{"id":2230007,"date":"2026-01-11T01:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2230007"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:30:21","slug":"celebrity-deaths-of-2026-grateful-deads-bob-weir-and-more-stars-we-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrity-deaths-of-2026-grateful-deads-bob-weir-and-more-stars-we-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Deaths of 2026: Grateful Dead&#8217;s Bob Weir and More Stars We Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\">\n<p>Hollywood mourned the deaths of some of its most legendary stars in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The year started off with the sad news that Broadway performer and influencer <strong>Bret Hanna-Shuford<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-bret-hanna-shuford-dead-at-46-broadway-alum-battled-cancer\/\">died at age 46<\/a> after being diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma. His husband, <strong>Stephen Hanna-Shuford<\/strong>, confirmed on January 3 that the <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em> actor \u201cleft this world peacefully with love, surrounded by his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>On January 8, 2026, PBS TV chef <strong>Elle Simone Scott<\/strong> \u2014 who broke barriers as the first Black woman to join cooking show <em>America\u2019s Test Kitchen<\/em> \u2014 died at age 49 following a long battle with ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n<p>News broke on January 10 that <strong>T.K. Carter<\/strong>, a veteran actor known for appearing in <em>The Thing<\/em> and <em>Punky Brewster<\/em>, was found dead at age 69 in Duarte, California. That same day, Grateful Dead cofounder <strong>Bob Weir<\/strong>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bob-weir-dead-at-78-grateful-dead-founder-succumbed-to-lung-issues\/\">death at age 78<\/a> was confirmed when he succumbed to \u201clung issues\u201d after being diagnosed with cancer in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to remember all the stars who died in 2026:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood mourned the deaths of some of its most legendary stars in 2026. The year started off with the sad news that Broadway performer and influencer Bret Hanna-Shuford died at age 46 after being diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma. 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