The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
February 2015
1 Barbara Barletta, 62, American classical archaeologist and historian.Barbara A. Barletta Aldo Ciccolini, 89, Italian-born French pianist.Morto Aldo Ciccolini, Il Grande Pianista Che Amava Firenze. Aveva 90 Anni Colum Corless, 92, Irish hurler (Galway). Anita Darian, 87, American singer, complications after intestinal surgery.Anita Darian, a Singer With an Eclectic Range, Dies at 87 Alby Duckmanton, 81, New Zealand cricket player (Canterbury) and administrator.Canterbury cricket personality Alby Duckmanton dies after lifetime of service William Garrison, 90, American geographer.William L. Garrison Passed Away Jean-Paul Gladu, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).Jean-Paul Gladu Sir Douglas Hague, 88, British economist.Sir Douglas Hague, economist - obituary Patrick Aidan Heelan, 88, Irish physicist and philosopher of science.The death has occurred of Patrick Aiden HEELAN SJ Ron Johnson, 76, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers), aneurysm.Former Gopher, New Prague basketball star Ron Johnson dies Julius Ludorf, 95, German football player and coach.Ruhrgebiets-Legende Ludorf stirbt mit 95 Jahren Ann Mara, 85, American football team owner (New York Giants), complications from fall. Isa Munayev, 49, Chechen militant, killed in the Battle of Debaltseve.Погибший генерал Иса Мунаев собирался просить Порошенко об украинском гражданстве - боец Gordon Murray, 87, Scottish nationalist politician. Patrick Ngcobo, 43, South African Carnatic singer, renal failure.South African Carnatic music expert dies Monty Oum, 33, American animator (Red vs. Blue, RWBY) and video game designer (Afro Samurai), anaphylaxis. Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, 91, British engineer and politician.Baroness Platt of Writtle Kenneth Kamal Scott, 74, American performer, liver cancer. Viktor Shekhovtsev, 74, Russian Soviet footballer.Памяти Виктора Федоровича Шеховцева Irving Singer, 89, American philosopher, professor and author.Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Singer Dies Jos Suijkerbuijk, 85, Dutch professional road bicycle racer.Oud-renner Suijkerbuijk (85) overleden Marie-José Villiers, 98, British-born Belgian World War II spy and countess.Marie-José Villiers Belgian Resistance agent who escaped the close attentions of the Gestapo and transmitted valuable information to Britain
2 Joseph Alfidi, 65, American pianist, composer and conductor. Helena Araújo, 81, Colombian writer.Falleció la escritora colombiana Helena Araújo David Armytage, 85, British naval officer.Captain David Armytage RN - obituary Christian Backer-Owe, 90, Norwegian artist.Christian Backer-Owe Dave Bergman, 61, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers), bile duct cancer.'Sad day': Dave Bergman, member of 1984 Tigers, dies at 61 Tibor Bitskey, 85, Hungarian actor.Meghalt Bitskey Tibor, a nemzet színésze Frank Borghi, 89, American Hall of Fame soccer player (national team).Frank Borghi, U.S. Goalkeeper in a 1950 World Cup Stunner, Dies at 89 Sandra Chalmers, 74, British broadcaster (Woman's Hour).Sandra Chalmers obituary Dalmo Gaspar, 82, Brazilian footballer (Santos).Fallece Dalmo, uno de los héroes del mejor Santos de todos los tiempos Joop Harmans, 93, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1948), national champion (1946).Oud-wielrenner Joop Harmans (93) overladen Ken Hawkes, 81, English footballer (Luton Town). The Jacka, 37, American rapper, shot.Bay Area Rapper 'The Jacka' Killed In Oakland Shooting Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, Ukrainian singer (Skryabin), traffic collision.Ukrainian pop star dies in car accident Dust La Rock, 38, American artist and designer.Dust La Rock, Fool's Gold Co-Founder & Artist, Dead at 38 Roy Little, 83, English footballer (Manchester City).Obituary Man City legend Roy Little passes away aged 83 Gloria Ricci Lothrop, 80, American historian, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.Gloria Lothrop dies at 80; historian studied roles of women in American West Zane Musa, 36, American jazz saxophonist, suicide by jumping.L.A. Jazz Scene Reels From Untimely Death Of Zane Musa Greg Nelson, 61, American computer scientist, brain cancer.Greg Nelson Molade Okoya-Thomas, 79, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.Lagos socialite, Molade Okoya-Thomas dies at 79 Karl-Erik Palmér, 85, Swedish footballer (Malmö, national team).Calle Palmér har avlidit Anand Shukla, 74, Indian cricketer. Stewart Stern, 92, American screenwriter (Rebel Without a Cause, Rachel, Rachel, Sybil), brain tumor.'Rebel Without a Cause' Screenwriter Stewart Stern Dies at 92 Henryk Szczepański, 81, Polish football player and coach.Zmarł Henryk Szczepański Osamu Tsurumine, 73, Japanese Olympic swimmer.Osamu Tsurumine
3 Christophe Gbenye, 87, Congolese rebel leader.Christophe Gbenye, Radical Nationalist in Congo, Dies at 88 Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.Iraq Inquiry panel member Sir Martin Gilbert dies aged 78 Akif Jafar Hajiyev, 77, Azerbaijani mathematician.Vice-President of Azerbaijan Sciences Academy Akif Hajiyev dies Hay List, 9, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following laminitis.Black Caviar's greatest rival, Hay List, dies Mary Healy, 96, American singer and actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.).Mary Healy, Actress and Singer, Dies at 96 Jim Letcavits, 79, American CFL player (Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes), Alzheimer's disease.Jim Letcavits' Obituary Walter Liedtke, 69, American art curator of European paintings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), train crash.Walter Liedtke, Curator at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dies at 69 Sally Luther, 96, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1951–1962), leukemia.Obituary Trailblazing Minnesota legislator Sally Luther dies at 96 Vasu Malali, 48, Indian author and film director, cancer.Kannada Author, Director Vasu Malali Passes Away Max Mangold, 92, German linguist.Max Mangold William Thomas McKinley, 76, American composer and jazz pianist.William Thomas McKinley, 76; composer Carlos Noguera, 71, Venezuelan writer and psychologist.Falleció el laureado escritor venezolano Carlos Noguera Ion Nunweiller, 79, Romanian football player and manager (Dinamo), triple Cupa României winner (1959, 1964, 1968).'Red Dog' Nunweiller mourned in Romania Andrew Patner, 55, American art critic and radio host.Andrew Patner, art critic and UChicago alumnus (1959–2015) Michael Refalo, 78, Maltese politician and diplomat, Tourism Minister (1987–1995), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2005–2008).Former Tourism Minister Michael Refalo dies, aged 78 Ataúlfo Sánchez, 80, Argentine football player and coach.Fallece Ataulfo Sánchez Nasim Hasan Shah, 85, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice (1993–1994).Ex-CJP Nasim Hasan Shah passes away Charlie Sifford, 92, American Hall of Fame golfer, complications from a stroke.Charlie Stifford, golf pioneer, dies Koos Van Den Akker, 75, Dutch-born American fashion designer.Koos van den Akker Dies at 75; Designed Bill Cosby's Vivid Sweaters Norman Yemm, 81, Australian actor (Homicide, Number 96, The Sullivans).From Don Pasquale to The Sullivans: Australian acting great Norman Yemm dead, aged 81
4 Dmitry Bagryanov, 47, Russian Olympic long jumper (1992).Скончался чемпион Европы в прыжках в длину Дмитрий Багрянов Richard Bonehill, 67, British actor and stuntman (Doctor Who, Return of the Jedi, Flash Gordon). Ade Capone, 56, Italian cartoonist (Lazarus Ledd).È morto Ade Capone, autore tv e creatore di «Lazarus Ledd» Henryk Cegielski, 69, Polish Olympic basketball player.Henryk Cegielski Chuang Shu-chi, 94, Taiwanese practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine.Taiwan in Time: The 'godmother of cancer prevention' Wes Cooley, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon (1995–1997). Edmund Cranch, 91, American academic.Former engineering dean Edmund Cranch dies at 91 Henry E. Emerson, 89, American army lieutenant general.Henry Everett "Hank" Emerson Rune Ericson, 90, Swedish cinematographer.Filmfotografen Rune Ericson död – blev 90 Celina González, 85, Cuban singer and songwriter.Cuban Country Queen Celina Gonzalez Dead at 85 Ernest Ferlita, 87, American playwright and professor of drama and speech. Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, American NASA research pilot. Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg, 89, German baroness.Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg mit 89 Jahren gestorben Martin Green, 82, British writer and publisher.Martin Green obituary Graeme Hall, 72, Australian weightlifter.Minutes of the 103rd Victorian Olympic Council AGM Robert E. Hanson, 67, American politician, North Dakota State Treasurer (1979–1980, 1985–1992), complications from diabetes.Former ND treasurer, tax commissioner, VA commissioner dies Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly, Iraqi Al-Qaeda officer, execution by hanging.Jordan executes prisoners after ISIS hostage burned alive Donald M. Kerr, 69, American wildlife biologist and conservationist (High Desert Museum).Founder Of High Desert Museum Dies At Age 69 Eduardo Laborde, 47, Argentine rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.Un ex Puma murió en Pinamar: iba en bicicleta y lo atropellaron Odete Lara, 85, Brazilian actress, heart attack.Morre Odete Lara aos 85 anos Stanisław Makowiecki, 72, Polish Olympic wrestler (1972).Nie żyje Stanisław Makowiecki, zapaśnik Stali Rzeszów Albert L. Nash, 93, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.Al Nash Obituary Akio Nohira, 77–78, Japanese table tennis player.元世界3位の野平明雄氏が逝去 Kristian Rambjør, 76, Norwegian executive, President of Norwegian State Railways (1990–1995).Nekrolog Kristian Rambjør Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, c. 45, Iraqi Al-Qaeda failed suicide bomber, execution by hanging.Jordan Executes Sajida al-Rishawi after Pilot Burned Alive by ISIS Jack Ruina, 91, American professor of electrical engineering.Jack Ruina dies at 91 Monica Scattini, 59, Italian actress (Sentimental Maniacs, Nine, I'll Be Going Now), cancer.Morta l'attrice Monica Scattini
5 K. N. Choksy, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2010), Minister of Finance (2001–2004). Henri Coppens, 84, Belgian footballer, winner of the Golden Shoe (1954).Voetballegende Rik Coppens (84) overleden Marisa Del Frate, 83, Italian actress, singer and television personality, cancer.Morta soubrette Marisa Del Frate Val Logsdon Fitch, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1980).Nobel laureate and Princeton physicist Val Fitch dies at age 91 Garey Hayden, 70, American bridge player.Garey Hayden 1944-2015 Sir Gordon Linacre, 94, English newspaper executive and bomber pilot.Sir Gordon Linacre, press baron - obituary George A. Lovejoy, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate (1992–1996).Longtime taxfighter George Lovejoy dies at 83 Louise Maheux-Forcier, 85, Canadian author.Décès de l'auteure Louise Maheux-Forcier Elmer Matthews, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.Elmer Matthews Obituary Windy McCall, 89, American baseball player (New York Giants).2016 Boston Red Sox Media Guide, page 41 Richard Meryman, 88, American journalist and biographer.Richard Meryman, Journalist and Wyeth Biographer, Dies at 88 Anne Moody, 74, American author and civil rights activist.Anne Moody, activist and chronicler of the civil rights movement, dies at 74 Herman Rosenblat, 85, Polish-born American writer.Herman Rosenblat, memoirist behind false Holocaust romance, dies at 85 Mike Runnels, 69, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1983–1987).Former Lt. Gov. Mike Runnels Dies in Ruidoso Jeffrey Segal, 94, British actor (Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars).Jeffrey Segal