This is a hold-all category for deceased people. Please do not add individual people to this category; instead add them to the appropriate year of death category. If the year of death is unspecified add to Category:Year of death missing; if the year of death is lost to history, add to Category:Year of death unknown.

This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories.

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• Recent deaths (within the last 10 years), by year: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
• Category:Year of death missing
• Category:Year of death unknown
• Category:Date of death missing
• Category:Date of death unknown
• Category:Place of death missing
• Category:Place of death unknown
• Category:Possibly living people (not included here)
• Category:Missing people (not included here)