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Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination by Israeli airstrikes in 2026. The patriarch of the Khamenei family prior to his death, Khamenei had previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989.
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Neil Sedaka (; March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Beginning his music career in 1957, he sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization for . xxx is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west; Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest; the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast; Afghanistan to the east; Pakistan to the southeast; and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Ruhollah Mostafavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic.
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The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, officially styled as the leader of the Islamic Revolution or the leadership of the Islamic jurist by the Iranian Constitution, is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The supreme leader takes precedence above the president who is the country's head of government.
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The 2026 Elimination Chamber, also promoted as Elimination Chamber: Chicago (known as No Escape: Chicago in Germany), was a professional wrestling premium live event (PLE) produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 16th Elimination Chamber event and took place on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 to 1979 as the second monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty. He succeeded his father, Reza Shah, and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until his overthrow in the Islamic Revolution, which abolished the nearly 2,500-year-old Iranian monarchy. During his reign, he assumed the title Shahanshah (lit.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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On 4 August 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Amiee Chapman, were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Huntley, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. Both children were murdered – most likely by asphyxiation – and their bodies disposed of in an irrigation ditch close to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. The bodies were discovered on 17 August 2002.
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Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals.
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Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in the eastern part of Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. Situated near the western shore of the Persian Gulf, the country comprises a small archipelago of 33 natural islands and an additional 50 artificial islands, centred on Bahrain Island, which makes up around 80 percent of the country's landmass.
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Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy (née Bessette; January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. Raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, she graduated from Boston University and joined Calvin Klein, where she rose from a sales position in Boston to publicity and show-production roles in New York.
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Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh (Persian: منصوره خجسته باقرزاده; born c. 1947) is the widow of Ali Khamenei, the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. She is the mother of Mojtaba Khamenei, the third supreme leader of Iran. Khojasteh Bagherzadeh was born in Mashhad, Iran, and married Khamenei in 1964.
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Rashmika Mandanna (born 5 April 1996) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu and Hindi films. Known for her roles as the leading lady in big-budget action films, her accolades include five SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award South. She is among India's highest-paid actresses and was featured in Forbes India's 2024 list of "30 Under 30".
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Mohammad Pakpour (Persian: محمد پاکپور; 2 June 1961 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2025 until his death in 2026. He had previously commanded the IRGC Ground Forces. He was appointed IRGC commander on 13 June 2025 following the death of his predecessor Hossein Salami during the Twelve-Day War.
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Deverakonda Vijay Sai (born 9 May 1989), widely known as Vijay Deverakonda, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu films. Deverakonda is the recipient of a Filmfare Award, a Nandi Award and three SIIMA Awards. Deverakonda made his debut with Nuvvila (2011) and received praise for his supporting role in the coming-of-age drama Yevade Subramanyam (2015).
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Dario Gabriele Amodei (born January 13, 1983) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur and researcher. In 2021, he and his sister Daniela Amodei founded Anthropic, the company behind the large language model series Claude. Before that, he was the vice president of research at OpenAI.
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Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.
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Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British and American musician, record producer, songwriter and DJ. He has won ten Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black (2006), as well as two for Record of the Year with her 2006 single "Rehab" and his own 2014 single "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars).
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Luke Thompson (born 4 July 1988) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Benedict in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton (2020–present), and has also appeared in the BBC One drama In the Club (2014–2016). In 2024, he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance in the stage adaptation of A Little Life.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
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Alysa Liu ( ə-LISS-ə LEE-oo; born August 8, 2005) is an American figure skater. She is the 2026 Olympic champion in both the women's singles and team events, the 2025 World champion, the 2022 World bronze medalist, the 2025–26 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Grand Prix medalist, a four-time Challenger Series champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion.
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Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born c. 1969/1970) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who has served as the supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son of second supreme leader Ali Khamenei, he previously served as Vakil of the Supreme Leader during his father's rule from 2008 to 2026.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Robert Reed Carradine ( KARR-ə-deen; March 24, 1954 – February 23, 2026) was an American actor. He made his first appearances in television Western series, such as Bonanza and his brother David's television series, Kung Fu. Carradine starred as Lewis Skolnick in teen comedy film series Revenge of the Nerds and Sam McGuire in Disney Channel sitcom series Lizzie McGuire.
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Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as prime minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister. Born in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu was raised in West Jerusalem and the United States.
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The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the head of government and the second-highest ranking official of Iran, after the supreme leader. The Iranian system of government provides that the president must perform his functions in conformity with the directives of the supreme leader, who is the highest political and religious authority in the country.
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Yerin Ha (Korean: 하예린; born 16 January 1998) is an Australian actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Paramount+ series Halo (2022–2024), the Stan miniseries Bad Behaviour (2023), the Netflix series The Survivors (2025), and the period drama Bridgerton (2026) for its fourth series as Sophie Baek.
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it is the third television series in the Game of Thrones franchise and is an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas, beginning with The Hedge Knight.
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The Brit Awards 2026 was the 46th edition of the Brit Awards ceremony presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to recognise the best in British and international music in 2025. It was held on 28 February 2026 at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, the first time in the ceremony's history that it was held outside London.
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The 2025–2026 Iranian protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial, rising inflation, and widespread shortages linked to international sanctions and government mismanagement.
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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the tenth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket from 7 February to 8 March 2026. Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India in 2016. A total of twenty teams competed in 55 matches across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as Sepah, Pasdaran, and Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service military force of Iran and one of Iran's two military forces, the other being the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. It consists of five service branches: Ground Forces, Aerospace Force, Navy, Quds Force, and Basij.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (October 11, 1985 – February 26, 2025) was an American actress. After beginning her career in commercials at age three, she made her television debut in her first credited role on the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1994–1996) and her feature film debut in the 1996 comedy Harriet the Spy.
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Limonene () is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone 'lemon'. Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
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"XXX" (stylized as "XXX". , pronounced "X-Rated") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017. The eleventh track on the album (fourth on the Collector's Edition of Damn), the song was written by Lamar, Mike Will Made It, DJ Dahi, Mark Spears a. k. a.
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Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and dancer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is known for his three-octave tenor vocal range, retro showmanship, musical versatility, and live performances, accompanied by his band, the Hooligans.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE), also known simply as the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as its national capital. The UAE borders Oman to the east and northeast, and Saudi Arabia to the south and southwest.
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Love Story is an American biographical romantic-drama anthology television series created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, D.V. DeVincentis, Kim Rosenstock, and Hines. The fifth installment in the American Story media franchise, it aired on FX and FX on Hulu.
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William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979, the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and governor again from 1983 to 1992.
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Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a Chinese-American freestyle skier and model. She has represented China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since the 2018–19 season. With three gold and three silver medals, Gu is the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history.
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The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020.
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Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two landowning families on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, all of whom were former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Lorraine Daphne Bayly (16 January 1937 – 28 February 2026) was an Australian actress in film, television and theatre, narrator, puppeteer, presenter, singer, dancer, pianist, theatre director, stage manager and writer. Bayly was a performer since she was a child, and became a professional actress in 1954, having started in theatre.
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TonyPitony (born 12 April 1996) is an Italian singer-songwriter and performer known for his provocative and satirical songs blending electronic music and R&B atmospheres. Active since 2020, he gained national prominence in 2025 following the viral success of several singles and live performances characterized by theatrical staging and controversial lyrics.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress before his presidency. Kennedy was the youngest elected president at 43 years, and the first Roman Catholic president.
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Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official, U.S. Army veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper.
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The Traitors (American TV series) season 4
The fourth season of the American television series The Traitors was announced on August 14, 2024. The season premiered on January 8, 2026. The season concluded on February 26, 2026, where Rob Rausch won as a Traitor, while Maura Higgins placed as the runner-up, as a Faithful.
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The Twelve-Day War, also known as the Second Imposed War by Iran, was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassinating prominent military leaders, nuclear scientists, and politicians, killing civilians, and damaging or destroying air defenses.
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One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action thriller film written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. Inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the film's ensemble cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti, in her film debut.
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity.
