{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-24", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-09T17:09:16+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/24-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/24-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Ilhan Mustafa", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ilhan-mustafa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-02-25", "reported_date": "2026-02-25", "published_at": "2026-02-25T22:45:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Romania" ], "description": "Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța)", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhan_Mustafa" }, { "name": "Vladimir Dovzhik", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vladimir-dovzhik", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 57, "death_date": "2026-02-25", "reported_date": "2026-02-25", "published_at": "2026-02-25T22:20:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Russian actor (Brigada", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dovzhik" }, { "name": "Gianluigi Jessi Italian Olympic basketball player dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gianluigi-jessi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Gianluigi Jessi, an Italian basketball player, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Padua on July 7, 1945, he was part of the Italian team that finished eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Jessi died in Padua.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Jessi" }, { "name": "Jeremy Larner American author and screenwriter, Oscar winner dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeremy-larner", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jeremy Larner, the American author and screenwriter who won an Oscar in 1973 for Best Original Screenplay for The Candidate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Jeremy David Larner in Olean, New York, on March 20, 1937, he was also an author, poet, journalist and speechwriter. His screenplay credits included The Candidate and Drive, He Said.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Jeremy_Larner.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Larner" }, { "name": "Lauren Chapin Television actress dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lauren-chapin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "television actress", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Lauren Chapin, the American actress best known for playing Kathy Anderson, nicknamed \"Kitten,\" on Father Knows Best, died on February 24, 2026. She was 80. Chapin appeared in 196 episodes of the television series between 1954 and 1960 and won five Jr. Emmy Awards during her career. Born Lauren Ann Chapin in Los Angeles on May 23, 1945, she made her first television appearance on Lux Video Theater in 1952. Her brothers Billy and Michael Chapin were also child stars.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Lauren_Chapin.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Chapin" }, { "name": "Stephen Koch American writer dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/stephen-koch-writer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Stephen Koch, an American writer, novelist, essayist, historian and teacher, died on February 24, 2026, at age 84. Born Stephen Bayard Koch on May 8, 1941, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he wrote numerous books of cultural history, two novels and a study of the work of Andy Warhol. He also taught creative writing at Columbia University and Princeton University and was the author of The Modern Library Writer's Workshop.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Stephen_Koch_writer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Koch_(writer)" }, { "name": "Ruben Castillo American boxer dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ruben-castillo-boxer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Ruben Castillo, an American boxer who fought in the featherweight division, died on February 24, 2026. He was 68. Born in Billings, Montana, and raised largely in Bakersfield, California, Castillo began his professional career on January 24, 1975, with a fourth-round knockout of Frank Ahumada in Tucson. He went on to fight four world championship bouts against Hall of Famers Salvador Sánchez, Alexis Argüello and Julio César Chávez, as well as Juan Laporte. Castillo identified himself as a Chicano.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Castillo_(boxer)" }, { "name": "Uncle Joe Benson American rock radio DJ, complications from Parkinson’s disease dementia and a fall dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/uncle-joe-benson-2", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Uncle Joe Benson, an American rock radio DJ at KLOS, died on February 24, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease, dementia and a fall. He was 76. Benson was known professionally as \"Uncle Joe\" and worked in rock radio.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Joe_Benson", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Parkinson's disease dementia and a fall", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-parkinsons-disease-dementia-and-a-fall" } }, { "name": "Roman Kofman Ukrainian conductor and composer dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roman-kofman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Roman Kofman, the Ukrainian conductor, violinist and composer, died on February 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Kyiv in 1936, he was a music educator and was named a People's Artist of Ukraine in 2003. He was internationally known as concertmaster, co-founder and later artistic director of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, and served as Generalmusikdirektor of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn from 2003 to 2008. He became principal conductor of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in 2012.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Roman_Kofman.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kofman" }, { "name": "Jim Donnelly Scottish snooker player dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jim-donnelly-snooker-player", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Scotland" ], "description": "Jim Donnelly, the Scottish snooker player and coach, died on February 24, 2026, aged 79. Born in Edinburgh on June 13, 1946, he won the Scottish Amateur Snooker Championship in 1978, beating Eddie McLaughlin 6–4 in the final. He was accepted as a professional by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 1981. The following year, he defeated Matt Gibson and Eddie Sinclair 9–8 in qualifying for the 1982 World Snooker Championship, becoming the first Scottish player to reach the main stage at the Crucible Theatre. He lost 10–5 to Ray Reardon in the first round and was ranked 29th in the world for the 1982–83 season.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Donnelly_(snooker_player)" }, { "name": "Glaudi Barsotti French writer and journalist dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/glaudi-barsotti", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Glaudi Barsotti, a French writer and journalist, died on February 24, 2026. Also spelled Glaudi Barsòtti in Occitan and Claude Barsotti in French, he was a French Occitan writer and journalist born in Marseille. Barsotti was 92.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaudi_Barsotti" }, { "name": "Daryl Cumming Australian footballer dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/daryl-cumming", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Daryl Cumming, an Australian footballer who played for Richmond, died on February 24, 2026, aged 74. Born on 15 May 1951, he played in the VFL during the 1970s for Richmond, Melbourne, North Melbourne and South Melbourne. Cumming was part of a successful Richmond side and competed in finals every year from his debut season in 1971 to 1975. He played in two Grand Finals, winning one in 1974, and kicked a career-high five goals in a win over Hawthorn at Glenferrie Oval in 1972.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Cumming" }, { "name": "Irina Shevchuk Russian actress", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/irina-shevchuk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Irina Shevchuk, a Russian actress, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Murmansk on October 6, 1951, she graduated from VGIK in 1972 and then worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. From 1983, she was an actress at the Gorky Film Studio. Her films included The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972) and White Bim Black Ear. She also served as vice president of the Kinoshock Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries and, since 2000, as vice president of the Russian Film Actors Guild.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Shevchuk" }, { "name": "Nicolae Andronati Moldovan politician dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nicolae-andronati", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Moldova" ], "description": "Nicolae Andronati, a Moldovan politician, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on November 7, 1935, in Caragaș, he was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence on August 27, 1991, and served as a deputy in the first parliament of the Republic of Moldova from 1990 to 1994. He was also a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Andronati" }, { "name": "Nina Gabrielyan Russian-Armenian writer and artist dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nina-gabrielyan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Nina Gabrielyan, a Russian-Armenian writer and artist, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Moscow on October 16, 1953, she studied at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. Gabrielyan published in several genres, including poetry and fiction, and also worked as a poetry translator, poet, and culture expert. Her story collection Master of the Grass was translated into English under the Glas New Russian Writing imprint. Trained as an artist with Boris Otarov, she worked mainly in oil and crayon, and her works are held in museum and private collections in Russia, Armenia, the United States, Great Britain and Italy.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Gabrielyan" }, { "name": "Ann Godoff American editor and publisher dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ann-godoff", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Ann Godoff, an American editor and publisher who was president of Random House and founder of Penguin Press, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born Ann Leslie Godoff in New York City on July 22, 1949, she moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1957. She attended Beverly Hills High School, studied at Bennington College, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film from New York University in 1972. Godoff worked at Simon & Schuster, Atlantic Monthly Press and Random House, where she developed a specialty in literary works. Her first mass-market hit was The Alienist by Caleb Carr, and she also edited Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt and Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Ann_Godoff.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Godoff" }, { "name": "2026 Jalisco operation Mexican cartel member dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/2026-jalisco-operation", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "2026 Jalisco operation, a Mexican cartel member associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, died on February 24, 2026. According to reports, he was among those killed in an operation by the Mexican Armed Forces in Tapalpa, Jalisco, on February 22, 2026. The operation triggered clashes in the area, including shootouts, explosions, and the burning of vehicles and stores across Jalisco and other parts of the country. The violence resulted in dozens of casualties among National Guard personnel and cartel members, as well as at least one civilian death.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_C%C3%A9sar_Mac%C3%ADas_Ure%C3%B1a", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Killed in operation", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-killed-in-operation" } }, { "name": "Carl Samuelson American swim coach dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carl-samuelson-swim-coach", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Carl Samuelson, an American swim coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 94. He coached Williams College from 1966 to 1999 after swimming freestyle at Springfield College. During his tenure, Williams won 14 Men’s New England Championships and 13 Women’s New England Championships. The women’s team captured three NCAA Division III national titles, and the men finished in the NCAA top five 10 times. Samuelson was also named to the College Swimming Coaches of America Association’s 100 Greatest Swim Coaches of the Century.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Samuelson_(swim_coach)" }, { "name": "Cliff Guffey American labor union leader dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/cliff-guffey", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Cliff Guffey, an American labor union leader, died on February 24, 2026. Guffey, born September 29, 1949, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War before becoming a letter carrier in Oklahoma City in 1971. He later joined the American Postal Workers Union, where he was elected president of Oklahoma City Area Local in 1979, became assistant director of the union’s clerk division in 1986 and director in 1999. He was elected executive vice president of the union in 2001 and president in 2010, and as leader he prioritized the concerns of veterans and working families.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Guffey" }, { "name": "Arthur Gooch Australian rules footballer dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/arthur-gooch-footballer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Arthur Gooch, an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL), died on February 24, 2026, aged 94. Gooch played for Collingwood between 1950 and 1956 and was a member of the club’s 1953 premiership team against Geelong. He later played with Box Hill in the VFA in 1957 and 1958, where he played 31 games, scored four goals and won the club’s best and fairest award in 1958.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gooch_(footballer)" }, { "name": "Elaine Ingham American microbiologist dead at age 73", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/elaine-ingham", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Elaine Ingham, an American microbiologist, died on February 24, 2026. She was a soil biology researcher and the founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. and the Soil Foodweb School. Ingham was known for her work in soil microbiology and research on the soil food web. She also coauthored the USDA's Soil Biology Primer and was influential in the regenerative agriculture movement. In 1981, she earned a PhD from Colorado State University in microbiology with an emphasis in soil. She later held research appointments at the University of Georgia and Oregon State University, where she remained on the faculty until 2001.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Ingham" }, { "name": "Lorin N. Pace American politician dead at age 100", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lorin-n-pace", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Lorin N. Pace, an American politician and attorney who served in the Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 100. A Republican, he attended Emporia State University, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Pace worked as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State from 1954 to 1956 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and then served from 1956 to 1960 as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He later served as Speaker of the Utah House in 1969 and as minority leader from 1971 to 1975.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorin_N._Pace" }, { "name": "Giancarlo Politi Italian art critic dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/giancarlo-politi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Giancarlo Politi, Italian art critic, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Trevi, in Umbria, on January 29, 1937, he was also a poet and publisher, and was best known as the founder of Flash Art magazine. After a brief spell as an artist and poet, he turned to art criticism. He moved to Rome in 1965 and started his own art magazine in 1967, first called Flash and later renamed Flash Art. In 1970, he moved the magazine’s headquarters to Milan and founded the publishing house Politi Editore. Flash Art was later split into separate Italian and international editions, and in 2004 he launched the first Flash Art Fair.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Politi" }, { "name": "Maria O’Brien American actress and acting coach dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maria-obrien-actress", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Maria O'Brien, an American actress and acting coach, died on February 24, 2026, at age 75. Born in Los Angeles on August 14, 1950, she was the daughter of actors Edmond O'Brien and Olga San Juan and the sister of voice actor Brendan O'Brien. O'Brien was best known as a character actress and had recurring roles on television series including Ave 43 and The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts. She also worked as an acting coach on soap operas such as Days of Our Lives, Sunset Beach, and Passions.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_O%27Brien_(actress)" }, { "name": "Willy Loretan Swiss politician dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/willy-loretan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Willy Loretan, a Swiss politician, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Basel on June 15, 1934, he began his political career in 1966 with his election to the Zofingen Residents’ Council. He served in the Grand Council of the Canton of Aargau from 1969 to 1981, where he was parliamentary group president of the FDP, and was mayor of Zofingen from 1974 to 1992. Loretan was elected to the National Council in 1979 and to the Council of States in 1991.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Loretan" }, { "name": "Francesco Sibello Italian Olympic sailor dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/francesco-sibello", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Francesco Sibello, an Italian yacht racer and Olympian, died on February 24, 2026, in Monserrato. He was 80. Born in Alassio on May 4, 1945, Sibello competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Sibello" }, { "name": "Oliver “Power” Grant Wu-Tang Clan dead at age 52", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/oliver-power-grant", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 52, "death_date": "2026-02-24", "reported_date": "2026-02-24", "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "wu-tang clan", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Oliver \"Power\" Grant, an American entrepreneur and producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan, died on February 24, 2026, at age 55. Grant was a close associate of the hip-hop group and executive produced all of its albums. He was the founder and CEO of the Wu Wear clothing line and stores, and also produced the PlayStation game Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style. Grant appeared briefly as an actor in films including Belly and Black and White. 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