Celebrity deaths in 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year
Actors James Van Der Beek, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, and Sam Neill died in 2026.So did painter David Hockney, "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, and Grateful Dead's Bob Weir.Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, singer Bonnie Tyler, and media mogul Ted Turner also died this year.Below, we look back at the celebrities we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.Scott Adams, 68Scott Adams worked at a telephone company in the 1980s.
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Actors James Van Der Beek, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, and Sam Neill died in 2026.So did painter David Hockney, "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, and Grateful Dead's Bob Weir.Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, singer Bonnie Tyler, and media mogul Ted Turner also died this year.Below, we look back at the celebrities we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.Scott Adams, 68Scott Adams worked at a telephone company in the 1980s. The experience inspired his beloved comic strip, "Dilbert."By the end of the decade, the character and his satirical office humor began appearing in comic strips.At its peak, "Dilbert" was syndicated in over 2,000 newspapers. A cartoon series debuted in 1999, running for two seasons.Adams gained notoriety when he began writing blog posts praising Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential run.
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- Actors James Van Der Beek, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, and Sam Neill died in 2026.So did painter David Hockney, "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, and Grateful Dead's Bob Weir.Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, singer Bonnie Tyler, and media mogul Ted Turner also died this year.Below, we look back at the celebrities we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.Scott Adams, 68Scott Adams worked at a telephone company in the 1980s.
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Celebrity deaths in 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year
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