Abderrazak Zouaoui
Algerian sport commentator · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 16
Deaths Died in 16 February 2026
Abderrazak Zouari
Algerian sport commentator · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · February 16
Frederick Wiseman American filmmaker dead at age 96
Frederick Wiseman, an American filmmaker, died on February 16, 2026, at age 96. Born in Boston in 1930, he worked as a documentarian, theater director, editor, actor, producer, director and writer from 1963 to 2025. His films focused on American… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Tyrone G. Martin American navy commander and naval historian dead at age 95
Tyrone G. Martin, an American Navy commander and naval historian, died on February 16, 2026. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on June 5, 1930, and was commissioned through NROTC in 1952. During 23 years of Navy service, he commanded… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Avel Gordly Activist, community organizer, educator dead at age 79
Avel Gordly, an American politician and activist in Oregon, died on February 16, 2026. She was 79. Gordly was born in Portland on February 13, 1947, and became the first African-American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1996,… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Wolfram Saenger X-ray crystallography of membrane proteins dead at age 86
Wolfram Saenger, a German biochemist, crystallographer and academic, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for his pioneering contributions to nucleic acid crystallography and structural biology over a scientific career spanning more than four… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Raseswari Panigrahi Politician dead at age 79
Raseswari Panigrahi, an Indian politician, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. She was active in Odisha politics with the Biju Janata Dal and was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from the Sambalpur constituency in the… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Carl Grillmair Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, shot dead at age 67
Carl Grillmair, a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, died on February 16, 2026, after being fatally shot outside his home in Llano, California. He was 67. Grillmair was a research scientist at the California Institute of Technology from 1997, where he… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Juan Carlos Desanzo Argentine film director dead at age 88
Juan Carlos Desanzo, an Argentine film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on January 15, 1938, he worked in Argentine film across those three occupations. Desanzo died in… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Lélio Souza Brazilian politician dead at age 88
Lélio Souza, a Brazilian politician, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Lélio Miguel Antunes de Souza on September 29, 1937, in Rosário do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, he was a member of the Brazilian… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Guido A. Zäch Doctor dead at age 90
Guido A. Zäch, a Swiss politician and doctor, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Häggenschwil on October 1, 1935, he studied medicine at the University of Fribourg and the University of Basel. Zäch founded… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · Zach
King Liu Founder and Chairman of Giant Bicycles dead at age 91
King Liu, the Taiwanese businessman who founded Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd., died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in central Taiwan on July 2, 1934, Liu worked for his father’s trading and food manufacturing business before… · China · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other
Dana Eden Israeli creator and producer dead at age -1
Dana Eden, an Israeli creator and producer best known for co-creating and producing the Apple TV+ espionage series Tehran, died on February 16, 2026. She was 52. Born on September 3, 1973, Eden joined her father’s company, Dana Productions, in… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Harry Barnes (Labour politician) English politician dead at age 89
Harry Barnes, the English Labour politician who served as the party’s Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire, died on February 16, 2026, aged 89. Born in Easington, County Durham, on 22 July 1936, he was educated at Ruskin College… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Homo Sapiens (band) Italian singer and bassist dead at age -1
Homo Sapiens, the Italian singer and bassist associated with the pop rock group Homo Sapiens, died on February 16, 2026. The group, sometimes spelled Gli Homo Sapiens, was mainly successful in the 1970s. Formed in the late 1960s as I… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Jane Baer Animator dead at age 91
Jane Baer, a Canadian-American animator known for her work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, died on February 16, 2026, in Van Nuys, California, at the age of 91. Born Jane Maureen Shattuck in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on October 30, 1934, she… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other
Richard Ottinger American politician dead at age 97
Richard Ottinger, an American politician and attorney who served in the United States House of Representatives, died on February 16, 2026. He was 97. A member of the Democratic Party, Ottinger represented New York in the House from 1965 to… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Consty Eka Cameroonian television presenter and businessman dead at age 56
Consty Eka, a Cameroonian television presenter and businessman, died on February 16, 2026, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the age of 65. Born in Yaoundé on January 13, 1961, he became a prominent figure in the Cameroonian and Ivorian media… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Hélène Ahrweiler Greek-French Byzantologist dead at age 99
Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99. Born in Athens on August 29, 1926, to a family of Greek refugees from Bursa,… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Bob Howes Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos dead at age 83
Bob Howes, a Canadian football player who was an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League, died on February 16, 2026, at age 83. He played 14 seasons in the CFL, mainly for the Edmonton Eskimos, and was part of… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Bobby Henrich American baseball player dead at age 87
Bobby Henrich, an American baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Redlegs and Reds, died on February 16, 2026. Robert Edward Henrich was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played parts of three seasons, from 1957 until 1959, for the… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Semyon Gluzman Struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union dead at age 79
Semyon Gluzman, a Ukrainian psychiatrist and human rights activist, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kyiv on September 10, 1946, Gluzman graduated from the Kyiv Medical Institute in 1968 and became known for his… · Russia · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Bo Lamar American basketball player (San Diego Conquistadors dead at age 74
Dwight "Bo" Lamar, an American basketball player, died on February 16, 2026, at age 74. Born April 7, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio, he was raised there and attended East High School before playing at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Gérard Mathieu Schoolteacher dead at age 78
Gérard Mathieu, a Belgian politician and schoolteacher, died on February 16, 2026, in Arlon, Belgium, at the age of 78. A member of the Reformist Movement (MR), he taught Latin and Greek at the secondary school level and served in… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · Gerard
Billy Steinberg American songwriter (“Like a Virgin” dead at age 74
Billy Steinberg, an American songwriter known for "Like a Virgin," died on February 16, 2026, at age 75. Born William Endfield Steinberg in Fresno, California, he achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly. Together they… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Linda Seger American author dead at age 80
Linda Seger, an American author and screenwriting consultant, died on February 16, 2026, at age 80. Best known for her books on screenwriting, she was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and grew up there. Seger earned an undergraduate degree from Colorado… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026
Eddie Carvery Canadian social activist dead at age -1
Eddie Carvery, a Canadian social activist, died on February 16, 2026. He was from Africville, Nova Scotia, where he became known for protesting the destruction of the small, mainly Black Halifax community in the 1960s as part of an urban… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026 · Other
Ancella Bickley American historian dead at age 95
Ancella Bickley, an American historian who was involved in the preservation of African American history in West Virginia, died on February 16, 2026, at age 95. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, on July 4, 1930, she earned a bachelor’s degree… · 16 February 2026 · February 2026