{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-08", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-08T00:12:27+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/08-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/08-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Agus Widjojo Military officer, diplomat dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/agus-widjojo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "military officer", "diplomat", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Indonesia" ], "description": "Agus Widjojo, an Indonesian military officer and diplomat, died on February 8, 2026, in Jakarta at the age of 78. He was vice chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia and served as Indonesian National Armed Forces Chief of Territorial Affairs. Widjojo was regarded as one of the TNI’s leading intellectuals and was responsible for restructuring the political and security doctrine of the armed forces while serving as commandant of the Armed Forces’ staff college and chief of territorial staff. He also served as governor of the Indonesian National Resilience Institute and as a member of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agus_Widjojo" }, { "name": "Owen Donohoe American politician dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/owen-donohoe", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Owen Donohoe, an American politician from Kansas who served as a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, died on February 8, 2026, at age 80. He represented the 39th district from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2019 to 2024. Donohoe moved to Kansas in 1989 to start his own medical device company, Donohoe and Associates. He announced his resignation on February 20, 2024, effective March 13, 2024.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Donohoe" }, { "name": "Tadao Yasuda Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tadao-yasuda", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Tadao Yasuda, a Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler who competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, died on February 8, 2026, at age 62. Born in Tokyo on October 9, 1963, he made his professional sumo debut in 1979 under the shikona Takanofuji Tadao and reached the rank of komusubi. After retiring from sumo in 1992, he turned to professional wrestling and competed from 1994 to 2011, becoming a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion in NJPW. He also fought in mixed martial arts from 2001 to 2003 and recorded a notable win over Jérôme Le Banner.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadao_Yasuda" }, { "name": "Blake Garrett Actor dead at age 33", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/blake-garrett", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 33, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Blake Garrett, an American actor, died on February 8, 2026, at age 33. Born Nolan Blake Garrett on September 14, 1992, in Austin, Texas, he was an American film and stage actor best known for his role as Plug in the children's comedy film How to Eat Fried Worms. Garrett began acting at a young age in local theatre productions, including Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Peanuts: A Charlie Brown Tribute, The Wizard of Oz, Annie and Grease. At age 10, he joined the international tour of Barney's Colorful World and performed in the live show. He died in Tulsa, Oklahoma.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Garrett" }, { "name": "Jorge Babu Police officerCriminal dead at age 60", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jorge-babu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 60, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "police officercriminal", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil" ], "description": "Jorge Luis Hauat, known as Jorge Babu, a Brazilian politician, died on February 8, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 60. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro from 2007 to 2011 and was a member of multiple political parties. Before his political career, he worked as a civil police officer. He was arrested in 2010 and sentenced to seven years in prison for association with militias in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, forming a criminal gang and extortion.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Babu" }, { "name": "Ernest Morrell American scholar and music executive dead at age 54", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ernest-morrell", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 54, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "England" ], "description": "Ernest Morrell, an American scholar and music executive, died on February 8, 2026. He was an academic in English and Africana Studies and, in 2024, served as the Coyle Professor in Literacy Education at Notre Dame, director of the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education, and associate dean for the Humanities and Equity in the College of Arts and Letters. Morrell was also the founder and president of Desert Highway Music, which produced blues and folk music. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later received teaching and graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Morrell" }, { "name": "Giulio Lepschy Italian linguist dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/giulio-lepschy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Giulio Lepschy, an Italian linguist and academic, died on February 8, 2026, aged 91. Born in Venice in 1935, he studied at the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa before conducting research at several European universities. He joined the University of Reading as a lecturer in 1964, became a reader in 1967 and professor of Italian in 1975, a post he held full time until 1997 before continuing part time. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1987, admitted to the Accademia della Crusca in 1991 and received its Serena Medal in 2000.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Giulio_Lepschy.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Lepschy" }, { "name": "David Federman Israeli stockbroker and basketball club owner dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-federman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Israel" ], "description": "David Federman, an Israeli stockbroker and basketball club owner, died on February 8, 2026. Born in Tel Aviv on September 24, 1944, he was known for his business career, including acquiring control of Elite Industries Ltd together with ED&F Man and later taking over Israel Petrochemical Enterprises Ltd. He also owned the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Federman" }, { "name": "Angelo Attaguile Accounant dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/angelo-attaguile", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "accounant", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Angelo Attaguile, an Italian politician, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Angelo Gioachino Gaetano Attaguile in Grammichele, Italy, on May 12, 1947, he was associated with the Movement for Autonomy (MpA) and Lega (LSP). He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2018, representing Campania 2. Attaguile died in Catania.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Attaguile" }, { "name": "Eli Alaluf Israeli politician dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eli-alaluf", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Israel" ], "description": "Eli Alaluf, an Israeli politician, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Fes, Morocco, on February 17, 1945, he immigrated to Israel in 1967. He studied political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1968 to 1972 and later served as director of the French-speaking youth unit of the World Zionist Organization. Alaluf also worked as an assistant in Minister Yigael Yadin’s office, with the Jewish Agency in renewal and development, and was elected to the Beersheba city council in 1989. He later served as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Alaluf" }, { "name": "Tadamasa Goto Yakuza dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tadamasa-goto", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "yakuza", "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Tadamasa Goto, a Japanese crime boss and yakuza, died on February 8, 2026. He was the founding head of the Goto-gumi, a Fujinomiya-based affiliate of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest yakuza syndicate. Born in Tokyo on September 16, 1942, Goto was convicted at least nine times and at one point was described as the most powerful crime boss in Tokyo, earning the nickname “the John Gotti of Japan.” He was once claimed to have been the largest shareholder in Japan Airlines, though that claim was disputed by stock exchange filings.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadamasa_Goto" }, { "name": "Jung Jin-woo South Korean film director", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jung-jin-woo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "South Korea" ], "description": "Jung Jin-woo, a South Korean film director and producer, died on February 8, 2026. He was 88. Jung made his directorial debut with The Only Son in 1963, at age 23, setting a Korean record as the youngest person to direct a film. He later directed The Ran's Elegy, The Secret Meeting, The Student Boarder and Early Rain, and was active in film from 1963 to 1995.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jin-woo", "cause_of_death": { "label": "COVID-19", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-covid-19" } }, { "name": "Hannah Henry Triathlete dead at age 26", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/hannah-henry", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 26, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "triathlete" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Canada" ], "description": "Hannah Henry, a Canadian triathlete, died on February 8, 2026, at age 26. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, on October 27, 1999, she began competing in triathlon at age 9 and later attended Mount Douglas Secondary School before moving to Arizona to train and compete at Arizona State University. Henry won back-to-back USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in 2017 and 2018 and represented Canada internationally, including at the 2019 Pan American Games, where she earned a silver medal in the mixed relay.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Henry" }, { "name": "Erkki Nghimtina Politician dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/erkki-nghimtina", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politician", "politicians" ], "description": "Erkki Nghimtina, a Namibian politician and military officer, died on February 8, 2026. A member of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), he served in the National Assembly of Namibia from 1995 to 2020 and held various cabinet roles from 2005 to 2020. Born in Eembidi in September 1947, Nghimtina also served in the Namibia Defence Force. He died in Edundja village, Ohangwena, Namibia, at the age of 78.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Nghimtina" }, { "name": "Terry L. Fields American politician dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/terry-l-fields", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Terry L. Fields, an American politician, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 66. A Democrat, he served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, representing the 14th District, which included parts of downtown Jacksonville in western Duval County. Fields was born in Jacksonville on April 18, 1959, attended Florida A&M University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education in 1981, and later did graduate work at Florida State University. He also served on the Jacksonville Civil Service Board from 1983 to 1991 and ran for a seat in the Florida House again in 2016, losing in the primary to Kimberly Daniels.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Terry_L._Fields.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_L._Fields" }, { "name": "Kazimierz Wielikosielec Belarusian Roman Catholic prelate dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kazimierz-wielikosielec", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Belarus" ], "description": "Kazimierz Wielikosielec, a Belarusian Roman Catholic prelate, died on February 8, 2026. He was 80. Born in Staravolia in the Byelorussian SSR, he was a Dominican who studied at the seminary in Riga and was ordained a priest in 1984 by Cardinal Julijans Vaivods. He served as Vicar General and dean of the Diocese of Pinsk deanery in Baranavichy from 1992, became an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pinsk in 1999, and was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev in January 2021.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Wielikosielec" }, { "name": "Dave Ellis Canadian Olympic sprinter dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dave-ellis-runner", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Dave Ellis, a Canadian long-distance runner who competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, on April 25, 1937, Ellis represented Canada at the 1968 Games in Mexico City.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Ellis_(runner)" }, { "name": "Jon Kudelka Cartoonist for The Saturday Paper dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jon-kudelka", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "cartoonist for the saturday paper", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Jon Kudelka, an Australian cartoonist, died on February 8, 2026, in Hobart, Tasmania, at the age of 53. Born in Burnie, Tasmania, on February 22, 1972, he was an editorial cartoonist whose work regularly appeared in The Australian, The Mercury and The Saturday Paper. He studied at the University of Tasmania and earned a Bachelor of Science. Over his career, which began in 1993, Kudelka won the Stanley Award for best editorial/political cartoonist and the Walkley Award for best cartoon in 2008, a second Walkley Award in 2018, and the Vince O’Farrell Award for Outstanding Cartoon at the Kennedy Awards in 2019.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kudelka" }, { "name": "Eric Allan Actor dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eric-allan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Eric Allan, a British actor, died on February 8, 2026, aged 85. Born David Eric Allan in Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, on March 8, 1940, he moved with his family to Canada at age 15 and returned to Britain at 18 to pursue acting. His first film role came in Peter Brook's 1968 film Tell Me Lies, based on the play US, in which he had appeared the previous year.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Eric_Allan.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Allan" }, { "name": "Patrizia De Blanck Italian TV personality dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/patrizia-de-blanck", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Patrizia De Blanck, the Italian television personality and socialite, died on February 8, 2026, in Rome, Italy, at the age of 85. Born in Rome on November 9, 1940, she was the daughter of Countess Lloyd Dario and Cuban ambassador Guillermo \"Willy\" de Blanck y Menocal. In 1958, she became one of the assistants on the television programme Il Musichiere, presented by Mario Riva.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrizia_De_Blanck" }, { "name": "Kirk Francis Sound engineer dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kirk-francis-sound-engineer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "sound engineer" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Kirk Francis, an American sound engineer, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 78. He won the Academy Award for sound on The Bourne Ultimatum in 2008 and received an Academy Award nomination for L.A. Confidential in 1998. Francis also worked on the 1973 film Executive Action and was credited on Jurassic World. His career spanned from 1972 to 2014.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Kirk_Francis_sound_engineer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Francis_(sound_engineer)" }, { "name": "Edward Linde-Lubaszenko Actor dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/edward-linde-lubaszenko", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, a Polish actor, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 86. Over a career spanning more than five decades, he was known for distinctive character roles in Polish cinema and television, including performances in Psy (1992), Kroll (1991) and the television series Układ krążenia (2017). Born in Białystok in 1939, he made his debut in 1964 at the Polish Theatre in Wrocław and later graduated from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków in 1977.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Linde-Lubaszenko" }, { "name": "Lynn Bolles Anthropologist dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lynn-bolles", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "anthropologist", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Augusta Lynn Bolles, an American anthropologist, died on February 8, 2026. She was 76. Bolles was professor emerita of women’s studies and affiliate faculty in anthropology, African American studies, American studies, comparative literature and the Latin American studies center at the University of Maryland. She also served as co-chair of The Cottagers’ African American Cultural Festival. Born in Passaic, New Jersey, she earned degrees from Syracuse University and Rutgers University and earlier taught at Bowdoin College.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Bolles", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart failure", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-failure" } }, { "name": "Frans Verhaegen Belgian racing cyclist dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/frans-verhaegen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Belgium" ], "description": "Frans Verhaegen, a Belgian professional racing cyclist, died on February 8, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Pulle, Belgium, on January 22, 1948, he rode in the 1976 Tour de France.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Verhaegen" }, { "name": "Chen Bangzhu Chinese politician, governor of Hunan and chairman of the Committee of Population, Resources and Environment dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chen-bangzhu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "China" ], "description": "Chen Bangzhu, a Chinese politician who served as governor of Hunan from 1989 to 1994 and as chairman of the Committee of Population, Resources and Environment from 2000 to 2008, died on February 8, 2026, at age 91. Born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in September 1934, he graduated from Chongqing Jianzhu University in 1954 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1975. He also served as mayor of Yueyang, minister of Internal Trade from 1995 to 1998, and deputy director of the State Economic and Trade Commission in 1998.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Bangzhu" }, { "name": "Franco Nuovo Canadian journalist and television presenter dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/franco-nuovo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-02-08", "reported_date": "2026-02-08", "published_at": "2026-02-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Franco Nuovo, a Canadian journalist and television presenter, died on February 8, 2026, in Montreal at the age of 72 from cardiac arrest. 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