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"reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T02:35:03+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Dutch photographer", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_van_Swoll" }, { "name": "Viktor Vassiljev", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/viktor-vassiljev", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T02:25:03+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Estonia" ], "description": "Estonian guitarist", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Vassiljev_(guitarist)" }, { "name": "Claude Lacaze French rugby union player dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/claude-lacaze", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": 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He was engaged by Sonab from 1969 to 1974, where he designed minimalistic loudspeakers and amplifiers. Lallerstedt also helped found industrial design education at Konstfack in Stockholm, lectured there from 1976, served as Sweden’s first professor of industrial design from 1986 to 1992, and headed the school from 1999 to 2003.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Lallerstedt" }, { "name": "Amir Hatami commander-in-chief dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/amir-hatami", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Amir Hatami, Iranian military officer and commander-in-chief of the Iranian Regular Armed Forces, died on February 28, 2026. 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Born in 1966 in Nimowar, a village in Zanjan, he joined the Basij as a volunteer at age 14 and began serving in the Iranian Army Ground Forces in 1984.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Amir_Hatami.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Hatami" }, { "name": "Saleh Asadi Iranian military intelligence officer dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/saleh-asadi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran", "Israel" ], "description": "Saleh Asadi, an Iranian military intelligence officer, died on February 28, 2026, in Tehran during joint Israeli-United States airstrikes that targeted senior Iranian leadership. He served as head of the intelligence department at the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran's military emergency command, and as a senior intelligence officer in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israeli sources said he was involved in shaping Iran's strategic approach toward Israel and the United States.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Saleh_Asadi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleh_Asadi", "cause_of_death": { "label": "airstrikes", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-airstrikes" } }, { "name": "Steven P. 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He also art directed Box of Moonlight, his first and only film in that role, and set dressed the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Steven_P._Brennan.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_P._Brennan", "cause_of_death": { "label": "ALS", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-als" } }, { "name": "Mohsen Darrebaghi Iranian brigadier general and fighter pilot in the IRGC Air Force dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mohsen-darrebaghi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iran", "Israel" ], "description": "Mohsen Darrebaghi, an Iranian brigadier general and fighter pilot in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, died on February 28, 2026, during the 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran. He served in various command roles within the Iranian military, including as deputy for readiness, support, and industrial research at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Darrebaghi participated as a pilot in the Iran–Iraq War and later commanded Chabahar Air Base in the early 2000s. From 2008 to 2013, he was deputy commander of the Iranian Air Force, and from 2013 to 2016 he served as deputy for readiness and support in the Iranian Army.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mohsen_Darrebaghi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Darrebaghi", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Airstrikes", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-airstrikes" } }, { "name": "Boncana Maïga Malian composer and musician dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/boncana-maiga", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "description": "Boncana Maïga, a Malian composer and musician, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Boncana Issa Maïga in Gao, French Sudan, French West Africa, in 1949, he won a Kora Award in the category Best Arrangement of Africa. Maïga died in Bamako, Mali.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Boncana_Ma_ga.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boncana_Ma%C3%AFga" }, { "name": "Bahram Hosseini Motlagh Iranian military officer in the IRGC dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bahram-hosseini-motlagh", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran", "Israel" ], "description": "Bahram Hosseini Motlagh, an Iranian military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, died on February 28, 2026. A brigadier general, he held a series of command and staff posts within the IRGC, including commander of the Seyed al-Shohada Corps in Tehran Province from 2009 to 2011, the Imam Hassan Alborz Corps from 2011 to 2014, and the IRGC Command and Staff University from 2014 to 2020. He later headed the Security and Law Enforcement Operations Planning Department and the Operations Department at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was killed in the 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Bahram_Hosseini_Motlagh.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahram_Hosseini_Motlagh", "cause_of_death": { "label": "strike", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-strike" } }, { "name": "Nabilah Lubis Indonesian philologist and writer dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nabilah-lubis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Egypt", "Indonesia" ], "description": "Nabilah Lubis, an Indonesian philologist, writer, translator and lecturer, died on February 28, 2026, in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of 83. Born Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah in Cairo on March 14, 1942, she later took the name Nabilah Lubis after marrying Burhanuddin Umar Lubis, a Batak Mandailing man from Medan. She completed her doctoral education at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute in 1992 and became the first female doctorate at IAIN Jakarta. In 1994, Quraish Shihab, then chancellor of IAIN Jakarta, appointed her dean of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabilah_Lubis" }, { "name": "Johana Ng’eno Kenyan politician dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/johana-ngeno", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Kenya" ], "description": "Johana Ng'eno, a Kenyan politician and member of the Parliament of Kenya, died on February 28, 2026, aged 53. He was born on December 12, 1972, in Narok County, Kenya, and later attended Mogondo Primary School, Maseno National School, and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in Ukraine, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Law. Ng'eno served as director at the Agricultural Development Corporation from 2008 to 2012. In September 2025, he was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and served on several parliamentary committees, including Justice and Legal Affairs, Public Investments, and the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Committee.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johana_Ng%27eno" }, { "name": "Michael F. Robinson English composer dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-f-robinson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "England", "Italy" ], "description": "Michael F. Robinson, an English composer, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Gloucester on March 3, 1933, he was also a musicologist and academic best known for his scholarly work on Italian opera, particularly Neapolitan opera of the 17th and 18th centuries. He studied at New College, Oxford, where he earned degrees including a BA, BMus, MA and DPhil, and later received the Oxford Doctor of Music degree by examination in October 2009. Robinson held posts at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, McGill University and Cardiff University, where he served as head of department from 1987 to 1994.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_F._Robinson" }, { "name": "Mario Buhagiar Maltese art historian dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mario-buhagiar", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "description": "Mario Buhagiar, a Maltese art historian and author, died on February 28, 2026, aged 81. He was a professor in the history of art at the University of Malta and for 25 years headed the university’s History of Art Department, which he founded. Buhagiar introduced history of art as an academic discipline at the University of Malta in 1988 and helped develop it into a fully fledged department. He also worked with the Maltese National Museums Department, where he helped draw up a Protective Inventory of the Maltese Cultural Heritage, and served as president and vice-president of the Malta Historical Society. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a member of the National Order of Merit.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Buhagiar" }, { "name": "Don McCune American ten-pin bowler dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/don-mccune", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Donald Eugene McCune, an American ten-pin bowler, died on February 28, 2026, at age 89. Born on October 9, 1936, in Morrison, Illinois, he grew up in Munster, Indiana, served in the U.S. Army and began bowling seriously in all-Army leagues. A right-handed bowler, McCune became a Professional Bowlers Association member in 1963 and won eight PBA Tour titles, including six in the 1973 season. He earned his first PBA title at the 1968 Fort Worth Open and his second at the 1970 Houston-Sertoma Open. He was a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McCune" }, { "name": "Wayne Granger American baseball player dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/wayne-granger", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Wayne Granger, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, died on February 28, 2026. He was a major league relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros and Montreal Expos. Granger played for Cincinnati from 1969 to 1971 and was considered one of baseball’s most effective and durable relief pitchers during the early years of the Big Red Machine. He graduated from Huntington High School in Huntington, Massachusetts, later attended Springfield College and was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame in 2010.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Wayne_Granger.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Granger" }, { "name": "Rémy Scheurer Academic dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/remy-scheurer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "academic", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Switzerland" ], "description": "Rémy Scheurer, a Swiss politician, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Neuchâtel on March 11, 1934, he was a member of the Swiss Liberal Party (PLS). He studied at the University of Neuchâtel and the École Nationale des Chartes, then taught secondary school in Neuchâtel from 1962 to 1971. Scheurer was president of the Canton of Neuchâtel chapter of the PLS from 1972 to 1976, served on the communal council of Hauterive from 1968 to 2000, sat in the Grand Council of Neuchâtel from 1977 to 1984, and was a member of the National Council from 1991 to 2003, leading the Liberal group in his final term.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9my_Scheurer" }, { "name": "Lorraine Bayly The Man From Snowy River as Rosemary Hume, The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, Carson’s Law as Jennifer Carson, Neighbours as Faye Hudson, Play School as Presenter dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lorraine-bayly", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "the man from snowy river as rosemary hume", "the sullivans as grace sullivan", "carson's law as jennifer carson", "neighbours as faye hudson", "play school as presenter", "actors", "journalists", "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Lorraine Bayly, the Australian actress best known for her role in The Sullivans, died on February 28, 2026, aged 89. Born in Booligal, New South Wales, on January 16, 1937, she began performing as a child and became a professional actress in 1954 after starting in theatre. Her screen work included The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, Carson's Law as Jennifer Carson, Neighbours as Faye Hudson and Play School as a presenter. Bayly's career also encompassed theatre, presenting, singing, dancing, piano, directing, stage management and writing, with active years listed from 1954 to 2016.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Bayly" }, { "name": "Larry Kump American politician dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/larry-kump", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Larry Kump, an American politician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, died on February 28, 2026, at age 78. He represented district 94 from 2022 until his death, and previously served in the chamber from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2020. Kump was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1948. He earned an associate degree from Hagerstown Community College and a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Frostburg State University.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kump" }, { "name": "Annabel Schofield Welsh-born American model and actress dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/annabel-schofield", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Wales" ], "description": "Annabel Schofield, a Welsh-born American model, actress and producer, died on February 28, 2026, at age 62. Born in Llanelli in 1963, she began modeling at 16 after moving to London and signed with the Take Two agency. She appeared in Italian Vogue and in television adverts, including a widely seen Bugle Boy jeans commercial. She later shifted to acting, studying drama in New York before moving to Los Angeles. In 1988, she played Laurel Ellis in 12 episodes of Dallas. Her film credits included Blood Tide, Solar Crisis, Exit in Red and Midnight Blue.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_Schofield" }, { "name": "Makybe Diva Australian Thoroughbred racehorse dead at age 26", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/makybe-diva", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 26, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Makybe Diva, the Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and only horse to win three Melbourne Cups, died on February 28, 2026, aged 26. She won the Melbourne Cup in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and remains the only mare to have won the race more than once. She also won the 2005 Cox Plate and was the highest stakes-earner in Australian history, with more than A$14 million in prize money.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Makybe_Diva.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makybe_Diva" }, { "name": "Abdolrahim Mousavi 65–66 dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/abdolrahim-mousavi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Abdolrahim Mousavi, an Iranian military officer who served as Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, died on February 28, 2026, in Tehran, Iran, at the age of 65–66. He held the post from June 2025 until his death, taking over after the death of Mohammad Bagheri during the Twelve-Day War. Mousavi had previously served as Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army from 2017 to 2025. His military career began in 1979, and during the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq War he served in the army’s artillery units on several fronts. He also held senior command positions including deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and chief of staff of the Ground Forces.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Abdolrahim_Mousavi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdolrahim_Mousavi" }, { "name": "Ray Glastonbury Welsh rugby union and league player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ray-glastonbury", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Wales" ], "description": "Ray Glastonbury, the Welsh rugby union and rugby league player who represented Cardiff RFC and Workington Town, died on February 28, 2026, aged 87. Born in the Bedwellty district of Wales on December 11, 1938, he played rugby union for Cardiff RFC as a wing and went on to play rugby league for Wales and for Workington Town, also as a wing, during the 1950s and 1960s. He died in Cardiff, Wales.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Glastonbury" }, { "name": "Mohammad Pakpour Iranian soldier dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mohammad-pakpour", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran", "Israel" ], "description": "Mohammad Pakpour, an Iranian soldier and military officer who served as commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, died on February 28, 2026. He led the IRGC from 2025 until his death and had previously served as head of the IRGC Ground Forces. Pakpour was appointed to the IRGC command on June 13, 2025, after the death of Hossein Salami. He joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the wake of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and served during the 1979 Kurdish rebellion and the Iran-Iraq War.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mohammad_Pakpour.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Pakpour", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Killed", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-killed" } }, { "name": "Paul Conroy British photojournalist dead at age 61", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/paul-conroy-journalist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Paul Conroy, a British photojournalist and freelance photographer and filmmaker, died on February 28, 2026, aged 61. He worked in the British media and reported from combat zones in the Balkans, the Middle East and Libya. A soldier with the Royal Artillery from 1980 to 1987, he was shortlisted in 2011 for the PRX Bayeux TV report with Marie Colvin. Born in Liverpool on 18 July 1964, Conroy was injured in 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising in Homs, when the building where he and other journalists were based was shelled.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Conroy_(journalist)" }, { "name": "Mohammad Shirazi Iranian military officer dead at age 50", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mohammad-shirazi-general-2", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 50, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Mohammad Shirazi, an Iranian military officer who headed the Military Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, died on February 28, 2026, in Tehran during the opening strikes of the 2026 Iran war. He served as head of the Military Office from 1989 until his death. In that role, as a brigadier general, he coordinated relations between senior commanders of Iran’s armed forces and the supreme leader, serving as a liaison in the country’s defense and security apparatus.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mohammad_Shirazi_general.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Shirazi_(general)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "airstrike", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-airstrike" } }, { "name": "Mohammad Shirazi Iranian government official dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mohammad-shirazi-general", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Mohammad Shirazi, an Iranian military general and government official who headed the Military Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, died on February 28, 2026. He had served in that post from 1989 until his death, coordinating relations between senior commanders of Iran’s armed forces and the supreme leader as a liaison in the country’s defense and security apparatus. Shirazi was killed during the opening strikes of the 2026 Iran war, which targeted senior Iranian officials in Tehran.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Abolghasem_Babaeian.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolghasem_Babaeian", "cause_of_death": { "label": "airstrikes", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-airstrikes" } }, { "name": "Uncle Joe Benson American rock radio DJ dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/uncle-joe-benson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Uncle Joe Benson, an American rock radio DJ, died on February 28, 2026, at age 76. He was known as “Uncle Joe” Benson. According to the supplied information, he died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, dementia and a fall.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Uncle_Joe%22_Benson", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Parkinson’s disease, dementia and fall", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-parkinsons-disease-dementia-and-fall" } }, { "name": "Mohammad Baseri Intelligence officer dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mohammad-baseri", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "intelligence officer" ], "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Mohammad Baseri, an Iranian intelligence officer, died on February 28, 2026, in Tehran at the age of 53. He served in Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and was implicated by the United States government in the 2007 abduction and detention of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared on Kish Island in Iran. Baseri was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2020 for his alleged role in the case, and the FBI issued a seeking information notice in 2025 regarding his involvement.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mohammad_Baseri.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Baseri" }, { "name": "Andrzej Gąsienica-Józkowy Polish mountain rescuer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andrzej-gasienica-jozkowy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Andrzej Gąsienica-Józkowy, a Polish mountain rescuer, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Zakopane in 1946, he became a candidate for a rescuer of the Tatra Group GOPR in 1969 and took the oath as a rescuer in 1970. He worked in mountain rescue for 40 years, taking part in 463 rescue expeditions and 440 interventions in ski accidents. After retiring in 2010, he was named a lifetime member of TOPR.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_G%C4%85sienica-J%C3%B3zkowy" }, { "name": "Karlen G. Adamyan Armenian cardiologist dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/karlen-g-adamyan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "scientists" ], "description": "Karlen G. Adamyan, an Armenian cardiologist, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 19, 1937, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR, he graduated from Yerevan State Medical Institute in 1959. He later served as a postgraduate student at the Institute of Cardiology and Heart Surgery of the Ministry of Health of the ASSR from 1962 to 1965, and then worked there. Adamyan became a Doctor of Medical Sciences in 1971, a Professor in 1985, and an Academician of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences in 1996. In 2009, he was named Honoured Science Worker of Armenia.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlen_G._Adamyan" }, { "name": "Hossein Jabal Amelian chairman of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/hossein-jabal-amelian", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran", "Israel" ], "description": "Hossein Jabal Amelian, an Iranian military officer and brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, died on February 28, 2026. He served as chairman of Iran's Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), an entity engaged in advanced weapons development. Jabal Amelian previously headed the Marine Industries Organization within Iran's Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, and was appointed president of that body in October 2021. He was killed during the 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Hossein_Jabal_Amelian.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Jabal_Amelian", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Israeli–United States strikes", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-israeli-united-states-strikes" } }, { "name": "2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack American Army reserve captain dead at age 35", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/2026-port-shuaiba-drone-attack", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 35, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Iran" ], "description": "The 2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack, an American Army reserve captain, died on February 28, 2026, after an Iranian one-way attack drone struck a tactical operations center at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait. The site was a makeshift and relatively unprotected location where logistical units had been moved from Camp Arifjan in preparation for the Iran war, which began the day prior. Air defense systems failed to intercept the drone, and warning sirens were not activated before it hit the main office trailer. The attack killed six United States Army Reserve soldiers, the first U.S. casualties of the war, and injured more than 30 others.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Cody_Khork.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Khork", "cause_of_death": { "label": "drone attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-drone-attack" } }, { "name": "Aziz Nasirzadeh Iranian military officer dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/aziz-nasirzadeh", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Aziz Nasirzadeh, an Iranian military officer, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 62. He served as Iran’s minister of defence from 2024 to 2026, after previously holding the post of deputy chief of staff for the Iranian Armed Forces from September 2021 to August 2024. He was commander of the Iranian Air Force from August 2018 to September 2021. Born in Sarab, East Azerbaijan, Iran, in 1964, Nasirzadeh was a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War and began his military career as a certified F-14 pilot.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Aziz_Nasirzadeh.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_Nasirzadeh", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Killed", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-killed" } }, { "name": "Reza Mozaffari Nia 66–67 dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/reza-mozaffari-nia", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iran", "Israel" ], "description": "Reza Mozaffari Nia, an Iranian military official and former director of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 66–67. Born in Isfahan in 1959, he also served as deputy defence minister and as dean of Malek-Ashtar University of Technology. In September 2021, he was appointed to lead SPND, an entity within Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics associated with research into sensitive technologies. He was sanctioned by the United States over his alleged involvement in Iran’s missile and weapons of mass destruction programmes.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Reza_Mozaffari_Nia.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Mozaffari_Nia", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Killed", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-killed" } }, { "name": "Yukkie B Dutch rapper dead at age 56", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yukkie-b", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands", "Turkey" ], "description": "Yukkie B, the Dutch rapper known as Yüksel Özince, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Amsterdam on October 30, 1969, he discovered hip-hop culture and breakdancing in 1984. In 1997, he released the Dutch-language single \"Wat Nou!\" as his debut. The following year, he won the TMF Award for best rap act, the first TMF Award presented in the rap category to a Dutch artist. In 2003, Özince left his label Top Notch/Virgin and later made guest appearances on several CDs, including Brainpower's Door marrow en brain.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukkie_B" }, { "name": "Dennis Carvalho Brazilian director and actor dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dennis-carvalho", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil" ], "description": "Dennis Carvalho, a Brazilian director, actor and voice actor, died on February 28, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 78. Born Dennis de Carvalho on September 27, 1947, in São Paulo, he began acting at age 11 after auditioning for TV Paulista for the soap opera \"Oliver Twist.\" He joined TV Tupi in 1964, appearing in numerous telenovelas, and later worked for TV Globo, where he built a long career as a television director, actor and voice actor.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Dennis_Carvalho.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Carvalho" }, { "name": "Gholamreza Rezaian commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police Intelligence Organization dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gholamreza-rezaian", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Gholamreza Rezaian, the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police Intelligence Organization, died on February 28, 2026, during United States and Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Rezaian was an Iranian brigadier general who led the organization, known as SAFA, at the time of his death. The force, formed in 2022, handled intelligence duties within Iran's national police framework.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Gholamreza_Rezaian.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gholamreza_Rezaian", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Airstrikes", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-airstrikes" } }, { "name": "Patricia Schady British astrophysicist dead at age 47", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/patricia-schady", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 47, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Patricia Schady, a British astrophysicist, died on February 28, 2026. She specialized in gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies and was a senior lecturer at the University of Bath at the time of her death. Schady was born in the United Kingdom in 1978. She studied mathematics and computer science at University College London, radio astronomy at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, and astrophysics at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, where she completed a PhD. Before joining the University of Bath, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, near Munich.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Schady" }, { "name": "2026 Iran war military officer dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/2026-iran-war-2", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "2026 Iran war, a military officer, died on February 28, 2026, during the war that began with surprise U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran. The attacks killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials and caused civilian casualties. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, U.S. bases, and U.S.-allied countries in the Middle East, and closed the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global trade.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/2026_Israeli_United_States_strikes_on_Iran.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli%E2%80%93United_States_strikes_on_Iran", "cause_of_death": { "label": "War", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-war" } }, { "name": "John P. Hammond Musician dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-p-hammond", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musician", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "John P. Hammond, an American blues singer and guitarist, died on February 28, 2026. Born John Paul Hammond in New York City on November 13, 1942, he was also known professionally as John Hammond and John Hammond Jr. His career spanned six decades, from 1962 to 2026. Hammond was the son of record producer John Henry Hammond Jr. He performed in blues, rock and barrelhouse, and played guitar, vocals and harmonica. He died in Jersey City, New Jersey, at age 83.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/John_P._Hammond.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Hammond" }, { "name": "Charles S. Russell American lawyer and judge dead at age 100", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/charles-s-russell", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Charles S. Russell, an American lawyer and judge, died on February 28, 2026. Russell was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 23, 1926, and received his education at the Congressional Pages School in Washington, D.C., and the University of Virginia, where he earned his B.A. and LL.B. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he practiced in Arlington and Fairfax from 1951 to 1967, when he was appointed a judge for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Virginia in early 1982 and retired from the court in 1991, later returning as a Senior Justice in 2004.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Russell" }, { "name": "Jack Scarisbrick 97-98 dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jack-scarisbrick", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "John Joseph Scarisbrick MBE, a British historian who taught at the University of Warwick, died on February 28, 2026, aged 97. Born in London on October 6, 1928, he studied at The John Fisher School and Christ's College, Cambridge, after two years in the Royal Air Force. He specialised in Tudor history and wrote Henry VIII, first published in 1968. Scarisbrick was co-founder, with his wife Nuala Scarisbrick, of Life, a British anti-abortion charity founded in 1970. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1969 and appointed MBE in 2015 for services to vulnerable people as founder of Zoe's Place, a hospice for children in Coventry.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Scarisbrick" }, { "name": "Roberto Castrillo Cuban Olympic sport shooter", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roberto-castrillo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Cuba" ], "description": "Roberto Castrillo, a Cuban sport shooter and Olympic medalist, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Guanajay, Cuba, on June 30, 1941, he won a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Castrillo also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Castrillo" }, { "name": "Bernard Lewis English clothing chain executive, founder and president of River Island dead at age 100", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bernard-lewis-entrepreneur", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Bernard Lewis, the English clothing chain executive who founded and led River Island, died on February 28, 2026. Born Bernard Pokrasse on February 10, 1926, he was educated at the Jewish Free School and Northern Polytechnic Institute. He helped in his parents’ greengrocer’s as a child, served in the RAF from 1944 to 1945, and opened his first fruit and vegetable shop on Holloway Road in North London at the age of 20. He later began selling clothing and opened his first clothes shop in Mare Street, Hackney.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lewis_(entrepreneur)" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 77, "total_pages": 1, "count": 77 }