Key Points<\/h2>\n\n- The article tracks notable celebrity deaths in 2026, updating regularly with new announcements.<\/li>\n
- Deaths include musicians, actors, athletes, and historical figures from diverse backgrounds.<\/li>\n
- Sources include Us Weekly, Page Six, Associated Press, and celebrity.land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Updated: January 18, 2026 to add Phil Goyette.<\/strong><\/p>\nEvery year, society mourns as celebrities pass away. 2026 has seen several notable figures die after they left their mark on the world. This article will detail all of the most notable celebrity deaths of 2026 with regular updates.<\/p>\n
The list of celebrity deaths is sourced primarily to a Us Weekly article<\/a> or a Page Six article<\/a>, unless otherwise noted. Each celebrity\u2019s name will link to Men\u2019s Journal coverage when available for additional context about their life and legacy.<\/p>\nJanuary 2026 Celebrity Deaths<\/h2>\n
* All entries that are followed by an asterisk were sourced from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
** All entries that are followed by two asterisks were sourced from the celebrity.land.<\/p>\n
This list will be updated as more celebrity deaths are announced in 2026.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nMatthew Thomas is a trending news writer for Men\u2019s Journal from Ontario, Canada. He is also a FanSided contributor who works for several of the company\u2019s websites that are part of its Entertainment division as a writer, reporter, and interviewer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Updated: January 18, 2026 to add Phil Goyette.<\/strong><\/p>\n Every year, society mourns as celebrities pass away. 2026 has seen several notable figures die after they left their mark on the world. This article will detail all of the most notable celebrity deaths of 2026 with regular updates.<\/p>\n The list of celebrity deaths is sourced primarily to a Us Weekly article<\/a> or a Page Six article<\/a>, unless otherwise noted. Each celebrity\u2019s name will link to Men\u2019s Journal coverage when available for additional context about their life and legacy.<\/p>\n * All entries that are followed by an asterisk were sourced from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n ** All entries that are followed by two asterisks were sourced from the celebrity.land.<\/p>\n This list will be updated as more celebrity deaths are announced in 2026.<\/p>\n Matthew Thomas is a trending news writer for Men\u2019s Journal from Ontario, Canada. He is also a FanSided contributor who works for several of the company\u2019s websites that are part of its Entertainment division as a writer, reporter, and interviewer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mensjournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Key Points The article tracks notable celebrity deaths in 2026, updating regularly with new announcements. Deaths include musicians, actors, athletes, and historical figures from diverse backgrounds. Sources include Us Weekly, Page Six, Associated Press, and celebrity.land. Updated: January 18, 2026 to add Phil Goyette. Every year, society mourns as celebrities pass away. 2026 has seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2241961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[25538,433969,433973,377633,433972,433975,21741,433967,433966,433974,433964,22860,433971,433965,21800,433970,21738,433968,22048],"class_list":["post-2241960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-actors","tag-actors-who-died-in-2026","tag-celebrities-who-died-in-2026","tag-celebrity-death","tag-celebrity-death-list-2026","tag-celebrity-deaths-2026","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-deaths-2026","tag-every-celebrity-death-of-2026","tag-famous-deaths-2026","tag-famous-people-who-died-in-2026","tag-hollywood","tag-hollywood-deaths-2026","tag-list-of-celebrity-deaths-2026-so-far","tag-music","tag-musicians-who-died-in-2026","tag-news","tag-notable-deaths-2026","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Every-Celebrity-Death-of-2026-So-Far-Updated-With-the-scaled.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2241962,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241960\/revisions\/2241962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}January 2026 Celebrity Deaths<\/h2>\n
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