Deaths in February 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2010.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

February 2010

1 Willie Anku, 60, Ghanaian music theorist, ethnomusicologist, composer, and performer, traffic collision. Jim Atherton, 86, Welsh footballer. Julian Edwin Bailes Sr., 95, American politician, attorney and judge, stroke. Jack Brisco, 68, American professional wrestler, complications from open heart surgery. David Brown, 93, American film producer (Jaws, Cocoon, A Few Good Men), renal failure. Rodolfo de Anda, 66, Mexican actor, thrombosis. Steingrímur Hermannsson, 81, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1983–1987, 1988–1991). Bobby Kirk, 82, Scottish footballer, dementia. Atsushi Kuroi, 40, Japanese professional drifting driver, motorcycle accident. Azzeddine Laraki, 80, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1986–1992).Muere el ex primer ministro marroquí Azedine Laraki Peter Martell, 71, Italian film actor. Justin Mentell, 27, American actor (Boston Legal, G-Force), traffic collision. Subir Raha, 61, Indian executive, chairman and managing director of ONGC (2001–2006), lung cancer. Jaap van der Poll, 95, Dutch Olympic javelin thrower (1936 Summer Olympics).

2 Juan del Campo, 87, Spanish Olympic field hockey player. Louisa Benson Craig, 68, Burmese-born American beauty queen and community leader.Louisa Benson Craig Dies Aged 69 Myron Donovan Crocker, 94, American federal judge. Cochin Haneefa, 58, Indian Malayalam film actor, multiple organ failure. Futa Helu, 75, Tongan philosopher. Paul Herlinger, 80, American voice actor, Tahir Hussain, 72, Indian film director, producer and writer, cardiac arrest.Bollywood Pays Tribute to Aamir Khan's Father Tahir Husain Bernard Kates, 87, American actor, sepsis and pneumonia. Svetozar Kurepa, 80, Croatian mathematician. Aleen Leslie, 101, American screenwriter (A Date with Judy), pneumonia. Rosa Lobato de Faria, 77, Portuguese writer and actress, complications from anemia. Eustace Mullins, 86, American political writer, author and biographer, stroke. Rex Nettleford, 76, Jamaican scholar and choreographer, heart attack. *Ng Teng Fong, 82, Chinese-born Singaporean businessman, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.Tycoon Ng Teng Fong dies Jens-Anton Poulsson, 91, Norwegian military officer and resistance fighter (heavy water sabotage). Srinivas Rangaraj, 77, Indian cricketer.Srinivas Rangaraj Nelli Shkolnikova, 82, Ukrainian-born Australian violinist and educator, cancer. *Raymond Wang Chong Lin, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhaoxian, cerebral hemorrhage.Over twenty thousand Catholics at the funeral of the Bishop of Zhaoxian Donald Wiseman, 91, British Assyriologist. William Yurko, 83, Canadian politician, MP for Edmonton East (1979–1984).

3 Faiza Ashraf, 26, Pakistani-Norwegian shop assistant, strangulation. Claudio Corti, 81, Italian mountaineer. *Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq, 83, Palestinian Samaritan High Priest. Frank Fasi, 89, American politician, Mayor of Honolulu (1969–1981, 1984–1994), natural causes. John McCallum, 91, Australian actor and television producer (Skippy the Bush Kangaroo).Skippy creator dies Dick McGuire, 84, American basketball player, New York Knicks senior consultant, Basketball Hall of Famer, ruptured aortic aneurysm. Gil Merrick, 88, English footballer (Birmingham City). Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, 85, German princess, wife of Otto von Habsburg. Frances Reid, 95, American actress (Days of Our Lives). John Rety, 79, Hungarian-born British poet and anarchist. Lindsay Thomas, 31, Canadian stage actress, lung cancer. Georges Wilson, 88, French actor and film director.

4 Kostas Axelos, 85, Greek philosopher. Gul Hameed Bhatti, 63, Pakistani journalist and editor, stroke. Bill Dudley, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), Pro Football Hall of Famer, stroke. Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director. Richard Lashof, 87, American mathematician, after long illness. Tomás Mac Giolla, 86, Irish politician, after long illness. Cecil Heftel, 85, American businessman and politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1977–1986), natural causes. D. Van Holliday, 69, American physicist, complications of cardiac surgery. Alfred Käärmann, 87, Estonian resistance fighter, member of the Forest Brothers. Phillip Martin, 83, American tribal chief (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians), stroke. H. A. Perera, 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness. Meir Pichhadze, 54, Georgian-born Israeli artist and painter, cancer. Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo, 62, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mahajanga (1999–2010). Carl E. Taylor, 93, American physician and expert on international health, prostate cancer. *Te Wei, 95, Chinese animator, respiratory failure. Helen Tobias-Duesberg, 90, Estonian-born American composer. Allan Wicks, 86, British organist and choirmaster.

5 Bayken Ashimov, 92, Kazakh politician. Brendan Burke, 21, Canadian-born American ice hockey player, traffic collision. Peter Calvocoressi, 97, British historian, publisher and intelligence officer. Ian Carmichael, 89, British actor (Lucky Jim, Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack). Mallia Franklin, 57, American singer. Galimzyan Khusainov, 72, Russian footballer. Sujit Kumar, 75, Indian actor and producer, cancer.Character actor Sujit Kumar no more Frank Magid, 78, American media consultant, creator of Action News, lymphoma. Hiroyuki Oze, 24, Japanese baseball player, suicide by jumping. Clarke Scholes, 79, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) swimmer, heart failure.About Clark Scholes Harry Schwarz, 85, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement, after short illness. Brooks Thomas, 78, American publisher (Harper and Row), complications of a brain injury after a fall.

6 Micky Axton, 91, American aviator (Women Airforce Service Pilots), after short illness. Albert Booth, 81, British politician, MP for Barrow-in-Furness (1966–1983), Secretary of State for Employment (1976–1979). Robert Dana, 80, American poet, Iowa poet laureate (2004–2008), pancreatic cancer. Sir John Dankworth, 82, British jazz musician. Richard Delvy, 67, American drummer (The Bel-Airs), composer and record producer, after long illness. Brad Ecklund, 87, American football player (New York Yanks), heart failure.Brad Ecklund, former NFL player and coach Ernest van der Eyken, 96, Belgian composer, conductor and violist. Kipkemboi Kimeli, 43, Kenyan athlete, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, complications from pneumonia and tuberculosis.Kenyan Olympic Medalist Dies *Lee Yung-dug, 83, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1994), pneumonia. Henry A. Miley Jr., 94, American soldier, U.S. Army four-star general.General Henry A. Miley, Jr. Marjorie Murray, 85, British socialite, witness at the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials. Nancy Sweezy, 88, American folklorist, potter and writer. Donald Welsh, 66, American publisher (Outside), drowning.

7 Lars Aspeflaten, 85, Norwegian barrister and politician. Franco Ballerini, 45, Italian road racing cyclist, rally crash. Daniel Joseph Bradley, 82, British physicist. Jean-Marie Buisset, 71, Belgian Olympic bobsledder and field hockey player, after short illness. Bobby Dougan, 83, Scottish footballer.Hearts hero Dougan dies at age of 83 André Kolingba, 73, Central African politician, President (1981–1993). Paul LaPalme, 86, American baseball player, after long illness. *Lim Soo-hyeok, 40, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants), cardiac dysrhythmia. Mihailo Marković, 86, Serbian philosopher.Preminuo akademik Mihailo Marković Kasturi Rajadhyaksha, 86, Indian physician.Kasturi Rajadhyaksha Robert Roxby, 83, Australian cricketer. Oscar da Silva, 89, Brazilian Olympic equestrian.Oscar da Silva Bio, Stats, and Results William Tenn, 89, American science fiction writer and educator, heart failure.

8 Angelo Franzosi, 88, Italian footballer. David Froman, 71, American actor (The Edge of Night, Matlock), cancer.Television actor David Froman dies at age 71 Antonio Giolitti, 94, Italian politician. Jimmie Heuga, 66, American Alpine ski racer, 1964 Olympic bronze medalist, multiple sclerosis. Robert Hoy, 82, American actor (The Enforcer) and stuntman, cancer. Carl Kaysen, 89, American economist, Deputy National Security Advisor (1961–1963), complications from a fall. Dieter Klauß, 62, German Olympic hockey player.Dieter Klauss Bio, Stats, and Results Bernard Lander, 94, American rabbi, founder of Touro College. John Murtha, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1974–2010), complications of gallbladder surgery. Anna Samokhina, 47, Russian actress, stomach cancer. Krzysztof Skubiszewski, 83, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993). Bobby A. Suarez, 67, Filipino film producer, director and screenwriter. Wahei Tatematsu, 62, Japanese novelist, multiple organ failure. Bill Utterback, 79, American illustrator and caricaturist. Isidoor Van De Wiele, 85, Belgian Olympic sprinter.Isidoor Van De Wiele Bio, Stats, and Results

9 Abdul Karim Amu, 76, Nigerian sprinter. Chaskel Besser, 86, Polish-born American rabbi.Rabbi Yechezkel Besser, Polish revival trailblazer, dies John D. Butler, 94, American politician, mayor of San Diego (1951–1955), natural causes. Davy Coenen, 29, Belgian mountain biker, brain tumor.Coenen dies after brain tumor Alfred Gregory, 96, British mountain climber and photojournalist. Phil Harris, 53, American fisherman, reality television participant (Deadliest Catch), stroke. Jacques Hétu, 71, Canadian composer, lung cancer. Juris Kalniņš, 71, Latvian basketball player. Albert Kligman, 93, American dermatologist, inventor of Retin-A, heart attack. Walter Frederick Morrison, 90, American inventor, designer of the frisbee. Francine I. Neff, 84, American politician, Treasurer of the United States (1974–1977), heart failure. Iza Orjonikidze, 71, Georgian writer and politician, MP (1992–1995), after long illness. Hastings Shade, 68, American deputy tribal chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2003). David W. Slater, 88, Canadian economist, civil servant and President of York University (1970–1973).David Slater was York’s second president Patricia Travers, 82, American violinist, cancer. Malcolm Vaughan, 80, British singer. Robert Shaw Sturgis Whitman, 94, American Episcopalian priest.

10 Yosef Azran, 69, Israeli rabbi and politician, member of the Knesset (1988–1996), liver failure. Jack Bownass, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers). Carl Braun, 82, American basketball player (New York Knicks), natural causes.Former Knicks star Carl Braun dies at 82 Armando Falcão, 90, Brazilian politician, Justice Minister (1974–1979), pneumonia. Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska, 38, Macedonian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006–2008), after long illness. Judith Paige Mitchell, 77, American television writer (The Client), cancer. Michael Palme, 66, German sportswriter and host. Orlando Peçanha, 74, Brazilian footballer, heart attack. Girish Puthenchery, 48, Indian Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter, brain haemorrhage. K. N. Raj, 85, Indian economist, after long illness. Nelis J. Saunders, 88, American politician. Fred Schaus, 84, American basketball player and coach (Los Angeles Lakers). Enn Soosaar, 72, Estonian translator, literary critic and publicist. *José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, 93, Costa Rican President (1966–1970), natural causes. David Tyacke, 94, British Army general. Eduard Vinokurov, 67, Russian Olympic fencer (1968, 1972, 1976).Eduard Vinokurov Bio, Stats, and Results Frederick C. Weyand, 93, American army general, natural causes.