The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2000.
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 2000
1 Izaäk Boot, 69, Dutch theologian and pastor, lung cancer. Pablito Calvo, 51, Spanish actor (Miracle of Marcelino), brain aneurysm.Pablo Calvo, el niño de 'Marcelino, pan y vino', muere a los 50 años (in Spanish) Mary Cantwell, 69, American journalist and novelist. Pina Cei, 95, Italian actress. Frederick Vanderbilt Field, 94, American political activist. James Harrell, 81, American actor (The Sugarland Express, Paper Moon, JFK), heart attack. Erik Holmberg, 91, Swedish astronomer and cosmologist. Art Hoppe, 74, American newspaper columnist, lung cancer. Hans Hügi, 73, Swiss football player. Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov, 32, Chechen separatist, killed in action. Anker Kihle, 82, Norwegian footballer. Peter Levi, 68, British poet, jesuit priest and scholar. Henry Mann, 94, American professor of mathematics and statistics. Thomas J. McHugh, 80, American Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (1962-1965). James V. Neel, 84, American geneticist. Dick Rathmann, 74, American racecar driver.
2 Harry K. Cull, 88, American politician. Magda Foy, 94, American child actress. Sheikh Abdul Latif, 71, Indian footballer and Olympian (1952, 1956, 1960). Jean McDowell, 91, Scottish swimmer and Olympian (1928). Teruki Miyamoto, 59, Japanese football player, manager, and Olympian (1964, 1968), heart failure. James Riddell, 90, British author, skier, and Olympian (1936). Francis Stuart, 97, Irish writer. Li Zhun, 71, Chinese novelist.
3 Florența Albu, 65, Romanian poet. Guillermo Estévez Boero, 69, Argentine student activist, lawyer and politician, leukemia. Bonnie Cashin, 91, American pioneer designer of sportswear. Don Gallinger, 74, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins). William Godwin, 87, British Olympic sports shooter (1960). Richard Kleindienst, 76, American politician and U.S. Attorney General during the Watergate scandal, lung cancer. John Leovich, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics). Yuriy Lituyev, 74, Soviet athlete and Olympic medalist (1952, 1956). Pierre Plantard, 79, French draughtsman and impostor. Alla Rakha, 80, Indian tabla player, heart attack. Gérard Rousset, 78, French Olympic fencer (1952).
4 Carl Albert, 91, American lawyer, politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Victor Ivanovich Alyabyev, 78, Soviet Russian scientist. Joachim-Ernst Berendt, 77, German music journalist. John M. Bevan, 75, American academic. Edgar Bowers, 75, American poet. Rodrigo Hernan Lloreda Caicedo, 57, Colombian lawyer and politician. Joan Capri, 82, Spanish Catalan actor, humorist, and monologuist. Syd Cassyd, 91, American executive. Doris Coley, 58, American singer of The Shirelles, breast cancer. M. R. G. Conzen, 93, German geographer.University of Birmingham: "M.R.G. Conzen CV", retrieved 8 May 2014 James C. Green, 78, American politician. Peter Rajniak, 46, Slovak basketball player and Olympian (1980). Ronald Robertson, 62, American figure skater and Olympian (1956), AIDS-related complications. Roy Stephenson, 67, English football player. Johnny Vincent, 72, American record producer.
5 Claude Autant-Lara, 98, French film director and politician. Nick Chickillo, 69, American football player (Chicago Cardinals). Ward Cornell, 75, Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator, pulmonary emphysema. G. E. M. de Ste. Croix, 89, British ancient historian.Geoffrey de Ste Croix Pablo Elvira, 62, Puerto Rican baritone. José García Hernández, 84, Spanish jurist and politician. Todd Karns, 79, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life), cancer.Todd Karns, 79, Who Played Brother in 'It's a Wonderful Life' George Koltanowski, 96, Belgian-American chess master, promoter, and writer. T. G. Lingappa, 72, Indian film score composer. Barbara Pentland, 88, Canadian composer. Hidetoki Takahashi, 83, Japanese football player and manager, pneumonia. Tuffy Thompson, 85, American gridiron football player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Green Bay Packers). Göran Tunström, 62, Swedish author, lung cancer. Gwendolyn Watts, 62, English actress, heart attack.
6 Derroll Adams, 74, American folk musician. Sven Aspling, 87, Swedish social democrat politician. Sándor Balogh, 79, Hungarian football player and coach. David A. Boehm, 86, American publisher. Peter Broadbridge, 3rd Baron Broadbridge, 61, English noble. Mike Cowen, 55, South African scholar. Gus Johnson, 86, American swing drummer. Elwyn Morris, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers). Bill Riebe, 82, American basketball player. Mike Stramiello, 93, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Staten Island Stapletons). Klaus Wagner, 89, German mathematician. Steve Waller, 48, American musician, liver problems. Phil Walters, 83, American racing driver.
7 Big Pun, 28, American rapper, heart attack. Pavle Bulatović, 51, Yugoslav politician. Margaret Just Butcher, 86, American educator and civil rights activist. Stewart Farrar, 83, English screenwriter, novelist and Wiccan priest. Doug Henning, 52, Canadian magician, illusionist and escape artist, cancer. Muhammad Munawwar Mirza, 77, Pakistani writer, historian and intellectual. Jørgen Boye Nielsen, 74, Danish Olympic field hockey player (1948). Shiho Niiyama, 29, Japanese voice actress, leukemia. Dave Peverett, 56, English singer and musician of Foghat, cancer. Wilfred Cantwell Smith, 83, Canadian Islamicist and Presbyterian minister. Mildred Wiley, 98, American high jumper and Olympic medalist (1928).
8 Sid Abel, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks). Aryanandi, 92, Indian Jain monk. Lionel Bouvrette, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers). Paul G. Bulger, 86, American educational official. Mario Capio, 75, Italian Olympic sailor (1956, 1960, 1964). Gunnar Caspersen, 66-68, Norwegian trade unionist. Bob Collins, 57, American broadcaster. Carlos Cores, 76, Argentine film actor, and film director, heart attack. Beatrice Cori, 56, Italian television presenter and model. Coye Dunn, 83, American football player (Washington Redskins). Edna Griffin, 90, American civil rights pioneer and activist. Sidney Hayers, 78, British film and television director, writer and producer, cancer. Ion Gheorghe Maurer, 97, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1958-1961). Elwin Schlebrowski, 74, German footballer. Derrick Thomas, 33, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, pulmonary embolism.
9 Yevgeni Andreyev, 73, Soviet Air Force colonel and balloonist. Georges Bayle, 85, French Olympic wrestler (1936). Bruce Bursford, 41, British cyclist, road accident.BBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/638297.stm Record-breaking cyclist killed Rhoda Coghill, 96, Irish pianist, composer and poet. Steve Furness, 49, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions), heart attack. Beau Jack, 78, American boxer, Parkinson's disease. Lenore Kight, 88, American swimmer and Olympian (1932, 1936). Shobhna Samarth, 83, Indian film actress, director and producer, cancer. Franz Sterzl, 92, Austrian Olympic decathlete (1936). Buck Young, 79, American actor.
10 Androniqi Zengo Antoniu, 86, Albanian painter. Igor Bensen, 82, Russian-American engineer, Parkinson's disease. John Garlington, 53, American football player (Cleveland Browns), drowned. Elvira Gascón, 88, Spanish painter, drafter, and engraver. George Jackson, 42, American movie producer, stroke. Gene Lambert, 78, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies). Blas Monaco, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians). Ji Pengfei, 90, Chinese politician, suicide. Jim Varney, 50, American actor (Ernest Saves Christmas, Toy Story, The Beverly Hillbillies), lung cancer. Andrzej Zakrzewski, 58, Polish historian, politician, and journalist.
11 Jacqueline Auriol, 82, French aviator who set several world speed records. Gordon Lockhart Bennett, 87, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. Bernat Capó, 80, Spanish racing cyclist. Ruth Volkl Cardoso, 66, Brazilian chess player. Robert Gaston, 89, American baseball player. Lord Kitchener, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian, multiple myeloma. Martin Theodore Orne, 72, Austrian-American professor of psychiatry and psychology. Louis Pelletier, 93, American dramatist, screenwriter, and playwright. Elangbam Nilakanta Singh, 72, Indian poet and critic. Roger Vadim, 72, French film director, lymphoma. Bernardino Zapponi, 72, Italian novelist and screenwriter.
12 Gordon Aiken, 81, Canadian lawyer and politician. Newt Arnold, 77, American film director (Bloodsport), leukemia. Dominic Bruce, 84, British Royal Air Force officer and Colditz Castle escapee during World War II. George Butterworth, 53, British professor of psychology. Emil Cohen, 88-89, American comedian, humorist and entertainer. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 70, American musician, surgical complications. Tom Landry, 75, American football coach (Dallas Cowboys) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, leukemia. Andy Lewis, 33, Australian bass guitarist, suicide. John London, 58, American musician and songwriter. August Meuleman, 93, Belgian cyclist and Olympian (1928). Oliver, 54, American pop singer. Charles M. Schulz, 77, American cartoonist (Peanuts). Charles Thaon, 89, French Olympic speed skater (1928). Juan Carlos Thorry, 91, Argentine film actor, tango musician and director. Jerome Turner, 57, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee). Rudolf Zöhrer, 88, Austrian footballer.
13 Anders Aalborg, 85, Canadian politician. Ian Allan, 84, Australian politician. Klaus Berger, 98, German art historian and professor.Klaus Berger. Dictionary of Art Historians. Retrieved 12 December 2016. John Wesley Blassingame, 59, American historian specializing in American slavery. James Cooke Brown, 78, American sociologist and science fiction author. John Cameron, 85, Jamaican cricket player. J. Robert Harris, 74, American composer. Olga Jensch-Jordan, 86, German diver and Olympian (1932, 1936). F. X. Martin, 77, Irish priest and historian. Thelma Parr, 93, American actress.
14 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., 48, American car racing driver and team owner, plane crash. Tertius Bosch, 33, South African cricketer, Guillain–Barré syndrome. Erika Dunkelmann, 86, German film and television actress. Jimmy Martin, 75, Irish professional golfer. Antun Nalis, 89, Croatian actor. Vitamin Smith, 76, American gridiron football player (Los Angeles Rams). Arne Winther, 74, Norwegian footballer. Walter Zinn, 93, Canadian-American nuclear physicist who worked at the Manhattan Project.
15 Dick Aboud, 58, Canadian football player. Shamsul Huda Chaudhury, 79, Bangladeshi politician. Evgeniy Chuikov, 75, Ukrainian landscape painter. Dilip Dhawan, 45, Indian actor, heart attack. Angus MacLean, 85, Canadian politician and farmer. Bob Ramazzotti, 83, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs). Vladimir Utkin, 76, Soviet and Russian engineer and rocket scientist.
16 Carl Rudolf Berghult, 94, American politician."Carl Rudolf Berghult" February 19, 2000, Arlington Star-Telegram (edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram), Star-Telegram Operating, Ltd., Texas, 94th year, number 300, page 12B Wayne Blackburn, 85, American baseball coach. Soup Campbell, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians). Veronica Cooper, 86, American actress. Marceline Day, 91, American actress. Mohammed Fawzi, 84, Egyptian general and politician. Carlos Chagas Filho, 89, Brazilian physician, biologist and scientist. Fung Fung, 83, Hong Kong actor.