Ronyell Whitaker death at age 46
Ronyell Whitaker, an American football player who played as a cornerback in the National Football League and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died on February 21, 2026. He was 46.…
Deaths on February 21
This archive lists notable deaths associated with February 21 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on February 21, 2026.
Walter Pawelkiewicz died at age 77
Walter Pawelkiewicz, a German-born American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 49th district from 1999 to 2009, died on February 21, 2026, at the age…
Richard Felciano dies at age 95
Richard Felciano, an American composer, died on February 21, 2026, in San Francisco at the age of 95. Born in Santa Rosa, California, on December 7, 1930, he studied at…
Vladislav Jovanović obituary: died at age 92
Vladislav Jovanović, a Serbian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 92.…
Death of Martyn Butler at age 71
Martyn Butler, an English HIV/AIDS activist and co-founder of the Terrence Higgins Trust, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a co-founder of the Terrence…
Buranovskiye Babushki passed away at age 85
Buranovskiye Babushki, the Russian Udmurt-Russian ethno-pop band known as the "Buranovo Grannies," died on February 21, 2026. The group comprised eight elderly women from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia, and…
Melody McCray-Miller dies at 69
Melody McCray-Miller, an American politician from Kansas, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 69. A Democrat, she represented the 89th district in the Kansas House of Representatives…
Bill Mazeroski dies at age 89
Bill Mazeroski, the American Hall of Fame baseball player who spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, died on February 21, 2026. A second baseman known…
Obituary: Kara Braxton, dead at age 43
Kara Braxton, an American professional basketball player who competed in the Women's National Basketball Association from 2005 to 2014, died on February 21, 2026, at age 43. Born in Jackson,…
Boris Frlec death at age 90
Boris Frlec, a Slovenian politician, died on February 21, 2026. Boris Frlec (10 February 1936 – 18 February 2026) was a Slovenian politician. Tags Politicians, 21 February 2026, Boris, Frlec,…
Maxi Shield death at age 51
Maxi Shield, the Australian drag performer known professionally as Maxi Shield, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 51. Born Kristopher Elliot in Ballina, New South Wales, on…
Obituary: Willie Colón, dead at age 75
Willie Colón, an American salsa musician and actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, he began his career as a trombonist and…
Vicente L. Rafael dead at age 70
Vicente L. Rafael, a Filipino historian and professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Washington, Seattle, died on February 21, 2026. He was 70. Rafael received his B.A.…
Mirosław Krawczyk obituary: died at age 72
Mirosław Krawczyk, a Polish actor, died on February 21, 2026. Born in Olkusz on December 7, 1953, he appeared in feature films including Franciszek Buła’s The Sinful Life (1980), Anna…
Obituary: Dean Schrempp, dead at age 90
Dean D. Schrempp, an American politician and Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 90. He represented District 28A…
Guyle Fielder, died aged 95
Guyle Fielder, an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey centre known for his time with the Seattle Totems and in the Western Hockey League, died on February 21, 2026, at age…
Aleksander Czuż dies at age 89
Aleksander Czuż, a Polish politician and civil servant, died on February 21, 2026. Born on June 24, 1936, in Rogawka, Poland, he served as mayor of Białystok, as a councillor…
Abdelwahab Bekli death at age 86
Abdelwahab Bekli, an Algerian politician, died on February 21, 2026. Abdelwahab Bekli (Arabic: عبد الوهاب بكلي; 1940 – 20 February 2026) was an Algerian politician. Tags Politicians, 21 February 2026,…
Wiesław Zajączkowski has died at age 82
Wiesław Zajączkowski, a Polish politician and lawyer, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 11, 1944, in Łomazy, General Government, he was a member…
Raymond Bouchard dies at 80
Raymond Bouchard, a Canadian film, television and stage actor, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Lévis, Quebec, on March 7, 1945, he was best…
Herman Suykerbuyk passes away at age 92
Herman Suykerbuyk, a Belgian politician and civil servant, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Kapellen on January 5, 1934, he studied law at the…
Lucinda Vásquez obituary: died at age 67
Lucinda Vásquez, a Peruvian teacher and politician, died on February 21, 2026. She was 67. Vásquez served as a member of Congress from 2021 until her death. Born in 1958,…
David Harding passes away at age 88
David Harding, a Scottish artist and teacher, died on February 21, 2026, aged 88. He was best known for his residency as a town artist in the new town of…
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi obituary: died at age 83
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, an Italian racing driver, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Bergamo on August 31, 1942, he competed in four Formula One World…
Daryl Jackson has died at age 89
Daryl Jackson, Australian architect and educator, died on February 21, 2026, aged 89. Daryl Sanders Jackson AO was responsible for a number of notable designs, working alone and with partners…
Rondale Moore has died at age 25
Rondale Moore, an American football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League and played for the Arizona Cardinals, died on February 21, 2026. He was 25.…
Pete Dello dies at 83
Pete Dello, the British singer and songwriter best known as lead singer of Honeybus, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Peter James Blumsom in Oxford…
Liliana Angulo Cortés dies at age 52
Liliana Angulo Cortés, a Colombian visual artist, died on February 21, 2026. Born in Bogotá in 1974, she held a degree in sculpture from the National University of Colombia, an…
Arthur Lampkin dies at 87
Arthur Lampkin, an English motorcycle racer, died on February 21, 2026, aged 87. The oldest son in a Yorkshire motorcycling dynasty, he competed from 1959 to 1968 in observed trials,…
Phil Sobocinski passed away at age 80
Phil Sobocinski, an American football player who was a center for the Atlanta Falcons, died on February 21, 2026, at age 80. Born in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 6,…
Adam Sandurski obituary: died at age 72
Adam Sandurski, a Polish heavyweight freestyle wrestler, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 73. He competed at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal…
Dan Simmons has died at age 77
Dan Simmons, an American science fiction and horror writer, died on February 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Daniel Joseph Simmons in Peoria, Illinois, on April 4, 1948, he was…
Obituary: Karen Shaw Petrou, dead at age 72
Karen Shaw Petrou, an American financial analyst and co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics, died on February 21, 2026, of cancer in Washington, D.C., at the age of 72. Born Karen…
Koos Postema, died aged 93
Koos Postema, a Dutch radio and television presenter, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Jacobus Gerrit Postema in Rotterdam on August 17, 1932, he began…
MaryAnn Bin-Sallik passes away at age 85
MaryAnn Bin-Sallik, an Australian Indigenous Djaru elder and academic, died on February 21, 2026, aged 85. Born in Broome, Western Australia, on 2 November 1940, she moved with her family…
Mark Kennedy dead at age 74
Mark Kennedy, an Australian musician and record producer who played drums for Spectrum, Ayers Rock and Marcia Hines, died on February 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Melbourne on August…
Ken Parker has died at age 76
Jamaican reggae musician Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Albert “Junior” dies at 84
American musician (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Death of Manuel Michelena at age 84
Spanish engineer and politician Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Lawal Yahaya death at age 56
Nigerian politician Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Geoffrey Maxwell has died at age -1
Jamaican football player (national team) and manager (Waterhouse Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Death of Jorge Mariné at age 83
Spanish Olympic cyclist (1964) Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Hans Kjeld died at age 70
Danish sport shooter Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Ishsam Shahruddin died at age 58
Malaysian politician Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
D. G., died aged 96
British author and botanist Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Mayadhar Raut passed away at age 91
Indian Odissi dancer Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Obituary: Shyam Singh, dead at age 89
Indian anthropologist Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Jan Eugeniusz died at age 89
Polish scientist Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Eddie Wade has died at age 76
Irish politician Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Death of Lynne Marie at age 78
American actress (Pee-wee's Playhouse Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Robert Giblin, died aged 72
American football player (New York Giants Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Death of George Armitage at age 82
American filmmaker (Miami Blues Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Stanley Inhorn has died at age 96
American pathologist Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Alfred V. death at age 92
American judge Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Roger Charles dead at age 95
British-born Australian botanist Died on Saturday February 22nd 2025
Kent Melton dies at 68
American animation sculptor (The Lion King Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Death of Alois Kothgasser at age 86
Austrian Roman Catholic bishop Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Obituary: Bernard Aubouy, dead at age 84
84–85 Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Death of Fleur van at age 35
Dutch hockey player Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Roberto Darvin died at age 82
Uruguayan singer-songwriter and guitarist Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
John Duff dies at 81
British pianist (The Quarrymen) Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Hisao Takahashi passes away at age 87
Japanese painter Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Roni Stoneman death at age 85
American bluegrass banjo player (Hee Haw) Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Jacques Bernard dies at 94
French actor (Les Enfants terribles Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Eberhard Probst, died aged 68
German Olympic wrestler Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Matt Sweeney passes away at age 75
American special effects artist (Apollo 13 Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Mike Cherry dies at age 81
American politician Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Obituary: Paul Bradshaw, dead at age 67
English footballer (Blackburn Rovers Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Charlie Strutton passed away at age 34
English footballer (Chalfont St Peter Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Artur Jorge passes away at age 78
Portuguese football manager and player Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Jeroni Albertí death at age 96
Spanish politician Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Obituary: Maria Venturi, dead at age 90
Italian writer and journalist Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Frank Lombardo passed away at age 65
American politician Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Getachew Kassa dies at age 79
Ethiopian singer and percussionist Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Obituary: Steve Paxton, dead at age 84
84-85 Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Obituary: Michael O’Regan, dead at age 70
Irish journalist Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Judi Pulver passes away at age 77
American Singer Died on Thursday February 22nd 2024
Davis Causey dies at age 74
American guitarist (Sea Level) Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Alparslan Arslan dies at age 45
45–46 Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Obituary: Anthony Arlidge, dead at age 85
British barrister and judge Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Mats Löfving dies at age 61
Swedish police officer Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Ahmed Qurei has died at age 85
Palestinian politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Rayford Price, died aged 86
American politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Ellen Inga has died at age 69
Norwegian politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Death of Germano Mathias at age 88
Brazilian singer Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Victor Brox, died aged 81
English blues musician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Giorgos Katsoulis passes away at age 60
Greek water polo player (Olympiacos) and coach Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Aimé Brisson passed away at age 94
Canadian politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Tasuku Tsukada dies at age 86
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Kanak Rele passed away at age 85
Indian classical dancer Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Antoine Stinco dead at age 89
French architect Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Sham Binda passes away at age 69
Surinamese entrepreneur and politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Leone Manti death at age 79
Italian politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Hans-Christian Siekbe death at age 82
German farmer and politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Dieter Haaßengier, died aged 88
German politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Death of Wolfgang Weber at age 83
German engineer and politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Ebrima Mballow obituary: died at age -1
Gambian diplomat and politician Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Boris Chunaev dies at age 85
Russian actor (The Last Day Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023