Activism
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RJ Mitte1992–2026American actor best known as Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad and a prominent disability-rights activist.- Piero De Benedictis1945–2026Italian-born Argentine singer-songwriter and actor, one of the great figures of Latin American popular music, known for hits such as "Mi viejo."
- Michael Kearns1950–2026American actor, director and HIV/AIDS activist, one of the first openly gay actors in Hollywood and director of the controversial play Jerker.
- Dafroza Gauthier1954–2026Franco-Rwandan chemical engineer and activist who co-founded the Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda and spent nearly three decades pursuing genocide suspects in France.
- Brooke Eby?–2026American TikTok creator and ALS activist who became a defining voice in ALS awareness, dying in 2026 at age 37.
- Esther Rantzen1940–2026English journalist and television presenter who fronted BBC's That's Life! for 21 years and founded the Childline helpline.
- Emma Bonino?–2026Italian politician, former European Commissioner, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, known for her radical civil-rights activism.
- Georgina Lightning1963–2026First Nations actress, director, and screenwriter best known for Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and the feature film Older than America.
- Robin Morgan1941–2026American feminist activist, poet, writer, and former editor-in-chief of Ms. Magazine who co-founded the Women's Media Center.
- Gloria Steinem1934–2026American journalist and feminist activist who co-founded Ms. magazine and became a leading figure of second-wave feminism.
- Peter Llewellyn-Jones?–2026British actor best known as Mr Grimley in the 1990s children's series The Riddlers, and a British Sign Language advocate and educator.
- Matt Dee1979–2026Matt Dee was an Australian lifeguard and star of the reality TV show Bondi Rescue, who died aged 47.
- Wendell Berry1934–2026American novelist, poet, essayist, and farmer who championed small family farms and agrarian values against industrial agriculture.
- Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV1992–2026Omukama (king) of the Tooro Kingdom in Uganda who ascended the throne at age three as the world's youngest reigning monarch.
- Leslie Parrish1935–2026American actress known for 'Li'l Abner' and 'The Manchurian Candidate' who became a prominent antiwar activist and conservationist.
- O. J. Brigance1969–2026Former NFL and CFL linebacker, Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl champion and ALS advocate.
- Bou Meng1941–2026Cambodian artist and one of only seven known adult survivors of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture center, who testified at the genocide tribunal.
- Putri Andriani Juficha2000–2026Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Earth Indonesia 2025 and was runner-up for Miss Grand Indonesia 2025.
- Brian Robinson1959–2026Brian Robinson, a BFI press officer and long-time programmer of its LGBTQ+ film festival BFI Flare, died of brain cancer aged 67.
- Charles S. Faddis1957–2026Charles S. Faddis was a former CIA officer who became an outspoken critic of the agency and a leader of the election-denial movement in Pennsylvania.
