2026 - They died this year

[Bamaro]

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican known for his expertise on water and forestry issues, has died at 65, according to statements from GOP officials.

LaMalfa, a fourth-generation rice farmer and former state legislator, was serving his seventh term representing a rural district in the northeast corner of the state. He sat on the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure committees.

 

[Bazza]

Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.

The younger Reagan was the adopted son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/michael-reagan-son-of-president-ronald-reagan-dies/

 

[selmaborntidefan]

RIH Aldrich Ames

Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

www.nytimes.com

Aldrich Ames, the most murderous turncoat in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose betrayal in working for the Soviet Union went undetected for almost a decade, died on Monday. He was 84 and had been a federal prisoner, serving life without parole, since 1994.

The death was recorded in the federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database. A spokesman said he died at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Md.

The son of an alcoholic C.I.A. officer, Mr. Ames failed upward through the agency ranks for 17 years until he attained a headquarters post of extraordinary sensitivity.

 

[Padreruf]

RIH Aldrich Ames

Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

www.nytimes.com

Aldrich Ames, the most murderous turncoat in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose betrayal in working for the Soviet Union went undetected for almost a decade, died on Monday. He was 84 and had been a federal prisoner, serving life without parole, since 1994.

The death was recorded in the federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database. A spokesman said he died at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Md.

The son of an alcoholic C.I.A. officer, Mr. Ames failed upward through the agency ranks for 17 years until he attained a headquarters post of extraordinary sensitivity.

Here's an excellent history of Ames...he was an alcoholic, had one failed marriage, and in debt up to his ears. Not trying to excuse him, just to provide some context. What he did was horrendous on several levels.

An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and Its Implications for U.S. Intelligence - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - 01 November 1994 - Part One

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Here's an excellent history of Ames...he was an alcoholic, had one failed marriage, and in debt up to his ears. Not trying to excuse him, just to provide some context. What he did was horrendous on several levels.

He was ripe to be compromised.

I've known you on here long enough to know the spirit of what you're saying.

By the same token, he had his choices to make, too.