General Discussion

The AI machine thingy agrees with me:

No, in the United States, you generally cannot slander a dead person because defamation requires an injury to a living person's reputation, which the deceased no longer possesses. While such statements are considered reprehensible and may harm the memory of the deceased or impact the family, they do not constitute legal defamation. However, living family members may have a cause of action if the defamatory statements also harm their own reputations.