{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-21", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-09T19:41:16+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/21-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/21-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Bill Mazeroski American Hall of Fame baseball player dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-mazeroski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bill Mazeroski, the American Hall of Fame baseball player who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, died on February 21, 2026. A second baseman known for his defensive play, he was a 10-time All-Star and an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner. He is best remembered for his ninth-inning home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees, the only walk-off home run to clinch a World Series championship in Game 7. Mazeroski batted .320 in that series and received the Babe Ruth Award.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Bill_Mazeroski.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mazeroski" }, { "name": "Kara Braxton American basketball player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kara-braxton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 43, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Kara Braxton, an American professional basketball player who competed in the Women's National Basketball Association from 2005 to 2014, died on February 21, 2026, at age 43. Born in Jackson, Michigan, Braxton played for the Detroit Shock and won two WNBA championships during her career. She was born on February 18, 1983, and grew up in Jackson with her twin sister, Kim, and four other siblings. Braxton attended the University of Georgia, where she was freshman of the year, and graduated in 2005.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Braxton" }, { "name": "Mark Kennedy Australian drummer and record producer dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mark-kennedy-musician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Mark Kennedy, an Australian musician and record producer who played drums for Spectrum, Ayers Rock and Marcia Hines, died on February 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Melbourne on August 20, 1951, he was trained in classical piano at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music before building a career as a drummer and percussionist. He played with Spectrum, Doug Parkinson in Focus, Leo de Castro, Ayers Rock, Marcia Hines, Men at Work, Renée Geyer and Jimmy Barnes during a career that spanned 1968 to 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mark_Kennedy_musician.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kennedy_(musician)" }, { "name": "Boris Frlec Slovenian politician dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/boris-frlec", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Slovenia" ], "description": "Boris Frlec, a Slovenian politician, died on February 21, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Frlec" }, { "name": "Maxi Shield Australian drag queen dead at age 51", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maxi-shield", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 51, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Maxi Shield, the Australian drag performer known professionally as Maxi Shield, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 51. Born Kristopher Elliot in Ballina, New South Wales, on June 1, 1974, she competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. Her career also included performances at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and the opening of the Gay Games in 2002. During the competition, she impersonated Magda Szubanski in the Snatch Game challenge and was eliminated after the makeover challenge, following a lip-sync battle against Scarlet Adams.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Shield" }, { "name": "Richard Felciano American composer dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/richard-felciano", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Richard Felciano, an American composer, died on February 21, 2026, in San Francisco at the age of 95. Born in Santa Rosa, California, on December 7, 1930, he studied at San Francisco State College, earning a BA in 1952, and received an MA from Mills College the same year. At Mills, he studied composition with Darius Milhaud, later continuing with Milhaud at the Paris Conservatoire, where he received two diplomas in 1955. He also studied privately in Florence for a year from 1958 to 1959.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Felciano" }, { "name": "Willie Colón American salsa musician and actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/willie-colon", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "artists", "criminals", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Willie Colón, an American salsa musician and actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, he began his career as a trombonist and later sang, wrote, produced and acted. He was a pioneer of salsa music and a best-selling artist in the genre, and was a key figure in the early New York City scene associated with Fania Records. His hit songs included \"Aguanilé\" with Héctor Lavoe, \"Tiburón\" and \"El gran varón.\"", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Col%C3%B3n" }, { "name": "Vicente L. Rafael Contracting Colonialism; “White Love”; The Promise of the Foreign”; “Motherless Tongues”; “The Sovereign Trickster” dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vicente-l-rafael", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "contracting colonialism", "\"white love\"", "the promise of the foreign\"", "\"motherless tongues\"", "\"the sovereign trickster\"", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "the Philippines" ], "description": "Vicente L. Rafael, a Filipino historian and professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Washington, Seattle, died on February 21, 2026. He was 70. Rafael received his B.A. in history and philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University in 1977 and his Ph.D. in history from Cornell University in 1984. Before joining the University of Washington, he taught at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also sat on advisory boards of Cultural Anthropology and Public Culture at the time of his death.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_L._Rafael" }, { "name": "Martyn Butler English HIV/AIDS activist, co-founder of Terrence Higgins Trust dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/martyn-butler", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Martyn Butler, an English HIV/AIDS activist and co-founder of the Terrence Higgins Trust, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a co-founder of the Terrence Higgins Trust, described as the leading HIV/AIDS charity in Britain. Butler was born on 30 July 1954 and died on 21 February 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Butler" }, { "name": "Mirosław Krawczyk Polish actor dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/miroslaw-krawczyk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Mirosław Krawczyk, a Polish actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born in Olkusz on December 7, 1953, he appeared in feature films including Franciszek Buła’s The Sinful Life (1980), Anna and the Vampire (1981), and Disco Polo (2015). He also performed in productions of the Television Theatre and the Polish Radio Theatre.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miros%C5%82aw_Krawczyk" }, { "name": "Dean Schrempp American politician dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dean-schrempp", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Dean D. Schrempp, an American politician and Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 90. He represented District 28A in the House since January 2009. Schrempp also served non-consecutively in the South Dakota House from January 1993 to January 1995 and again from January 1997 to January 1999. He was born in Dupree, South Dakota, on July 4, 1935.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Dean_Schrempp.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Schrempp" }, { "name": "Guyle Fielder American-born Canadian ice hockey player dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/guyle-fielder", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Canada" ], "description": "Guyle Fielder, an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey centre known for his time with the Seattle Totems and in the Western Hockey League, died on February 21, 2026, at age 95. Born in Potlatch, Idaho, on November 21, 1930, he moved to Nipawin, Saskatchewan, with his Canadian parents at an early age and played junior hockey in Prince Albert and Lethbridge before turning professional. Fielder played 15 regular season and playoff games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins, and spent most of his career in the minor Western Hockey League from 1952 to 1973. He was the fourth-leading scorer in North American professional ice hockey history and held career minor-league records for games played, assists and points scored.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyle_Fielder", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Stroke", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-stroke" } }, { "name": "Aleksander Czuż Polish politician dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/aleksander-czuz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Aleksander Czuż, a Polish politician and civil servant, died on February 21, 2026. Born on June 24, 1936, in Rogawka, Poland, he served as mayor of Białystok, as a councillor in the Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejmik from 1998 to 2001, and as a member of the Sejm in its 4th term after the 2001 parliamentary election. He was initially a member of the Polish United Workers' Party during the communist period and later joined the Democratic Left Alliance. He studied administration at the University of Warsaw.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Czu%C5%BC" }, { "name": "Abdelwahab Bekli Algerian politician dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/abdelwahab-bekli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "Abdelwahab Bekli, an Algerian politician, died on February 21, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelwahab_Bekli" }, { "name": "Wiesław Zajączkowski Lawyer dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/wieslaw-zajaczkowski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyer", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Wiesław Zajączkowski, a Polish politician and lawyer, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 11, 1944, in Łomazy, General Government, he was a member of the Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny and served in the Sejm from 1989 to 1991.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wies%C5%82aw_Zaj%C4%85czkowski" }, { "name": "Raymond Bouchard Actor dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/raymond-bouchard", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors", "doctors" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Raymond Bouchard, a Canadian film, television and stage actor, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Lévis, Quebec, on March 7, 1945, he was best known for his role in Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction), which brought him Genie Award and Prix Jutra nominations for Best Actor in 2004. He won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 1990 for L'Or et le Papier. His other credits included Scoop, Virginie, Chartrand et Simonne, Trudeau, The Conquest (La Conquête), Cordélia, Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges), Ding et Dong, La Florida, Nitro, Le Banquet, Life with My Father (La Vie avec mon père), Bluff, Funkytown and Death Dive (Le Scaphandrier).", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Bouchard" }, { "name": "Herman Suykerbuyk Civil servant dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/herman-suykerbuyk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "civil servant", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Belgium" ], "description": "Herman Suykerbuyk, a Belgian politician and civil servant, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Kapellen on January 5, 1934, he studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1952 to 1957. A member of the Christian People's Party (CVP), he was first elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1968 and served until 1987. Suykerbuyk also served on the Cultural Council for the Dutch Cultural Community from 1971 to 1981, later the Flemish Council. In the Flemish Parliament, he was associated with the controversial “Suykerbuyk decree,” which was later overturned by the Court of Arbitration.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Herman_Suykerbuyk.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Suykerbuyk" }, { "name": "Lucinda Vásquez Peruvian teacher and politician dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lucinda-vasquez", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Peru" ], "description": "Lucinda Vásquez, a Peruvian teacher and politician, died on February 21, 2026. She was 67. Vásquez served as a member of Congress from 2021 until her death. Born in 1958, she remained in office until February 21, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucinda_V%C3%A1squez" }, { "name": "David Harding Glenrothes town artist and Head of Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-harding-artist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "glenrothes town artist and head of environmental art at glasgow school of art", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Scotland" ], "description": "David Harding, a Scottish artist and teacher, died on February 21, 2026, aged 88. He was best known for his residency as a town artist in the new town of Glenrothes and for serving as Head of Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art. Born in Leith on March 3, 1937, he studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1955 to 1959 and attended Moray House College of Education in 1960. Harding taught in schools in Scotland before working in Nigeria from 1963 to 1967 and later turned to sculpture commissions.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harding_(artist)" }, { "name": "Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Italian racing driver dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alessandro-pesenti-rossi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, an Italian racing driver, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Bergamo on August 31, 1942, he competed in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in 1976 with a privately entered Tyrrell. He scored no championship points, but finished every race he started. Before his brief Formula One career, Pesenti-Rossi was a regular race winner in Italian Formula Three and narrowly missed the 1975 title when the final race was abandoned because of rain while he was leading it. He also raced in Formula Two in two events in 1974, scoring points in both.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Pesenti-Rossi" }, { "name": "Daryl Jackson Architect dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/daryl-jackson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "architect", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Daryl Jackson, Australian architect and educator, died on February 21, 2026, aged 89. Daryl Sanders Jackson AO was responsible for a number of notable designs, working alone and with partners from the late 1960s into the 2010s. Born in Clunes, Victoria, on 7 February 1937, he was educated at Wesley College in Melbourne and completed architecture studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Diploma of Architecture in 1959. After working in Melbourne, Sydney and the United States, he formed Jackson Walker with Evan Walker in 1965. He also taught as an associate professor at the University of Melbourne and Deakin University.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Jackson" }, { "name": "Rondale Moore American football player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rondale-moore", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 25, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Rondale Moore, an American football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League and played for the Arizona Cardinals, died on February 21, 2026. He was 25. Moore was selected by the Cardinals in the second round, 49th overall, of the 2021 NFL draft and spent three seasons with the team. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers, where he was named a consensus All-American as a freshman. He also spent time with the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings, though he did not appear in any regular-season games for either team because of preseason injuries.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondale_Moore" }, { "name": "Pete Dello British singer and songwriter dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pete-dello", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "Pete Dello, the British singer and songwriter best known as lead singer of Honeybus, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Peter James Blumsom in Oxford in 1942, he began his career in the skiffle era of the 1950s and was a founding member of Grant Tracy and The Sunsets before joining Steve Darbishire's backing group, The Yum Yum Band, in the mid-1960s. He later formed Honeybus, scoring the 1968 hit single \"I Can't Let Maggie Go.\" Dello left the band soon after and released the solo album Into Your Ears in 1971 before leaving the music industry in the 1970s to pursue other interests. He later worked as a music teacher.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Dello" }, { "name": "Liliana Angulo Cortés Colombian visual artist dead at age 52", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/liliana-angulo-cortes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 52, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Colombia" ], "description": "Liliana Angulo Cortés, a Colombian visual artist, died on February 21, 2026. Born in Bogotá in 1974, she held a degree in sculpture from the National University of Colombia, an MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago, and a master’s in anthropology from the University of Los Andes in Colombia. Through her artistic practice, she used the lens of gender, race and identity to explore representations of the Black woman in contemporary culture. She was also an activist and academic, and worked for more than 20 years on Afro-descendant experience and related images and stereotypes.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliana_Angulo_Cort%C3%A9s" }, { "name": "Arthur Lampkin English motorcycle racer dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/arthur-lampkin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Arthur Lampkin, an English motorcycle racer, died on February 21, 2026, aged 87. The oldest son in a Yorkshire motorcycling dynasty, he competed from 1959 to 1968 in observed trials, motocross and enduros. Born in Kent in 1938, he moved with his family to Silsden, West Yorkshire, in 1941. He began riding his father’s BSA motorcycle before he was old enough to have a licence, bought his first bike with money from a paper round and won the British trials national championship by the age of 18. In the 1960s, he rode for the BSA factory team alongside his brother Alan and was part of the British group that dominated early-1960s motocross.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lampkin" }, { "name": "Adam Sandurski Polish heavyweight freestyle wrestler dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/adam-sandurski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Adam Sandurski, a Polish heavyweight freestyle wrestler, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 73. He competed at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1980. Between 1979 and 1986, Sandurski won three silver and six bronze medals at the world and European championships. He was born on February 8, 1953, in Zarzecze, Poland, and died in Witten, Germany.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sandurski" }, { "name": "Dan Simmons Novelist dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dan-simmons", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "novelist", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Dan Simmons, an American science fiction and horror writer, died on February 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Daniel Joseph Simmons in Peoria, Illinois, on April 4, 1948, he was the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles. His work spanned science fiction, horror and fantasy, sometimes within a single novel. Song of Kali, published in 1985, won the World Fantasy Award. Simmons also wrote mysteries and thrillers, including works featuring the character Joe Kurtz.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Dan_Simmons.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Simmons" }, { "name": "Koos Postema Radio and television presenter dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/koos-postema", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "radio and television presenter", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Koos Postema, a Dutch radio and television presenter, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Jacobus Gerrit Postema in Rotterdam on August 17, 1932, he began working at VARA radio in 1960 as a reporter for the program Dingen van de dag. He moved to television in 1963 with Achter het Nieuws and later hosted his own talk show, Een klein uur U, in 1969, winning the Zilveren Nipkowschijf that same year. In 1971, the program was renamed Een groot uur U.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Koos_Postema.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_Postema" }, { "name": "MaryAnn Bin-Sallik Australian Indigenous Djaru elder and academic dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maryann-bin-sallik", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "MaryAnn Bin-Sallik, an Australian Indigenous Djaru elder and academic, died on February 21, 2026, aged 85. Born in Broome, Western Australia, on 2 November 1940, she moved with her family to Darwin at age nine. After training as a nursing sister at Darwin Hospital, she became the first Indigenous person to graduate there in 1961 and spent 17 years nursing in Aboriginal settlements in the Northern Territory. In 1975, she was appointed student councillor to the Aboriginal Task Force Program at the South Australian Institute of Technology, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to work in the higher education sector. She later became coordinator of the program from 1980 to 1985 and was the first Indigenous Australian to gain a doctorate from Harvard University.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/MaryAnn_Bin-Sallik.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaryAnn_Bin-Sallik" }, { "name": "Ronyell Whitaker American football player dead at age 46", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ronyell-whitaker", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 46, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Canada" ], "description": "Ronyell Whitaker, an American football player who played as a cornerback in the National Football League and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died on February 21, 2026. He was 46. Whitaker played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies and entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Tampa Bay in 2003. He later played for the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League before retiring from professional football in 2010. Whitaker was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and graduated from Lake Taylor High School.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronyell_Whitaker" }, { "name": "Walter Pawelkiewicz German-born American politician dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/walter-pawelkiewicz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Germany" ], "description": "Walter Pawelkiewicz, a German-born American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 49th district from 1999 to 2009, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Vladyslaw Marion on February 8, 1949, in Oberlahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, he was known by the name Walter Pawelkiewicz during his political career. Pawelkiewicz died of cancer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pawelkiewicz", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Vladislav Jovanović Serbian diplomat and politician dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vladislav-jovanovic", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Serbia" ], "description": "Vladislav Jovanović, a Serbian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Žitni Potok on June 9, 1933, he completed high school in Belgrade in 1951 and later graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. Jovanović began his career with the Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1957 and went on to serve in diplomatic posts in Brussels and Ankara before holding other positions in the foreign service.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Vladislav_Jovanovi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Jovanovi%C4%87" }, { "name": "Phil Sobocinski American football player dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/phil-sobocinski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Phil Sobocinski, an American football player who was a center for the Atlanta Falcons, died on February 21, 2026, at age 80. Born in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 6, 1945, he played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and appeared in seven NFL games for the Falcons in 1968. After his football career ended, he earned a PhD in educational administration and later became a school district superintendent.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Sobocinski" }, { "name": "Buranovskiye Babushki Russian singer dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/buranovskiye-babushki", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Buranovskiye Babushki, the Russian Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band known as the \"Buranovo Grannies,\" died on February 21, 2026. The group comprised eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia, and was active from 1970 to 2018. Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they finished second. They had previously taken part in Russia’s Eurovision song selections in 2010 and 2012, winning the latter with \"Party for Everybody,\" sung partly in English.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoya_Dorodova" }, { "name": "Melody McCray-Miller American politician dead at age 69", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/melody-mccray-miller", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 69, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Melody McCray-Miller, an American politician from Kansas, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 69. A Democrat, she represented the 89th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 through 2013. Before her election to the House, she served as a Wichita city commissioner and on the local school board. McCray-Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Houston and a secondary school teaching certificate from Wichita State University. She also served on the Executive Board of the Center for Health and Wellness, the Advisory Board for Wichita Children’s Home, and the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Steward Board.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_McCray-Miller" }, { "name": "Karen Shaw Petrou American financial analyst dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karen-shaw-petrou", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-02-21", "reported_date": "2026-02-21", "published_at": "2026-02-21T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Karen Shaw Petrou, an American financial analyst and co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics, died on February 21, 2026, of cancer in Washington, D.C., at the age of 72. Born Karen Ann Dolmatch in New York City on March 6, 1953, she grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Petrou provided analytic and advisory services on legislation, public policy, and regulatory issues affecting financial services in the United States and foreign countries. 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