Ilhan Mustafa
Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța)Died on Wednesday February 25th 2026
Gianluigi Jessi Italian Olympic basketball player dead at age 80
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…
Jeremy Larner American author and screenwriter, Oscar winner dead at age 88
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…
Lauren Chapin Television actress dead at age 80
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…
Stephen Koch American writer dead at age 84
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,…
Ruben Castillo American boxer dead at age 68
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…
Uncle Joe Benson American rock radio DJ, complications from Parkinson’s disease dementia and…
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…
Roman Kofman Ukrainian conductor and composer dead at age 89
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…
Jim Donnelly Scottish snooker player dead at age 79
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…
Glaudi Barsotti French writer and journalist dead at age 92
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…
Daryl Cumming Australian footballer dead at age 74
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…
Irina Shevchuk Russian actress
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…
Nicolae Andronati Moldovan politician dead at age 90
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…
Nina Gabrielyan Russian-Armenian writer and artist dead at age 74
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.…
Ann Godoff American editor and publisher dead at age 76
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…
2026 Jalisco operation Mexican cartel member dead at age -1
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…
Carl Samuelson American swim coach dead at age 94
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…
Cliff Guffey American labor union leader dead at age 76
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…
Arthur Gooch Australian rules footballer dead at age 94
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…
Elaine Ingham American microbiologist dead at age 73
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…
Lorin N. Pace American politician dead at age 100
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,…
Giancarlo Politi Italian art critic dead at age 89
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…
Maria O’Brien American actress and acting coach dead at age 75
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…
Willy Loretan Swiss politician dead at age 91
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…
Francesco Sibello Italian Olympic sailor dead at age 80
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…
Oliver “Power” Grant Wu-Tang Clan dead at age 52
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…
Bill Saunderson Investment manager, founded Sceptre Investment Counsel dead at age 92
Bill Saunderson, a Canadian politician and investment manager, died on February 24, 2026. He was 92. Saunderson was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995…