Deaths in February 2025

The following is a list of notable deaths that happened in February 2025. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by their last name, or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are also noted here, if worth noting.

## Criteria
Every entry is backed by a source. Proper citations are used and no bare URLs so as to prevent link rot. The following are the requirements for adding a name to the list in its order: Name, age, origin, what the person is known for and his or her cause of death – if known – and a source for verification.

## February 2025
### 28
*David Johansen, 75, American musician (New York Dolls), singer ("Hot Hot Hot") and actor (*Scrooged*), cancer.

### 27
*Christopher Hughes, 77, English professional quizzer (*Eggheads*). (death announced on this date)
*Uttam Mohanty, 66, Indian actor (*Naya Zaher*, *Ae Jugara Krushna Sudama*, *Purushottam*), cirrhosis.

### 26
*Gene Hackman, 95, American actor (*The French Connection*, *Bonnie and Clyde*, *Mississippi Burning*).
*Lis Nilheim, 80, Swedish actress (*Maria*, *Madicken på Junibacken*, *Raskenstam*). (death announced on this date)
*Michelle Trachtenberg, 39, American actress (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, *Harriet the Spy*, *Gossip Girl*).

### 25
*Ronald Draper, 98, South African cricketer (Eastern Province, Griqualand West, national team).
*Roberto Orci, 51, Mexican-born American screenwriter (*Star Trek*, *Transformers*) and television producer (*Fringe*), kidney disease.

### 24
*Roberta Flack, 88, American singer ("Killing Me Softly With His Song", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Feel Like Makin' Love") and songwriter,  Grammy winner (1973, 1974), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*Robert John, 79, American singer ("Sad Eyes", "If You Don't Want My Love").
*Keith Slater, 89, Australian cricketer (Western Australia) and footballer (Swan Districts, Western Australia).

### 23
*Chris Jasper, 73, American Hall of Fame singer (The Isley Brothers, Isley-Jasper-Isley), songwriter ("Caravan of Love"), keyboardist and producer, cancer.
*Thanin Kraivichien, 97, Thai politician, prime minister (1976–1977) and acting president of the Privy Council (2016).
*Atilio Veronelli, 65, Argentine actor (*The Journey*, *Where Are You My Love, That I Cannot Find You?*, *Amigomío*) and stage director.

### 22
### 21
*Amélia Bittencourt, 86, Brazilian actress (*The Ballroom*).
*Gwen McCrae, 81, American singer ("Rockin' Chair"). (death announced on this date)
*Lynne Marie Stewart, 78, American actress (''Pee-wee's Playhouse*, *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*, *American Graffiti*).
*Voletta Wallace, 78, American record producer and film producer (*Notorious'').

### 20
*Jerry Butler, 85, American Hall of Fame soul singer-songwriter ("Only the Strong Survive", "He Will Break Your Heart"), musician (The Impressions) and politician, complications from Parkinson's disease. 
*Peter Jason, 80, American actor (*They Live*, *48 Hrs.*, *Deadwood*).
*Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge, 86, German actor (*SAS 181 Does Not Reply*, ''Love's Confusion*).
*Bidur Prasad Sapkota, 59, Nepali politician, MP (2014–2017), lung disease.

### 19
*Souleymane Cissé, 84, Malian film director (*Yeelen*, *The Young Girl*, *Waati*).
*Norberto Huezo, 68, Salvadoran footballer (Palencia, Cartagena, national team), stroke.
*Tony Isbert, 74, Spanish actor (*A House Without Boundaries*, *The Rift*), pneumonia.

### 18
### 17
*Rick Buckler, 69, English drummer (The Jam).
*Juan Mariné, 104, Spanish cinematographer (*Ninety Minutes*, *Day by Day*, *Fog and Sun*) and film restorer.
*Jamie Muir, 82, Scottish musician (King Crimson) and painter.

### 16
*Julian Holloway, 80, British actor (*Carry On*, *James Bond Jr.*, *Regular Show*).
*Evan Hultman, 99, American politician, attorney general of Iowa (1961–1965).
*Kim Sae-ron, 24, South Korean actress (*A Brand New Life*, *The Man from Nowhere*, *A Girl at My Door*).
*Krishnaveni, 100, Indian actress (*Bhakta Prahlada*, *Brahma Ratham*, *Mana Desam*), singer, and film producer.
*Yolanda Montes, 93, American-Mexican actress (*Salomé*, *Kill Me Because I'm Dying!*, *Nocturne of Love'') and dancer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

### 15
*Renato Ballardini, 97, Italian resistance fighter and politician, deputy (1958–1979).

### 14
*Carlos Diegues, 84, Brazilian film director (*Ganga Zumba*, *Bye Bye Brasil*, *Deus é Brasileiro*), complications from surgery.
*Alice Hirson, 95, American actress (*Another World*, *Being There*, *One Life to Live*).
*Fulke Johnson Houghton, 84, British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. (death announced on this date)
*Geneviève Page, 97, French actress (*Belle de Jour*, *Grand Prix*, *The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes*).

### 13
### 12
*Nike Arrighi, 80, French actress (*The Devil Rides Out*, *Day for Night*, *Women in Love*).
*Tommy Hunt, 91, American Hall of Fame soul singer (The Flamingos).

### 11
*Annie Joe Edwards, 76, American actress (*Bullets Over Broadway*, *The Purple Rose of Cairo*, ''Ain't Misbehavin'*).
*Moses Lim, 75, Singaporean actor (*Under One Roof*).
*Norma Mora, 81, Mexican actress (*Qué perra vida*, *Los astronautas*).

### 10
*Takis Ikonomopoulos, 81, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos, Apollon Athens, national team), stroke.
*Peter Tuiasosopo, 61, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (*Street Fighter*, *Necessary Roughness*).

### 9
*Tom Robbins, 92, American novelist (*Even Cowgirls Get the Blues*, *Jitterbug Perfume*, *Still Life with Woodpecker*).
*Oleg Strizhenov, 95, Russian actor (*The Mexican*, *The Captain's Daughter*, *The Star of Captivating Happiness*).

### 8
*Baldemar Carrasco, 93, Chilean politician, deputy (1969–1973, 1990–1994).
*Sam Nujoma, 95, Namibian politician, president (1990–2005).

### 7
*Anthony Dileo Jr., American actor (*Day of the Dead*, *Two Evil Eyes*, *Lorenzo's Oil*), complications from COVID-19.
*Bruce French, 79, American actor (*Passions*, *The Riches*, *Fletch''), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Tony Roberts, 85, American actor (*Annie Hall*, *Play It Again, Sam*, *Serpico*), lung cancer.

### 6
### 5
*Irv Gotti, 54, American record producer ("Foolish", "Always on Time") and executive (Murder Inc. Records).
*Brian Turner, 80, New Zealand poet and field hockey player (national team), heart attack.

### 4
*Sid Ahmed Ghozali, 87, Algerian politician, prime minister (1991–1992).

### 3
*Rich Dauer, 72, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles) and coach (Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies).
*Bettina Heltberg, 82, Danish journalist (*Politiken*) and actress (*Det støver stadig*).

### 2
*Lee Joo-shil, 80, South Korean actress (*The Uncanny Counter*, *Train to Busan*, *Squid Game*), stomach cancer.
*Brian Murphy, 92, English actor (*Man About the House*, *George and Mildred*, *Last of the Summer Wine*) and comedian, cancer.

### 1
*Horst Köhler, 81, German economist and politician, president (2004–2010), president of the EBRD (1998–2000) and managing director of the IMF (2000–2004).
*Fay Vincent, 86, American lawyer and sports executive, commissioner of baseball (1989–1992), bladder cancer.
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