{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-18", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-09T17:08:56+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/18-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/18-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Karoly Díaz", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karoly-diaz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 55, "death_date": "2026-02-19", "reported_date": "2026-02-19", "published_at": "2026-02-19T18:50:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Chile" ], "description": "chilean voice actor", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoly_D%C3%ADaz" }, { "name": "Firmin Ayessa Congolese politician dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/firmin-ayessa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "Firmin Ayessa, a Congolese politician, died on February 18, 2026. He served as Deputy Prime Minister for Civil Service, State Reform, Labour and Social Security from 2017. A long-time associate of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ayessa held several senior posts at the Presidency of Congo-Brazzaville, including director of the Civil Cabinet of the President from 1999 to 2002, deputy director of the Presidential Cabinet from 2002 to 2007, and director of the Presidential Cabinet from 2007 to 2017.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmin_Ayessa" }, { "name": "Svein Jarvoll Norwegian writer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/svein-jarvoll", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Norway" ], "description": "Svein Jarvoll, a Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and essayist, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lurøy, Helgeland, on 5 May 1946, he made his literary debut in 1984 with the poetry collection Thanatos. He later published a postmodern novel and, in much of his later work, essay collections and translations of ancient literature. Jarvoll received the Dobloug Prize in 2001.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Svein_Jarvoll.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svein_Jarvoll" }, { "name": "Norman Francis Lawyer dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/norman-francis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyer", "lawyers", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Norman Francis, an American academic who served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. He led the university from 1968 to 2015, becoming its first Black and first lay president and the second African American to serve as president of a Catholic university in the United States. Francis also served as chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, the state agency responsible for planning Louisiana’s recovery and rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006 and the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame in 2019.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Francis" }, { "name": "Chester Clem attorney dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chester-clem", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "attorney", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Chester Clem, an American politician and attorney in Florida, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Chester Earl Clem Jr. was born in Sanford, Florida, on December 28, 1937. He attended the University of Florida and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1963. A Republican, he served in the Florida House of Representatives for the 48th district from 1972 to 1976. He later ran for governor of Florida in 1986 and finished fourth in the Republican primary.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Clem" }, { "name": "Borislav Paravac Bosnian Serb politician dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/borislav-paravac", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Bosnia", "Serbia" ], "description": "Borislav Paravac, a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 4th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003 to 2006, died on February 18, 2026, in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was born in Kostajnica, near Doboj, on February 18, 1943, and graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb in 1966. Paravac also served in both the national House of Peoples and House of Representatives and was a member of the Serb Democratic Party.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borislav_Paravac" }, { "name": "Eugène Tremblay Canadian Roman Catholic prelate dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eugene-tremblay", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Eugène Tremblay, a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, died on February 18, 2026, in Quebec City, Quebec, at the age of 89. Born in Saint-Hilarion, Quebec, in 1936, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Quebec in 1962. He later served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Quebec and was Bishop of the Diocese of Amos from 2004 until his retirement in 2011.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Tremblay" }, { "name": "Reinhold Wosab German football/soccer player dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/reinhold-wosab", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Reinhold Wosab, a German professional footballer, died on February 18, 2026. Born on February 25, 1938, he spent ten seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum. In the 1965–66 Bundesliga season, he scored both goals in Borussia Dortmund’s away win at Bayern Munich in the first meeting between the two clubs. He played four games and scored five goals against Bayern in total. In 1965, Wosab was also credited with a \"ghost goal\" against Karlsruher SC, when his shot hit the outside of the post and went through a hole in the net.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Wosab" }, { "name": "Karim al-Mulla Civil servant dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karim-al-mulla", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "civil servant", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iraq" ], "description": "Karim al-Mulla, an Iraqi politician and civil servant who served as minister of youth from 1977 to 1982, died on February 18, 2026, in Amman, Jordan, at the age of 83. 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He died at the age of 84.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimmo_Liguoro" }, { "name": "Margot Queitsch Retail salesperson dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/margot-queitsch", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "retail salesperson", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Margot Queitsch, a German politician, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 2001 to 2011. Queitsch was born in Lindau, Bavaria, on June 12, 1946, and died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Queitsch" }, { "name": "Leila Shahid Diplomat, anthropologist dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/leila-shahid", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "diplomat", "anthropologist", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Ireland", "Palestine" ], "description": "Leila Shahid, a Palestinian diplomat and the first woman ambassador of Palestine, died on February 18, 2026. Born in Beirut in 1949, she represented the Palestine Liberation Organization in Ireland in 1989 and in the Netherlands in 1990. She later served the Palestinian Authority in France, taking office in Paris in 1993. From 2006 to 2014, she was the General Delegate of Palestine in the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Shahid" }, { "name": "Orland Larson Goldsmithing dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/orland-larson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "goldsmithing", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Orland Larson, a Canadian goldsmith and metalsmith, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. Larson was also an art educator who played a central role in developing professional jewellery education in Canada. He served as head of jewellery departments at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the Alberta College of Art, and founded the jewellery program at NSCAD University in Halifax, where he led the studio until 1977. Earlier in his career, he worked in the federal school system in the Canadian Arctic and served as a school principal in Qikiqtarjuaq in the mid-1960s. He also held leadership roles in the Canadian Crafts Council and the World Crafts Council.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orland_Larson" }, { "name": "Antonis Manitakis Greek politician dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/antonis-manitakis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Greece" ], "description": "Antonis Manitakis, a Greek university professor and politician, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Thessaloniki on May 23, 1944, he studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a doctorate in law from the University of Brussels. He later became a professor at the Aristotle University’s Law School, where he succeeded Aristovoulos Manesis in the constitutional law chair. Manitakis also served as dean of the School of Law and Political Sciences and held visiting posts at the University of Montpellier, the University of Paris X, the University of Rome La Sapienza and the University of Nantes. In government, he was Minister of Administrative Reform and E-Governance from 2012 to 2013 and served as interim Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction in 2012 and 2015.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Antonis_Manitakis.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonis_Manitakis" }, { "name": "Clem Sunter Futurist, scenario planner, business leader and author dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/clem-sunter", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "futurist", "scenario planner", "business leader and author", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "South Africa" ], "description": "Clem Sunter, a South African futurist, scenario planner, business executive and author, died on February 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Christopher Louis Clem Sunter on 8 August 1944 in Suffolk, England, he is best known for developing the High Road/Low Road scenarios in the 1980s, which outlined possible political and economic futures for South Africa during the late apartheid era. The scenarios contributed to public discussion ahead of the country’s democratic transition. Sunter worked for much of his career with Anglo American in South Africa and later led its scenario planning team in the mid-1980s.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Sunter" }, { "name": "Christian Jidayi Italian footballer dead at age 38", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christian-jidayi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 38, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Christian Jidayi, an Italian footballer and coach, died on February 18, 2026. Born in Avellino, Campania, on March 3, 1987, he began his career with A.C. Cesena in Romagna. He later moved to Bellaria – Igea Marina after leaving Cesena’s under-20 reserve team in 2006, returned to Cesena for the 2007–08 Serie B season, and played five times. Jidayi was then swapped to Mantova in a co-ownership deal on June 30, 2008, and spent half a season with the Serie B club. He was signed by Pro Patria on a temporary deal on September 16, 2015, and later served as assistant coach of San Marino from 2017 to 2019.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Jidayi" }, { "name": "Trevor Oakes English guitarist and songwriter dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/trevor-oakes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Trevor Oakes, the English guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Showaddywaddy, died on February 18, 2026, aged 79. Born Trevor Leslie Oakes in Leicester on September 9, 1946, he was a member of the glam rock band from 1973 until 2009 and was one of its main songwriters, writing many of the group’s minor hits and album tracks with lead singer Dave Bartram. He also played saxophone on stage and had previously performed in Choise, which merged with The Golden Hammers to form Showaddywaddy in 1973.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Oakes" }, { "name": "Lil Poppa American rapper dead at age 25", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lil-poppa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 25, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Lil Poppa, the American rapper, singer and songwriter born Janarious Mykel Wheeler, died on February 18, 2026, at age 25. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, he rose to prominence with his 2018 song \"Purple Hearts.\" He was also known for \"Eternal Living\" in 2019 and \"Love & War\" in 2021; \"Eternal Living\" received gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Lil Poppa signed with Interscope Records in 2019, released his debut album, \"Blessed, I Guess,\" in 2021, and later joined Yo Gotti's Collective Music Group in 2022.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Lil_Poppa.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Poppa" }, { "name": "Karen Glaser Underwater photography dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karen-glaser-photographer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "underwater photography", "artists", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Karen Glaser, an American underwater photographer, died on February 18, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born on June 12, 1954, she began her career as a printer before turning to photography with an underwater Instamatic camera. She learned to scuba dive and photographed the springs of North and Central Florida using available light, capturing manatees, other wildlife, and later the underwater landscapes themselves. Glaser’s work also included images from Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Glaser_(photographer)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Parkinson’s disease", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-parkinsons-disease" } }, { "name": "Roger von Gunten Artist dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roger-von-gunten", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artist", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico", "Switzerland" ], "description": "Roger von Gunten, a Swiss-born Mexican painter and artist, died on February 18, 2026, at age 92. Born in Zurich in 1933, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Johannes Itten and held his first solo show in Switzerland in 1956. He came to Mexico in 1957 and became part of the Breakaway Generation that emerged after World War II and moved away from Mexican muralism. Over a career that lasted from 1956 to 2026, von Gunten took part in more than 200 national and international exhibitions, was the subject of a 1978 essay by Jomí García Ascot, and received Mexico’s 2014 Fine Art Medal.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Roger_von_Gunten.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_von_Gunten" }, { "name": "Mike Wagner American football player dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mike-wagner", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Michael Robert Wagner, an American football player who was a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died on February 18, 2026, at age 76. Wagner played 10 seasons with the Steelers in the National Football League after being selected by the team in the 11th round of the 1971 NFL draft. He played college football for Western Illinois University and won four Super Bowls with Pittsburgh as a member of its Steel Curtain defense. Alongside Jack Ham, Wagner holds the franchise record for most playoff interceptions with five.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wagner" }, { "name": "Jan Timman 74 dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jan-timman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Jan Timman, the Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Amsterdam on December 14, 1951, he earned the grandmaster title in 1974 and was known as \"The Best of the West\" at the height of his career. Timman won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times, was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship several times, and lost the 1993 FIDE World Championship title match against Anatoly Karpov.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Timman" }, { "name": "Philippe Mvouo Schoolteacher dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/philippe-mvouo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "schoolteacher", "politicians" ], "description": "Philippe Mvouo, a Congolese politician and schoolteacher, died on February 18, 2026, in Orléans, France, at the age of 74. A member of the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT), he served as Minister of Energy from 2002 to 2004, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications from 2004 to 2006, and Minister of Fisheries from 2006 to 2007. Born on September 14, 1951, in Kellé, then in French Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Mvouo was among the figures of his party to hold several cabinet posts over the course of his career.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Mvouo" }, { "name": "Clyde Maughan American electrical engineer dead at age 99", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/clyde-maughan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 99, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Clyde Maughan, an American electrical engineer, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 99. He worked with GE Power and Maughan Engineering Consultants in Schenectady, New York. In 2016, he was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to large generator insulation systems and generator failure mechanisms.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Maughan" }, { "name": "Béatrice Ardisson Composer dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/beatrice-ardisson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "composer", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Béatrice Ardisson, a French composer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 62. Born Béatrice Loustalan in Auch, France, on July 26, 1963, she produced a variety of songs in the 1990s alongside her husband, Thierry Ardisson, whom she divorced in 2010. Ardisson died of cancer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9atrice_Ardisson", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Pol Greisch Luxembourgish actor and writer dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pol-greisch", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "description": "Pol Greisch, a Luxembourgish actor and writer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Walferdange on April 8, 1930, he was also a dramatist. Greisch won the Servais Prize in 1993 for several plays, including Äddi Charel, Besuch, and E Stéck Streisel. In 2002, he received the Batty Weber Prize for his entire literary work.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Greisch" }, { "name": "Carl Marcellino American politician dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carl-marcellino", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-18", "reported_date": "2026-02-18", "published_at": "2026-02-18T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Carl Marcellino, an American politician who served in the New York State Senate from 1995 to 2018, died on February 18, 2026, at age 83. A Republican, he represented the 5th district, covering parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. Marcellino was first elected in a March 1995 special election after the resignation of Ralph J. Marino and was defeated by Jim Gaughran in 2018. Born in New York City on December 23, 1942, he attended public schools in Queens and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from New York University. He also worked as a science teacher and administrator in the New York City school system for 20 years and later served as Town Clerk of Oyster Bay.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Marcellino" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 27, "total_pages": 1, "count": 27 }