Lee Yi-ting Taiwanese politician dead at age 71
Lee Yi-ting, a Taiwanese politician, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in 1954 or 1955, he was raised in Houlong and attended National Taichung University…
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Who died in February 2026? Over 900 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Cliff Hucul Canadian racing driver dead at age 79
Cliff Hucul, a Canadian racing driver who competed in the Indianapolis 500, died on February 20, 2026. He raced in USAC and the CART Championship Car series from 1977 to…
Tom Vickers Stockman-farmer dead at age 89
Tom Vickers, an American politician and member of the Nebraska Legislature from 1979 to 1987, died on February 20, 2026, at age 89. A Democrat from Nebraska, he represented the…
Giorgio Mendella Italian telecommunications executive and fraudster dead at age 73
Giorgio Mendella, an Italian telecommunications executive and fraudster, died on February 20, 2026. Born in Monza and later based in Viareggio, he was a businessman, sports manager and self-taught student…
Rod Monroe American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Senate dead at ag…
Rod Monroe, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and Senate, died on February 20, 2026, at age 83. Monroe served in the Oregon House from…
Peter Stämpfli Painter dead at age 88
Peter Stämpfli, a Swiss painter associated with Pop art, died on February 20, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 88. Born in Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee, Bern, in 1937,…
Johnny Johns American figure skater and coach dead at age 74
Johnny Johns, an American figure skater and coach, died on February 20, 2026, at age 74. Johns competed in ice dancing with Mary Campbell, winning the 1973 U.S. national title…
Nikolai Komyagin Russian singer dead at age 39
Nikolai Komyagin, the Russian singer best known as the vocalist of the experimental band Shortparis, died on February 20, 2026. He was 39. Born in Novokuznetsk on January 31, 1987,…
Hidé Ishiguro 94–95 dead at age 94
Hidé Ishiguro, a Japanese analytic philosopher and emeritus professor at Keio University in Tokyo, died on February 20, 2026. Born in Tokyo in August 1931, she studied at Tokyo University…
Ismael Kanater Actor dead at age 69
Ismael Kanater, a Moroccan actor, died on February 20, 2026. Born Ismaïl Abou El Kanater in Casablanca in 1956 or 1957, he trained at the Conservatory in Casablanca and began…
Rodolfo Díaz Lawyer dead at age 82
Rodolfo Díaz, an Argentine politician and lawyer, died on February 20, 2026, in Buenos Aires at the age of 82. A member of the Justicialist Party, he served as Minister…
David Judge British political scientist and writer, oesophageal cancer dead at age 75
David Judge, a British political scientist and writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 75 from oesophageal cancer. He was based at the University of Strathclyde, where…
Frank Booker American basketball player
Frank Booker, the American basketball player who starred at Bowling Green State University and later gained prominence in Iceland, died on February 20, 2026. Frank Alonzo Booker was 61. Born…
Layton Freborg American politician dead at age 92
Layton W. Freborg, an American politician in North Dakota, died on February 20, 2026, at age 92 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He represented the 8th district in the North…
Joseph L. Green Writer dead at age 95
Joseph L. Green, an American science-fiction author and charter member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, died on February 20, 2026, at age 95. Born in Compass Lake in…
Roger Bofferding Luxembourgish Olympic sprinter dead at age 92
Roger Bofferding, a Luxembourgish Olympic sprinter, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Luxembourg City on February 17, 1934, he competed in the men's 200…
Philip Castle British artist, pneumonia dead at age 83
Philip Castle, a British airbrush artist, died on February 20, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, on October 20, 1942, he was best known for designing posters…
Ted Booth Poet dead at age 87
Ted Booth, an English poet and lecturer in creative writing at Hornsey College of Art, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 87. He was born in 1938…
Karoly Díaz
chilean voice actorDied on Thursday February 19th 2026
Brian Skinner English Anglican bishop dead at age 86
Brian Skinner, an English Anglican bishop who served as a missionary in Chile, died on February 19, 2026. Brian Antony Skinner was born in 1939 and served as the suffragan…
Roy Ellam English footballer
Roy Ellam, an English professional footballer who played as a centre half, died on February 19, 2026. He was 83. Ellam was born in Hemsworth on 13 January 1943 and…
Polycarp Pengo Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate dead at age 81
Polycarp Pengo, a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, died on February 19, 2026, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at age 81. Born on August 5, 1944, in Mwazye, in what is…
Kamal Rana Nepalese politician, member of the Maha Sabha dead at age 98
Kamal Rana, a Nepalese politician and member of the Maha Sabha from 1959 to 1960, died on February 19, 2026. She was appointed to the Maha Sabha in 1959, becoming…
Isaiah Zagar Sculpture, ceramics, mosaic dead at age 86
Isaiah Zagar, an American mosaic artist based in Philadelphia, died on February 19, 2026, at age 86. He completed more than 200 murals, mainly in mixed media and primarily in…
Barry Knight Hog farmer dead at age 71
Barry Dean Knight, an American politician and farmer who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, died on February 19, 2026, at age 71. A Republican, he represented the 98th…
Abdesselam Zenined Moroccan politician and diplomat dead at age 92
Abdesselam Zenined, a Moroccan politician and diplomat, died on February 19, 2026. Born in Wazan in 1934, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959. In 1964 and 1965,…
Derrick Clark American football player dead at age 54
Derrick Lee Clark, an American football player who was a running back for the Denver Broncos, died on February 19, 2026, at age 54. Born in Apopka, Florida, on May…
Abdul Hamid Mohamad Malaysian jurist dead at age 83
Abdul Hamid Mohamad, a Malaysian jurist and former Chief Justice of Malaysia, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on April 18, 1942, in Kepala Batas,…
William M. Bugg Physicist dead at age 95
William M. Bugg, an American physicist, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 95. Born William Maurice Bugg in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 23, 1931, he attended…
Mykola Prystay Ukrainian football player and manager
Mykola Prystay, a Ukrainian football player and manager, died on February 19, 2026. He was known for his roles with Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and LUKOR Kalush. The information provided identifies him…
KNKX American jazz radio host dead at age 87
KNKX, an American jazz radio host best known for The Art of Jazz, died on February 19, 2026. KNKX is a public radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving…
Joanne Bland Civil rights activism dead at age 72
Joanne Bland, an American civil rights activist, died on February 19, 2026. Born Jo Ann Blackmon in Selma, Alabama, on July 29, 1953, Bland was a highly active participant in…
Roger Hverven Norwegian Olympic handball player dead at age 81
Roger Hverven, a Norwegian Olympic handball player, died on February 19, 2026. He was born in Oslo on 15 March 1944 and represented Oppsal IF. A wing-player, Hverven competed for…
Bobbie Sparrow Canadian politician dead at age 90
Bobbie Sparrow, a Canadian politician, died on February 19, 2026. Born Barbara Jane O'Connor in Toronto on July 11, 1935, she was a Registered Nurse and businessperson who was first…
Michel Imbert French neuropsychologist dead at age 90
Michel Imbert, a French neuropsychologist and teacher-researcher in cognitive neurosciences, died on February 19, 2026. Born in Béziers on June 29, 1935, he was professor emeritus at Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University from…
Sepp Piontek German footballer
Sepp Piontek, the German footballer and manager best known for coaching the Denmark national team, died on February 19, 2026. Born Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek on March 5, 1940, in…
List of Italian supercentenarians Italian supercentenarian dead at age 113
The List of Italian supercentenarians, an Italian supercentenarian, died on February 19, 2026. Italian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Italy who have attained or surpassed 110 years of…
David Heywood Swartz American diplomat dead at age 83
David Heywood Swartz, an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Belarus, died on February 19, 2026. Born in Chicago on March 3, 1942, he served as chargé d'affaires…
Reliable Man British Thoroughbred racehorse dead at age 18
Reliable Man, a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 17. British-bred and initially trained in France, he won two minor races in…
Barry Mpigi Nigerian politician dead at age 64
Barry Mpigi, a Nigerian politician, died on February 19, 2026. Born in 1961, he was from Rivers State and served in the Nigerian House of Representatives, representing the Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo constituency.…
Arturo León Lerma Politician dead at age 88
Arturo León Lerma, a Mexican Hall of Fame baseball executive with Naranjeros de Hermosillo and politician, died on February 19, 2026, at age 88. Born in Álamos, Sonora, in 1937,…
Swietlan Kraczyna American painter dead at age 85
Swietlan Kraczyna, an American painter, died on February 19, 2026. He was known as a painter and printmaker in Florence and Barga, Italy, and his work was held in private…
Abderrazak Kéfi Businessman dead at age 87
Abderrazak Kéfi, a Tunisian politician and businessman, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Kairouan, French Tunisia, on April 22, 1938, he was a member…
Eric Dane Actor dead at age 53
Eric Dane, an American actor known for his role on "Grey's Anatomy," died on February 19, 2026. Born Eric William Melvin on November 9, 1972, he appeared in multiple television…
Jaranthada Karnasuta Civil servant dead at age 76
Jaranthada Karnasuta, a Thai civil servant, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on August 22, 1949, he graduated from the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsart…
Giovanni Fazio infrared instruments, including the Infrared Array Camera IRAC aboard the Spitzer Sp…
Giovanni Fazio, an American physicist, died on February 19, 2026. He was an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian who initiated and participated in multiple observation…
Ricky A. J. Syngkon Indian politician dead at age 54
Ricky A. J. Syngkon, an Indian politician and member of the 18th Lok Sabha, died on February 19, 2026. He represented the Shillong constituency in Meghalaya as a member of…
Kako Zara Chilean voice actor dead at age 55
Kako Zara Chilean voice actor · Died February 19, 2026 No article body available yet. Tags 19 February 2026, Actors, Chile, Kako, Zara, 2026-02-19, February 19, February 2026 Other actors…
Gustavo Amador Santiago Fernández
Mexican composer and music arrangerDied on Wednesday February 18th 2026
Masahi Furukawa
Japanese politicianDied on Wednesday February 18th 2026
João Adolfo Hansen
83Died on Wednesday February 18th 2026
Eugène Tremblay Canadian Roman Catholic prelate dead at age 89
Eugène Tremblay, a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, died on February 18, 2026, in Quebec City, Quebec, at the age of 89. Born in Saint-Hilarion, Quebec, in 1936, he was ordained…
Clyde Maughan American electrical engineer dead at age 99
Clyde Maughan, an American electrical engineer, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 99. He worked with GE Power and Maughan Engineering Consultants in Schenectady, New York. In…
Christian Jidayi Italian footballer dead at age 38
Christian Jidayi, an Italian footballer and coach, died on February 18, 2026. Born in Avellino, Campania, on March 3, 1987, he began his career with A.C. Cesena in Romagna. He…
Svein Jarvoll Norwegian writer dead at age 79
Svein Jarvoll, a Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and essayist, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lurøy, Helgeland, on 5 May 1946,…
Trevor Oakes English guitarist and songwriter dead at age 79
Trevor Oakes, the English guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Showaddywaddy, died on February 18, 2026, aged 79. Born Trevor Leslie Oakes in Leicester on September 9,…
Béatrice Ardisson Composer dead at age 62
Béatrice Ardisson, a French composer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 62. Born Béatrice Loustalan in Auch, France, on July 26, 1963, she produced a variety of…
Karen Glaser Underwater photography dead at age 71
Karen Glaser, an American underwater photographer, died on February 18, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born on June 12, 1954, she began her career as a printer before turning…
Jan Timman 74 dead at age -1
Jan Timman, the Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, died on February 18, 2026, at the age…
Chester Clem attorney dead at age 88
Chester Clem, an American politician and attorney in Florida, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Chester Earl Clem Jr. was born in Sanford, Florida, on December…
Pol Greisch Luxembourgish actor and writer dead at age 95
Pol Greisch, a Luxembourgish actor and writer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Walferdange on April 8, 1930, he was also a dramatist. Greisch…
Lil Poppa American rapper dead at age 25
Lil Poppa, the American rapper, singer and songwriter born Janarious Mykel Wheeler, died on February 18, 2026, at age 25. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, he rose to prominence with…
Carl Marcellino American politician dead at age 83
Carl Marcellino, an American politician who served in the New York State Senate from 1995 to 2018, died on February 18, 2026, at age 83. A Republican, he represented the…
Firmin Ayessa Congolese politician dead at age 74
Firmin Ayessa, a Congolese politician, died on February 18, 2026. He served as Deputy Prime Minister for Civil Service, State Reform, Labour and Social Security from 2017. A long-time associate…
Norman Francis Lawyer dead at age 94
Norman Francis, an American academic who served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. He led the university from 1968 to 2015,…
Karim al-Mulla Civil servant dead at age 83
Karim al-Mulla, an Iraqi politician and civil servant who served as minister of youth from 1977 to 1982, died on February 18, 2026, in Amman, Jordan, at the age of…
Borislav Paravac Bosnian Serb politician dead at age 83
Borislav Paravac, a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 4th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003 to 2006, died on February 18, 2026, in…
Orland Larson Goldsmithing dead at age 94
Orland Larson, a Canadian goldsmith and metalsmith, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. Larson was also an art educator who played a central role in developing professional jewellery…
Clem Sunter Futurist, scenario planner, business leader and author dead at age 81
Clem Sunter, a South African futurist, scenario planner, business executive and author, died on February 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Christopher Louis Clem Sunter on 8 August 1944 in Suffolk,…
Reinhold Wosab German football/soccer player dead at age 87
Reinhold Wosab, a German professional footballer, died on February 18, 2026. Born on February 25, 1938, he spent ten seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum. In…
Mimmo Liguoro Italian journalist dead at age 84
Mimmo Liguoro, an Italian journalist, died on February 18, 2026. Domenico Liguoro was born in Torre del Greco on July 16, 1941, and was known for serving as chief editor…
Philippe Mvouo Schoolteacher dead at age 74
Philippe Mvouo, a Congolese politician and schoolteacher, died on February 18, 2026, in Orléans, France, at the age of 74. A member of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT), he…
Roger von Gunten Artist dead at age 92
Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist, died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten…
Leila Shahid Diplomat, anthropologist dead at age 76
Leila Shahid, a Palestinian diplomat and the first woman ambassador of Palestine, died on February 18, 2026. Born in Beirut in 1949, she represented the Palestine Liberation Organization in Ireland…
Mike Wagner American football player dead at age 76
Michael Robert Wagner, an American football player who was a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died on February 18, 2026, at age 76. Wagner played 10 seasons with the Steelers…
Margot Queitsch Retail salesperson dead at age 79
Margot Queitsch, a German politician, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from…
Antonis Manitakis Greek politician dead at age 81
Antonis Manitakis, a Greek university professor and politician, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Thessaloniki on May 23, 1944, he studied law at the…
Abderrazak Zouaoui
Algerian sport commentatorDied on Tuesday February 17th 2026
Abderrazak Zouari
Algerian sport commentatorDied on Tuesday February 17th 2026
Kazue Sawai Japanese musician dead at age 85
Kazue Sawai, a Japanese koto player and musician, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Kyoto on January 1, 1941, she began studying the koto at age eight with Michio…
Shinya Japanese musician dead at age 56
Shinya Yamada, the Japanese musician best known as the drummer of Luna Sea, died on February 17, 2026, at age 56 of cancer. Born in Hadano, Kanagawa, on January 13,…
Pravina Deshpande Actress dead at age 60
Pravina Deshpande, an Indian actress, died on February 17, 2026, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, at the age of 60 from blood cancer. She worked mainly in Marathi and Hindi films…
Miquel Clar Lladó Spanish businessman and politician dead at age 87
Miquel Clar Lladó, a Spanish businessman and politician, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Llucmajor, Mallorca, in 1938, he spent his early career as an entrepreneur and businessman on…
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise American actress dead at age 34
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise, an American actress, died on February 17, 2026. Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise was an American reality television series that premiered on April 9, 2024,…
William Milam American diplomat dead at age 89
William Milam, an American diplomat and senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., died on February 17, 2026, at age 89. Born in…
Ray Reach Musician dead at age 77
Ray Reach, an American musician, died on February 17, 2026, at age 77. Born Raymond Everett Reach Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama, he worked as a pianist, vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger,…
Jim Lane Irish Republican and socialist dead at age 88
Jim Lane, an Irish republican and socialist from Cork, died on February 17, 2026. Born James Anthony Lane in 1938, he was a central figure in left-wing politics in Cork…
Susan Sheehan American author dead at age 88
Susan Sheehan, an American writer and author of Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, died on February 17, 2026. Born Susanna Maria Sachsel in Vienna, Austria, on August…
Jesse Jackson American civil rights activist and politician dead at age 84
Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights activist and politician, died on February 17, 2026, at age 84. Born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, he was an ordained Baptist…
Dmitry Bavilsky Russian writer dead at age 57
Dmitry Bavilsky, a Russian writer, literary critic and journalist, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Chelyabinsk on January 19, 1969, he graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993 and…
Anna dePeyster British-Australian journalist and author dead at age 81
Anna dePeyster, the British-Australian journalist and author known as Anna Maria dePeyster, died on February 17, 2026, at age 81. Born Anna Maria Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30,…
Doug Moe American basketball coach dead at age 87
Doug Moe, an American basketball coach who led the Denver Nuggets, died on February 17, 2026, at age 87. Born Douglas Edwin Moe on September 21, 1938, in New York…
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber Austrian-born American academic dead at age 70
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, an Austrian-born American academic and founding director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, died on February 17, 2026. He taught at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson…
Edward Hoagland Essayist, novelist dead at age 93
Edward Hoagland, the American author best known for his nature and travel writing, died on February 17, 2026, at age 93. Born Edward Morley Hoagland in Manhattan, New York City,…
Veikko Virtanen Organ builder dead at age 97
Veikko Virtanen, a Finnish organ builder, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Veikko Armas Virtanen in Helsinki on June 14, 1928, he built organs through…
Mohsen Dalloul Journalist dead at age 92
Mohsen Dalloul, a Lebanese journalist and politician, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 92. A member of the Progressive Socialist Party, he served as minister of agriculture…
Thomas De Koninck Canadian philosopher dead at age 91
Thomas De Koninck, a Canadian philosopher from Québec, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Leuven in 1934, he studied at Oxford, Université Laval and Freie Universität Berlin. He taught…
José van Dam Operatic bass-baritone dead at age 85
José van Dam, the Belgian bass-baritone known internationally for his work in opera, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 85. Born Joseph Van Damme in Ixelles, part…
Joachim Kempin German businessman dead at age 83
Joachim Kempin, a German-born American businessman and former senior vice president of Microsoft, died on February 17, 2026. He ran Microsoft’s division selling operating software to PC manufacturers for 15…