Deaths in February 2026

Deaths in February 2026
## February
### 28
* Ali Khamenei, 86, Iranian politician
* Abdolrahim Mousavi,65/66, Iranian military officer.
* Aziz Nasirzadeh, 62, Iranian minister of defense.
* Mohammad Pakpour, 64, commander of the IRGC (since 2025)
### 27
* Neil Sedaka, 86, American pop singer-songwriter.

### 26
*Ahmed Nimal, 62, Maldivian film director (*Shakku*, *Sitee*, *Udhaas*) and actor, complications from a stroke.
*Pepito Rodriguez, 83, Filipino actor (*Sa Bilis Walang Kaparis*).

### 25
*Natalya Klimova, 87, Russian actress (*Comrade Arseny*, *The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin*, *The Snow Queen*).
*Ludwig Scotty, 77, Nauruan politician, president (2003, 2004–2007).

### 24
*Irina Shevchuk, 74, Russian actress (*The Dawns Here Are Quiet*, *White Bim Black Ear*), brain tumor.

### 23
*Robert Carradine, 71, American actor (*Revenge of the Nerds*, *The Big Red One*, *Lizzie McGuire*), suicide.

### 22
*Birgitta Andersson, 92, Swedish actress (*Jönssonligan*, *Docking the Boat*, *The Apple War*).
*Ali Tutal, 75-76, Turkish actor (*On Fertile Lands*, *Hemşo*, *Home Coming*).

### 21
*Raymond Bouchard, 80, Canadian actor (*Seducing Doctor Lewis*).

### 20
*Ismael Kanater, 69, Moroccan actor (*Queen of the Desert*, *The Forgiven*, *Alias*).
*Angela Luce, 87–88, Italian actress (*Some Like It Cold*, *Due mafiosi contro Al Capone*, *The Decameron*) and singer, heart failure.

### 19
*Eric Dane, 53, American actor (''Grey's Anatomy*, *The Last Ship*, *Euphoria*), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

### 18
*Lil Poppa, 25, American rapper.

### 17
*Jesse Jackson, 84, American civil rights activist and politician, founder of Rainbow/PUSH.

### 16
*Billy Steinberg, 75, American songwriter ("Like a Virgin", "True Colors", "Eternal Flame"), cancer.

### 15
*Pino Colizzi, 88, Italian actor  (*Jesus of Nazareth*, *Tea with Mussolini*, *La piovra*) and voice actor.
*Robert Duvall, 95, American actor

### 14
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### 12
* Bożena Dykiel, 77, Polish actress (*The War of the Worlds: Next Century*, *The Quack*, *Holy Week*).

*Roy Face, 97, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
*Vangie Labalan, 83, Filipino actress (*Manila by Night*, *Himala*, *Bobo Cop*) and comedian.
*Esa Pakarinen Jr., 78, Finnish actor (*The Year of the Hare*, *Poet and Muse*, *Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit*).

### 11
*Bud Cort, 77, American actor (*Harold and Maude*, *M*A*S*H*, *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou*).
*James Van Der Beek, 48, American actor (*Dawson's Creek*, *Varsity Blues*, *The Rules of Attraction*), colorectal cancer.

### 10
*Jose de Venecia Jr., 89, Filipino politician, speaker (1992–1998, 2001–2008) and three-time member of the House of Representatives.

### 9
*Giancarlo Dettori, 93, Italian actor (*Quattro bravi ragazzi*, *My Sister in Law*, *Damned the Day I Met You*).

### 8
*Blake Carrett, 33, American actor (How to Eat Fried Worms).
*Jung Jin-woo, 88, South Korean film director (*Oyster Village*, *Adultery Tree*) and producer (*Woman of Fire*), complications from a fall and COVID-19.
*Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, 86, Polish actor (*Rose*, *Soldiers of Freedom*, *Boys Don't Cry*)

### 7
*Brad Arnold, 47, American singer (3 Doors Down) and songwriter ("Kryptonite", "Here Without You"), renal cell carcinoma.

### 6
*Jana Brejchová, 86, Czech actress (*Higher Principle*, *I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen*, *The Fabulous Baron Munchausen*).
*Nevin Efe, 78, Turkish actress (*Valley of the Wolves: Ambush*, *Aşk ve Ceza*, *Arka Sokaklar*).

### 5
*Janina Borońska, 82, Polish actress (*How I Unleashed World War II*, *More Than Life at Stake*).

### 4
*François Beukelaers, 88, Belgian actor (*Brussels by Night*, *The Over-the-Hill Band*, *Stormforce''), stage director and singer.
*Mickey Lolich, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, San Diego Padres).

### 3
*Jim Morrison, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins).

### 2
*Ahmad Obeidat, 87, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1984–1985).

### 1
* Fernando Esteso, 80, Spanish comedian and actor.
*Tony Pigott, 67, English cricketer (Sussex, Surrey, national team), heart attack.

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