Ann Hornaday
American · 66 years old · Died 18 October 2026
Longtime Washington Post chief film critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist
Cause of death
Glioblastoma
Ann Hornaday was an American film critic who joined The Washington Post in 2002 after critic posts in Austin and Baltimore, and wrote hundreds of reviews there over more than two decades. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for criticism in 2008 and wrote the book Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies. She died at her home in Baltimore at the age of 66, and her husband said the cause was glioblastoma, according to The Washington Post.
How common is cancer (all types)?
Ann Hornaday died of glioblastoma. Globally, cancer (all types) kills 10,000,000 people every year. That is 27,397 per day, or roughly one person every 3 seconds. It accounts for 16% of all deaths worldwide.
Deaths / year
10,000,000
Deaths / day
27,397
Deaths / hour
1,142
Deaths / second
0.32
Share of all global deaths
Risk factors for cancer (all types)
Since Ann Hornaday died
Live count since 18 October 2026
Total deaths worldwide since then
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Deaths from same cause since then
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