Deaths in February 2019

The following is a list of **deaths that should be noted in February 2019**. 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.

## February
### 1
* Conway Berners-Lee, 97, English mathematician and computer scientist, developed Ferranti Mark 1.
* Alice Dye, 91, American amateur golfer and golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass).
* Jeremy Hardy, 57, English comedian, radio host and panelist (*The News Quiz*, ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue*, *Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation*), cancer.
* Ursula Karusseit, 79, German actress (*Ways across the Country*, *KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra*), heart disease.
* Lisa Seagram, 82, American actress (*A House Is Not a Home*, *Caprice*, *The Beverly Hillbillies*), dementia.
* Clive Swift, 82, English actor (*The National Health*, *Keeping Up Appearances*, *The Old Guys*) and songwriter, respiratory failure.

### 2
* Walter James Edyvean, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (2001–2014).
* Carol Emshwiller, 97, American writer (*The Mount*), Nebula Award winner (2005).

### 3
* Julie Adams, 92, American actress (*Creature from the Black Lagoon*, *The Jimmy Stewart Show*, *Murder, She Wrote*).
* Detsl, 35, Russian hip hop artist, heart attack.
* Carmen Duncan, 76, Australian actress (*Harlequin*, *Another World*, *Turkey Shoot*), cancer.
* Bob Friend, 88, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, New York Yankees), cardiac arrest.
* Jüri Pihl, 64, Estonian politician, Minister of the Interior (2007–2009).
* Kristoff St. John, 52, American actor (*The Young and the Restless*, *The Champ*, *Generations*), heart failure.
* Joe P. Tolson, 77, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2014), respiratory failure.

### 4
* Isacio Calleja, 82, Spanish footballer (Atlético de Madrid, national team).
* Sandrine Doucet, 59, French politician, Deputy (2012–2017), cancer.
* Bernard Lietaer, 76, Belgian economist and writer (*The Future of Money'').
* John Otho Marsh, Jr., 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th congressional district (1963–1971) and Secretary of the Army (1981–1989), congestive heart failure.
* Bruno Messerli, 87, Swiss geographer.
* Matti Nykänen, 55, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), complications from diabetes.
* Leonie Ossowski, 93, German children's novelist and screenwriter (*Zwei Mütter*).
* Véronique Schiltz, 76, French historian.
* Izzy Young, 90, American-Swedish folklorist and columnist (*Sing Out!*).

### 5
* Joe Presko, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers).
* Václav Vorlíček, 88, Czech movie director (*Who Wants to Kill Jessie?*, *The End of Agent W4C*, *The Girl on the Broomstick*), lung cancer.
* Vano Zodelava, 61, Georgian politician, Mayor of Tbilisi (1998–2004), car crash.

### 6
* Rudi Assauer, 74, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen) and manager (Schalke 04), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Edwin Barnes, 84, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richborough (1995–2002).
* John Cocks, 52, New Zealand television presenter (*My House My Castle*), kidney cancer.
* Paul Dewar, 56, Canadian politician, MP for Ottawa Centre (2006–2015), glioblastoma.
* Yechiel Eckstein, 67, American-Israeli rabbi and philanthropist, founder of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, heart attack.
* Manfred Eigen, 91, German biophysical chemist, Nobel Prize winner (1967).
* Todor Kavaldzhiev, 85, Bulgarian politician, Vice President (1997–2002).
* Rosamunde Pilcher, 94, British writer (*The Shell Seekers*), stroke.
* Tilly van der Zwaard, 81, Dutch Olympic athlete (1964, 1968), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

### 7
* John Dingell, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 12th, 15th, and 16th congressional districts (1955–2015), prostate cancer.
* Albert Finney, 82, English actor (*Tom Jones*, *Erin Brockovich*, *Big Fish*), respiratory infection.
* Rocky Lockridge, 60, American boxer, complications from a stroke.
* Jan Olszewski, 88, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992).
* Frank Robinson, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles) and manager (San Francisco Giants), bone cancer.
* Jörg Schönbohm, 81, German military officer and politician, Inspector of the Army (1991–1992) and Deputy Minister President of Brandenburg (1999–2009).

### 8
* Dick Kempthorn, 92, American football player (Michigan Wolverines) and businessman.
* Walter Munk, 101, Austrian-born American oceanographer, member of the Navy Electronics Laboratory.
* Wolfgang Rindler, 94, Austrian-born American physicist, (Event Horizon, Rindler coordinates), pneumonia.
* Robert Ryman, 88, American painter.
* Sergei Yursky, 83, Soviet-born Russian actor (*Time, Forward!*, *The Golden Calf*, *The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed*), cardiac arrest.

### 9
* Salvatore Bellomo, 67, Belgian-Italian professional wrestler (WWF, ECW), stomach cancer.
* Cadet, 28, British rapper ("Advice"), car crash.
* Jerry Casale, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers).
* Shelley Lubben, 50, American pornographic actress and anti-pornography activist, suspected drug overdose.
* Ron W. Miller, 85, American businessman and football player (Los Angeles Rams), President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company (1978–1984), congestive heart failure.
* Tomi Ungerer, 87, French illustrator (*Dr. Strangelove*, *Flat Stanley*).

### 10
* Carmen Argenziano, 75, American actor (*Stargate SG-1*, *Booker*, *Angels & Demons*).
* Heinz Fütterer, 91, German sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* Walter B. Jones Jr., 76, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd congressional district (since 1995), complications from a broken hip and ALS.
* Roderick MacFarquhar, 88, British politician, journalist and historian, MP (1974–1978).
* Maximilian Reinelt, 30, German rower, Olympic champion (2012) and silver medalist (2016), skiing accident.
* Daniel Silva dos Santos, 36, Brazilian footballer (Ventforet Kofu, Nagoya Grampus, Oita Trinita), lung cancer.
* Jan-Michael Vincent, 74, American actor (*Airwolf*, *The Mechanic*, *Big Wednesday*), cardiac arrest.
* Michael Wilson, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Etobicoke Centre (1979–1993) and Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009), cancer.

### 11
* Ricardo Boechat, 66, Argentine-born Brazilian journalist (*O Globo*, *O Dia*, *Jornal do Brasil*), helicopter crash.
* Ivan Irwin, 91, American-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens), pneumonia.
* Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, 93, Afghani politician, Acting President (1992).
* Lou Sossamon, 97, American football player (University of South Carolina, New York Yankees).

### 12
* Gordon Banks, 81, English footballer (Leicester City, Stoke City, national team), world champion (1966), kidney cancer.
* Rolf Böhme, 84, German politician, Deputy (1972–1982) and Mayor of Freiburg (1982–2002).
* Lyndon LaRouche, 96, American political activist, founder of the LaRouche movement and multi-presidential candidate.
* Olli Lindholm, 54, Finnish singer and guitarist (Appendix, Yö), seizure.
* Pedro Morales, 76, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWA, WWWF), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Christian Weber, 72, German politician, President of the Parliament of Bremen (since 1999).

### 13
* Idriz Ajeti, 101, Kosovar albanologist, member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.
* Prince Leonard, 93, Australian farmer, self-proclaimed monarch of the Principality of Hutt River (1972–2017), lung infection.
* Jack Coghill, 93, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1990–1994).
* Bibi Ferreira, 96, Brazilian actress (*Leonora of the Seven Seas*, *The End of the River*), heart failure.
* Eric Harrison, 81, English football player (Halifax Town) and coach (Manchester United).
* Connie Jones, 84, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.
* Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, 75, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, USSR national team) and manager (Granit Cherkasy).
* *Opportunity*, 15, American robotic rover (NASA), explored Mars (2004–2018), power failure. (declared mission complete on this date)
* Marisa Solinas, 79, Italian singer and actress (''Boccaccio '70*, *La commare secca*, *Almost Blue*), lymphoma.
* Dezső Tandori, 80, Hungarian poet and writer.

### 14
* Michel Bernard, 87, French middle- and long-distance runner, President of the French Athletics Federation (1985–1987).
* Chun-Ming Kao, 89, Taiwanese Presbyterian minister and political activist (Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go), liver failure.
* Andrea Levy, 62, English novelist (*Small Island*, *The Long Song*), breast cancer.
* Michael Nudelman, 80, Ukrainian-born Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1996–1999, 2003–2009), acute myeloid leukemia.
* Sergei Zakharov, 68, Russian singer, heart failure.

### 15
* Kofi Burbridge, 57, American rock multi-instrumentalist (Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Derek Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit).
* Al Mahmud, 82, Bangladeshi poet and novelist, pneumonia.
* Adriano Ossicini, 98, Italian politician, Senator (1968–1992, 1996–2001) and Minister for Family (1995–1996), complications from a fall.
* Lee Radziwill, 85, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
* Dave Smith, 78, American archivist (Walt Disney).

### 16
* Sam Bass, 57, American motorsports artist (NASCAR), sepsis complicated by diabetes and kidney disease.
* Don Bragg, 83, American pole vaulter, Olympic champion (1960), complications from dementia.
* Patrick Caddell, 68, American pollster and political commentator (Fox News), complications from a stroke.
* Bruno Ganz, 77, Swiss actor (*Downfall*, *Wings of Desire*, *Nosferatu the Vampyre*), small intestine cancer.
* Jeffrey Hart, 88, American cultural critic (*The Dartmouth Review'') and speechwriter (Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan), complications from dementia.
* Alberto Gutman, 60, Cuban-Born American politician and convicted fraudster, member of the Florida Senate (1992–1999).
* Li Rui, 101, Chinese historian, activist and politician, Vice Minister of Water Resources, multiple organ failure.
* Gene Littler, 88, American Hall of Fame professional golfer, U.S. Open winner (1961), complications from peripheral neuropathy.

### 17
* Eduardo Bauzá, 79, Argentine politician, Minister of Health (1989–1990) and Interior (1989–1990), Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (1995–1996) and Senator (1996–1999), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Ethel Ennis, 86, American jazz singer ("Lullabies for Losers", "Have You Forgotten", "I Can Let Go Now"), stroke.
* Paul Flynn, 84, British politician, MP for Newport West (since 1987).
* Antons Justs, 87, Latvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jelgava (1995–2011).
* Šaban Šaulić, 67, Serbian pop-folk singer and television presenter (*Zvezde Granda*), car crash.

### 18
* Wallace Smith Broecker, 87, American geophysicist, created the term global warming, National Medal of Science recipient (1996).
* O'Neal Compton, 68, American actor (*Deep Impact*, *Roadracers*, *Kill Me Later*) and businessman.
* William Frates, 84, American war veteran and radiologist, natural causes.
* Richard N. Gardner, 91, American politician, Ambassador to Italy (1977–1981) and Spain (1993–1997).
* Peter Wells, 69, New Zealand movie director (*Desperate Remedies*) and writer (*Iridescence*), prostate cancer.

### 19
* Marie-Claire Bancquart, 86, French poet and literary critic, bone cancer.
* Dick Boushka, 84, American basketball player, Olympic gold medallist (1956), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Giulio Brogi, 83, Italian actor (*Days of Fire*, ''Morel's Invention*. *The Yes Man*).
* Karl Lagerfeld, 85, German fashion designer (Chloé, Fendi, Chanel), pancreatic cancer.
* Don Newcombe, 92, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians).
* João Paulo dos Reis Veloso, 87, Brazilian economist, Minister of Planning (1969–1979) and President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (1969).
* Namvar Singh, 92, Indian writer (*Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman*, *Dusari Parampara Ki khoj*, *Adhunik Sahitya Ki Pravrittyan*), pneumonia.
* Ewald Weibel, 89, Swiss biologist.

### 20
* Chelo Alonso, 85, Cuban-born Italian actress (*Goliath and the Barbarians*, *Morgan the Pirate*, *Run, Man, Run''), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* William Broomfield, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 18th (1957–1973, 1983–1993) and 19th congressional district (1973–1983).
* Teotónio de Souza, 72, Portuguese historian, member of the Lisbon Geographic Society (since 2000), heart attack.
* Claude Goretta, 89, Swiss movie director (*The Invitation*, *La provinciale*, *The Death of Mario Ricci*).
* Francisco Mañosa, 88, Filipino architect (Coconut Palace, EDSA Shrine), prostate cancer.

### 21
* Sue Casey, 92, American actress (*Camelot*, *The Beach Girls and the Monster*, *Catalina Caper*).
* Stanley Donen, 94, American movie director (''Singin' in the Rain*, *On the Town*, *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*), heart failure.
* Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, 88, Maltese magistrate, Chief Justice (1990–1995) and member of the European Court of Human Rights (1992–1998), lung cancer.
* Alojzy Orszulik, 90, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Łowicz (1992–2004).
* Beverley Owen, 81, American actress (*The Munsters*), ovarian cancer.
* Peter Tork, 77, American bassist and singer (The Monkees) and actor (*Head''), throat cancer.
* Hilde Zadek, 101, German soprano.

### 22
* Jeff Adachi, 59, American attorney, San Francisco Public Defender (since 2003), heart attack.
* Frank Ballance, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district (2003–2004), complications from surgery.
* Victor J. Banis, 81, American author (*The Man from C.A.M.P.*), liver cancer.
* Clark James Gable, 30, American actor and television host (*Cheaters*), accidental fentanyl overdose.
* Brody Stevens, 48, American comedian and actor (*The Hangover*, *Chelsea Lately*, *Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!*), suicide by hanging.
* Morgan Woodward, 93, American actor (*Cool Hand Luke*, *Gunsmoke*, *Dallas*), prostate cancer.

### 23
* Marella Agnelli, 91, Italian art collector and socialite.
* Nestor Espenilla Jr., 60, Filipino banker, Governor of the Bangko Sentral (since 2017), oral cancer.
* Katherine Helmond, 89, American actress (*Soap*, ''Who's the Boss?*, *Brazil''), Golden Globe winner (1980, 1988), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Dorothy Masuka, 83, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer, complications from hypertension.

### 24
* Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, 88, German legal scholar.
* Antoine Gizenga, 93, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1960–1961, 2006–2008).
* Donald Keene, 96, American-born Japanese historian and writer (*The Pleasures of Japanese Literature*, *Travelers of a Hundred Ages*, *Seeds in the Heart*), heart failure.
* T. Jack Lee, 83, American engineer, Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (1989–1994), pancreatic cancer.
* Johnny Romano, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals).

### 25
* Janet Asimov, 92, American science fiction writer (Mind Transfer, Norby, the Mixed Up Robot) and psychoanalyst.
* Fred Gloden, 100, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Seahawks).
* John Herron, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1990–2002) and Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See (2003–2006).
* Mark Hollis, 64, English singer-songwriter ("Life's What You Make It", "It's My Life") and musician (Talk Talk).
* Paulo Nogueira Neto, 96, Brazilian environmentalist and politician, Secretary of the Environment (1974–1986), pneumonia.
* Jeraldine Saunders, 96, American writer and astrologer, creator of *The Love Boat*, complications from kidney stone surgery.

### 26
* Christian Bach, 59, Argentine-Mexican actress (*Bodas de odio*, *De pura sangre*, *El secreto*), respiratory failure.
* Mitzi Hoag, 86, American actress (''We'll Get By*, *Bonanza*, *The Facts of Life*).
* Ivar Nilsson, 85, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1960, 1964).
* Dennis Richardson, 69, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2003–2015) and Oregon Secretary of State (since 2017), glioblastoma.

### 27
* Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, 49, Nepalese politician, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (since 2018), helicopter crash.
* Milton Morris, 94, Australian politician, member of New South Wales Parliament (1956–1980) and New South Wales Minister for Transport (1965–1975), complications from a stroke.
* Edward Nixon, 88, American businessman and political campaigner (Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign), brother of President Richard Nixon.
* France-Albert René, 83, Seychellois politician, President (1977–2004) and Prime Minister (1976–1977), respiratory failure.

### 28
* Xabier Arzalluz, 86, Spanish priest, lawyer and academic, President of PNV (1980–1984, 1987–2004) and Deputy (1977–1980).
* María Ignacia Benítez, 60, Chilean politician, Minister of the Environment (2010–2014), pancreatic cancer.
* Ed Bickert, 86, Canadian jazz guitarist, lung cancer.
* Norma Paulus, 85, American lawyer and politician, Oregon Secretary of State (1977–1985), complications from vascular dementia.
* André Previn, 89, German-born American composer (*Gigi*, *Elmer Gantry*, *My Fair Lady*), Oscar winner (1959, 1960, 1964, 1965).
* Stanley Price, 87, British screenwriter (*Arabesque*, *Gold*, *Shout at the Devil*) and television writer (*A Royal Scandal*).

## 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