Deaths in February 2018

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 2018. 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
Omar Aggad, 90, Palestinian-born Saudi Arabian businessman (Arab Palestinian Investment Company) and philanthropist.
Niranjan Bhagat, 91, Indian poet (Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha), stroke.
Hazar Khan Bijarani, 71, Pakistani politician, MP (1990-1993, 1997-2013), suicide by gunshot.
Dennis Edwards, 74, American Hall of Fame soul and R&B singer (The Temptations), stroke complicated from meningitis.
Edouard Ferrand, 52, French politician, MEP (since 2014), cancer.
Barys Kit, 107, Belarusian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, pneumonia.
John Jacob Lavranos, 91, South African-Portuguese insurance broker and botanist, stroke.
Su Bai, 95, Chinese archaeologist, specialist in Buddhist grottoes.
2
Dave Barrett, 87, Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia (1972-1975), Alzheimer's disease.
Jon Huntsman Sr., 80, American businessman (Huntsman Corporation) and philanthropist, White House Staff Secretary (1971-1972), prostate cancer.
Joseph Polchinski, 63, American theoretical physicist and string theorist.
Ole Thestrup, 69, Danish actor (Borgen, The Green Butchers, Adam's Apples), lung cancer.
3
Michael Harner, 88, American anthropologist and author.
Karoly Palotai, 82, Hungarian football player (ETO, national team) and referee (FIFA, UEFA, IOC), Olympic champion (1964), stroke.
Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten, 95, Dutch economist, member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1975).
Hukum Singh, 79, Indian politician, MP (since 2014), respiratory arrest.
Rolf Zacher, 76, German actor (Jaider, der einsame Jager, Angelo und Luzy, Rising to the Bait), complications from COPD.
4
Zvi Arad, 75, Israeli mathematician, President of Netanya Academic College (since 1994).
Alan Baker, 78, English mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal (1970).
Jack Davis, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 4th congressional district (1987-1989), dementia.
Martin Gruner, 88, German politician.
Kenneth Haigh, 86, British actor (Man at the Top, Cleopatra, Eagle in a Cage), complications from cerebral edema.
Edwin Jackson, 26, American football player (Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals), car crash.
John Mahoney, 77, English-American actor (Frasier, In the Line of Fire, Say Anything...), Tony Award winner (1986), complications from epilepsy and lung and throat cancer.
Seamus Pattison, 81, Irish politician, TD (1961-2007) and MEP (1981-1983), Parkinson's disease.
Wojciech Pokora, 83, Polish actor (Zmiennicy, Man - Woman Wanted, A Jungle Book of Regulations), complications from a stroke.
5
Margot Duhalde, 97, Chilean pilot (Air Transport Auxiliary).
Yoshihide Kozai, 89, Japanese astronomer, President of the International Astronomical Union (1988-1991), liver failure.
6
Liliana Bodoc, 59, Argentine author (La Saga de los Confines), heart attack.
Doug Guetzloe, 63, American conservative political consultant and anti-tax activist (Ax the Tax), cardiac arrest.
Jao Tsung-I, 100, Chinese-born Hong Kong scholar, calligrapher and painter.
Joe Knollenberg, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th and 11th congressional districts (1993-2009), Alzheimer's disease.
Debora Perez Volpin, 50, Argentine journalist (Todo Noticias, Arriba Argentinos) and politician, member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature (since 2017), cardiopulmonary arrest.
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, 87, Indian Kathakali dancer, multiple organ failure.
7
John Perry Barlow, 70, American writer, lyricist (Grateful Dead) and internet activist, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation, complications from a heart attack.
Mickey Jones, 76, American drummer (Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, The Band) and actor (Home Improvement, National Lampoon's Vacation, Tin Cup).
Newton Morton, 88, American epidemiologist.
Nabi Sensoy, 73, Turkish diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (2006-2009).
Pat Torpey, 64, American drummer (Mr. Big), complications from Parkinson's disease.
8
Ben Agajanian, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, New York Giants), cardiopulmonary arrest.
Paul Danblon, 86, Belgian journalist (RTBF), science writer (150 ans de sciences (1830-1980)) and composer, pulmonary edema.
John Martinkovic, 91, American football player (Green Bay Packers, New York Giants), complications from dementia.
Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian singer ("Poison", "Kupe", "Dancehall"), car crash.
Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper and disc jockey, heart attack.
9
Reg E. Cathey, 59, American actor (The Wire, House of Cards, Fantastic Four), Emmy winner (2015), lung cancer.
Michael Crouch, 84, Australian businessman (Zip Industries), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Jim Garrett, 87, American football player (Lions), coach (Columbia Lions) and scout (Dallas Cowboys), bronchitis.
John Gavin, 86, American actor (Psycho, Imitation of Life, Spartacus) and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico (1981-1986), pneumonia.
Nebojsa Glogovac, 48, Serbian actor (Tomorrow Morning, Klopka, 72 Days), brain cancer.
Johann Johannsson, 48, Icelandic movie composer (The Theory of Everything, Arrival, Sicario), Golden Globe winner (2015), accidental cocaine overdose.
Alfonso Lacadena, 53, Spanish Mesoamerican epigraphist and academic (Complutense University of Madrid), lymphoma.
Craig MacGregor, 68, American bass guitarist (Foghat), complications from lung cancer.
Liam Miller, 36, Irish footballer (Manchester United, Sunderland, national team), pancreatic cancer.
Wally Moon, 87, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers), skin cancer.
Anne Treisman, 82, English-born American psychologist (Feature integration theory), recipient of the National Medal of Science (2011).
10
Jeff Bell, 74, American political consultant, presidential speechwriter (Ronald Reagan) and politician, suspected heart attack.
Bevan Congdon, 79, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts, Canterbury, national team).
11
Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer-songwriter ("On the Street Where You Live", "You're Breaking My Heart", "My Heart Cries for You"), complications from respiratory failure.
Jon D. Fox, 70, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district (1995-1999), complications from liver cancer.
Asma Jahangir, 66, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (2010-2012) and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran (since 2016), cerebral hemorrhage complicated by cardiac arrest.
Jan Maxwell, 61, American actress (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Follies, BrainDead), leptomeningeal carcinomatosis complicated from breast cancer.
Sir Nicholas Shehadie, 92, Australian rugby union player (Randwick, New South Wales, national team) and politician, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973-1975).
12
Marty Allen, 95, American actor (The Last of the Secret Agents?) and comedian (Allen & Rossi), complications from pneumonia.
Martin van der Borgh, 83, Dutch racing cyclist, stroke.
Leo Falcam, 82, Micronesian politician, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (1999-2003), Vice President (1997-1999) and Governor of Pohnpei (1979-1983).
Giuseppe Galasso, 88, Italian historian and politician, Deputy (1983-1994), prostate cancer.
Luo Haocai, 83, Chinese politician, Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party (1997-2007).
Ursula B. Marvin, 96, American planetary geologist.
Grant McBride, 68, Australian politician, member of the Parliament of New South Wales (1992-2011), Alzheimer's disease.
Alexander B. Morrison, 87, Canadian-born American religious leader, General Authority of the LDS Church (since 1987).
Fethia Mzali, 90, Tunisian educator and politician, Minister of Family and Women Promotion (1983-1986), congestive heart failure.
Rudy Regalado, 87, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), pulmonary embolism.
Daryle Singletary, 46, American country music singer ("I Let Her Lie", "Amen Kind of Love", "Too Much Fun"), blood clot.
13
Edward M. Abroms, 82, American movie editor (Blue Thunder, The Sugarland Express, Street Fighter) and television director (The Eddie Capra Mysteries), Emmy winner (1972), heart failure.
Dobri Dobrev, 103, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist.
Tito Francona, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles).
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, 83, French-born Danish royal, Consort (since 1972), pneumonia complicated from lung cancer.
Josefina Samper, 90, Spanish communist and feminist.
14
Abolfazl Anvari, 80, Iranian wrestler, world championship bronze medalist (1966, 1969).
Lerone Bennett Jr., 89, American scholar, author (Before the Mayflower, Forced into Glory) and editor (Ebony), vascular dementia.
Don Carter, 84, American businessman, founding owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
Antoni Krauze, 78, Polish screenwriter (Smolensk) and director (Strach, Black Thursday), heart attack.
Ruud Lubbers, 78, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1982-1994), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001-2005).
Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister (2009-2013) and President of the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (since 1999), colorectal cancer.
15
Abdilaqim Ademi, 48, Macedonian politician, Minister of Education and Science (since 2014).
Lassie Lou Ahern, 97, American actress (Our Gang, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Little Mickey Grogan), complications from influenza.
Abdon Alinovi, 94, Italian politician, Deputy (1976-1992), Alzheimer's disease.
Tom Brewer, 86, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
Don J. Briel, 71, American theologian, leukemia.
Pier Paolo Capponi, 79, Italian actor (The Cat o' Nine Tails, Valerie Inside Outside, A Season of Giants).
Milan Krizek, 91, Czech composer and violinist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
16
Barbara Alston, 74, American singer (The Crystals), complications from influenza.
Jim Bridwell, 73, American free climber, complications from hepatitis C.
Heli Laats, 85, Estonian singer.
Hans Rinner, 54, Austrian businessman and football official (Austrian Football Bundesliga, Sturm Graz), pancreatic cancer.
Little Sammy Davis, 89, American blues singer-songwriter ("I Ain't Lyin'", "Ten Years and Forty Days", "Travelin' Man") and harmonicist, heart failure.
Osvaldo Suarez, 83, Argentine long-distance runner.
17
Blas Calzada Terrados, 80, Spanish economist, Chairman of INE (1977-1979) and President of CNMV (2001-2004), stomach cancer.
Beebe Freitas, 79, American pianist and vocal coach (Hawaii Opera Theatre), congestive heart failure.
Gerald Weiss, 58, German javelin thrower.
18
Gunter Blobel, 81, Silesian-born American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1999), prostate cancer.
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, 70, American social activist and educator, co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, complications from pneumonia.
Didier Lockwood, 62, French jazz violinist (Magma), heart attack.
Georgi Markov, 46, Bulgarian footballer (Pirin Gotse Delchev, national team, Lokomotiv), heart attack.
Idrissa Ouedraogo, 64, Burkinabe movie director (Tilai, Samba Traore, The Heart's Cry).
Pavel Panov, 67, Bulgarian football player (Septemvri Sofia, national team) and coach (Levski Sofia), heart attack.
19
Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, 91, Bolivian architect and art historian, President of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (1986-1992).
Charles Pence Slichter, 94, American physicist, recipient of the National Medal of Science (2007), pneumonia.
20
David Caron, 65, American legal scholar, heart attack.
Jiichiro Date, 66, Japanese wrestler, Olympic champion (1976), heart attack.
Herbert Ehrenberg, 91, German politician, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (1976-1982).
Tota Kaneko, 98, Japanese writer, pneumonia.
Agnieszka Kotulanka, 61, Polish actress (Klan, Holy Week), dipsomania.
Waldo R. Tobler, 87, American geographer and cartographer.
Zigmas Zinkevicius, 93, Lithuanian linguist and historian, member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (since 1982), recipient of the Herder Prize (1994), heart failure.
21
Emma Chambers, 53, English actress (The Vicar of Dibley, Notting Hill, How Do You Want Me?), heart attack.
Lawrence D. Brown, 77, American statistician, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 2013).
Billy Graham, 99, American evangelist and writer (How to Be Born Again), Parkinson's disease.
John R. Schmidhauser, 96, American political scientist (University of Southern California) and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district (1965-1967).
22
Nanette Fabray, 97, American actress (Caesar's Hour, The Band Wagon, One Day at a Time) and dancer, Emmy winner (1955, 1956) and Tony winner (1949).
Forges, 76, Spanish cartoonist (El Jueves, Diario 16, El Pais), pancreatic cancer.
Bette Henritze, 93, American actress (The Hospital, The World According to Garp, Other People's Money).
Richard E. Taylor, 88, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1990).
23
James Colby, 56, American actor (Patriots Day, Tower Heist, Empire).
Lewis Gilbert, 97, British movie director (You Only Live Twice, Alfie, Educating Rita).
James Laxer, 76, Canadian political economist, co-founder of The Waffle, suspected heart attack.
Wolfhart Westendorf, 93, Polish-born German Egyptologist (Grundriss der Medizin der alten Agypter).
24
Shmuel Auerbach, 86, Israeli Haredi rabbi, heart disease.
Sir Durward Knowles, 100, Bahamian sailor, Olympic champion (1964) and bronze medalist (1956), kidney failure.
Bud Luckey, 83, American animator (Sesame Street), director (Boundin') and voice actor (Toy Story 3, Winnie the Pooh, The Incredibles), complications from a stroke.
Folco Quilici, 87, Italian movie director (The Last Paradise, The Wind Blows Free, The Sixth Continent) and screenwriter (Dagli Appennini alle Ande), stroke.
Sridevi, 54, Indian actress (Himmatwala, Solva Sawan, English Vinglish), accidental drowning.
Oscar Julio Vian Morales, 70, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (since 2010), cancer.
25
Ainsley Gotto, 72, Australian political staffer (John Gorton) and interior designer, complications from cancer.
26
Mies Bouwman, 88, Dutch television presenter (Een van de acht, This Is Your Life), cardiomyopathy.
Li Boguang, 49, Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist, liver cancer.
Giorgi Maisashvili, 55, Georgian economist and politician, 2008 presidential candidate, colorectal cancer.
27
William H. T. Bush, 79, American venture capitalist and financier, brother of George H. W. Bush and uncle of George W. Bush.
Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 90, Argentine military officer and convicted human rights violator, complications from heart failure.
Quini, 68, Spanish football player (Sporting de Gijon, F.C. Barcelona, national team), heart attack.
Jacqueline Vaudecrane, 104, French figure skater, French Figure Skating champion (1937, 1938).
28
Barry Crimmins, 64, American comedian and social activist, subject of Call Me Lucky, cancer.
Antonio Garcia-Trevijano, 90, Spanish lawyer, politician, and philosopher.
Rogelio Guerra, 81, Mexican actor (Manana es para siempre, Rafaela, Amor Bravio), heart attack complicated from a stroke.
Marc L. Marks, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district (1977-1983).
Albert Mkrtchyan, 81, Armenian director (The Tango of Our Childhood), actor (Tghamardik) and screenwriter (The Song of the Old Days).
Jayendra Saraswathi, 82, Indian guru, Head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham (since 1954), respiratory failure.
Stefan Tasnadi, 64, Romanian weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1984).
Months
January
March
Related pages
Deaths in 2014
Deaths in 2015
Deaths in 2016
Deaths in 2017
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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