Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year

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Eric Dane.
Eric Dane.

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  • Actors Eric Dane, Robert Duvall, and James Van Der Beek died in 2026.
  • So did "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and designer Valentino Garavani.
  • Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson also died.

Below, we look back at those we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.

OpenAI has a Hollywood problem. They just hired a guy to fix it.

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Charles Porch (with red flower), formerly of Meta and now OpenAI, at the Met Gala.

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Photos show the best looks Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have worn together, from the Met Gala to the Grammys

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas hold hands while on the tan carpet at the premiere of
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas at "The Bluff" premiere in Hollywood, California.

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6 of the best and 5 of the worst looks at New York Fashion Week 2026

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Pamela Anderson at the Tory Burch fall/winter runway show during New York Fashion Week.
Pamela Anderson at the Tory Burch fall/winter runway show during New York Fashion Week.

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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni stayed in separate rooms for Day 1 of settlement talks

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Actor Justin Baldoni and his wife Emily Baldoni arrive at federal court in Manhattan for a settlement conference

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Every song that's won record of the year at the Grammys

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Kendrick Lamar accepts the award for record of the year for "luther" onstage during the 2026 Grammys.

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Trump said Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance made 'no sense,' but his iconography spoke volumes

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Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show setlist: Every song

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Bad Bunny performs at the 2026 Super Bowl.
Bad Bunny performs at the 2026 Super Bowl.

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12 of Bad Bunny's best and worst looks throughout his career

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Bad Bunny's 2026 style is far from what he wore in 2017.

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Taylor Swift's latest business move is another attempt to hack the charts — and it'll probably work

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Taylor Swift in a press photo for "Opalite."

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