Deaths in February 1995

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 1995. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

February


1
Richey James Edwards, 27, Welsh musician
El Perich, 53, Spanish caricaturist
Lajos Balthazár, 73, Hungarian fencer
Róbert Antal, 73, Hungarian water poloist
Yngve Gamlin, 68, Swedish actor
Karl Gruber, 85, Austrian politician

2
Tikvah Alper, 86, South African physicist
Fred Perry, 85, British tennis player
Donald Pleasence, 75, English actor
André Frossard, 80, French journalist

3
Nicolás Lindley López, 86, President of Peru

4
Patricia Highsmith, 74, American novelist
Elena Mikhailovskaya, 45, Soviet draughts player
Roel Wiersma, 62, Dutch footballer
Scott Smith, 46, American LGBT-rights activist
Godfrey Brown, 79, British olympic athlete

5
Doug McClure, 59, American actor
Jimmy Allen, 85, English footballer

6
Art Taylor, 65, American jazz drummer
Gustav Rödel, 79, German aircraft pilot
Mira Lobe, 81, Austrian writer
Xia Yan, 94, Chinese playwright
James Merrill, 68, American poet
Maruja Mallo, 93, Spanish painter

7
Roy S. Benson, 88, American submariner
Massimo Pallottino, 85, Italian archaeologist

8
Józef Maria Bocheński, 92, Polish philosopher
Ole Torvalds, 78, Finnish-Swedish journalist
Kalpana Datta, 81, Indian revolutionary

9
David Wayne, 81, American actor
J. William Fulbright, 89, United States Senate

10
Jesús Garay, 64, Spanish footballer

11
Harry Merkel, 77, German motorsports racing driver

12
Rachid Mimouni, 49, Algerian writer

13
Alberto Burri, 79, Italian visual artist
Li Zhisui, 75, Chinese physician
Phil Besler, 81, Canadian ice hockey player

14
Ogdo Aksyonova, 59, Russian poet
U Nu, 87, Prime Minister of Myanmar
Achille Piccini, 83, Italian footballer
Michael V. Gazzo, 71, American playwright
Ischa Meijer, 52, Dutch journalist

15
Sergio Bertoni, 79, Italian footballer

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17
Mirosław Żuławski, 82, Polish writer

18
Zair Azgur, 87, Belarusian sculptor

19
John Howard, 81, American actor

20
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, 84, Israeli jewish rabbi
Robert Bolt, 70, English playwright

21
István Bárány, 87, Hungarian swimmer
Juhan Viiding, 46, Estonian poet
Paul L. Bates, 86, United States Army officer

22
Ed Flanders, 60, American actor
Emmanuel Roblès, 80, French writer

23
Melvin Franklin, 52, American bass singer
James Herriot, 78, British veterinary surgeon
Margaret Woodbridge, 93, American swimmer
Don Heck, 66, American visual artist

24
Hideko Maehata, 80, Japanese breaststroke swimmer
Roberto Ago, 87, Italian jurist

25
Mariam Vattalil, 41, Indian social worker
O Jin-u, 77, North Korean soldier

26
Willie Johnson, 48, American guitarist
Jack Clayton, 73, British film director

27
Ann Ayars, 76, American soprano

28
Max Rudolf, 92, German conductor
Walter Allen, 84, English literary critic

Months
 January

References

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

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