Departed Individuals of Note Who Would Have Turned 100

~ January & February 2026 ~

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		George Martin English record producer and arranger, known as the "Fifth Beatle" 01/03/1926 – 03/08/2016
		Soupy Sales American comedian and children’s television host 01/08/1926 – 10/22/2009
		Ray Price American country singer, "Crazy Arms", "For the Good Times" 01/12/1926 – 12/16/2013
		Maria Schell Austrian/Swiss actress, The Brothers Karamazov, The Hanging Tree 01/15/1926 – 04/26/2005
		Newton Minow American government official, FCC Chairman, called television a "vast wasteland" 01/17/1926 – 05/06/2023
		Moira Shearer Scottish ballerina and actress, The Red Shoes 01/17/1926 – 01/31/2006
		Fritz Weaver American actor, Fail-Safe, Holocaust 01/19/1926 – 11/26/2016
		Patricia Neal American Oscar-winning actress, Hud, The Subject Was Roses 01/20/1926 – 08/08/2010
		Steve Reeves American bodybuilder and actor, Hercules, Duel of the Titans 01/21/1926 – 05/01/2000
		Ingrid Thulin Swedish actress, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers 01/27/1926 – 01/07/2004
		Valéry Giscard d'Estaing French president (1974–1981) 02/02/1926 – 12/02/2020
		Neal Cassady American writer, Beat Generation member and muse 02/08/1926 – 02/04/1968
		Hazel Court English actress, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Premature Burial 02/10/1926 – 04/15/2008
		Leslie Nielsen Canadian/American actor, Airplane!, the Naked Gun film series 02/11/1926 – 11/28/2010
		Joe Garagiola American baseball player, sports announcer, and television host 02/12/1926 – 03/23/2016
		Margot Frank German Holocaust victim, older sister of diarist Anne Frank 02/16/1926 – c. 02/1945 or 03/1945
		John Schlesinger English motion picture director, Darling, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man 02/16/1926 – 07/25/2003
		Whitney Blake American actress, TV's Hazel 02/20/1926 – 09/28/2002
		Richard Matheson American novelist, I Am Legend, and screenwriter, The Legend of Hell House 02/20/1926 – 06/23/2013
		Verne Gagne American wrestler 02/26/1926 – 04/27/2015