Obituary: Gustavo Amador, dead at age 91
Mexican composer and music arranger Died on Wednesday February 18th 2026
Deaths on February 17
This archive lists notable deaths associated with February 17 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on February 17, 2026.
Masahi Furukawa, died aged 90
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday February 18th 2026
João Adolfo died at age -1
83 Died on Wednesday February 18th 2026
Jim Lane passed away at age 88
Jim Lane, an Irish republican and socialist from Cork, died on February 17, 2026. Born James Anthony Lane in 1938, he was a central figure in left-wing politics in Cork…
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber died at age 70
Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, an Austrian-born American academic and founding director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, died on February 17, 2026. He taught at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson…
Dmitry Bavilsky death at age 57
Dmitry Bavilsky, a Russian writer, literary critic and journalist, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Chelyabinsk on January 19, 1969, he graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993 and…
Death of Miquel Clar Lladó at age 87
Miquel Clar Lladó, a Spanish businessman and politician, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Llucmajor, Mallorca, in 1938, he spent his early career as an entrepreneur and businessman on…
Doug Moe passed away at age 87
Doug Moe, an American basketball coach who led the Denver Nuggets, died on February 17, 2026, at age 87. Born Douglas Edwin Moe on September 21, 1938, in New York…
Shinya Japanese dead at age 56
Shinya Yamada, the Japanese musician best known as the drummer of Luna Sea, died on February 17, 2026, at age 56 of cancer. Born in Hadano, Kanagawa, on January 13,…
Thomas De Koninck, died aged 91
Thomas De Koninck, a Canadian philosopher from Québec, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Leuven in 1934, he studied at Oxford, Université Laval and Freie Universität Berlin. He taught…
Obituary: Susan Sheehan, dead at age 88
Susan Sheehan, an American writer and author of Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, died on February 17, 2026. Born Susanna Maria Sachsel in Vienna, Austria, on August…
Scott Tinsley died at age 62
Scott Tinsley, an American football coach, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 62. He served as head football coach at West Virginia State University in Institute, West…
Edward Hoagland dies at age 93
Edward Hoagland, the American author best known for his nature and travel writing, died on February 17, 2026, at age 93. Born Edward Morley Hoagland in Manhattan, New York City,…
Richard Stika dies at age 68
Richard Stika, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Knoxville from 2009 to 2023, died on February 17, 2026. Born Richard Frank Stika on July 4, 1957,…
Veikko Virtanen has died at age 97
Veikko Virtanen, a Finnish organ builder, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Veikko Armas Virtanen in Helsinki on June 14, 1928, he built organs through…
Blue Prize obituary: died at age 13
Blue Prize, an Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Distaff, died on February 17, 2026. Born in 2013, she made her first and only start as…
Jim Čert death at age 69
Jim Čert, the Czech singer and accordionist born František Horáček, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Prague on February 25, 1956, he was known…
Death of William Milam at age 89
William Milam, an American diplomat and senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., died on February 17, 2026, at age 89. Born in…
Kazue Sawai passed away at age 85
Kazue Sawai, a Japanese koto player and musician, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Kyoto on January 1, 1941, she began studying the koto at age eight with Michio…
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise, died aged 34
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise, an American actress, died on February 17, 2026. Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise was an American reality television series that premiered on April 9, 2024,…
Jesse Jackson has died at age 84
Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights activist and politician, died on February 17, 2026, at age 84. Born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, he was an ordained Baptist…
José van Dam has died at age 85
José van Dam, the Belgian bass-baritone known internationally for his work in opera, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 85. Born Joseph Van Damme in Ixelles, part…
Death of Mohsen Dalloul at age 92
Mohsen Dalloul, a Lebanese journalist and politician, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 92. A member of the Progressive Socialist Party, he served as minister of agriculture…
Ngari Rinpoche dies at 79
Ngari Rinpoche, the Tibetan tulku and politician known as Tenzin Choegyal, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lhasa in March 1946, he was the…
Death of Joachim Kempin at age 83
Joachim Kempin, a German-born American businessman and former senior vice president of Microsoft, died on February 17, 2026. He ran Microsoft’s division selling operating software to PC manufacturers for 15…
Anna dePeyster died at age 81
Anna dePeyster, the British-Australian journalist and author known as Anna Maria dePeyster, died on February 17, 2026, at age 81. Born Anna Maria Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30,…
Obituary: Pravina Deshpande, dead at age 60
Pravina Deshpande, an Indian actress, died on February 17, 2026, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, at the age of 60 from blood cancer. She worked mainly in Marathi and Hindi films…
Ray Reach dead at age 77
Ray Reach, an American musician, died on February 17, 2026, at age 77. Born Raymond Everett Reach Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama, he worked as a pianist, vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger,…
Nannie Porres obituary: died at age 85
Swedish singer Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Charlie Baillie obituary: died at age 90
Canadian football player Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Jaap van death at age 90
Dutch politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Paul Pataer has died at age 86
Belgian politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Jack-Tommy Ardenfors dead at age 82
Swedish Pentecostal pastor and author Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Mimmo Lucà death at age 71
Italian politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Hurricane, died aged 16
American Secret Service dog Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Grazia Zuffa passed away at age 79
Italian politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Robert Obrist dies at age 66
Swiss politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Gerd Wirth death at age 73
German politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Robert Maus obituary: died at age 91
German politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Obituary: Rick Buckler, dead at age 69
English musician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Death of Manfred Meinsen at age 86
German politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Jacques Augendre passed away at age 99
French journalist Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Thea Bock, died aged 86
German politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Nawab Yousuf death at age 82
Pakistani politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Death of Peter Line at age 94
English bowler Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Antônio Fagundes, died aged 90
Brazilian politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Andrzej Potocki death at age 60
Polish politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Ryszard Stanibuła obituary: died at age 74
Polish politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Ilya Rosenblum obituary: died at age 85
Russian politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Obituary: Marian Turski, dead at age 98
Polish historian Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Anneke Scholtens passes away at age 69
Dutch children's book writer Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Ilyas Ismayilov dies at age 86
Azerbaijani politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Serge Lasvignes has died at age 70
French government official Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Gustave Alirol dies at age 76
French politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Donald L. dies at age 92
American geophysicist Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Grégoire Girard died at age 99
Canadian surveyor and politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Volker Roth dies at 83
German football referee Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Martine David dead at age 72
French politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Obituary: Syed Asif, dead at age 88
Indian tennis player Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
John Jonas, died aged 92
Canadian engineer Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Michael Carpenter has died at age 88
Canadian tennis player Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Obituary: Avi Assouly, dead at age 74
French-Israeli journalist and politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Hal Wissel passes away at age 86
American basketball coach Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Obituary: Ken Meahl, dead at age 93
American racing driver Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Chung Kum dead at age 90
Malaysian weightlifer Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Danny DiLiberto passed away at age -1
American pool player Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
François Pantillon passed away at age 97
Swiss conductor Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Denzil Meyrick dies at 59
Scottish novelist Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Vito Molinari dead at age 95
Italian TV director Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Jamie Muir death at age 82
Scottish painter and musician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Julian Holloway, died aged 80
British actor Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Death of Juan Mariné at age 104
Spanish cinematographer (Ninety Minutes Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Marika Sherwood dead at age 87
American historian Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Aleksandr Komissarov obituary: died at age 74
Russian football player (Svetotekhnika Saransk) and manager (Zenit Penza) Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Death of Vladimír Hopka at age 87
Slovak swimmer Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Edwin Clark died at age 97
Nigerian civil servant Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Frits Bolkestein dies at 91
Dutch politician Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
M. Paul death at age 93
American landscape architect Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Obituary: Francesco Rivella, dead at age 97
Italian chemist and businessman Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Itch Jones obituary: died at age 87
American baseball coach (Illinois Fighting Illini) Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Verry Elleegant, died aged 8
Australian racehorse Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Davlatmand Kholov dies at age 73
Tajik musician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Vincenzo Siniscalchi passes away at age 92
Italian lawyer and politician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Karl-Werner Rüsch has died at age 86
Austrian civil engineer and politician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Ben Lanzarone passes away at age 85
American composer (The Love Boat) Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Mike Proctor dies at 77
South African Cricketeer. Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Rolf Selzer dies at age 81
German journalist and politician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Erich Schneider has died at age 90
German politician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Obituary: Nicolas Bergeron, dead at age 48
French academic and mathematician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Hernán Hipólito dead at age 78
Argentine diplomat and politician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Death of Steinar Bastesen at age 78
Norwegian whaler and politician Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Gregor Wenning dead at age 59
German neurologist Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Obituary: Klaus Zink, dead at age 88
German footballer (BSG Wismut Plauen Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Muhammad Salih, died aged 71
71–72 Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Obituary: William M., dead at age 90
American journalist and author Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Death of Imtiaz Qureshi at age 93
Indian chef Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Death of Joe Hindelang at age 78
American college football coach (USciences Devils Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
José Gotovitch dies at age 83
Belgian historian Died on Sunday February 18th 2024
Obituary: Khaled Al-Saif, dead at age 55
Saudi businessman and a watch enthusiast Died on Sunday February 18th 2024