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Natalia Omelchuk

Ukrainean actress
Died on Tuesday February 10th 2026

February 10, 2026 7:05 am

Enrico Benzing Italian journalist dead at age 93

Enrico Benzing, the Italian journalist and engineer,
died on February 9, 2026. He was 93. Benzing wrote for La Gazzetta dello Sport as motoring editor and Formula One race reporter,…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Don Nigro Playwright dead at age 76

Don Nigro, an American playwright,
died on February 9, 2026. Born on September 30, 1949, in Canton, Ohio, he wrote plays including Anima Mundi and The Dark Sonnets of the…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Garland Green Singer dead at age 83

Garland Green, an American soul singer and pianist,
died on February 9, 2026. Born Garfield Green Jr. on June 14, 1942, in Dunleith, Mississippi, he was the tenth of 11…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

William Flatt American animal and nutritional scientist dead at age 94

William Perry Flatt, an American animal and nutritional scientist,
died on February 9, 2026. He was 94. Born in Newbern, Tennessee, on June 17, 1931, he was the son of…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Assad Ali Syrian literary critic and academic dead at age 88

Assad Ali, a Syrian literary critic and academic,
died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, a prolific writer of contemporary…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Eldon Lautermilch Canadian politician dead at age 76

Eldon Lautermilch, a Canadian politician,
died on February 9, 2026, at age 76. He was a Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Prince Albert…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Koit Pikaro Estonian politician dead at age 76

Koit Pikaro, an Estonian politician,
died on February 9, 2026. Koit Pikaro (13 August 1949 – 7 February 2026) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the IX…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Gail R. Martin American biologist dead at age 81

Gail R. Martin, an American biologist,
died on February 9, 2026. She was known for her pioneering work on the isolation of pluripotent stem cells from normal embryos, for which…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Chris Gilbert American football player dead at age 79

Chris Gilbert, an American college football player for the Texas Longhorns,
died on February 9, 2026, at age 79. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1946, he ran for 3,231 yards…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Seshagiri Mallampati Anesthesiologist dead at age 85

Seshagiri Mallampati, an Indian anesthesiologist best known for proposing the Mallampati score,
died on February 9, 2026. He was 85. Mallampati introduced the eponymous score in 1985 as a non-invasive…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Eddy Antoine Haitian footballer dead at age 76

Eddy Antoine, a Haitian footballer,
died on February 9, 2026. He played as a midfielder and represented the Haiti national team at international level. Antoine also played for Racing CH…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Fazail Agamali, Azerbaijani politician, died on February 9, 2026

Fazail Agamali Azerbaijani politician dead at age 78

Fazail Agamali, an Azerbaijani politician, historian and professor,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 78. He was the founding leader of the Motherland Party, serving in that…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Franz Ceska Austrian diplomat dead at age 90

Franz Ceska, an Austrian diplomat,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Vienna on January 31, 1936, he studied law at the University of Vienna,…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Tracy Scroggins, American football player, died on February 9, 2026

Tracy Scroggins American football player dead at age 56

Tracy Scroggins, an American football player who spent his entire 10-year career with the Detroit Lions,
died on February 9, 2026, at age 56. Scroggins played as a defensive end…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Gary Blaylock American baseball player

Gary Blaylock, an American baseball player and right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees,
died on February 9, 2026. Born Gary Nelson Blaylock in…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Beka Gotsiridze Georgian footballer

Beka Gotsiridze, a Georgian footballer who played as a forward,
died on February 9, 2026. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union, on February 21, 1988. Gotsiridze began…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Genrikh Padva Lawyer dead at age 94

Genrikh Padva, a Russian advocate,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Moscow on February 20, 1931, he graduated from the Moscow Law Institute in…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Victor Sarusi Israeli footballer

Victor Sarusi
died on February 9, 2026. He was an Israeli footballer who played for Maccabi Netanya. No further details about his death were provided. Victor Sarusi (Hebrew: ויקטור סרוסי;…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Philippe Gaulier, dramatic theorist, theatre professor, playwright, theatre practitioner, theatre director, died on February 9, 2026

Philippe Gaulier Clown, dramatic theorist, theatre professor, playwright, theatre practitioner, the…

Philippe Gaulier, the French clown,
died on February 9, 2026. He was a professor of theatre, dramatic theorist, pedagogue and master clown, and founded École Philippe Gaulier, a theatre school…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Phil Krueger American racing driver dead at age 74

Phil Krueger, an American racing driver,
died on February 9, 2026. Phillip Eugene Krueger competed in the CART Indy car series over nine seasons from 1981 to 1986, in 1988…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Antonino Zichichi Italian physicist dead at age 96

Antonino Zichichi, an Italian physicist,
died on February 9, 2026. He worked in nuclear physics and served as president of the World Federation of Scientists and as a professor at…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Jim Robson Broadcaster dead at age 91

Jim Robson, a Canadian sportscaster and broadcaster best known for his long run as the Vancouver Canucks' play-by-play announcer,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 91. Born…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Giancarlo Dettori Actor dead at age 93

Giancarlo Dettori, the Italian actor,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 93. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1957 onward and was mainly a theatrical…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Charles Bailleul French linguist and missionary dead at age 98

Charles Bailleul, a French linguist and Roman Catholic missionary with the White Fathers,
died on February 9, 2026, in Bry-sur-Marne, France, at the age of 98. Born in Lille on…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Riccardo Fontana, Italian bishop, died on February 9, 2026

Riccardo Fontana Italian bishop dead at age 79

Riccardo Fontana, the Italian bishop who served as Archbishop-Bishop of the Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany,…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Jesús Guillera, Ramanujan-type series for π, died on February 9, 2026

Jesús Guillera Ramanujan-type series for π dead at age 70

Jesús Guillera, a Spanish mathematician,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 70. He specialized in number theory and was best known for his work on Ramanujan-type series…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Teresa de Lauretis Italian activist dead at age 87

Teresa de Lauretis, an Italian activist, author and academic,
died on February 9, 2026. She was a Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California,…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm

Lynton Wilson, Canadian businessman, died on February 9, 2026

Lynton Wilson Canadian businessman dead at age 85

Lynton Wilson, a Canadian businessman,
died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 85. Lynton Ronald "Red" Wilson was a Canadian business executive who served as chairman of the…

February 9, 2026 12:00 pm