Celebrity Deaths 2026: Stars We Lost This Year

March 24, 2026·about 3 hours ago·via Entertainment Weekly

2026 has been heartbreaking for fans with so many beloved stars leaving us way too soon. Catherine O'Hara, the hilarious genius behind Schitt's Creek and Home Alone, passed at 71 from a pulmonary embolism tied to rectal cancer. Chuck Norris died at 80 after hospitalization in Hawaii, while James Van Der Beek lost his colorectal cancer battle at 48. Eric Dane succumbed to ALS at 53, surrounded by family, and Nicholas Brendon went peacefully at 54 due to natural causes after health struggles. Read more about this...

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