The following is a list of notable deaths in February 1985.
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 1985
1 Henry B. Bogue, 92, American football and basketball coach. Robert Chartham, 73, English writer. Daniel González, 31, Uruguayan footballer, traffic collision. Roosie Hudson, 69, American basketball player. Harry Hynd, 84, British politician and trade unionist, MP (1945–1966). Ipolite Khvichia, 74, Soviet Georgian actor. Anton Kutter, 81, German filmmaker. Yuri Rumer, 83, Soviet theoretical physicist. Joseph Stéphan, 56, French Olympic sprinter (1948). Baba Yabo, 59, Beninese actor and comedian. Yōko Yaguchi, 63, Japanese actress.
2 Márton Bukovi, 81, Hungarian football player and manager. Bianca Doria, 69, Italian actress. Velen Fanderlik, 77, Czechoslovak scouting educator. Washington Guzmán, 66, Chilean Olympic swimmer (1936). Joseph Meyerhoff, 85, Russian-born American businessman and philanthropist.Entrepreneur Joseph Meyerhoff, 85, Known for His Philanthropy, Dies Hermann Priess, 83, German general and convicted war criminal. Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, 46, Canadian composer and music educator, brain cancer. Shyam Sundar Shyam, 61, Indian politician. Francis G. Slack, 87, American physicist, heart attack.Dr. Francis G. Slack, one of the American scientists...
3 Renato Angiolini, 61, Italian songwriter and pianist. George Bihlman, 89, American Olympic track and field athlete (1920). John Dellert, 100, American Olympic gymnast (1904). Johnnie Bob Dixon, 85, American baseball player. Wallace House, 55-56, Canadian politician. Santiago Lazcano, 37, Spanish racing cyclist, traffic collision. Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr., 91, American general, politician, and insurance executive.LOWRY Frank Oppenheimer, 72, American physicist and science educator, lung cancer.FRANK OPPENHEIMER, NUCLEAR PHYSICIST, DIES Hank A. Smith, 91, American football player.
4 Norman Beeston, 84, Australian cricketer. William Lee Bergstrom, 33, American gambler, suicide by drug overdose.High-Roller Found Dead Betsy Blackwell, 79, American magazine editor, emphysema.Betsy Blackwell, Former Magazine Editor, Dies Thomas E. Delahanty, 70, American judge.Justice Delahanty dies in Lewiston Jesse Hibbs, 79, American film and television director and football player. Nicolas Hoydonckx, 84, Belgian footballer. Ramón Llorens, 78, Spanish football player and coach. John Wexley, 77, American writer and playwright (The Last Mile), heart attack.JOHN WEXLEY, 77, PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER AND AN AUTHOR Bobby Young, 60, American baseball player, heart attack.
5 Kaarlo af Heurlin, 69, Finnish politician, MP (1966–1970). Les Berry, 78, English cricketer. Reber Simpkins Cann, 82, American educator and community activist. Sydney Cozens, 76, British racing cyclist and Olympic sprinter (1928). Hans Croon, 48, Dutch football manager, injuries sustained in a traffic collision. Harry Dale, 85, English footballer. Harry Lancaster, 73, American baseball and basketball coach, liver cancer.Harry Lancaster, longtime Rupp aide, dies at 73 Georges-Émile Lapalme, 78, Canadian politician. Lawrie Lindsay, 63, Scottish footballer. Neil McCarthy, 52, English actor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Richard Nutt, 73, Australian cricketer. Yitzhak Seiger, 48, Israeli politician, MP (since 1981). Erich Stoschek, 81, German Olympic javelin thrower (1928).
6 Alberto Inocente Álvarez, 78, Cuban politician and diplomat. Dadash Babazhanov, 62, Soviet Kazakh soldier. James Hadley Chase, 78, English novelist (No Orchids for Miss Blandish).British author James Hadley Chase dies Lou Cusanovich, 72, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1957–1967) and California State Senate (1967–1980).Valley’s Former State Sen. Lou Cusanovich Dies Joseph Stephen Crane, 68, American actor and restaurateur.Steve Crane, 68, Lana Turner’s Ex, Dies Muriel Gardiner, 83, American psychoanalyst and humanitarian, cancer.MURIEL GARDINER, WHO HELPED HUNDREDS ESCAPE NAZIS, DIES Shelomo Dov Goitein, 84, German-American historian, heart attack.SHELOMO D. GOITEIN, A HEBRAIC SCHOLAR, DIES Inger Hagerup, 79, Norwegian poet and author. Harald Johan Løbak, 80, Norwegian politician, MP (1945–1973). Lloyd Emerson Roulet, 93, American politician. Shirley Russell, 98, American artist. Eduard Wahl, 81, German politician. Natalia Zabila, 81, Soviet Ukrainian novelist, poet and playwright.
7 Francis Affleck, 34, Canadian racing driver, racing crash.Race driver Francis Affleck of Charlotte, N.C., was killed... Robert Day, 84, American cartoonist. George W. Headley, 77, American jewelry designer. Matt Monro, 54, English singer, liver cancer.Matt Monro, Britain’s ‘Cockney Como,’ Dies at 54 Vera D. Rubin, 73, American anthropologist and gerontologist.VERA D. RUBIN, 73, IS DEAD; DID RESEARCH ON LONGEVITY
8 Norah Baring, 79, English actress, pneumonia. Ernst Brüche, 84, German physicist. Sir Charles Burns, 86, New Zealand doctor and medical administrator. Bradford G. Chynoweth, 94, American general. Ursula Edgcumbe, 84-85, British artist. Paul Erdal, 82, Norwegian Olympic boxer (1920). Tom Greenway, 75, American actor, heart attack. François Leduc, 89, Canadian politician. Sir William Lyons, 83, English automobile engineer and designer (Jaguar Cars).SIR WILLIAM LYONS, 83 DIES; FOUNDED THE JAGUAR CONCERN Marvin Miller, 71, American actor (Forbidden Planet, The Millionaire), heart attack.Marvin Miller, Actor on TV; Appeared in 'The Millionaire' Orsola Nemi, 81, Italian writer. Harold Ockenga, 79, American evangelist, cancer.The Rev. Dr. Harold John Ockenga, a national leader... Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, 88, British general. Alfred Stanford, 84, American naval officer.A memorial service will be held Saturday for Alfred... Charles Watts, 79, English cricketer.
9 Kiki Camarena, 37, Mexican-American drug enforcement officer, blunt force trauma. Ingemar Franzén, 57, Swedish Olympic weightlifter (1956). Edward K. Gill, 67, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (since 1982), heart disease.EDWARD K. GILL Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, 52, Polish Olympic shot putter (1960). Harry Perry, 96, American cinematographer (Hell's Angels, Wings).Harry Perry, 96; Cinematographer Garland Roark, 80, American novelist. Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan, 79, British diplomat.
10 M. S. Arnoni, 63, Polish-American journalist. Nicolás Castellanos, 73, Cuban politician. Reynaldo Dante, 72, Filipino actor. Henri Fleisch, 81, French archaeologist. Werner Hinz, 82, German actor. Franciszek Kawa, 83, Polish Olympic skier (1928). Johnny Mokan, 89, American baseball player. Charles Montaland, 74, French organist. George Mooney, 88, American football player. John M. Nickolaus Jr., 71, American cinematographer, cancer. Werner Schröer, 66, German flying ace. Wanda Tuchock, 86, American screenwriter.Wanda Tuchock, 86; Hollywood Film Writer
11 Ben Abruzzo, 54, American balloonist, plane crash.BALLOONIST AND 5 KILLED IN PLANE Nat Caldwell, 72, American journalist, traffic collision.NAT CALDWELL Conrad Detrez, 47, Belgian journalist and diplomat, AIDS. Henry Hathaway, 86, American filmmaker (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer), complications from a heart attack.HENRY HATHAWAY DIES AT 86; DIRECTED MORE THAN 60 FILMS Thomas Taro Higa, 68, American soldier and inventor. Frank Arthur Hooper, 89, American judge.Frank A. Hooper Jr., the federal judge who ordered... George James Hopkins, 88, American playwright and set designer. Monique Leroux, 46, French Olympic fencer (1960). Rudy Lyle, 54, American banjoist. José Maldonado González, 84, Spanish politician, exile president (1970–1977), respiratory disease.Maldonado Gonzalez, Spanish Exile Leader Talgat Nigmatulin, 35, Soviet actor, murdered. Heinz Roemheld, 83, American composer, pneumonia.Heinz Eric Roemheld Dies; Hollywood Film Composer Víctor Palomo, 36, Spanish racing cyclist, heart and liver failure. Joseph Maria Pernicone, 81, Italian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, stroke.Joseph M. Pernicone, Ex-Auxiliary Bishop C. Suntharalingam, 89, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1947–1960). Pieter van Dam, 80, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1928).
12 Nicholas Colasanto, 61, American actor (Cheers), heart attack.Nick Colasanto Dead at 61; Played Bartender in 'Cheers' Malcolm Darroch, 46, Scottish footballer. Georges Gautschi, 80, Swiss Olympic figure skater (1924). Norman Lesser, 82, New Zealand Anglican prelate. Milton E. Lord, 86, American librarian. Van Lingle Mungo, 73, American baseball player, heart attack.VAN LINGLE MUNGO, 73, DIES; COLORFUL PITCHER FOR DODGERS Muzaffer Ozak, 68-69, Turkish poet, composer and Islamic scholar. Leslie Sarony, 88, British actor and singer. Mahmoud Shokoko, 72, Egyptian actor and entertainer. Jerzy Skolimowski, 77, Polish Olympic rower (1928, 1932, 1936).
13 Jerry Donohue, 64, American chemist, cancer. Bo Ehnbom, 85, Swedish general and engineer. Gabriel Dubois, 73, French racing cyclist. Andrew Gih, 84, Chinese-American evangelist. Juliusz Kühl, 71, Polish diplomat. Lotte Lang, 85, Austrian actress. Jean-Marie Loret, 66, French railway worker, alleged illegitimate son of Adolf Hitler, heart attack.Man who claimed to be Hitler's son dies Philip Snow, 77, English cricketer. Ernie Willett, 65, English footballer. Edwin A. Zundel, 91, American general.
14 Eva Mottley, 31, Barbadian-born British actress, suicide by drug overdose. Esko Rekomaa, 52, Finnish ice hockey player. Vincent A. Riccio, 65, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1969– 1974), heart attack.V.A. RICCIO, EX-COUNCILMAN Victor Steinbrueck, 73, American architect, complications during heart surgery. Douglas Stewart, 71, Australian poet. Francisco Tamayo, 82, Venezuelan botanist.
15 Filip Bajković, 74, Montenegrin politician, prime minister (1953–1962). Carol Brice, 66, American singer, cancer.Carol Brice, 68, a Contralto Who Sang Many Lead Roles Harold Jefferson Coolidge Jr., 81, American zoologist and conservationist, complications from a fall.HAROLD COOLIDGE, EXPERT ON EXOTIC MAMMALS Charles Theodore Dotter, 64, American radiologist. Borys Karnicki, 77, Polish submarine commander. Manuel Flores Mora, 61, Uruguayan politician and journalist. Leonard Spigelgass, 76, American playwright and screenwriter.LEONARD SPIGELGASS, A WRITER FOR BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD Aaron Wade, 68, American boxer, heart attack.
16 Sigfried Asche, 78, German art historian. Josephine Bradley, 91, Irish-born English ballroom dancer and dance teacher. Fred Pierce Corson, 88, American Methodist prelate, stroke.Methodist Bishop Fred Corson, 88 John S. Davis, 86, American football and basketball coach. Feredune Dittia, 65-66, Indian cricketer. Marian Engel, 51, Canadian novelist (Bear), cancer. Paulette Nardal, 88, Martinican writer and journalist. Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead, 48, British writer and hereditary peer, heart attack. Larry Ward, 60, American actor.
17 George Coppard, 87, British soldier. Ingerid Dal, 89, Norwegian linguist. Newman Ertell, 82, American basketball coach. Georg Hegner, 87, Danish Olympic fencer (1920). Ebbe Hoff, 78, American physiologist. Wanda Perry, 67, American actress. Willi Schatz, 80, German dentist and concentration camp official, cancer. Marie Seton, 74, British biographer. George Washington, 77, American baseball player.
18 Willy Alberti, 58, Dutch singer. Bobo Barnett, 81, American clown. Gábor Darvas, 74, Hungarian composer and musicologist. Alberta Pierson Hannum, 78, American author. Randolph Edgar Haugan, 82, American author and publisher.Originator of Augsburg 'Christmas' book dies Walter Jarvis, 89, Australian Olympic rower (1924). Douglas Johnston, Lord Johnston, 78, Scottish politician and judge, MP (1948–1961). Ken Levey, 61, Australian footballer.