RJ Mitte has died(news.sky.com)
186 points by austinallegro | 56 comments
Sky News article reporting the death of Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte at age 34; the page returned an Access Denied error.
#obituary on Hacker News
85 stories tagged obituary, newest first.
Cyril Hilsum invented the flat-screen displays that hold us in thrall(economist.com)
10 points by sohkamyung | 1 comments
An Economist obituary of Cyril Hilsum, the physicist credited with inventing the flat-screen display technology; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.
Margaret Hamilton has died(news.mit.edu)
2038 points by muglug | 236 comments
MIT News obituary reporting the death at 90 of Margaret Hamilton, the computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program.
Bill Draper has died(nytimes.com)
131 points by bookofjoe | 39 comments
New York Times obituary of venture capitalist William (Bill) Draper; the captured page is a bot-detection block screen.
Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died
906 points by paveworld | 197 comments
A Hacker News 'Tell HN' post reporting that tech journalist Bob Cringely (Mark Stevens), known for PBS's Triumph of the Nerds, has died, with comments.
Bob Mackie dressed stars–if they were brave enough(economist.com)
7 points by andsoitis | 2 comments
An Economist obituary of fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie; the captured page shows only an access-restricted notice.
American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died(simpleflying.com)
370 points by NaOH | 149 comments
Simple Flying article reporting the death at 100 of American Airlines mechanic Azriel "Al" Blackman, who set a record for longest career at one airline.
Tim Curry has died(theguardian.com)
689 points by mykowebhn | 220 comments
Guardian obituary news article reporting that actor Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King's It, has died aged 80.
Dolly Parton has died(theguardian.com)
1464 points by helsinkiandrew | 222 comments
Guardian obituary news article reporting that Dolly Parton, country singer, actor and philanthropist, has died aged 80.
In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years(writings.stephenwolfram.com)
1521 points by jdcampolargo | 90 comments
Stephen Wolfram's memorial blog post for his wife Elise Cawley (1961–2026), reflecting on their 36 years together.
John C. Dvorak has died(twitter.com)
865 points by coleca | 286 comments
A post on X from The No Agenda Show account announcing the death of tech journalist and podcast host John C. Dvorak at age 74.
Sam Neill has died(theguardian.com)
406 points by j4mie | 92 comments
Guardian obituary news article reporting that New Zealand actor Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, has died aged 78.
Om(daringfireball.net)
442 points by throw0101a | 19 comments
John Gruber's Daring Fireball post remembering tech journalist Om Malik after his death, featuring a photo of the two together.
Om Malik has died(om.co)
1286 points by minimaxir | 159 comments
Death announcement on Om Malik's blog stating he passed away June 24, 2026 at Stanford Hospital after a long heart illness, inviting remembrances.
In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words(devblogs.microsoft.com)
537 points by saikatsg | 94 comments
Raymond Chen's Old New Thing post remembering Tony Krueger, longtime Microsoft Word developer credited with the red and green squiggle underlines.
Bobby Prince, composer for Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D, has died(legacy.com)
430 points by pgrote | 50 comments
Legacy.com obituary page for Robert "Bobby" Prince, composer of the Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem 3D soundtracks; it loaded as a Cloudflare verification screen.
French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56(france24.com)
379 points by fidotron | 112 comments
France 24 news report that French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, known for 'Persepolis', has died at 56.
Craig Venter has died(jcvi.org)
324 points by rdl | 77 comments
JCVI press release announcing that J. Craig Venter, genomics pioneer and founder of JCVI and Diploid Genomics, died at 79 in San Diego.
Michael Rabin has died(en.wikipedia.org)
402 points by tkhattra | 82 comments
Wikipedia biography of Michael O. Rabin, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, 1976 Turing Award co-recipient, who died April 14, 2026.
Chuck Norris has died(variety.com)
642 points by mp3il | 385 comments
Variety news obituary reporting the death of actor and martial artist Chuck Norris, star of Walker, Texas Ranger.
Tony Hoare has died(blog.computationalcomplexity.org)
1957 points by speckx | 256 comments
Computational Complexity blog post marking the death of Turing Award winner Tony Hoare at 92, with personal reflections by Jim Miles.
Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died(dignitymemorial.com)
401 points by throw0101a | 169 comments
Obituary for Dan Simmons, American science fiction and horror author of the Hyperion Cantos, who died February 21, 2026; screenshot shows his Wikipedia page.
Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died(videogameschronicle.com)
390 points by magoghm | 38 comments
VGC news article reporting the death of Hideki Sato, the engineer who led design of Sega's consoles including the Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast.
Tell HN: Ralph Giles has died (Xiph.org| Rust@Mozilla | Ghostscript)
480 points by ffworld | 26 comments
A Tell HN post announcing the death of Ralph Giles, a longtime Xiph.org and Ghostscript contributor who shipped the first Rust code in Firefox at Mozilla.
The Dilbert Afterlife(astralcodexten.com)
471 points by rendall | 311 comments
Astral Codex Ten essay by Scott Alexander reflecting on the life, work, and legacy of Dilbert creator Scott Adams after his death from prostate cancer.
Scott Adams has died(usatoday.com)
394 points by schmuckonwheels | 312 comments
USA Today news article reporting that Dilbert creator Scott Adams died at 68 after a battle with prostate cancer.
Scott Adams has died(youtube.com)
999 points by ekianjo | 1529 comments
A YouTube video or livestream with live chat, shared as news that Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has died.
Rebecca Heineman has died(pcgamer.com)
769 points by shdon | 140 comments
PC Gamer obituary reporting the death of Rebecca Heineman, game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion and LGBTQ trailblazer.
Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died(pgdp.net)
572 points by ron_k | 86 comments
A Distributed Proofreaders wiki memorial page announcing the death of Dr. Gregory B. Newby, longtime CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
Jane Goodall has died(latimes.com)
1188 points by jaredwiener | 161 comments
Los Angeles Times obituary reporting that primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her chimpanzee research, has died at 91.
Robert Redford has died(nytimes.com)
412 points by uptown | 125 comments
New York Times obituary reporting the death of actor and director Robert Redford; the page loaded a captcha challenge instead of the article.
Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, has died(nasa.gov)
549 points by LorenDB | 109 comments
NASA news release in which the acting NASA Administrator reflects on the legacy of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell following his death.
RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits a global obsession(japanesenostalgiccar.com)
392 points by fidotron | 82 comments
Japanese Nostalgic Car obituary for Shunsaku Tamiya, former Tamiya president who turned the company into a global maker of plastic model kits and RC cars.
Tom Lehrer has died(nytimes.com)
583 points by detaro | 103 comments
New York Times obituary reporting the death of Tom Lehrer, the satirical songwriter and mathematician.
Ozzy Osbourne has died(bbc.co.uk)
376 points by fantunes | 97 comments
BBC News live coverage page reporting the death of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne, former Black Sabbath frontman.
Brian Wilson has died(pitchfork.com)
355 points by coloneltcb | 102 comments
Pitchfork news article reporting that Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson died at 82 after living with a neurocognitive disorder akin to dementia.
Sly Stone has died(abcnews.go.com)
373 points by brudgers | 62 comments
ABC News obituary reporting that Sly Stone, leader of the funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82.
Bill Atkinson has died(daringfireball.net)
1519 points by romanhn | 258 comments
Daring Fireball link post noting the death of Bill Atkinson, the Apple engineer behind MacPaint and HyperCard; the capture shows a Facebook login wall instead.
Pope Francis has died(reuters.com)
772 points by phillipharris | 538 comments
Reuters news article reporting that Pope Francis has died aged 88, according to a Vatican statement, on April 21, 2025.
Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101(bbc.com)
482 points by danso | 90 comments
BBC News obituary reporting that Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb has died at the age of 101.
Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov has died(eurogamer.net)
542 points by Trasmatta | 107 comments
Eurogamer news article reporting the death of Viktor Antonov, art lead on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, at age 52.
David Lynch has died(variety.com)
1038 points by wut42 | 333 comments
Variety news article reporting the death of filmmaker David Lynch, director of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks.
Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died
988 points by AaronFriel | 87 comments
A Hacker News post by Aaron Friel announcing the death of his father John Friel, creator of QModem, inviting people to share memories.
Jimmy Carter has died(washingtonpost.com)
1081 points by gkolli | 633 comments
Washington Post obituary reporting the death of former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter.
Thomas E. Kurtz has died(computerhistory.org)
556 points by 1986 | 137 comments
Computer History Museum blog post in memoriam of Thomas E. Kurtz (1928–2024), co-creator of the BASIC programming language at Dartmouth.
Quincy Jones has died(apnews.com)
359 points by gfortaine | 86 comments
AP News obituary reporting that Quincy Jones, the music producer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, has died at 91.
In Memory of Stiver(blog.jetbrains.com)
432 points by thunderbong | 55 comments
JetBrains blog post memorializing Stiver, the original author of the Fernflower Java decompiler, who died on October 20, 2024.
Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86(en.wikipedia.org)
331 points by Brajeshwar | 117 comments
Wikipedia article on Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Sons, flagged as being heavily edited following his recent death.
Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, has died(spectrum.ieee.org)
341 points by jnord | 28 comments
IEEE Spectrum obituary article reporting the death of DRAM inventor Robert Dennard at 91, alongside remembrances of other IEEE members.
Maggie Smith has died(variety.com)
322 points by asix66 | 35 comments
Variety obituary reporting that actress Maggie Smith, known for Downton Abbey and Harry Potter, has died at 89.
Tell HN: DanBC has died
444 points by in_memoriam | 69 comments
A Tell HN post announcing the death of long-time Hacker News contributor DanBC (Dan Beale Cocks), a mental health advocate in Gloucestershire.
James Earl Jones has died(variety.com)
581 points by birriel | 163 comments
Variety obituary reporting that actor James Earl Jones, known as the voice of Darth Vader, died at age 93.
Mike Mageek is dead(fudzilla.com)
318 points by dannyobrien | 58 comments
Fudzilla news post by Nick Farrell reporting the death of tech journalist Mike Magee ("Mageek"), co-founder of The Register and The Inquirer.
Susan Wojcicki has died(twitter.com)
570 points by grandmczeb | 288 comments
Tweet by Sundar Pichai announcing the death of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki after two years living with cancer.
Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)
908 points by A_D_E_P_T | 189 comments
Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.
Remembering Larry Finger, who made Linux wireless work(arstechnica.com)
696 points by bookofjoe | 76 comments
Ars Technica obituary remembering Larry Finger, 84, who helped make Linux wireless drivers work and mentored other kernel developers.
Allan McDonald refused to approve Challenger launch, exposed cover-up (2021)(npr.org)
498 points by EndXA | 331 comments
NPR obituary of Allan McDonald, the Morton Thiokol engineer who refused to approve the Challenger launch and exposed the subsequent cover-up.
Lynn Conway has died(en.wikipedia.org)
1600 points by kevvok | 308 comments
Wikipedia biography of Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer behind the Mead–Conway VLSI revolution, who died June 9, 2024.
Gordon Bell has died(arstechnica.com)
1222 points by dcminter | 68 comments
Ars Technica obituary of Gordon Bell, architect of DEC's VAX minicomputers and computer history champion, who died at 89.
Simon Riggs has died(m6n.io)
793 points by ajdude | 211 comments
Mastodon post by Josh Berkus reporting that PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs died in a small airplane crash, noting his contributions to replication.
Daniel Kahneman has died(washingtonpost.com)
931 points by mrjaeger | 285 comments
Washington Post obituary reporting the death of Daniel Kahneman, Nobel-winning psychologist and pioneer of behavioral economics.
Vernor Vinge has died(file770.com)
1098 points by sohkamyung | 294 comments
File 770 obituary post reporting the death of science fiction author Vernor Vinge (1944–2024).
Akira Toriyama has died(noisypixel.net)
881 points by gaoryrt | 167 comments
Noisy Pixel news article reporting that Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, has passed away (March 7, 2024).
Bob Moore, who founded Bob's Red Mill, has died(nytimes.com)
554 points by mikhael | 273 comments
New York Times obituary of Bob Moore, the former gas station owner who founded the Bob's Red Mill whole-grain food company, who died at 94.
John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)
1015 points by jdougan | 204 comments
Obituary forum post on Scanalyst announcing the death of John Walker, Autodesk founder and Fourmilab creator, on February 2, 2024, with a biography.
Carl Weathers has died(bbc.co.uk)
338 points by zeristor | 59 comments
BBC News obituary reporting that actor Carl Weathers, known for playing Apollo Creed in the Rocky films, has died aged 76.
Dave Mills has died(elists.isoc.org)
635 points by todsacerdoti | 62 comments
Vint Cerf's post to the ISOC Internet-history mailing list announcing that Dave Mills, creator of NTP and the Fuzzball routers, died on January 17, 2024.
Niklaus Wirth has died(twitter.com)
1796 points by aarroyoc | 329 comments
A post on X by Bertrand Meyer announcing that Niklaus Wirth, pioneer of programming languages and software engineering, died on January 1, 2024.
Henry Kissinger Has Died(nytimes.com)
503 points by Kye | 413 comments
News report on the death of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; the screenshot shows a BBC article covered by a welcome modal.
Charlie Munger has died(berkshirehathaway.com)
1358 points by mfiguiere | 348 comments
Berkshire Hathaway press release PDF dated November 28, 2023 announcing the death of vice chairman Charlie Munger.
Doug Lenat has died(garymarcus.substack.com)
517 points by snewman | 144 comments
Gary Marcus's Substack obituary for AI researcher Doug Lenat (1950-2023), creator of the Cyc project, describing him as a giant of AI.
Kris Nóva has died(nivenly.org)
776 points by chrkl | 110 comments
Nivenly Foundation blog post announcing the death of its founder Kris Nóva, who inspired the creation of Hachyderm and Nivenly.
John Warnock has died(reuters.com)
550 points by skilled | 123 comments
Reuters news report that Adobe co-founder John Warnock has died at age 82.
Bram Moolenaar has died(groups.google.com)
4020 points by wufocaculura | 383 comments
A vim_announce Google Groups post from Bram Moolenaar's family announcing his death on 3 August 2023 and his upcoming funeral arrangements.
Sinead O’Connor has died(irishtimes.com)
539 points by jbegley | 150 comments
Irish Times breaking news report that Dublin singer Sinéad O'Connor, known for Nothing Compares 2 U, has died aged 56.
Kevin Mitnick has died(dignitymemorial.com)
3604 points by thirtyseven | 589 comments
Dignity Memorial obituary page for Kevin David Mitnick, the famed hacker and security consultant, who lived from August 6, 1963 to July 16, 2023.
John Goodenough has died(thehindubusinessline.com)
403 points by epistasis | 94 comments
Hindu BusinessLine news report on the death of John Goodenough, the Nobel laureate who co-invented the lithium-ion battery.
Daniel Ellsberg has died(nytimes.com)
735 points by lgvln | 216 comments
New York Times obituary for Daniel Ellsberg (1931-2023), the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers.
Cormac McCarthy has died(nytimes.com)
803 points by benbreen | 330 comments
New York Times obituary reporting the death of American novelist Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023).
Ted Kaczynski has died(nytimes.com)
587 points by mfiguiere | 279 comments
New York Times article reporting the death of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, in June 2023; the page shows an account/login gate.
Morris Tanenbaum, inventor of the silicon transistor, has died(spectrum.ieee.org)
433 points by furcyd | 94 comments
IEEE Spectrum obituary column reporting the death of Morris Tanenbaum, silicon transistor pioneer, at 94, alongside remembrances of other IEEE members.
Al Jaffee, king of the Mad Magazine fold-in, has died(nytimes.com)
358 points by coloneltcb | 58 comments
New York Times obituary for Al Jaffee, the Mad Magazine cartoonist known for creating the fold-in.
Remembering Bob Lee
1986 points by aEJ04Izw5HYm | 135 comments
Hacker News discussion thread inviting users to share memories of Bob Lee, former Square CTO and technologist, after his death.
Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has died(dicebreaker.com)
515 points by miiiiiike | 126 comments
Dicebreaker news article reporting the death of Klaus Teuber, the German designer who created the board game Catan.
Ryuichi Sakamoto has died(clashmusic.com)
550 points by mellosouls | 104 comments
Clash Music news article reporting the death of Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.