{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-02-27", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-10T13:31:12+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/27-february-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/27-february-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Viorel-Aurel Șerban", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/viorel-aurel-serban", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T04:45:02+01:00", "nationality": [ "Romania" ], "description": "Romanian engineer", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viorel-Aurel_%C8%98erban" }, { "name": "Marco Tolama", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marco-tolama", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T01:45:02+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "Mexican racing driver and sportscaster", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Tolama" }, { "name": "Darío Lopérfido Argentine politician dead at age 61", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dario-loperfido", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Argentina" ], "description": "Darío Lopérfido, an Argentine politician, journalist and cultural promoter, died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Buenos Aires in 1964, he served as Argentina’s Secretary of Culture and Communications from 1999 to 2001, Secretary of Culture of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires from 1997 to 1999, and Subsecretary of Cultural Actions of Buenos Aires in 1996. He also directed the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center, part of the University of Buenos Aires, and led the Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires in several editions. From February 2015 until his resignation in 2016, he was general and artistic director of Teatro Colón. Lopérfido also worked as a consultant for Grupo PRISA in Madrid from 2002 to 2008.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%ADo_Lop%C3%A9rfido" }, { "name": "David Botstein Genetic linkage map using restriction fragment length polymorphisms dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-botstein", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "genetic linkage map using restriction fragment length polymorphisms", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "David Botstein, an American biologist, died on February 27, 2026. He was director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University from 2003 to 2013 and held the Anthony B. Evnin Professorship of Genomics. From 2013 to 2023, he was the founding chief science officer of Calico, a biotechnology company focused on the biology of aging. Botstein was known for his work on a genetic linkage map using restriction fragment length polymorphisms.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Botstein" }, { "name": "Margaret Farquhar Scottish politician dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/margaret-farquhar", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Scotland" ], "description": "Margaret Farquhar, a Scottish politician and the first woman to serve as Lord Provost of Aberdeen, died on February 27, 2026. Born in Aberdeen as Margaret Burnett on 14 March 1930, she was educated at Broomhill Primary, Ruthrieston Secondary School and Webster's College. She became a clerk at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture in 1948 and later worked with a hauliers' firm. In 1951 she married William Farquhar and had a family and grandchildren. Elected to Aberdeen District Council in 1971 as a Scottish Labour Party member, she served on the planning committee, represented the council on external committees, was vice-chair from 1994 to 1996, and became a director of Aberdeen Citizens' Advice Bureau in 1986.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Farquhar" }, { "name": "Bo Gritz American military officer and politician dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bo-gritz", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bo Gritz, an American military officer and politician, died on February 27, 2026, at age 87. Born James Gordon Gritz in Enid, Oklahoma, he served as an officer in the United States Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War. After leaving the military, he became involved in several unsuccessful efforts to rescue prisoners of war linked to the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Gritz later ran for president in 1992 as the Populist Party candidate, promoting an isolationist platform in a campaign marked by the slogan “God, Guns, and Gritz.”", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gritz" }, { "name": "Olympic Czech keyboardist dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/olympic-band", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Czechia", "England" ], "description": "Olympic, the Czech keyboardist of the Czech rock band Olympic, died on February 27, 2026. Olympic was founded in Prague in 1962 and was led by Petr Janda from 1963. Over its history, the band included musicians such as František Ringo Čech, Jiří Korn, Pavel Bobek and Yvonne Přenosilová. By 2025, it had released 24 studio albums, five English-language albums and numerous live recordings and compilations.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Valenta_(musician)" }, { "name": "Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton British nursing administrator and life peer dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/audrey-emerton-baroness-emerton", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton, the British nursing administrator and life peer, died on February 27, 2026, aged 90. Born on 10 September 1935, she was a member of the House of Lords from 1997 to 2019, sitting as a crossbencher. In the National Health Service, she served as Chief Nursing Officer of South East Thames Regional Health Authority throughout the 1980s. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 New Year Honours and was created a life peer as Baroness Emerton, of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent and of Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington, in 1997. She was President of the Association of Nurse Administrators from 1979 to 1983.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Audrey_Emerton_Baroness_Emerton.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Emerton,_Baroness_Emerton" }, { "name": "Colman McCarthy American journalist and peace activist dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/colman-mccarthy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Colman McCarthy, an American journalist for The Washington Post and peace activist, died on February 27, 2026, at age 87. Born in Glen Head, New York, on March 24, 1938, he worked as a journalist, teacher and lecturer and was described as a pacifist, progressive and anarchist. His educational philosophy drew some controversy in 2006, when two Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students called for a more balanced presentation of the issues covered by his class.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colman_McCarthy" }, { "name": "Andrzej Trautman Robinson–Trautman gravitational wavesTrautman recovery theorem in Newton–Cartan theory dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andrzej-trautman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "robinson–trautman gravitational wavestrautman recovery theorem in newton–cartan theory", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Andrzej Trautman, a Polish mathematical physicist, died on February 27, 2026, at age 93. Born in Warsaw on January 4, 1933, he contributed to classical gravitation and general relativity. His work included the Robinson–Trautman gravitational waves and the Trautman recovery theorem in Newton–Cartan theory. The Trautman-Bondi mass was named after him.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Trautman" }, { "name": "Candan Dumanlı Turkish football player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/candan-dumanli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Candan Dumanlı died on February 27, 2026. Dumanlı was a Turkish football player associated with Ankaragücü. No further details about his life or career were provided in the available information.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candan_Dumanl%C4%B1" }, { "name": "Robin Weiss Scientific discoveries related to HIV retrovirus dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robin-weiss", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientific discoveries related to hiv retrovirus", "doctors", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Robin Weiss, the British molecular biologist and influential scientist in virology and cancer biology, died on February 27, 2026, aged 86. His research focused on retroviruses, and he was noted for important discoveries related to HIV. Weiss was a Fellow of the Royal Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2001, he received the M. W. Beijerinck Prize for Virology for his work on retroviruses, and in 2007 he was awarded the Ernst Chain Prize for pioneering understanding of HIV and AIDS. He was Emeritus Professor of Viral Oncology at University College London, a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Cancer until 2005.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Robin_Weiss.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Weiss" }, { "name": "Neil Sedaka American singer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/neil-sedaka", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Neil Sedaka, the American singer, songwriter and pianist known for “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” died on February 27, 2026. He began his music career in 1957 and sold millions of records worldwide. Sedaka wrote or co-wrote more than 500 songs for himself and other artists, working mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody. After a short-lived tenure as a founding member of the doo-wop group the Tokens, he scored hit singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s including “Oh! Carol,” “Calendar Girl,” “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.” His career continued through 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Neil_Sedaka.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Sedaka" }, { "name": "James E. Waggoner Jr. American Episcopalian clergyman, bishop of Spokane dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/james-e-waggoner-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "James E. Waggoner Jr., an American Episcopalian clergyman and bishop of Spokane from 2000 to 2017, died on February 27, 2026, at age 77. Waggoner served as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane and later became assisting bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada in 2019, serving through March 2021. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Marshall University and received his Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Divinity degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary. Before his election as bishop of Spokane, he served the Diocese of West Virginia for 21 years, including 12 years in parish ministry and nine years on the bishop’s staff.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/James_E._Waggoner_Jr..jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Waggoner_Jr." }, { "name": "John H. Caldwell Promotion of cross-country skiing in the United States dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-h-caldwell", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "promotion of cross-country skiing in the united states", "athletes", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "John H. Caldwell, an American Olympic skier and author, died on February 27, 2026, at age 97. Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing and later became a cross-country ski coach and authority on the sport. He wrote a series of books that helped popularize recreational cross-country skiing in the United States. Born John Homer Caldwell in Detroit, Michigan, he grew up in Somerset, Pennsylvania, moved to Putney, Vermont, in 1941, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1950.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Caldwell" }, { "name": "Les Rumsey English speedway rider dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/les-rumsey", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Les Rumsey, an English speedway rider, died on February 27, 2026, aged 70. Born Leslie John Rumsey in Canterbury, Kent, on July 27, 1955, he rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1972 to 1983 for various clubs. He signed for Canterbury Crusaders in 1972 and spent seven years with the club, serving as captain. In 1975, he finished in the top five averages during the New National League season and later became a regular heat leader for teams in the National League.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Rumsey" }, { "name": "Travis Wammack American rock and roll guitarist dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/travis-wammack", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Travis Wammack, an American rock and roll guitarist, died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 81. Travis Lavoid Wammack Sr. was born on November 19, 1944, in Walnut, Mississippi, and was from Memphis, Tennessee. He worked as a guitarist, singer and songwriter, and his career spanned from 1957 to 2026. Wammack was described as an instrumental genius and was known for his guitar pyrotechnics, speedy chops and early use of fuzztone and distortion.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Wammack" }, { "name": "Sandro Munari Italian rally driver dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sandro-munari", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Sandro Munari, the Italian rally driver nicknamed Il Drago, died on February 27, 2026, aged 85. Born Alessandro Munari on March 27, 1940, in Cavarzere, Italy, he began rallying in 1965 and won the Italian Rally Championship in 1967 and 1969. He added the European Rally Championship title in 1973 driving a Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.6 HF. Munari won the Targa Florio in 1972 with Arturo Merzario in a works Ferrari 312PB, and later claimed seven World Rally Championship victories. He also won the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers title.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Sandro_Munari.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Munari" }, { "name": "Joaherul Islam Bangladeshi politician dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/joaherul-islam", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Bangladesh" ], "description": "Joaherul Islam, a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer, died on February 27, 2026. He was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and served as a Jatiya Sangsad member for Tangail-8 from 2019 to 2024. Born on 12 February 1956 in Tangail, Bangladesh, he was also a freedom fighter in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Islam was elected to parliament on 30 December 2018 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate and served as general secretary of the Tangail District unit of the party in 2017.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaherul_Islam" }, { "name": "Tatjana Wood German-born American comic book colourist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tatjana-wood", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 99, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Germany" ], "description": "Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist, died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in comics and was known for her color work on Camelot 3000. During the 1950s and 1960s, she also made uncredited contributions to Wally Wood’s artwork, including animal drawings for the EC Comics story “Carl Akeley” in Two-Fisted Tales #41.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Tatjana_Wood.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatjana_Wood" }, { "name": "Charlie Grall Journalist dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/charlie-grall", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalist", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Charlie Grall, a French journalist and Breton independence activist, died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Jean-Charles Grall in Finistère, France, he was the founder of the identity website Breizh Info, which he served from 1996 to 2001. 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Gill, then won full terms in 1985 and 1987 alongside running mate Chuck Hardwick. In 1987, he sponsored a bill that would have made English New Jersey’s official language.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Genova" }, { "name": "Gregorio Luque Mexican baseball catcher and manager dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gregorio-luque", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "Gregorio Luque, a Mexican baseball catcher and manager, died on February 27, 2026. Born in Nogales, Sonora, on May 9, 1942, he played and managed in the Mexican League during a career that spanned from 1961 to 1980 as a player and from 1976 to 1994 as a manager. He made his Mexican League debut with the Tigres de México in 1963 and later joined the Saraperos de Saltillo in 1971, where he remained until his retirement in 1980. 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A highly recruited athlete out of Graham High School, Gibbs was frequently mentioned in preseason All-American teams during his college career. As a sophomore, he shared the quarterback position with Donald George and recorded 47 completions for 473 yards, three touchdowns and nine interceptions.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Sonny_Gibbs.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Gibbs" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 24, "total_pages": 1, "count": 24 }