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.
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### 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
* February
* March
* April
* May
* June
* July
* August
* September
* October
* November
* December

## 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