Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year

"Adams based the character in his beloved "Dilbert" comic strip on his coworkers at the telephone company he worked at in the 1980s. By the end of the decade, the character and his satirical office humor began appearing in comic strips. At its peak, "Dilbert" was syndicated in over 2,000 newspapers. A cartoon series debuted in 1999 and ran for two seasons. Adams gained notoriety when he began writing blog posts praising Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential run."

"Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr became a legend in the arthouse world for his unflinching work featuring several-minute-long takes. With movies like "Family Nest" (1979) and "The Turin Horse" (2011), Tarr showcased his slow cinema style while focusing on marginalized characters living bleak lives. Tarr pushed the envelope with his style when he made "Sátántangó" in 1994, which had a run time of 450 minutes."

"Weir was one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. The singer-songwriter wrote and/or sang on songs like "Sugar Magnolia," "Playing in the Band," "Truckin,'" "I Need a Miracle," and "The Other One." After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir went on to form several other bands, including Kingfish, Bobby and the Midnites, RatDog, The Other Ones, and, alongside John Mayer, Dead & Company. In the summer of 2"

Scott Adams, 68, created the "Dilbert" comic strip based on telephone-company coworkers and achieved wide syndication, with a cartoon series debuting in 1999. Adams praised Donald Trump in 2016 blog posts and faced backlash after racist comments led to "Dilbert" being pulled from US newspapers in 2023; he died January 13 of metastatic prostate cancer. Bla Tarr, 70, was a Hungarian filmmaker known for slow cinema and extended takes, with works such as "Family Nest," "Stntang" (450 minutes), and "The Turin Horse;" he died January 6 after a long illness. Bob Weir, 78, co-founded the Grateful Dead, contributed key songs, and formed several post-Dead bands including Dead & Company.

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