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Deaths in February 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2015.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Aldo Ciccolini, 89, Italian-born French pianist.
  • Colum Corless, 92, Irish hurler (Galway).
  • Anita Darian, 87, American singer, complications after intestinal surgery.
  • Alby Duckmanton, 81, New Zealand cricket player (Canterbury) and administrator.
  • William Garrison, 90, American geographer.
  • Jean-Paul Gladu, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
  • Sir Douglas Hague, 88, British economist.
  • Patrick Aidan Heelan, 88, Irish physicist and philosopher of science.
  • Ron Johnson, 76, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers), aneurysm.
  • Julius Ludorf, 95, German football player and coach.
  • Ann Mara, 85, American football team owner (New York Giants), complications from fall.
  • Isa Munayev, 49, Chechen militant, killed in the Battle of Debaltseve.
  • Gordon Murray, 87, Scottish nationalist politician.
  • Patrick Ngcobo, 43, South African Carnatic singer.
  • Monty Oum, 33, American animator, writer and director (Red vs. Blue, RWBY), anaphylaxis.
  • Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, 91, British engineer and politician.
  • Kenneth Kamal Scott, 74, American performer, liver cancer.
  • Viktor Shekhovtsev, 74, Russian Soviet footballer.
  • Irving Singer, 89, American philosopher, professor and author.
  • Jos Suijkerbuijk, 85, Dutch professional road bicycle racer.
  • Marie-José Villiers, 98, British-born Belgian World War II spy and countess.

    • 2

  • Joseph Alfidi, 65, American pianist, composer and conductor.
  • Helena Araújo, 81, Colombian writer.
  • David Armytage, 85, British naval officer.
  • Christian Backer-Owe, 90, Norwegian artist.
  • Dave Bergman, 61, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers), bile duct cancer.
  • Tibor Bitskey, 85, Hungarian actor.
  • Frank Borghi, 89, American Hall of Fame soccer player (national team).
  • Sandra Chalmers, 74, British broadcaster (Woman's Hour).
  • Dalmo Gaspar, 82, Brazilian footballer (Santos).
  • Joop Harmans, 93, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1948), national champion (1946).
  • Ken Hawkes, 81, English footballer (Luton Town).
  • The Jacka, 37, American rapper, shot.
  • Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, Ukrainian singer (Skryabin), traffic collision.
  • Dust La Rock, 38, American artist and designer.
  • Roy Little, 83, English footballer (Manchester City).
  • Gloria Ricci Lothrop, 80, American historian, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.
  • Zane Musa, 36, American jazz saxophonist.
  • Molade Okoya-Thomas, 79, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.
  • Karl-Erik Palmér, 85, Swedish footballer (Malmö, national team).
  • Anand Shukla, 74, Indian cricketer.
  • Stewart Stern, 92, American screenwriter (Rebel Without a Cause, Rachel, Rachel, Sybil), brain tumor.
  • Henryk Szczepański, 81, Polish football player and coach.
  • Osamu Tsurumine, 73, Japanese Olympic swimmer.

    • 3

  • Christophe Gbenye, 87, Congolese rebel leader.
  • Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.
  • Hay List, 9, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following laminitis.
  • Mary Healy, 96, American singer and actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T).
  • Jim Letcavits, 79, American CFL player (Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Walter Liedtke, 69, American art curator of European paintings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), train crash.
  • Sally Luther, 96, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1951–1962), leukemia.
  • Vasu Malali, 48, Indian author and film director, cancer.
  • Max Mangold, 92, German linguist.
  • William Thomas McKinley, 76, American composer and jazz pianist.
  • Carlos Noguera, 71, Venezuelan writer and psychologist.
  • Ion Nunweiller, 79, Romanian football player and manager (Dinamo), triple Cupa României winner (1959, 1964, 1968).
  • Andrew Patner, 55, American art critic and radio host.
  • Michael Refalo, 78, Maltese politician and diplomat, Tourism Minister (1987–1995), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2005–2008).
  • Ataúlfo Sánchez, 80, Argentine football player and coach.
  • Nasim Hasan Shah, 85, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice (1993–1994).
  • Charlie Sifford, 92, American Hall of Fame golfer, complications from a stroke.
  • Koos Van Den Akker, 75, Dutch-born American fashion designer.
  • Norman Yemm, 81, Australian actor (Homicide, Number 96, The Sullivans).

    • 4

  • Dmitry Bagryanov, 47, Russian long jumper.
  • Richard Bonehill, 67, British actor and stuntman (Doctor Who, Return of the Jedi, Flash Gordon).
  • Ade Capone, 56, Italian cartoonist (Lazarus Ledd).
  • Wes Cooley, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon (1995–1997).
  • Edmund Cranch, 91, American academic.
  • Henry E. Emerson, 89, American army lieutenant general.
  • Rune Ericson, 90, Swedish cinematographer.
  • Celina González, 85, Cuban singer and songwriter.
  • Ernest Ferlita, 87, American playwright and professor of drama and speech.
  • Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, American NASA research pilot.
  • Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg, 89, German baroness.
  • Martin Green, 82, British writer and publisher.
  • Robert E. Hanson, 67, American politician, North Dakota State Treasurer (1979–1980, 1985–1992).
  • Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly, Iraqi Al-Qaeda officer, execution by hanging.
  • Donald M. Kerr, 69, American wildlife biologist and conservationist (High Desert Museum).
  • Eduardo Laborde, 47, Argentine rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
  • Odete Lara, 85, Brazilian actress, heart attack.
  • Stanisław Makowiecki, 72, Polish Olympic wrestler (1972).
  • Albert L. Nash, 93, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
  • Kristian Rambjør, 76, Norwegian executive, President of Norwegian State Railways (1990–1995).
  • Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, c. 45, Iraqi Al-Qaeda failed suicide bomber, execution by hanging.
  • Jack Ruina, 91, American professor of electrical engineering.
  • Monica Scattini, 59, Italian actress (Sentimental Maniacs, Nine, I'll Be Going Now), cancer.

    • 5

  • K. N. Choksy, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2010), Minister of Finance (2001–2004).
  • Henri Coppens, 84, Belgian footballer, winner of the Golden Shoe (1954).
  • Marisa Del Frate, 83, Italian actress, singer and television personality, cancer.
  • Val Logsdon Fitch, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1980).
  • Garey Hayden, 70, American bridge player.
  • Sir Gordon Linacre, 94, English newspaper executive and bomber pilot.
  • George A. Lovejoy, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate (1992–1996).
  • Louise Maheux-Forcier, 85, Canadian author.
  • Elmer Matthews, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
  • Richard Meryman, 88, American journalist and biographer.
  • Anne Moody, 74, American author and civil rights activist.
  • Herman Rosenblat, 85, Polish-born American writer.
  • Mike Runnels, 69, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1983–1987).
  • Jeffrey Segal, 94, British actor (Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars).
  • Stay Gold, 20, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • Don Suman, 95, American college basketball coach (Rice Owls).
  • Dagfinn Tveito, 88, Norwegian horticulturalist.
  • Mario Verdial, 52, Honduran businessman, Chairman of Real España (since 2001), shot.

    • 6

  • André Brink, 79, South African novelist and playwright.
  • Johnny Campbell, 86, English footballer (Gateshead).
  • D. Michael Collins, 70, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (since 2014).
  • Carl Cunningham-Cole, 72, British ceramic artist.
  • Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, 82, Malaysian geneticist.
  • Assia Djebar, 78, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, member of the Académie française.
  • Norm Drucker, 94, American basketball referee.
  • Kayla Mueller, 26, American activist, humanitarian aid worker, ISIS hostage. (death announced on this date)
  • Alan Nunnelee, 56, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi (since 2011), brain cancer.
  • Eliezer Shlomo Schick, 74, Israeli Hasidic rabbi.
  • Tetaua Taitai, 67, I-Kiribati politician and physician, Leader of the Opposition.
  • Kathrine Windfeld, 48, Danish film director (Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation), brain tumour.
  • Ray Wolfinger, 83, American political scientist.
  • Pedro León Zapata, 85, Venezuelan cartoonist, painter and writer.

    • 7

  • Richard Austin, 60, Jamaican cricketer.
  • Billy Casper, 83, American Hall of Fame golfer, 51 career PGA Tour wins, complications from pneumonia.
  • Donald H. Clausen, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1963–1983).
  • Nita Cunningham, 75, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1998–2006).
  • Gustavo Couttolenc, 93, Mexican translator and academic.
  • Joseph M. Gaydos, 88, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1968–1993), Pennsylvania Senate (1967–1968).
  • Darwin Gonnerman, 68, Canadian football player.
  • Earl Johnson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
  • Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, 84, British businessman and philanthropist, Labour life peer, heart attack.
  • Adam Grad, 45, Polish footballer.
  • René Lavand, 86, Argentine magician and illusionist.
  • Joe B. Mauldin, 74, American bassist (The Crickets), cancer.
  • George Muchai, 59, Kenyan politician, MP for Kabete (since 2013), shot.
  • Brian Reynolds, 82, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
  • Gilles Rhéaume, 63, Canadian Quebec independence activist.
  • Marshall Rosenberg, 80, American psychologist, creator of Nonviolent Communication.
  • Joe Simenic, 91, American baseball researcher and historian.
  • Dean Smith, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (North Carolina).
  • Gordon Stone, 100, Australian rugby union player.
  • Paul E. Toms, 90, American author and pastor.
  • John C. Whitehead, 92, American financier (Goldman Sachs) and civil servant, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1985–1989).
  • L. Pearce Williams, 87, American academic (Cornell University).

    • 8

  • John W. Baldwin, 85, American historian.
  • Ola Bratteli, 68, Norwegian mathematician.
  • Stan Cowan, 83, Scottish rugby league player (Hull).
  • David William Crews, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1960–1968).
  • Kenji Ekuan, 85, Japanese industrial designer (Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser), heart disorder.
  • Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, 73, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aba (since 1990).
  • Jesse Freitas, 63, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
  • John Hart, 93, English ballet dancer and artistic director (Ballet West).
  • Dave Hoyda, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers).
  • Debra A. Kemp, 57, American author (The Firebrand).
  • Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, 75, Finnish parapsychologist.
  • Nicholas Mackintosh, 79, British experimental psychologist.
  • Andrew Rosenfeld, 52, British businessman.
  • Clyde W. Sare, 78, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1959–1963).
  • Müzeyyen Senar, 96, Turkish singer, pneumonia.
  • Nick Sharkey, 71, English footballer (Sunderland).
  • John J. Shea, Jr., 90, American physician.
  • Oscar Stenström, 36, Finnish racing cyclist.
  • Mario Vázquez Raña, 82, Mexican businessman and sports administrator, cancer.
  • Sir David Watson, 65, British academic and educationalist (University of Oxford).
  • Thom Wilson, American punk rock producer.
  • Ralph Yelton, 88, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1977–1989).

    • 9

  • Abdul Rauf Aliza, 33, Afghan IS recruiter, Taliban commander, airstrike.
  • Øyvind Bjorvatn, 83, Norwegian politician, leader of the Liberal People's Party (1982–1986).
  • Horst Borcherding, 84, German footballer (Saarland national team).
  • Ken Cunningham, 71, American college basketball player and coach.
  • Roman Frister, 87, Polish-Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor.
  • Jon Jerde, 75, American architect.
  • Marvin David Levy, 82, American composer.
  • Liu Han, 49, Chinese billionaire mining tycoon, execution.
  • Roy Harris, 83, British linguist.
  • Apirana Mahuika, 80, New Zealand Māori leader (Ngāti Porou).
  • Drew McDonald, 59, Scottish professional wrestler, cancer.
  • Samuel H. Moffett, 98, American Korean theologian and missionary.
  • Charlie O'Connell, 79, American roller derby skater.
  • Valeri Poluyanov, 71, Russian Soviet-era footballer.
  • Rex Ray, 58, American graphic designer and artist, lymphoma.
  • Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe, 42, Swiss curler, Olympic silver medalist (2002) and Paralympic coach, bone cancer.
  • Claude Ruel, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach (Montreal Canadiens).
  • Ed Sabol, 98, American filmmaker, founder of NFL Films.
  • Jorge Sassi, 67, Argentine actor, renal failure.
  • Richard Sher, 66, American broadcaster (Says You!).
  • Grant Strate, 87, Canadian dancer, cancer.
  • Melanie Tem, 65, American horror and dark fantasy author, breast cancer.
  • Max Yalden, 84, Canadian civil servant and diplomat.

    • 10

  • Naseer Aruri, 81, Palestinian scholar and human rights activist, Parkinson's disease.
  • Karl Josef Becker, 86, German Roman Catholic theologian, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire (since 2012).
  • Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri, 94, Pakistani lawyer, author and politician.
  • Daniel Brand, 79, American wrestler.
  • Deng Liqun, 99, Chinese politician.
  • Sir Noel Davies, 81, British chief executive (Vickers).
  • Wayne Dobbs, 75, American college basketball coach (Vanderbilt University).
  • Bill Enyart, 67, American football player (Buffalo Bills), cancer.
  • John Fox, 90, English composer and conductor.
  • Matías Funes, 62, Honduran philosopher, professor, and presidential candidate, pancreatic cancer.
  • Don Johnson, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators), kidney failure.
  • Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet, 60, British aristocrat and politician.
  • Corinne Le Poulain, 66, French actress, cancer.
  • Bernard Marie, 96, French rugby league referee and politician, member of the National Assembly (1967–1981).
  • Tom McQueen, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley, Hibernian).
  • Dane A. Miller, 68, American business executive.
  • Anne Naysmith, 77, British concert pianist, traffic collision.
  • Michael Raupach, 64, Australian climatologist.
  • Pat Rogan, 78, Australian politician.
  • Roman Sidorov, 59, Russian footballer.
  • Bobby Towns, 76, American football player.
  • Manfred Wagner, 76, German footballer (1860 Munich).

    • 11

  • John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford, 81, Irish aristocrat.
  • Abel Costas Montaño, 94, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarija (1974–1995).
  • Anne Cuneo, 78, Swiss author and film director.
  • Rudolf Fila, 82, Slovak painter.
  • Gary Glick, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
  • Christopher Greener, 71, British basketball player and actor (The Elephant Man).
  • Roger Hanin, 89, French actor and film director.
  • Ray Hathaway, 98, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
  • Tama Huata, 64, New Zealand Māori performing arts leader.
  • Tancred Ibsen, Jr., 93, Norwegian diplomat.
  • Gus Moffat, 66, English football player and coach.
  • John E. Murray, Jr., 82, American educator, President of Duquesne University (1988–2001), heart attack.
  • Ricardo Palacios, 74, Spanish film actor and director (The Man Called Noon, Socrates), heart failure.
  • Bob Simon, 73, American television journalist (60 Minutes), traffic collision.
  • Jerry Tarkanian, 84, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Long Beach State, UNLV, San Antonio Spurs, Fresno State).

    • 12

  • Idriss Arnaoud Ali, 69, Djiboutian politician.
  • Sam Andrew, 73, American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company), complication after open heart surgery.
  • David Carr, 58, American columnist (The New York Times) and author, lung cancer.
  • Movita Castaneda, 98, American actress (Mutiny on the Bounty), neck injury.
  • John P. Craven, 90, American scientist.
  • Désiré Dondeyne, 93, French composer.
  • Rhonda Glenn, 68, American sportscaster (ESPN, ABC) and golf historian, cancer.
  • Harvey Goldschmid, 74, American legal scholar and SEC commissioner.
  • Alison Gordon, 72, Canadian sports journalist, lung ailment.
  • Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, Dutch resistance fighter, recipient of the Military William Order.
  • Christopher Horton, 76, New Zealand sharebroker.
  • John-Edward Kelly, 56, American conductor and saxophonist.
  • Jean Lechantre, 92, Belgian-born French international footballer.
  • Mosie Lister, 93, American gospel music singer-songwriter (The Statesmen Quartet).
  • Anthony Low, 87, British historian.
  • Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Kelantan (1990–2013).
  • Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure.
  • Gary Owens, 80, American television announcer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and voice actor (Space Ghost, Garfield and Friends), diabetes.
  • Richie Pratt, 71, American jazz drummer.
  • Oliver Rackham, 75, British landscape ecologist.
  • Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, American physicist and professor, heart failure.
  • Steve Strange, 55, British musician (Visage), heart attack.
  • Mike Thresh, 84, British plant pathologist.

    • 13

  • Faith Bandler, 96, Australian civil rights activist.
  • Bob Bettisworth, 88, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1979–1985).
  • Thomas Bhalerao, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashik (1987–2007).
  • Stan Chambers, 91, American television reporter (KTLA).
  • Geneviève Dormann, 81, French journalist and writer.
  • John Robert Evans, 85, Canadian paediatrician and academic.
  • Kete Ioane, 64, Cook Islands politician, MP for Vaipae-Tautu (1999–2010), Cabinet Minister (2008–2009).
  • John McCabe, 75, British composer and pianist.
  • Jim McCusker, 78, American football player.
  • Magnus Mwalunyungu, 84, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (1992–2005).
  • Albert Nijenhuis, 88, Dutch-born American mathematician.
  • Nguyễn Bá Thanh, 61, Vietnamese politician, member of Central Committee of the Communist Party.
  • Dan Tunstall Pedoe, 75, British cardiologist.
  • Kesava Reddy, 68, Indian novelist.
  • Hugh Walters, 75, British actor (Doctor Who).
  • Noah G. Willis, 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives.

    • 14

  • Kalim Ajiz, 95, Indian author and academic.
  • Keith Copeland, 68, American jazz drummer.
  • Pamela Cundell, 95, English actress (Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything).
  • Bernd Dost, 75, German journalist.
  • Michele Ferrero, 89, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA).
  • Sheila Girling, 90, British artist.
  • Helen Glass, 97, Canadian nurse and administrator.
  • Philip Godana, Kenyan politician, MP for Moyale, shot.
  • John D. Hargreaves, 91, British historian.
  • Britta Hasso, 79, Swedish actress and journalist.
  • José María Hernández, 55, Spanish politician, President of the Provincial Deputation of Palencia (since 2011).
  • Egon Horst, 76, German footballer (Schalke 04, Hamburger SV).
  • Alan Howard, 77, English actor (The Lord of the Rings), pneumonia.
  • Hulon, 58, American jazz saxophonist and physician.
  • Louis Jourdan, 93, French actor (Letter from an Unknown Woman, Gigi, Octopussy).
  • Asbjørn Kjønstad, 72, Norwegian legal scholar.
  • Philip Levine, 87, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, pancreatic cancer.
  • Philippe Massoni, 79, French prefect, Representative Co-Prince of Andorra (2002–2007).
  • Ammouri Mbarek, 63, Moroccan musician, cancer.
  • Franjo Mihalić, 94, Croatian Yugoslav long distance runner, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • Finn Nørgaard, 55, Danish film director, shot.
  • Richard Perham, 77, English molecular biologist.
  • Wim Ruska, 74, Dutch judoka, Olympic champion (1972).
  • Hans Jürgen Teuteberg, 85, German historian.
  • Gerson Veii, 76, Namibian politician.

    • 15

  • Haron Amin, 46, Afghan diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (2004–2009), cancer.
  • George Attla, 81, American sprint dog musher.
  • Sergio Blanco, 66, Spanish singer (Sergio y Estíbaliz).
  • Barbara Darling, 67, Australian Anglican prelate, stroke.
  • Arnaud de Borchgrave, 88, American journalist (The Washington Times), bladder cancer.
  • Eileen Essell, 92, English actress (Duplex, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers).
  • Leo Jordan, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1990–1999).
  • Wendell Kim, 64, American baseball player and coach (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox).
  • Mikhail Koulakov, 82, Russian abstract painter.
  • Bruce A. McIntosh, 85, Canadian astrophysicist.
  • Steve Montador, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers).
  • Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, 83, Norwegian businessman (Stolt-Nielsen).
  • John Treadgold, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Chichester (1989–2001).

    • 16

  • Wilhelm Baumann, 89, German politician.
  • Meli Bolobolo, 51, Fijian tribal chief and academic.
  • Lasse Braun, 78, Italian pornographic film director and producer.
  • Carlos de Castro, 35, Uruguayan footballer, complications from surgery.
  • Gavin Clark, 46, British singer (UNKLE, Clayhill).
  • John Davies, 76, Welsh historian.
  • Robin Duff, 67, New Zealand education leader and gay rights activist, complications from surgery.
  • Clyde Duncan, 54, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
  • Brett Ewins, 59, British comic book artist (Judge Dredd, 2000 AD), emphysema.
  • Lesley Gore, 68, American singer ("It's My Party", "Judy's Turn to Cry", "You Don't Own Me"), lung cancer.
  • Celia Lashlie, 61, New Zealand prison officer, social justice advocate and author, pancreatic cancer.
  • Alexander Melentyev, 60, Soviet Russian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1980).
  • Geoff Morris, 66, English footballer (Walsall).
  • Tynnetta Muhammad, 73, American journalist, member of the Nation of Islam.
  • Uri Orbach, 54, Israeli writer, journalist and politician.
  • R. R. Patil, 57, Indian politician, oral cancer.
  • Rajinder Puri, 80, Indian cartoonist and political activist.
  • Lorena Rojas, 44, Mexican actress (Como en el cine, El Cuerpo del Deseo), singer and songwriter, breast cancer.
  • Jerzy Samp, 63, Polish historian.
  • Olga Törös, 100, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1936).
  • Feliks Tych, 85, Polish historian, director of the Jewish Historical Institute (1995–2006).
  • Sir Robert Wade-Gery, 85, British diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1982–1987).
  • Evan Walker, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne (1979–1992), Parkinson's disease.
  • Heinrich Windelen, 93, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1957–1990).

    • 17

  • John Barrow, 79, American CFL football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
  • Alberto Coramini, 70, Italian footballer.
  • Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe, 79, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pyay (1975–2010).
  • Richard Alan Enslen, 83, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Justice for the Western District of Michigan (since 1979).
  • June Fairchild, 68, American actress (Up in Smoke), liver cancer.
  • John Hurt Fisher, 95, American literary scholar.
  • Andrzej Koszewski, 92, Polish composer.
  • Antonio Lanfranchi, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop-Abbot of Modena-Nonantola (since 2010).
  • Liu Yudi, 91, Chinese Air Force lieutenant general.
  • George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, 95, British politician, Liberal Democrat life peer.
  • Henri Martin, 87, French political activist (Henri Martin affair).
  • Cathy Ubels-Veen, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).
  • K. Swami Veerabahu, 66, Sri Lankan politician.

    • 18

  • Doug Armstrong, 83, New Zealand television sports presenter and politician, Mayor of Rodney District (1992–2000).
  • Cass Ballenger, 88, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1986–2005).
  • Allan Beard, 95, British civil servant. (death announced on this date)
  • Mele Carroll, 50, American politician, member of Hawaii House of Representatives (2005–2015).
  • Dave Cloud, 58, American musician.
  • Claude Criquielion, 58, Belgian cyclist, UCI World Road Race champion (1984), complications from a stroke.
  • Mark Fischer, 64, American intellectual property lawyer.
  • Robert B. Fulton, 104, American Navy rear admiral.
  • John Paul Jackson, 64, American writer and producer.
  • Jerome Kersey, 52, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), pulmonary embolism.
  • Mats Olausson, 54, Swedish keyboard player (Yngwie Malmsteen).
  • D. Ramanaidu, 78, Indian film producer, prostate cancer.
  • Buck Rinehart, 68, American politician, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1984–1992), pancreatic cancer.
  • Hans F. Zacher, 86, German academic, President of the Max Planck Society (1990–1996).

    • 19

  • Betty Lou Bredemus, 80, American stage actress and acting coach, lung cancer.
  • Ivan Davidov, 71, Bulgarian footballer (PFC Slavia Sofia).
  • Dennis Davis, 88, British mountaineer.
  • Gérard Ducarouge, 73, French Formula One car designer.
  • Peter Albert Dueck, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1986–1993).
  • Harold Johnson, 86, American boxer, NBA/World Light Heavyweight Champion (1961–1963).
  • Yutaka Katayama, 105, Japanese automotive executive (Nissan).
  • Erwin Marquit, 88, American physicist and Marxist philosopher.
  • Nirad Mohapatra, 67, Indian film director (Maya Miriga).
  • Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara).
  • Frank Prendergast, 81, Irish politician, TD (1982–1987), Mayor of Limerick (1977–1978, 1984–1985), cancer.
  • Frank Ramírez, 65, Colombian actor (La estrategia del caracol, Metástasis), Parkinson's disease.
  • Lisette Schulman, 63, Swedish television host and politician.
  • Carol Severance, 71, American fantasy author.
  • Mudaffar Sjah, 79, Indonesian politician, Sultan of Ternate (since 1975).
  • Warren Thomson, 79, Australian pianist.
  • Talus Taylor, 82, American writer, co-creator of the Barbapapa series.
  • Harris Wittels, 30, American television producer and writer (Parks and Recreation, The Sarah Silverman Program), heroin overdose.
  • Gary Woods, 60, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs) and scout (Chicago White Sox), heart attack.

    • 20

  • Nael al-Ajlouni, Jordanian politician, Health Minister (1998).
  • Ibrahim Biogradlić, 83, Bosnian Yugoslav footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • Gérard Calvi, 92, French film score composer (Asterix the Gaul).
  • Johanna Klink, 112, German supercentenarian, nation's oldest person.
  • Errold La Frantz, 95, Australian cricket player, administrator, and commentator.
  • Khalaf Masa'deh, Jordanian politician, Justice Minister (1999).
  • Wayne Moore, 83, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
  • Patricia Norris, 83, American costume designer (12 Years a Slave, The Elephant Man, Scarface).
  • Govind Pansare, 81, Indian political activist and author, shot.
  • Thérèse Quentin, 85, French actress.
  • Henry Segerstrom, 91, American entrepreneur.
  • Dick Triptow, 92, American basketball player.
  • Markku Tuokko, 63, Finnish Olympic discus thrower and shot putter (1976, 1980).
  • Sandy Whitelaw, 84, British film producer and executive.
  • John C. Willke, 89, American physician and anti-abortion activist.

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  • Mohamed El Gourch, 79, Moroccan cyclist, Tour du Maroc winner (1960, 1964, 1965), heart attack.
  • Meredydd Evans, 95, Welsh professor, musician and television producer.
  • Sami Farag, 79, Egyptian judge.
  • Sir Anthony Grabham, 84, British surgeon and army officer.
  • Aleksei Gubarev, 83, Russian Soviet-era cosmonaut.
  • John Knapp-Fisher, 83, English painter.
  • Mykhaylo Koman, 86, Ukrainian football player and coach (Dynamo Kyiv).
  • Robert O. Marshall, 75, American convicted murderer, arranged contract killing of his wife.
  • Paul Napier, 84, American actor (Dynasty).
  • George Onorato, 86, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1983–2010).
  • Christopher Price, 83, British politician, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr (1966–1970) and Lewisham West (1974–1983).
  • Luca Ronconi, 81, Italian actor, theater director and opera director.
  • Bruce Sinofsky, 58, American documentary filmmaker (Paradise Lost, Some Kind of Monster), diabetes.
  • Sadeq Tabatabaei, 71, Iranian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980), lung cancer.
  • Clark Terry, 94, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
  • Daniel Topolski, 69, British rowing coach and commentator.
  • Heinz Weifenbach, 75, German ice hockey executive.
  • Bernardo Enrique Witte, 88, German-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of La Rioja (1977–1992) and Concepción (1992–2001).

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  • Erik Amundsen, 78, Norwegian jazz musician.
  • Pasquale Carminucci, 77, Italian gymnast.
  • Roger Cecil, 72, Welsh painter, hypothermia.
  • Ivan Jones, 72, Australian rugby league player (South Sydney Rabbitohs).
  • Dzhangir Kerimov, 91, Azerbaijani-born Russian legal scholar.
  • Kim Kyung-roul, 34, South Korean professional billiards player.
  • Chris Rainbow, 68, Scottish rock musician (The Alan Parsons Project).
  • John Rucho, 92, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1973–1979).
  • Carmine Schiavone, 71, Italian criminal, member of the Casalesi clan.

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  • James Aldridge, 96, Australian-born British writer (The Sea Eagle).
  • Rana Bhagwandas, 72, Pakistani judge, acting Chief Justice (2007), cardiac arrest after heart ailment.
  • Emidio Cavigioli, 89, Italian footballer.
  • Bettine Moore Close, 90, American socialite.
  • Haim Corfu, 94, Israeli politician, Transportation Minister (1981–1988).
  • Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, 78, Tunisian politician.
  • W. E. "Bill" Dykes, 89, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1976–1984).
  • David Freeman, 86, English solicitor.
  • Maria Golovnina, 34, Russian journalist, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Algimantas Kezys, 86, Lithuanian-born American photographer.
  • King of Kings, 20, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, heart failure.
  • Andy King, 72, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).
  • Jim King, 82, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs).
  • Jerry Lambert, 74, American jockey.
  • Gerald Lockwood, 87, English rugby league player.
  • Ted Roberts, 83, Australian screenwriter and producer.
  • John Rowlands, 76, Welsh author and novelist.
  • R. C. Sakthi, 76, Indian film director and actor.
  • Dave Williams, 72, Welsh football player and coach (Newport County).
  • Ben Woolf, 34, American actor (American Horror Story, Insidious), traffic collision.

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  • Rakhat Aliyev, 52, Kazakh politician and diplomat, hanging.
  • Francis Némé Baïssari, 81, Lebanese Maronite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarch (1991–2011).
  • Robert Belfour, 74, American blues musician.
  • Joseph Beltrami, 83, Scottish lawyer.
  • Mayandi Bharathi, 98, Indian political activist.
  • Roland Gerber, 61, German football coach and player.
  • Tyzen Hsiao, 77, Taiwanese composer.
  • Maurice Hurley, 75, American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Baywatch, Miami Vice).
  • Irving Kahn, 109, American investor.
  • Donald Keough, 88, American businessman, President of The Coca-Cola Company (1981–1993).
  • Dori J. Maynard, 56, American journalist.
  • Mefodiy, 65, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kyiv and Primate of the UAOC (since 2000).
  • Dame Thea Muldoon, 87, New Zealand community servant.
  • Doug Ralph, 66, Australian environmentalist.
  • Said Sheikh Samatar, 71, Somali scholar and writer.
  • Gary Sittler, 62, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Bertrice Small, 77, American author, renal failure.
  • Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, 83, British civil servant, Governor of Anguilla (1987–1989).

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  • Hannes Baldauf, 76, German football player and coach.
  • Harve Bennett, 84, American producer and writer (Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Mod Squad).
  • Robert Brisart, 61, Belgian philosopher.
  • Ariel Camacho, 22, Mexican singer, traffic collision.
  • Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, 91, British peeress.
  • Eugenie Clark, 92, American ichthyologist.
  • Terry Gill, 75, British-born Australian actor ("Crocodile" Dundee, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors), lung cancer.
  • Liu Dongdong, 69, Chinese general.
  • Charles E. Rice, 83, American legal scholar and author.
  • Giacomo Rondinella, 91, Italian singer and actor.
  • Raymond Smallman, 85, British metallurgist.
  • Marian Szeja, 73, Polish footballer, Olympic champion (1972).
  • Mauno Valkeinen, 85, Finnish Olympic swimmer.
  • A. Vincent, 86, Indian cinematographer (Prem Nagar) and director (Bhargavi Nilayam).
  • Victor Watson, 86, British executive (Waddingtons), Parkinson's disease.

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  • Jessica Ainscough, 30, Australian alternative therapy campaigner, cancer.
  • Bob Braithwaite, 89, British Olympian trap shooter.
  • Martha Cohen, 94, Canadian philanthropist.
  • Anthony R. Cucci, 92, American politician, Mayor of Jersey City (1985–1989).
  • Brian Cumby, 64, British shipwright.
  • Ruth Denison, 92, German-born American Buddhist teacher, stroke.
  • Oscar Díaz, 32, American welterweight boxer, head injury.
  • Angelo Raffaele Dinardo, 83, Italian politician, President of Basilicata (1995–2000).
  • Sadiq Fakir, 47, Pakistani singer, traffic collision.
  • Monroe H. Freedman, 86, American professor of law, chronic lymphocytic lymphoma.
  • Sheppard Frere, 98, British historian and archaeologist.
  • Theodore Hesburgh, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, President of the University of Notre Dame (1952–1987).
  • Nadia Hilou, 61, Israeli social worker and politician, first Arab-Christian member of Knesset (2006–2009).
  • Per Olof Hulth, 71, Swedish astroparticle physicist.
  • Meera Kosambi, 75, Indian sociologist.
  • Earl Lloyd, 86, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons).
  • Branislav Martinović, 77, Serbian Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964).
  • Curt Michel, 80, American astrophysicist.
  • Franklin Quitugua, 81, Guamanian politician.
  • Rowley Richards, 98, Australian World War II Army medical officer.
  • Martin T. Smith, 80, American politician, member of the Mississippi Senate (1968–1988).
  • Fritz J. Raddatz, 83, German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and novelist.
  • Avijit Roy, 42, Bangladeshi-American writer, stabbed.
  • Tom Schweich, 54, American politician, State Auditor of Missouri (since 2011), suicide by gunshot.
  • Hukam Singh, 89, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1990–1991).
  • Carlos Talbott, 95, American air force lieutenant general.

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  • Richard Bakalyan, 84, American character actor (Batman, Chinatown, The Fox and the Hound).
  • Manfred Bayer, 86, German-born American microbiologist.
  • Bob Benmosche, 70, American executive, President and CEO of American International Group (2009–2014), lung cancer.
  • Malcolm Boyd, 91, American Episcopal priest, author, pneumonia.
  • Mykhailo Chechetov, 61, Russian-born Ukrainian politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1994–1998, 2006–2014), suicide by autodefenestration.
  • Tod Dockstader, 82, American sound artist and electronic music composer.
  • John Fairchild, 87, American publisher and editor (Women's Wear Daily).
  • Tim Ford, 63, American politician, Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–2004), heart attack.
  • Paul Hutchison, 47, Australian cricketer.
  • Jerome Kurtz, 83, American public servant, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1977–1983), complications of surgery.
  • Sue Landske, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1984–2014), cancer.
  • Boris Nemtsov, 55, Russian politician, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997), First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998), shot.
  • Leonard Nimoy, 83, American actor and director (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Fringe), COPD.
  • Natalia Revuelta Clews, 89, Cuban socialite.
  • Julio César Strassera, 81, Argentine lawyer and jurist (Trial of the Juntas).
  • Anna Szatkowska, 86, Polish resistance fighter.
  • Yevgeni Titov, 51, Russian footballer.
  • Bohdan Tomaszewski, 93, Polish sports commentator.
  • Patrick Whitefield, 66, English permaculturist.
  • Joanne Woollard, British film art director (Gravity).

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  • Tom Bettis, 83, American football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach.
  • William J. Bichsel, 86, American Jesuit priest and peace protester.
  • Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 86, British oriental historian.
  • Braulio Castillo, 81, Puerto Rican actor.
  • P. T. De Silva, 86, Sri Lankan consultant physician.
  • Sarah Foot, 75, British journalist and author.
  • Gordie Gillespie, 88, American baseball, football and basketball coach.
  • Alex Johnson, 72, American baseball player (California Angels, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.
  • Yaşar Kemal, 91, Turkish author, Légion d'honneur recipient.
  • John Komba, 60, Tanzanian politician.
  • Ezra Laderman, 90, American composer.
  • J. Michael Lenihan, 71, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1990–2010), cancer.
  • Anthony Mason, 48, American basketball player (New York Knicks), heart failure.
  • Ed Modzelewski, 86, American football player (Cleveland Browns), heart failure.
  • Thakin Tin Mya, 91, Burmese politician.
  • William Röttger, 66, German label manager, music manager and gallery owner, cancer.
  • Thomas J. Stanley, 71, American author (The Millionaire Next Door, The Millionaire Mind), traffic collision.
  • Louis Sette, 68, American broadcaster and political candidate.
  • Tracker Tilmouth, 62, Australian aboriginal activist, cancer.
  • André Vallée, 84, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Military (1987–1996) and Hearst (1996–2005).
  • Gigi Vesigna, 83, Italian journalist and writer.
  • Orris George Walker, 72, American episcopal prelate, Bishop of Long Island (1991–2009).

    • References

    Deaths in February 2015 Wikipedia
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