Deaths in February 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


February

1
 Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 85, Guatemalan military officer and politician, President (1983–1986), Parkinson's disease. 
 Paul Pholeros, 62, Australian architect, cancer.

2
 Bob Elliott, 92, American comedian (Bob and Ray) and actor (Get a Life), throat cancer.
 Luiz Felipe Lampreia, 74, Brazilian sociologist and diplomat, heart attack.

3
Joe Alaskey, 63, American voice actor (Looney Tunes, Rugrats, Casper), cancer.
Big Kap, 45, American hip hop DJ (Tunnel), heart attack.
Mark Farren, 33, Irish football player (Derry City), cancer.
Balram Jakhar, 92, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989), complications from pneumonia.
Alba Solís, 88, Argentine singer and actress, heart failure.
Saulius Sondeckis, 87, Lithuanian violinist and conductor, stroke.

4
 Marlow Cook, 89, American politician, Senator from Kentucky (1968–1974), complications from a heart attack.
 Kristine Miller, 90, American actress (I Walk Alone, Jungle Patrol, Too Late for Tears), congestive heart failure. (death announced on this date)
 Dave Mirra, 41, American BMX rider, suicide by gunshot.
 Edgar Mitchell, 85, American astronaut (Apollo 14), sixth person to walk on the moon, complications from kidney cancer. 
 Axl Rotten, 44, American professional wrestler (Extreme Championship Wrestling), cardiac arrest. (body found on this date)
 Edgar Whitcomb, 98, American politician, Governor of Indiana (1969–1973), heart failure.
Maurice White, 74, American singer-songwriter ("September") and musician (Earth, Wind & Fire), complications from Parkinson's disease.

5
 Bill Birchfield, 80, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives for the 21st district (1971-1974), heart attack.
 Ciriaco Cañete, 96, Filipino martial artist, prostate cancer.
 Bodil Malmsten, 71, Swedish poet and novelist, cancer.

6
 Robin Chandler Duke, 92, American social advocate and diplomat, Ambassador to Norway (2000–2001), respiratory failure. 
 Dan Hicks, 74, American singer-songwriter and musician (Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks), throat and liver cancer.
 Eddy Wally, 83, Belgian singer, cerebral hemorrhage.

7
 Roger Willemsen, 60, German writer, essayist and TV presenter, pancreatic cancer.

8
 Amelia Bence, 101, Argentine actress (The Gaucho War, A Sangre Fría, Alfonsina), congestive heart failure.
 Charles C. Campbell, 68, American army general, heart attack. 
 Johnny Duncan, 92, American actor (Batman and Robin, Bedtime for Bonzo, Plan 9 from Outer Space), complications from dementia.
 Nida Fazli, 78, Indian poet, respiratory failure.
 August P. Mardesich, 95, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1950–1963) and Senate (1963–1978), dementia.
 Viggo Rivad, 93, Danish photographer, complications from a stroke.
 Violette Verdy, 82, French ballerina, heart failure.

9
 André van den Heuvel, 88, Dutch actor (Hamelen, De rode zwaan), two-time winner of the Louis d'Or, complications from a stroke.
 Sushil Koirala, 76, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (2014–2015), President of Nepali Congress (since 2010), pneumonia.

10
 Leo Ehlen, 62, Dutch footballer (Roda JC), kidney disease.
 Phil Gartside, 63, English businessman and football chairman (Bolton Wanderers), cancer.
 Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., 84, American business executive and politician, Secretary of Transportation (1981–1983), complications of pneumonia.
 Eliseo Prado, 86, Argentine footballer (national team, Club Atlético River Plate), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 Günter Schröter, 88, German football player (Dynamo Dresden, East Germany national football team, SC Dynamo Berlin) and coach (Berliner FC Dynamo), complications from Parkinson's disease.

11
 Kevin Randleman, 44, American mixed martial artist, UFC Heavyweight Champion (1999–2000), pneumonia and heart failure.

12
 Eddie Barry, 96, American ice hockey player (Boston Bruins), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 Dominique D'Onofrio, 62, Belgian football coach (Standard de Liège), heart attack.
 Robert Frederick Froehlke, 93, American lawyer, Secretary of the Army (1971–1973), complications from a stroke.
 Johnny Lattner, 83, American football player (Notre Dame, Pittsburgh Steelers), lung cancer.

13
 Trifon Ivanov, 50, Bulgarian footballer (national team), heart attack.
 O. N. V. Kurup, 84, Indian poet, lyricist and politician, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007), respiratory failure.
 Slobodan Santrač, 69, Serbian football player (Yugoslavia) and manager, heart attack.
 Antonin Scalia, 79, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (since 1986), heart attack. 
 Bořek Šípek, 66, Czech architect and designer, cancer.
 Sir Christopher Zeeman, 91, British mathematician, respiratory failure.

14
 Ali Brownlee, 56, English radio sports broadcaster (Middlesbrough F.C. on BBC Tees), bowel cancer.
 Muriel Casals i Couturier, 70, Spanish economist, complications from injuries sustained in a bike accident.
 Hein Kröher, 88, German folk singer-songwriter.
 Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, 87, British politician, MP for Orpington (1962–1970), acute myeloid leukemia.
 Wiesław Rudkowski, 69, Polish boxer and Olympic silver medalist (1972), heart attack.

15
 George Gaynes, 98, American actor (Police Academy, Punky Brewster, Tootsie).
 Salman Natour, 67, Israeli-born Palestinian author, heart attack.
 Hans Posthumus, 68, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, N.E.C.), cerebral hemorrhage.
 Fighton Simukonda, 58, Zambian football player (Nkana Red Devils) and manager (national team), complications from diabetes.

16
 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 93, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992–1996), complications from a broken pelvis.
 Belinda Nash, 69, American historian, cancer.
 Charles Caldwell Ryrie, 90, American theologian, pneumonia.
 Robert J. Walker, 87, American sailor, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (1975–1979), complications from pneumonia.

17
 Alexander Gutman, 71, Russian movie director (Journey Back to Youth), heart failure.
 Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, 92, Egyptian journalist, renal failure.
 Claude Jeancolas, 66, French writer, cancer.
 Akbar Kakkattil, 62, Indian writer, lung cancer.
 Andrzej Żuławski, 75, Polish movie director (The Devil, That Most Important Thing: Love, On the Silver Globe) and writer, pancreatic cancer.

18
 Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Indian Hindustani musician, multiple organ failure.
 Pantelis Pantelidis, 32, Greek singer-songwriter, traffic collision.
 John Reinhardt, 95, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Nigeria (1971—1975), stroke.

19
Tamerlan Aguzarov, 52, Russian politician, Head of North Ossetia-Alania (since 2015), complications from pneumonia.
Umberto Eco, 84, Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum), pancreatic cancer.
Harper Lee, 89, American writer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman).
 Sir William O'Brien, 99, British admiral, Naval Secretary (1964–1966), complications from pneumonia.
Vi Subversa, 80, British musician (Poison Girls), cancer.
Samuel Willenberg, 93, Israeli sculptor and painter, last surviving member of the Treblinka extermination camp revolt, complications from a stroke.
Bruno Zuppiger, 63, Swiss politician, cancer.

20
 Fernando Cardenal, 82, Nicaraguan priest and politician, Minister of Education (1984–1990), heart failure.
 Ove Verner Hansen, 83, Danish actor and opera singer, heart attack.
 Nando Yosu, 76, Spanish football player and manager (Racing de Santander), Alzheimer's disease.

21
 María Luisa Alcalá, 72, Mexican actress (El Chavo del Ocho, Dr. Cándido Pérez, Esmeralda), heart attack.
 Eric Brown, 97, Scottish World War II-test pilot, world record for most aircraft carrier landings performed, pneumonia.

22
 Wesley A. Clark, 88, American computer engineer, created the first minicomputer, complications from heart disease.
 Cristiana Corsi, 39, Italian taekwondo martial artist, European champion (2002), cardiac arrest.
 Yolande Fox, 87, American beauty queen (Miss America 1951), singer and activist, lung cancer.
 Sonny James, 86, American country singer-songwriter ("Young Love").
 Cara McCollum, 24, American journalist and beauty queen, Miss New Jersey (2013), traffic collision.
 Hans Reffert, 69, German musician, composer and artist, cancer.
 Douglas Slocombe, 103, British cinematographer (Indiana Jones, The Lion in Winter, Jesus Christ Superstar), complications from a fall.
 Yochanan Sofer, 93, Israeli rabbi, Rebbe of Erlau, pneumonia.

23
 Ramón Castro Ruz, 91, Cuban revolutionary figure and politician, brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro. (Death announced on this date)
 Peter Lustig, 78, German television presenter (Löwenzahn) and author, stomach cancer.
 Francisco Rubio Llorente, 85, Spanish judge, President of the Council of State (2004-2012), heart failure.
 Donald E. Williams, 74, American astronaut, led mission to Jupiter probe, complications from a stroke.

24
 Ryszard Bender, 84, Polish politician and historian, Senator (2007-2011), stroke.
 Adriana Benetti, 96, Italian actress (Four Steps in the Clouds, Teresa Venerdì, Before the Postman), complications from pneumonia. 
 Rafael Iriondo, 97, Spanish international football player (national team, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad) and manager, respiratory failure.
 Peter Kenilorea, 72, Solomon Islands politician, Prime Minister (1978–1981, 1984–1986).
 Peter van der Merwe, 74, Dutch footballer (national team), mesothelioma.

25
 Tony Burton, 78, American actor (Rocky, Assault on Precinct 13, The Shining), comedian and boxer, complications from pneumonia.
 Jim Clark, 84, British movie editor (The World Is Not Enough, The Killing Fields, Marathon Man), Oscar winner (1985).
 François Dupeyron, 65, French movie director and screenwriter (The Officers' Ward), heart attack.
 Alfred E. Mann, 90, American entrepreneur (Spectrolab, Heliotek), heart attack.

26
 Andy Bathgate, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 Karl Dedecius, 94, Polish-born German translator, Director of the German Institute of Polish Studies (1980-1997).
 Don Getty, 82, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1985–1992), and football player (Edmonton Eskimos), heart failure.
 Eri Klas, 76, Estonian conductor, retired boxer and educator, member of the Estonian Olympic Committee, heart attack.

27
 Rajesh Pillai, 41, Indian movie director (Traffic), liver disease.

28
 Frank Kelly, 77, Irish actor (Father Ted, Emmerdale, Evelyn), heart attack.
 George Kennedy, 91, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, The Naked Gun, Airport), Oscar winner (1968), heart disease.

29
 Gil Hill, 84, American police officer and actor (Beverly Hills Cop), pneumonia.
 Louise Rennison, 64, British author (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging), cancer.

Months
 January
 March
 April
 May
 June
 July

Related pages
 Deaths in 2014
 Deaths in 2015

References

Other websites
 The Guardian, UK obituaries
 Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
 Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
 The New York Times, US obituaries
 The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
 The Telegraph obituaries

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February 2016 events