrete in terms of confirmation.

Probably best to wait until St. Helena Island themselves confirms it.

[majorhavoc]

Starting to see more confirmations coming in.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Starting to see more confirmations coming in.

It appears Jonathan's Wikipedia page has scrubbed any mention of his death.

I guess Wikipedia is waiting on official confirmation of his passing before allowing updates to the page again.

Still, regardless of his passing or not, this animal lived 193/194 years and was around at the same time as some major historical events happened.

Granted, he was just an animal and likely had zero clue as to what was going on other than trying to survive, but still.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

I'm going to say he is the world's best known tortoise.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Wikipedia updated:

On 1 April 2026, a Brazilian X account purportedly owned by Hollins reported that Jonathan had died. After major news sources including BBC News and USA Today published articles reporting on Jonathan's death^[13], the post was later confirmed to be false by Governor Phillips, who stated that Hollins neither made the post nor owned an X account,^[2][14] as well by Hollins himself.^[4]

You certainly weren't the only fooled. 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Wikipedia updated:

On 1 April 2026, a Brazilian X account purportedly owned by Hollins reported that Jonathan had died. After major news sources including BBC News and USA Today published articles reporting on Jonathan's death^[13], the post was later confirmed to be false by Governor Phillips, who stated that Hollins neither made the post nor owned an X account,^[2][14] as well by Hollins himself.^[4]

You certainly weren't the only fooled.

Got it.

I'll go ahead and delete my post about Jonathan's supposed death since it's been proven false now.