José María Oleart
Spanish basketball player and coachDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Tag: 2026-02-28
Over 50 obituaries from 2026-02-28. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Vladimir Charlot
Russian writer and literacy criticDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Giancarlo Consonni
Italian poetDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Margherita Pieracci Harwell
Italian writerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Giuseppe Stefanelli
Italian basketball playerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Purchi Achvan
Russian playwright and poetDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Lida Viganoni
Italian geographerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Vincenzo D’Agostino
Italian lyricistDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Giuseppe Armocida
Italian historian and physicianDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Anna Razzi
Italian dancerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Giuseppe Albertini
Italian politicianDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Rosario Pecoraro
Italian jockeyDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Gustav Kraitz
Swedish ceramicist and sculptorDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
François-Bernard Michel
French academicDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Sergey Georgiyev
Russian writerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Jean-Yves Lallemand
French chemistDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
António Silva Teles
Portuguese politicianDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Koichiro Iida
Japanese manga artist and criticDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Hademar Bankhofer
Austrian journalist and television presenterDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Conchita Bustinduy
Spanish racquet playerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Niels Davidsen-Nielsen
Danish linguistDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Kira Rogova
Russian linguistDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Guy Fontaine
Belgian journalist and Orthodox priestDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Gao Mingxuan
Chinese juristDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Marika Mascherona
27–28Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Yasuko Tasumi
Japanese pianistDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Giannis Patsilinakos
Greek politicianDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Bruno Hubl
Australian Benedictine monkDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Michalis Voutsaras
Greek footballerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Daniel Bray Jr.
American politicianDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Dionysius Koenigs
American politicianDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Frits van Swoll
Dutch photographerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Viktor Vassiljev
Estonian guitaristDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Claude Lacaze French rugby union player dead at age 85
Claude Lacaze, a French rugby union player, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Pontacq, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, on March 5, 1940, he played as a fullback.…
Slava Tsukerman Russian film director dead at age 86
Slava Tsukerman, a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, died on February 28, 2026. Born Vladislav Markovich Tsukerman in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he was of Jewish origin and…
Lars Lallerstedt Swedish industrial designer dead at age 87
Lars Lallerstedt, a Swedish industrial designer and pioneer in the field in Sweden, died on February 28, 2026. Born on June 5, 1938, he worked across a range of design…
Amir Hatami commander-in-chief dead at age -1
Amir Hatami, Iranian military officer and commander-in-chief of the Iranian Regular Armed Forces, died on February 28, 2026. He held the rank of major general and was appointed to the…
Saleh Asadi Iranian military intelligence officer dead at age -1
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…
Steven P. Brennan American set dresser, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis dead at ag…
Steven P. Brennan, an American property master and set dresser, died on February 28, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 59. Brennan worked on films including Hard…
Mohsen Darrebaghi Iranian brigadier general and fighter pilot in the IRGC Air Force dead at age -1
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.…
Boncana Maïga Malian composer and musician dead at age 77
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,…
Bahram Hosseini Motlagh Iranian military officer in the IRGC dead at age -1
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…
Nabilah Lubis Indonesian philologist and writer dead at age 83
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…
Johana Ng’eno Kenyan politician dead at age 53
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,…
Michael F. Robinson English composer dead at age 92
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…
Mario Buhagiar Maltese art historian dead at age 81
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…
Don McCune American ten-pin bowler dead at age 89
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…
Wayne Granger American baseball player dead at age 81
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…
Rémy Scheurer Academic dead at age 91
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…
Lorraine Bayly The Man From Snowy River as Rosemary Hume, The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, Carson&#…
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,…
Larry Kump American politician dead at age 78
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…
Annabel Schofield Welsh-born American model and actress dead at age 62
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…
Makybe Diva Australian Thoroughbred racehorse dead at age 26
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…
Abdolrahim Mousavi 65–66 dead at age 65
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.…
Ray Glastonbury Welsh rugby union and league player
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…
Mohammad Pakpour Iranian soldier dead at age -1
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…
Paul Conroy British photojournalist dead at age 61
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…
Mohammad Shirazi Iranian military officer dead at age 50
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…
Mohammad Shirazi Iranian government official dead at age -1
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…
Uncle Joe Benson American rock radio DJ dead at age 76
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…
Mohammad Baseri Intelligence officer dead at age 53
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…
Andrzej Gąsienica-Józkowy Polish mountain rescuer dead at age 79
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…
Karlen G. Adamyan Armenian cardiologist dead at age 89
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…
Hossein Jabal Amelian chairman of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research dead at age…
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…
2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack American Army reserve captain dead at age 35
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…
Aziz Nasirzadeh Iranian military officer dead at age 62
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…
Reza Mozaffari Nia 66–67 dead at age 66
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…
Yukkie B Dutch rapper dead at age 56
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…
Dennis Carvalho Brazilian director and actor dead at age 78
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,…
Gholamreza Rezaian commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police Intelligence Organization dead…
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…
Patricia Schady British astrophysicist dead at age 47
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…
2026 Iran war military officer dead at age 62
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…
John P. Hammond Musician dead at age 83
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…
Charles S. Russell American lawyer and judge dead at age 100
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…
Jack Scarisbrick 97-98 dead at age 97
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…
Roberto Castrillo Cuban Olympic sport shooter
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…
Bernard Lewis English clothing chain executive, founder and president of River Island dead at age 1…
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…