{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-12", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-26T03:54:41+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/12-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/12-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Ángela Murillo", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/angela-murillo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-02-13", "reported_date": "2026-02-13", "published_at": "2026-02-13T21:45:01+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Spanish judge", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela_Murillo" }, { "name": "Oscar Botello", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/oscar-botello", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-13", "reported_date": "2026-02-13", "published_at": "2026-02-13T21:40:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "Mexican rapper", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Botello" }, { "name": "Robert S. 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Born in Monterrey on April 24, 1936, he was known for Spanish dubbing roles including Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard and the first voices of Philosopher Smurf and Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs. In 2017, the ANDA awarded him a gold medal for 50 years of uninterrupted artistic career. He was 89.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eladio_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Garza" }, { "name": "Alfred Chen Taiwanese politician dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alfred-chen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "China", "Taiwan" ], "description": "Alfred Chen, a Taiwanese business executive and politician, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Also known as Chen Fei-lung, he was born on October 2, 1937, in Hong Kong and was raised in Shanghai until he completed sixth grade. He graduated from Tamkang University with a bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and later earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. 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A member of the New Democracy party, he led its youth organisation, ONNED, from 1976 to 1977 and served on the party’s executive and administrative committees in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following New Democracy’s 2004 election victory, he became minister for justice under Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, later serving as minister for mercantile marine and island policy in 2008.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasios_Papaligouras" }, { "name": "Bożena Dykiel Actress dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bozena-dykiel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actress", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Bożena Dykiel, a Polish theatre and film actress, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Grabowo, Poland, on August 26, 1948, she worked as an actress from 1972 to 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Bo_ena_Dykiel.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C5%BCena_Dykiel" }, { "name": "Joe Simon Indian film director, heart attack dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/joe-simon-director", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "S. M. Joe Simon, an Indian film director, actor, lyricist, and screenplay and story writer, died on February 12, 2026, of a heart attack. He was known for his work in Kannada cinema and directed films including \"Mr. Vasu\" (1995), \"Wanted\" (1993), \"Ravivarma\" (1992), and \"Snehada Kadalalli\" (1992). Simon was also involved in more than 100 Kannada films as an actor, dialogue writer, or director, and served as vice-president of the Kannada Film Directors Association (KANFIDA).", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simon_(director)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-attack" } }, { "name": "Dario Antiseri Italian philosopher dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dario-antiseri", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Dario Antiseri, an Italian philosopher and academic, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 86. He held a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from the University of Perugia and spent many years as Full Professor of Methodology of the Social Sciences at LUISS in Rome. He also taught in Siena, Padova and Rome, where he served as Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, and retired from academia in 2010. Antiseri was a noted scholar of Karl R. Popper and Hans-Georg Gadamer, and with Giovanni Reale he coauthored a three-volume philosophy treatise widely used in Italian schools.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Antiseri" }, { "name": "Sarla Maheshwari Indian journalist dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sarla-maheshwari-journalist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Sarla Maheshwari, an Indian journalist and news reader with DD National, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on 11 April 1954, she worked with Doordarshan from 1976, when she was selected as an announcer while still a doctoral student. She later became a news reader with the channel, and her career in broadcasting continued until 2005. Maheshwari completed her BA and MA in Hindi at the University of Delhi and later earned a PhD from the same university. She also served as a lecturer at Hansraj College.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarla_Maheshwari_(journalist)" }, { "name": "2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting American mass murderer dead at age 18", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/2026-tumbler-ridge-shooting", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 18, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Britain" ], "description": "2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting, an American mass murderer in the Tumbler Ridge shooting, died on February 12, 2026, following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. On February 10, 2026, Jesse Van Rootselaar killed her mother and half-brother at their home before going to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where she killed six people and injured twenty-seven others before killing herself. Van Rootselaar was a former student of the school. The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in Canada since 2020 and the deadliest school shooting in the country since 1989.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Van_Rootselaar", "cause_of_death": { "label": "suicide", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-suicide" } }, { "name": "Esa Pakarinen Jr. Finnish actor dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/esa-pakarinen-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Finland" ], "description": "Esa Pakarinen Jr., a Finnish actor, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Varkaus on December 12, 1947, he worked as an actor, comedian, director and puppeteer from 1977 to 2026. After graduating from the Helsinki Theatre Academy, he worked at the City Theater of Joensuu, the City Theatre in Kotka and later the Helsinki City Theatre. He later turned to puppet theater, and in 1989 moved back to Varkaus, where he performed his own solo puppet theater. He also studied to be a reflexologist.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Pakarinen_Jr." }, { "name": "Patricio Etcheverry Chilean Olympic javelin thrower dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/patricio-etcheverry", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Chile" ], "description": "Patricio Etcheverry, a Chilean Olympic javelin thrower, died on February 12, 2026. Born Patricio \"Pedro\" Etcheverry Etchevers on March 6, 1943, in Santiago, Chile, he competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1964 Summer Olympics. His personal best in the event was 78.28 metres, set in 1971.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Etcheverry" }, { "name": "Ömer Kaner Turkish football player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/omer-kaner", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Ömer Kaner, a Turkish football player and coach, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 74. A forward, he played for Eskişehirspor, Fenerbahçe and Karagümrük. He also served as head coach of the Turkey national futsal team and played, coached and managed Fenerbahçe SK.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96mer_Kaner" }, { "name": "María Elena Álvarez Bernal Politician dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maria-elena-alvarez-bernal", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politician", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "María Elena Álvarez Bernal, a Mexican politician and member of the National Action Party (PAN), died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 95. A native of Zamora, Michoacán, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on four occasions. During her final term, she served as president of the Chamber in 2007. She was also elected to the Senate in 1997, representing Michoacán.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mar_a_Elena_lvarez_Bernal.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_%C3%81lvarez_Bernal" }, { "name": "Pat Collins American football coach dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pat-collins-american-football", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Dailymail.com", "url": "https://www.dailymail.com/sport/othersports/article-15823751/The-inside-story-Kerry-legend-GAA-icon-battling-heartbreak-lead-Westmeath-Croke-Park-glory-greatest-season-got-bring-TV-screen.html", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "The inside story of Kerry legend and GAA icon battling back from his own heartbreak to lead Westmeath to Croke Park glory and their greatest ever season... and how I got to bring it to the TV screen" } ], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "India" ], "description": "Pat Collins, an American football coach and the seventh head football coach for Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Louisiana, died on February 12, 2026. He was 84. Born on August 20, 1941, Collins graduated from Louisiana Tech before becoming a graduate assistant and later a full-time assistant coach at the school. He was part of Louisiana Tech’s defensive coaching staff during three consecutive NCAA College Division and Division II championships from 1971 to 1973. After being hired at Northeast Louisiana, he became head coach in 1981 and coached players including quarterbacks Bubby Brister and Stan Humphries.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Collins_(American_football)" }, { "name": "José Luis Russo Uruguayan footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-luis-russo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "Uruguay" ], "description": "José Luis Russo, a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender, died on February 12, 2026. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, he played for clubs in Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Colombia. After retiring, Russo coached children in Valencia, Spain, and Miami, United States. He was nicknamed Pete, a short form of Chupete, a family nickname inherited from his grandfather.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Russo" }, { "name": "Gordon Brown English rugby league player dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gordon-brown-rugby-league", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Order-order.com", "url": "https://order-order.com/2026/05/11/no10-gordon-brown-and-harriet-harman-will-not-attend-cabinet/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "No10: Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman Will Not Attend Cabinet" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Freerepublic.com", "url": "https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4378636/posts", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "You really have lost the plot. If Gordon Brown is the answer what was the question?" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "The Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/keir-starmer-appoints-gordon-brown-as-adviser-after-election-flop/articleshow/130982445.cms", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Keir Starmer appoints Gordon Brown as adviser after election flop" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Www.gov.uk", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-gordon-brown-as-the-prime-ministers-special-envoy-on-global-finance-and-cooperation", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Appointment of Gordon Brown as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Www.gov.uk", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-gordon-brown-as-the-prime-ministers-special-reviewer-on-global-finance-and-cooperation", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Appointment of Gordon Brown as the Prime Minister’s Special Reviewer on Global Finance and Cooperation" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Dailymail.com", "url": "https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15824943/New-BBC-director-general-Gordon-Brown-advice.html", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "New BBC director-general hired from Google asked Gordon Brown for advice on how to take on a 'thankless' job" } ], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Gordon Brown, the English rugby league player and coach who represented Great Britain and played for Leeds and Keighley, died on February 12, 2026, aged 95. 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A midfielder, he made 15 appearances for the Indonesia national team. Idris died at Cinta Kasih Hospital in Ciputat, South Tangerang.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elly_Idris" }, { "name": "Sandringham House British decorator for the British Royal Family dead at age 63", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sandringham-house", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 63, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Sandringham House, a British decorator for the British Royal Family, died on February 12, 2026. Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England, and one of the royal residences of Charles III. The house stands on a 20,000-acre estate in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is listed as Grade II*, and its landscaped gardens, park and woodlands are included on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Chris_Eadie.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Eadie" }, { "name": "Palmerston Mouser dead at age 11", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/palmerston-cat", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 11, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "mouser", "politicians" ], "description": "Palmerston, the resident Chief Mouser of the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office, died on February 12, 2026, aged 11–12. A black-and-white tuxedo cat, he was born in 2014 and came from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. Palmerston held the post for four years, from 2016 until his retirement in 2020. He briefly returned to service in 2025, when he was taken to Bermuda with Andrew Murdoch, his owner since retirement, after Murdoch became Governor of Bermuda.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Palmerston_cat.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston_(cat)" }, { "name": "Joana Lopes Portuguese systems engineer and anti-fascist dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/joana-lopes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Portugal" ], "description": "Joana Lopes, a Portuguese systems engineer and anti-fascist, died on February 12, 2026. Born Maria Joana de Menezes Lopes on October 11, 1938, in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, in Mozambique, she attended high school in Portugal. She was a professor of logic and other subjects in the philosophy department at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon from 1965 to 1971. She later became a computer programmer and worked as a systems engineer for IBM in Portugal and Belgium. She was the first woman to join the company’s executive board in Portugal.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joana_Lopes" }, { "name": "Liane Engeman Dutch racing driver dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/liane-engeman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Liane Engeman, a Dutch racing driver, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Haarlem on March 24, 1944, she worked for her father's taxi company in Zandvoort and was driving by age 15. She was introduced to racing when rally driver Rob Slotemaker offered her a lift while she was waiting at a bus stop. Engeman began racing professionally in Formula Vee in the Netherlands in 1965 and later competed in the 1969 British Saloon Car Championship for D.J. Bond Racing, driving a Ford Anglia.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liane_Engeman" }, { "name": "Sarla Maheshwari Indian journalist & news reader on DD National dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sarla-maheshwari", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Sarla Maheshwari, an Indian journalist and news reader on DD National from 1976 to 2005, died on February 12, 2026. The available information identifies her as an Indian journalist and television news reader associated with DD National over nearly three decades. 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Born in Nõmme in the Estonian SSR, USSR, on January 24, 1954, Habicht worked as both a translator and writer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhan_Habicht" }, { "name": "Robert Daverman American topologist dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robert-daverman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Robert Daverman, an American topologist, died on February 12, 2026. Robert Jay Daverman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 28, 1941. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Calvin College in 1963 and pursued doctoral study under R. H. Bing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing his thesis, Locally Fenced 2-spheres in S, in 1967, he began teaching at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Daverman" }, { "name": "Dani Arditi Israeli military officer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dani-arditi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Israel" ], "description": "Dani Arditi, an Israeli military officer, died on February 12, 2026, aged 75. Born in Yir'on in 1951, the son of Egyptian emigrants, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces in 1970. He took part in Operation Sabena Flight 571 in 1972, fought in the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and served as a company commander in Operation Entebbe in 1976. During the 1982 Lebanon War, he served as a company commander. From 1984 to 1994, Arditi held a number of positions in the Israeli Intelligence Corps. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1998 and later led the Liaison Unit of Foreign Forces and the External Relations Division in the Operations Directorate before retiring in 2002.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Arditi" }, { "name": "Vangie Labalan Filipino actress", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vangie-labalan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "the Philippines" ], "description": "Vangie Labalan, a Filipino actress, comedian, acting coach and voice actress, died on February 12, 2026. Born Maria Cristina Bonghanoy in Bago, Negros Occidental, on January 20, 1943, she worked in film and television from 1964 to 2026. She was also a dubbing supervisor and owned Synch Masters, a company that specialized in dubbing Mexican telenovelas and anime shows in Filipino. Labalan was the widow of Noli and is survived by four children and nine grandchildren.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangie_Labalan" }, { "name": "Michel Portal French composer dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michel-portal", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Michel Portal, the French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Bayonne on November 27, 1935, he studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux. Portal worked in both jazz and classical music and was considered one of the architects of modern European jazz. He co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art and, in 1969, played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal" }, { "name": "Mirakbar Rahmonqulov Lawyer dead at age 73", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mirakbar-rahmonqulov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyer", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "description": "Mirakbar Rahmonqulov, an Uzbek politician and lawyer, died on February 12, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 73. An Independent, he served in the Senate from 2020 to 2026. Rahmonqulov was born on October 5, 1952, in Tashkent, in the Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirakbar_Rahmonqulov" }, { "name": "Marian Potograbski Writer dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marian-potograbski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writer", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Marian Jan Potograbski, a Polish writer, died on February 12, 2026. He was a researcher of the 1956 Poznań protests and received the Silver Cross of Merit of Poland in 2006.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Marian_Potograbski.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Potograbski" }, { "name": "Henric Holmberg Swedish actor dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/henric-holmberg", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Sweden" ], "description": "Henric Holmberg, a Swedish actor, died on February 12, 2026. Born Sven Martin Henric Holmberg in Växjö on January 4, 1946, he had his breakthrough in \"Sven Klang's Combo\" in 1976. He began acting in leftist theater groups and later took part in the 1977 Tent Project, a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working-class movement, playing the Communist leader Zeth Höglund. Holmberg also portrayed historical figures including Rutger Macklean in the 1993 Sveriges Television drama \"Macklean\" and Adolf Hitler in the play \"Albert Speer\" at Gothenburg City Theatre in 2001, later televised.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henric_Holmberg" }, { "name": "George Bunting American politician dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/george-bunting-delaware-politician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "George Howard Bunting Jr., an American politician and member of the Delaware Democratic Party, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 81. He represented District 20 in the Delaware State Senate from 1996 to 2013. Bunting previously served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1996. Born in Salisbury, Maryland, he died at his home in Bethany Beach, Delaware.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/George_Bunting_Delaware_politician.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bunting_(Delaware_politician)" }, { "name": "Roy Face American baseball player dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roy-face", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Roy Face, the American baseball player best known for his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, died on February 12, 2026. A right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1953 to 1969, he spent almost his entire career with Pittsburgh and became known as “The Baron of the Bullpen.” Face helped make the forkball famous and was a pioneer of modern relief pitching, serving as an early model for the closer role. He also played a leading part in the Pirates’ victory over the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, when he became the first pitcher to save as many as three games in a Fall Classic.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Roy_Face.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Face" }, { "name": "Geraldine Fenton Canadian ice dancer dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/geraldine-fenton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Geraldine Fenton, a Canadian ice dancer, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Toronto on November 20, 1935, she competed with partner William McLachlan and became a three-time Canadian national champion and three-time World medallist. Fenton retired from competition in 1959 to take a coaching position. She died in Kitchener, Ontario.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Fenton" }, { "name": "Danny Hale Northern Irish footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/danny-hale-footballer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Ireland" ], "description": "Danny Hale, the Northern Irish footballer who played as a forward, died on February 12, 2026. Born Daniel Hale on 1 July 1941, he was a prolific goalscorer in the Irish League and the League of Ireland, becoming top scorer in each and netting more than 300 goals across a 13-season career. Raised in Carrick Hill in north Belfast, he played for St Malachy's, Cranburn Stars, Lisnagarvey Strollers, Cliftonville, Glentoran, Crusaders, Dundalk, Derry City and Ards. He made his senior debut for Cliftonville at Solitude on 15 August 1959 and later scored 55 times for Crusaders in the 1965–66 season, a club record.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Hale_(footballer)" }, { "name": "John Shirreffs Trainer dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-shirreffs", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "trainer" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "John Shirreffs, an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, died on February 12, 2026, at age 80. Born John Alexander Shirreffs on June 1, 1945, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he began training Thoroughbreds in California in 1978. His most notable victory came in the 2005 Kentucky Derby, when Giacomo scored an upset. In 2007, Tiago, a half-brother to Giacomo, won the Santa Anita Derby. Shirreffs also trained Zenyatta, and in November 2009 became the first trainer to win both the Ladies' Classic and the Classic in the same year, with Life Is Sweet and Zenyatta.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shirreffs" }, { "name": "Jacques Gaillard 77–78 dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jacques-gaillard-writer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-12", "reported_date": "2026-02-12", "published_at": "2026-02-12T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Jacques Gaillard, a French writer and Latinist, died on February 12, 2026. He was 77–78. 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