Deaths for the week ending 28 February 2026:
Sunday, 22 February 2026
James Dear, aka Luci4, rapper ("Bodypartz"), cause not reported, 23.
Ronyell Whitaker, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), cause not reported, 46.
Monday, 23 February 2026
Robert Carradine, actor (Revenge of the Nerds), of suicide (no details reported), 71. He was a son of actor John Carradine and brother of actor Keith Carradine.
Oliver "Power" Grant, hip-hop producer (Wu-Tang Clan), cause not reported, 52.
Sondra Lee, Broadway actress (Hello, Dolly!), 97.
Monti Rock, aka Disco Tex, r.n. Joseph Montanez Jr., disco singer ("Get Dancin'"), of pulmonary disease, 86.
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Lauren Chapin, actress (Kathy Anderson on "Father Knows Best"), of cancer, 80.
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Bobby J. Brown, actor (Officer Bobby Brown on "The Wire"), in a fire on his property, 62.
Bruce Froemming, major-league baseball umpire, from a fall, 86.
Friday, 27 February 2026
Sonny Gibbs, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), 86.
Neil Sedaka, pop singer-songwriter ("Breaking Up is Hard to Do"), of natural causes, 86.
Saturday, 28 February 2026
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran (2005-13), in an Israeli-U.S. military strike, 69.
Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran (1989-2026), in an Israeli-U.S. military strike, 86.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup