Who died in February 2026? Over 900 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
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, 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…
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…
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, 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…
Czech musician and pedagogue
Died on Monday February 16th 2026
Mexican actor and playwright
Died on Monday February 16th 2026
Ancella Bickley, an American historian who was involved in the preservation of African American history in West Virginia,
died on February 16, 2026, at age 95. Born in Huntington, West…
Wolfram Saenger, a German biochemist, crystallographer and academic,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for his pioneering contributions to nucleic acid crystallography and…
Dwight "Bo" Lamar, an American basketball player,
died on February 16, 2026, at age 74. Born April 7, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio, he was raised there and attended East High…
Carl Grillmair, a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist,
died on February 16, 2026, after being fatally shot outside his home in Llano, California. He was 67. Grillmair was a research scientist…
King Liu, the Taiwanese businessman who founded Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in central Taiwan on July 2, 1934, Liu…
Billy Steinberg, an American songwriter known for "Like a Virgin,"
died on February 16, 2026, at age 75. Born William Endfield Steinberg in Fresno, California, he achieved his greatest success…
Eddie Carvery, a Canadian social activist,
died on February 16, 2026. He was from Africville, Nova Scotia, where he became known for protesting the destruction of the small, mainly Black…
Dana Eden, an Israeli creator and producer best known for co-creating and producing the Apple TV+ espionage series Tehran,
died on February 16, 2026. She was 52. Born on September…
Frederick Wiseman, an American filmmaker,
died on February 16, 2026, at age 96. Born in Boston in 1930, he worked as a documentarian, theater director, editor, actor, producer, director and…
Lélio Souza, a Brazilian politician,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Lélio Miguel Antunes de Souza on September 29, 1937, in Rosário do Sul, Rio…
Bob Howes, a Canadian football player who was an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League,
died on February 16, 2026, at age 83. He played 14 seasons in the…
Linda Seger, an American author and screenwriting consultant,
died on February 16, 2026, at age 80. Best known for her books on screenwriting, she was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and…
Homo Sapiens, the Italian singer and bassist associated with the pop rock group Homo Sapiens,
died on February 16, 2026. The group, sometimes spelled Gli Homo Sapiens, was mainly successful…
Richard Ottinger, an American politician and attorney who served in the United States House of Representatives,
died on February 16, 2026. He was 97. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Harry Barnes, the English Labour politician who served as the party’s Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire,
died on February 16, 2026, aged 89. Born in Easington, County Durham,…
Tyrone G. Martin, an American Navy commander and naval historian,
died on February 16, 2026. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 5, 1930, and was commissioned through NROTC…
Jane Baer, a Canadian-American animator known for her work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit,
died on February 16, 2026, in Van Nuys, California, at the age of 91. Born Jane…
Guido A. Zäch, a Swiss politician and doctor,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Häggenschwil on October 1, 1935, he studied medicine at the…
Semyon Gluzman, a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kyiv on September 10, 1946, Gluzman graduated from the…
Gérard Mathieu, a Belgian politician and schoolteacher,
died on February 16, 2026, in Arlon, Belgium, at the age of 78. A member of the Reformist Movement (MR), he taught Latin…
Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler,
died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99. Born in Athens on August…
Avel Gordly, an American politician and activist in Oregon,
died on February 16, 2026. She was 79. Gordly was born in Portland on February 13, 1947, and became the first…
Bobby Henrich, an American baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Redlegs and Reds,
died on February 16, 2026. Robert Edward Henrich was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played…
Raseswari Panigrahi, an Indian politician,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. She was active in Odisha politics with the Biju Janata Dal and was elected to…
Consty Eka, a Cameroonian television presenter and businessman,
died on February 16, 2026, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the age of 65. Born in Yaoundé on January 13, 1961, he…
Juan Carlos Desanzo, an Argentine film director, screenwriter and cinematographer,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on January 15, 1938, he worked…
American entertainment lawyer
Died on Sunday February 15th 2026
Israeli translator
Died on Sunday February 15th 2026
Mayor of Timaru, the directly elected head of the Timaru District Council in New Zealand,
died on February 15, 2026. The office is the local government authority for the Timaru…
La Voz (Mexican TV series) season 8, identified in the provided information as a Bolivian singer and a contestant on The Voice of Mexico,
died on February 15, 2026. The…
David Hays, an American scenic and lighting designer,
died on February 15, 2026, in Essex, Connecticut. He was the founding artistic director of the National Theatre of the Deaf and…
Melitón Sánchez Rivas, a Panamanian Olympic athlete, finance manager and sports official,
died on February 15, 2026. Born on November 8, 1934, he played baseball and softball and served as…
Tre' Johnson, an American football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns,
died on February 15, 2026, at age…
Michael Harry Page, an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire,
died on February 15, 2026, aged 84. Born in Blackpool on 17 June 1941, he began his career…
George W. Barber, an American museum owner and philanthropist,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 85. Born George Warren Barber Jr. on September 11, 1940, he was…
Enayatollah Bakhshi, Iranian actor,
died on February 15, 2026, at age 80. A veteran performer, he was active from 1965 to 2026 and appeared in more than 170 plays over…
Bitokotipou Yagninim, a Togolese politician,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 84. Born on December 31, 1941, in Bassar, French Togoland, French West Africa, he was a…
Morgan Creek Entertainment, the American film production company co-founded by James G. Robinson and Joe Roth,
died on February 15, 2026. Founded in 1987, the studio released a string of…
José Renato Rabelo, a Brazilian politician and physician,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Ubaíra, Bahia, on February 22, 1942, he was national president…
Neal Dahlen, an American football administrator who worked for the Denver Broncos,
died on February 15, 2026. He was 85. Dahlen worked for the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to…
Bruno Cipolla, an Italian rowing coxswain,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 73 in Oderzo, Italy. He had his best achievements in the coxed pairs with Renzo…
Paul Brainerd, an American businessman, computer programmer and philanthropist who co-founded the Aldus Corporation,
died on February 15, 2026, at age 78. In 1984, he helped establish Aldus, which released…
Pino Colizzi, the Italian actor and voice actor born Giuseppe Colizzi,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Rome in 1937, he began acting on…
Marcelo Dotti, an Ecuadorian politician,
died on February 15, 2026. Born in Quito on December 2, 1942, he began his career in radio in 1984 on the program "Nuestra realidad."…
John Viola, an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives for District 26,
died on February 15, 2026. Elected in 1998 after defeating…
Guenter B. Risse, an American medical historian,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 28, 1932, he wrote numerous books,…
Seumas McSporran, the Scottish multiple worker who was known for holding 14 jobs over 31 years on the Isle of Gigha,
died on February 15, 2026, aged 88. Born James…
We the People, the American guitarist associated with the Orlando garage rock band We the People,
died on February 15, 2026. The band formed in late 1965 and was professionally…
Peter Tasiri, a Ghanaian soldier and politician,
died on February 15, 2026, aged 95. He was a member of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), which ruled Ghana for a…
Abdallah Sadouk, a Moroccan painter and engraver,
died on February 15, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 75. Born in Casablanca on December 25, 1950, he studied at…
Anna Benaki-Psarouda, a Greek lawyer, politician and academician,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Exarcheia, Athens, on December 12, 1934, she obtained a PhD…
Maria Vagatova, a Russian Khanty poet,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Maria Kuzminichna Voldina on December 28, 1936, near the village of Yuilsk in…
Serhiy Petrov, a Ukrainian footballer,
died on February 15, 2026. Serhiy Volodymyrovych Petrov was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a forward. Born on 21 May 1997, he attended…
Quentin Deranque, a French far-right activist,
died on February 15, 2026, from brain injuries sustained two days earlier in Lyon, France, after being beaten in an altercation involving alleged far-left…
Moufed Mahmoud Shehab, an Egyptian politician,
died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Alexandria in January 1936, he served as Cairo University president from 1993…
Ivar Bjørklund, a Norwegian anthropologist and writer,
died on February 15, 2026. Born on December 25, 1949, he was professor of cultural studies at the University of Tromsø – The…
Goran Sukno, a Croatian water polo player,
died on February 15, 2026, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, at the age of 66 after an ongoing illness. He was born in Dubrovnik on…
Theodore Seio Chihara, an American mathematician,
died on February 15, 2026. He worked on orthogonal polynomials and introduced the Al-Salam–Chihara, Brenke–Chihara and Chihara–Ismail polynomials. Chihara earned his PhD from Purdue…
Robert Duvall, an American actor, filmmaker, and producer best known for his later-20th-century Hollywood roles,
died on February 15, 2026, at age 95. Born in San Diego, California, he began…
Mexican actor (Los Motivos de Luz
Died on Sunday February 15th 2026
Russian botanist
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Russian footballer
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Hungarian footballer
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Tajikistani footballer
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Czech Catholic priest
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Russian ice hockey player
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
age unknown
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Merauder, an American guitarist associated with the band Merauder,
died on February 14, 2026. Merauder was an American metalcore band from New York City, formed in 1990. The group established…
Henrike Naumann, a German installation artist,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 41. Born in Zwickau, East Germany, in 1984, she became known for her furniture installations,…
Susan George, the American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer,
died on February 14, 2026. Born Susan Vance Akers on June 29, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, she wrote on…
Richard de Prémare, a French painter who specialised in figurative art,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Richard Dumouchel de Prémare in Casablanca, in the…
Erhard Stiefel, a Swiss mask maker,
died on February 14, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 85. Born in Zurich on May 9, 1940, Stiefel was named a…
Trevor Wilson, an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL),
died on February 14, 2026, aged 75. Born on December 10, 1950,…
Michel Charrel, a French actor,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Tarare, France, on September 13, 1936, he grew up in a family of…
Coca Boom, a Spanish drag queen and performer known professionally as David Parra,
died on February 14, 2026. Born on October 24, 1997, Parra won the first season of Regias…
Bishwa Bandhu Thapa, a Nepalese politician,
died on February 14, 2026. He was regarded as a key figure in the early days of Nepal’s Panchayat system and was seen as…
Ray Webster, the New Zealand-born British businessman who served as chief executive of easyJet from 1996 to 2005,
died on February 14, 2026, aged 79. Born Raymond Douglas Webster in…
Sega, a Japanese businessman and engineer,
died on February 14, 2026. Sega Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo and a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings, is a Japanese video game company known…
Harry Bean, an American politician in New Hampshire and Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,
died on February 14, 2026, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of…
John Fraser, an Australian tennis player and medical doctor,
died on February 14, 2026, aged 90. Born in Melbourne on August 1, 1935, he attended St Kevin’s College before studying…
Michael Silverblatt, an American literary critic and broadcaster who hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Bookworm,
died on February 14, 2026, at age 73. He presented the show from 1989…
Joe Stowell, an American basketball player and coach for the Bradley Braves,
died on February 14, 2026, at age 99. Stowell attended Bradley University and played on its basketball team…
Green Vigo, the South African rugby footballer who played for Wigan Warriors,
died on February 14, 2026, aged 75. Born in Saldanha Bay, Cape Province, South Africa, in 1950, Green…
David Harpp, a Canadian chemist and science communicator,
died on February 14, 2026, at age 89. He was an award-winning university professor and held the Tomlinson Chair in Science Education…
We All Together, the Peruvian rock and roll band formed in 1971,
died on February 14, 2026. The group composed songs in English and Spanish and was known for “Carry…
Faʻaolesa Katopau Ainuʻu, a Samoan jurist and politician,
died on February 14, 2026. Born in November 1963, he was a lawyer, politician and high chief (matai) who served as Samoa’s…
Lowell Green, a Canadian radio personality, journalist and author,
died on February 14, 2026. He was 89. Green was best known as the host of The Lowell Green Show, a…
Bogusław Wąs, a Polish politician,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on February 18, 1952, in Czajęcice, Poland, he served in the Sejm from 1989…
Joseph Rudolph Nossek, an American baseball player, coach and scout for the Minnesota Twins,
died on February 14, 2026. He was 85. Nossek played Major League Baseball as an outfielder,…
Xhelil Gjoni, an Albanian politician and journalist,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on November 3, 1938, in Maqellarë, Dibër, Albania, he was a member…
Edward L. Deci, an American psychologist and academic,
died on February 14, 2026. He was professor of psychology and Gowen Professor in the social sciences at the University of Rochester,…
Dóra Maurer, the Hungarian visual artist associated with conceptual art and geometric abstraction,
died on February 14, 2026. Born in Budapest in 1937, she worked across drawing, printmaking, photography, film,…
