PHOTOS: 2026 celebrity deaths

FILE – Fashion designer Valentino Garavani during a photo-call to present the documentary film “Valentino: The Last Emperor” in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

John Forte appears at the Fall 2013 Nanette Lepore Runway Show in New York on Feb. 13, 2013. Forté, the Grammy-nominated musician known for his work with the Fugees and the Refugee Camp All-Stars among others, has died at age 50. (Photo by Dario Cantatore/Invision/AP, File)

Claudette Colvin sits for a portrait, Feb. 5, 2009 in New York. Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

FLE – Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006. Adams’ death was announced Tuesday, Jan. 13., 2026. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Former CIA agent Aldrich Ames leaves federal court after pleading guilty to espionage and tax evasion conspiracy charges April 28, 1994, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Michael Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, introduces Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich during a campaign stop, Jan. 30, 2012, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California speaks during a press conference at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2025. LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. representative and a reliable vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda, has died, reducing the GOP’s narrow control of the House. He was 65. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)