{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-11", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-08T22:57:37+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/11-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/11-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Sammy Ortiz", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sammy-ortiz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T18:30:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "Mexican stuntman actor", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Ortiz" }, { "name": "Christopher Eadie", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christopher-eadie", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 63, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T11:50:03+01:00", "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "British decorator for the British Royal Family", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Eadie" }, { "name": "Jerry McMillan", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jerry-mcmillan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T02:55:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "American photographer", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_McMillan" }, { "name": "Nikolay Tikhomirov Russian politician dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nikolay-tikhomirov-politician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Nikolay Tikhomirov, a Russian politician, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 74. Born on January 12, 1952, in Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he served as a senator from 2012 to 2019.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Tikhomirov_(politician)" }, { "name": "Michael Proctor American football player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-proctor-gridiron-football", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 58, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Canada" ], "description": "Michael Proctor, an American football player and quarterback in the Arena Football League, World League of American Football and Canadian Football League, died on February 11, 2026. Nicknamed \"the General,\" he played college football for the Murray State Racers, where he was a four-year starter from 1986 to 1989. Proctor earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in 1988 and 1989 and was the conference's Offensive Player of the Year in 1989. He passed for a school-record 8,632 yards and set Murray State and Ohio Valley Conference career marks with 9,886 yards.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Proctor_(gridiron_football)" }, { "name": "Alifereti Dere Private in the Fijian Armed Forces dead at age 64", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alifereti-dere", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 64, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "private in the fijian armed forces", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Fiji" ], "description": "Alifereti Dere, a Fijian rugby union player and coach, died on February 11, 2026. He played as a flanker and represented Fiji at international level, making his first cap against Wales in Suva on March 31, 1986. He was part of Fiji’s 1991 Rugby World Cup roster and played three matches at the tournament, with his last cap coming against Romania in Brive-la-Gaillarde. Dere also played for the Army Rugby Club in Suva and was named head coach of the Fiji national rugby sevens team in November 2011.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alifereti_Dere" }, { "name": "Jeffrey Evangelos American politician dead at age 73", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeffrey-evangelos", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jeffrey Evangelos, an American politician from Maine, died on February 11, 2026. He was an unenrolled member of the Maine House of Representatives, serving four two-year terms between 2012 and 2022. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1952, Evangelos earned degrees from Brockport State College and the University of Maine before working in public sector roles in Maine. He was known for criticizing both Democrats and Republicans and for advocating criminal justice reform.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Evangelos" }, { "name": "Eddie Harty Irish Olympic equestrian dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eddie-harty", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Ireland" ], "description": "Eddie Harty, the Irish Olympic equestrian and National Hunt jockey who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Dublin on June 10, 1937, Harty took part in two events at the Rome Games and later rode for leading trainers in England and Ireland. His biggest victory came in the 1969 Grand National, when he was a late replacement aboard Highland Wedding, trained by Toby Balding, and the pair won by 12 lengths.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Harty", "cause_of_death": { "label": "heart failure", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-failure" } }, { "name": "Jenő Murádin Art historian dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeno-muradin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "art historian", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Romania" ], "description": "Jenő Murádin, a Romanian art historian and academic, died on February 11, 2026. Born on November 23, 1937, in Călărași, Turda County, Romania, he was an ethnic Hungarian and a professor at the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca. Murádin primarily studied Transylvanian art. He died in Cluj-Napoca at the age of 88.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Jen_Mur_din.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%C5%91_Mur%C3%A1din" }, { "name": "Cees Nooteboom Novelist, poet, journalist dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/cees-nooteboom", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "novelist", "poet", "journalist", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "England", "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Cees Nooteboom, the Dutch novelist, poet and journalist, died on February 11, 2026, at age 92. Born Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom on July 31, 1933, in The Hague, Netherlands, he gained wider attention for his novel \"Rituals\" (\"Rituelen,\" 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize and was first translated into English in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press. LSU Press later published two earlier novels in English, along with other works up to 1990. Other publishers, including Harcourt and Grove Press, also issued some of his work in English.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Cees_Nooteboom.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cees_Nooteboom" }, { "name": "Christoph Luitpold Frommel Art historian dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christoph-luitpold-frommel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "art historian", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Christoph Luitpold Frommel, a German art historian, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Heidelberg on September 25, 1933, he studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Bonn before serving as director of the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome. He was the son of composer Gerhard Frommel and the grandson of theologian Otto Frommel. Frommel was married to fellow art historian Sabine Frommel and was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and the Accademia di San Luca. In 1999, he was named a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Luitpold_Frommel" }, { "name": "Nico de Haan Dutch birdwatcher and television presenter dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nico-de-haan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Nico de Haan, a Dutch birdwatcher and television presenter, died on February 11, 2026. He was a Dutch conservationist, writer and radio and television presenter known for popularising birdwatching in the Netherlands. De Haan worked with Vogelbescherming Nederland and helped bring birdwatching to a wider audience through the broadcasting programmes Vroege Vogels and Baardmannetjes. He was born in Aarlanderveen on July 22, 1947, spent much of his childhood in Zalk, and later completed training in land and nature management before briefly working as a miner in Canada.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_de_Haan" }, { "name": "George Quincey Lumsden Jr. Diplomat dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/george-quincey-lumsden-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "diplomat", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "George Quincey Lumsden Jr., an American diplomat, died on February 11, 2026, at age 95. A Career Foreign Service Officer, he served as American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates from July 2, 1982, until January 28, 1986. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 19, 1930, he later lived in Maplewood and attended Deerfield Academy before graduating from Princeton University in 1952 with a degree in psychology.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Quincey_Lumsden_Jr." }, { "name": "Bud Cort American actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bud-cort", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bud Cort, the American actor best known for his role in \"Harold and Maude,\" died on February 11, 2026, at age 77. Born Walter Edward Cox in Rye, New York, on March 29, 1948, he was known for his unorthodox starring roles in Robert Altman’s \"Brewster McCloud\" and Hal Ashby’s \"Harold and Maude.\" He was nominated for a Golden Laurel Award for \"Brewster McCloud\" and for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for \"Harold and Maude.\" Cort also appeared in supporting roles in films including \"M*A*S*H,\" \"Electric Dreams,\" \"Heat,\" \"Dogma,\" \"Coyote Ugly,\" \"Pollock\" and \"The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.\"", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Bud_Cort.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Cort" }, { "name": "Tânia Rodrigues Doctor dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tania-rodrigues", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctor", "doctors", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil" ], "description": "Tânia Rodrigues, a Brazilian politician and doctor, died on February 11, 2026, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 75. A member of the Democratic Labour Party, she served in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2015 to 2019. Born Tânia Regina Pereira Rodrigues in Niterói on April 19, 1950, she spent much of her public career in Rio de Janeiro state politics.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2nia_Rodrigues" }, { "name": "James Van Der Beek Actor dead at age 48", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/james-van-der-beek", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 48, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "James Van Der Beek, an American actor known for his role as Dawson Leery on \"Dawson’s Creek,\" died on February 11, 2026, at age 48. Born on March 8, 1977, in Cheshire, Connecticut, he worked as an actor from 1992 to 2026. He also played a fictionalized version of himself on \"Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,\" starred as FBI agent Elijah Mundo on \"CSI: Cyber,\" and appeared as Matt Bromley in the first season of \"Pose.\" His film credits included \"Varsity Blues,\" \"Texas Rangers,\" \"The Rules of Attraction,\" \"Formosa Betrayed,\" \"Labor Day,\" and \"Bad Hair.\"", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/James_Van_Der_Beek.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Beek" }, { "name": "Marc van Belkum Dutch water polo player dead at age 61", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marc-van-belkum", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Marc van Belkum, a Dutch water polo player, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Leiden in 1965, he competed for the Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where the team finished ninth. Van Belkum began his water polo career with De Zijl-LGB in Leiden and later played for Nereus and Vivax, with a spell in Italy. He came from a prominent water polo family; his brother, Stan van Belkum, competed at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, and his niece, Iefke van Belkum, represented the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Belkum" }, { "name": "Jung Eun-woo Actor dead at age 40", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jung-eun-woo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 40, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "South Korea" ], "description": "Jung Eun-woo, a South Korean actor, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 39. Born Jung Dong-jin in Incheon, South Korea, on April 10, 1986, he worked as an actor from 2006 to 2026 and was known professionally by the name Jung Eun-woo. He appeared in television dramas including One Well-Raised Daughter (2013–2014) and The Return of Hwang Geum-bok (2015).", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Eun-woo" }, { "name": "Pip Cheshire Architect dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pip-cheshire", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "architect", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Pip Cheshire, a New Zealand architect, died on February 11, 2026, aged 75. Philip Maxwell Cheshire was one of the founding directors of Jasmax and later founded Cheshire Architects. He was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2013 and served as president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects from 2014 to 2016. Born in Christchurch in 1950, he studied political science at the University of Canterbury before beginning architecture studies at the University of Auckland in 1976.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_Cheshire" }, { "name": "Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore British Olympic alpine skier dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jocelyn-wardrop-moore", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore, a British Olympic alpine skier, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, on April 29, 1932, she competed in two events at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She finished 35th of 47 in the slalom and 42nd of 44 in the giant slalom. Wardrop-Moore married Douglas Murray, a Royal Navy officer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Wardrop-Moore" }, { "name": "Kanbolat Görkem Arslan Actor dead at age 45", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kanbolat-gorkem-arslan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 45, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Kanbolat Görkem Arslan, a Turkish actor known for his role as Savcı Bey in Kuruluş: Osman, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 45. Born on November 4, 1980, in Düzce, Turkey, he graduated from Hacettepe University and was active as an actor from 2011 to 2026. He died in Istanbul.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanbolat_G%C3%B6rkem_Arslan", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-attack" } }, { "name": "Peter Meyer German footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-meyer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Peter Meyer died on February 11, 2026. He was a German footballer associated with Fortuna Düsseldorf. His death was announced without additional details.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Meyer_(footballer)" }, { "name": "Émilie Manima Midwife dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/emilie-manima", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "midwife", "politicians" ], "description": "Émilie Manima, a Congolese politician and former midwife, died on February 11, 2026, in Brazzaville at the age of 89. Born in Brazzaville on March 25, 1936, she studied at the École des sages-femmes in Dakar before working as a midwife and becoming a feminist activist focused on maternal health. On January 9, 1975, President Marien Ngouabi nominated her Minister of Social Affairs, making her the first woman to serve as a government minister in the country.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_Manima" }, { "name": "Otto Šimko Slovak jurist dead at age 101", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/otto-simko", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 101, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers" ], "description": "Otto Šimko, a Slovak jurist and Holocaust survivor, died on February 11, 2026. Born in Topoľčany on June 1, 1924, to Artúr and Irena Šimko, he spent most of his childhood in Nitra. His father was a Jewish lawyer and later a judge. Šimko was a member of Hashomer Hatzair, the Jewish scouts with a strong left-wing and communist orientation. During World War II, after the adoption of the anti-Jewish laws, police came to his apartment in Nitra to deport him, but he was at work digging a canal in Svätý Jur for the Jewish work center. His father was imprisoned in Ilava because he was a social democrat.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_%C5%A0imko" }, { "name": "William Nyhan Lesch-Nyhan syndrome dead at age 99", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/william-nyhan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 99, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lesch-nyhan syndrome", "doctors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "William Leo Nyhan, an American physician and co-discoverer of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, died on February 11, 2026, at age 99. Born in Boston on March 13, 1926, he later served as professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in La Jolla, California. He also held positions at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, and served on advisory committees, pediatric advisory boards and research foundation boards. His research included amino acid metabolism disorders such as 4-hydroxybutyric aciduria, 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase deficiency, multiple carboxylase deficiency, methylmalonic acidemia and propionic acidemia.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/William_Nyhan.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nyhan" }, { "name": "Wai Kee-shun Hong Kong newspaper proprietor dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/wai-kee-shun", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "China" ], "description": "Wai Kee-shun, a Hong Kong newspaper proprietor, businessman, publisher and sports commentator, died on February 11, 2026. Born on March 8, 1933, he was educated at New Method College and later studied in the United States before returning to Hong Kong in 1956. He helped his brother establish Tin Tin Daily News and served as its president from 1960 to 1977. Wai was also a long-time sports commentator for TVB and Cable TV, covering boxing and other sports, and held leadership roles in several sports associations in the 1960s and 1970s.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Kee-shun" }, { "name": "Helmuth Rilling German choral conductor dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/helmuth-rilling", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Helmuth Rilling, the German choral conductor and academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, died on February 11, 2026. Born in Stuttgart on May 29, 1933, he founded the Gächinger Kantorei in 1954 while still a student, the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart in 1965, the Oregon Bach Festival in 1970, and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart in 1981, along with other Bach academies worldwide. He also founded the Festival Ensemble Stuttgart in 2001 and the Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble in 2011. 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Meyer began his career with Wersten 04 and TuRU Düsseldorf before joining Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1960. With the club, he played in the 1961–62 DFB-Pokal final and later helped secure promotion to the Bundesliga in 1966. He then moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he scored a hat trick on his debut against Schalke 04.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Meyer_(footballer,_born_1940)" }, { "name": "Alfio Rapisarda Italian Roman Catholic prelate dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alfio-rapisarda", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Alfio Rapisarda, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, died on February 11, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zafferana Etnea, in the province of Catania, Italy, on September 3, 1933, he was ordained a priest on July 14, 1957, and earned a doctorate in canon law. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1962 after completing studies at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1960. From 1979, he held the title of apostolic nuncio, and his early assignments included service in Honduras, Brazil, France, Yugoslavia and Lebanon. 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Born on March 18, 1926, he died in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qallibek_Kamolov" }, { "name": "Viktor Zaporozhets Ukrainian Olympic boxer dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/viktor-zaporozhets", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Viktor Zaporozhets, a Ukrainian Olympic boxer who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Viktor Konstiantynovych Zaporozhets on May 23, 1947, in Volchansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he represented the Soviet Union in the men's light flyweight event at the 1968 Games and finished ninth.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Zaporozhets" }, { "name": "Biodun Jeyifo Nigerian literary critic and scholar dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/biodun-jeyifo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Nigeria" ], "description": "Biodun Jeyifo, a Nigerian literary critic and scholar, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 80. He was a Nigerian academic, critic, public intellectual and cultural theorist who specialized in world Anglophone literature and culture. Born in Ibadan on January 5, 1946, he attained prominence in African intellectual circles and academic networks for his analyses of capitalist modernity and its social and cultural crises. He was also widely regarded as a leading scholarly authority on the works and career of Wole Soyinka.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodun_Jeyifo" }, { "name": "Jerry Kennedy American record producer dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jerry-kennedy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jerry Kennedy, an American record producer, songwriter and guitarist, died on February 11, 2026. Born Jerry Glenn Kennedy in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 10, 1940, he worked in country music and rock and roll and was active from 1961 to 2026. He played vocals, guitar and dobro during a career that began in the Shreveport area and continued for decades before his death in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 85.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Jerry_Kennedy.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Kennedy" }, { "name": "Sandra Mendoza Kinesiologist dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sandra-mendoza", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-11", "reported_date": "2026-02-11", "published_at": "2026-02-11T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "kinesiologist", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Argentina" ], "description": "Sandra Mendoza, an Argentine politician, died on February 11, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 62. 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