Deaths in February 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2016.

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 2016

1 Wasil Ahmad, 11, Afghan child soldier, shot.11-year-old Afghan boy, hailed as hero for fighting Taliban, killed by militants Israr Ali, 88, Pakistani Test cricketer.Pakistan's oldest Test cricketer dies aged 88 Ali Beratlıgil, 84, Turkish football player and coach.Galatasaray'ın acı günü Francis Buckley, 94, Canadian business executive (Buckley's).Buckley, famous Canadian pitchman, dies at 94 Jon Bunch, 45, American rock musician (Sense Field, Further Seems Forever), suicide by drug overdose.R.I.P. Jon Bunch Robert Stuart Edgar, 85, American geneticist.In Memoriam: Robert S. Edgar (1930-2016) Sidney Grande, 88, American football coach.Sidney R. Grande Miguel Gutiérrez, 84, Mexican footballer (Club Atlas).Muere Miguel "El Mulo" Gutiérrez Li Xiuren, 94, Chinese politician.李修仁同志遗体告别仪式在太原举行 Murray Louis, 89, American modern dancer and choreographer.Murray Louis, Choreographer With a Comic Flair, Dies at 89 Kelly McGarry, 33, New Zealand mountain biker, cardiac arrest. Michael T. McGuire, 86, American psychiatrist.Michael Terrence McGuire Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 85, Guatemalan military officer and politician, President (1983–1986).Guatemalan Gen. Mejia Victores Dies Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech, 61, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1985–1999).'Popular and colourful' Lord Harlech dies aged 61 Bernard Piras, 73, French politician, member of the Senate for Drôme (1996–2014), Mayor of Bourg-lès-Valence (2001–2014), cancer.Drôme Bernard Piras, l'ancien sénateur-maire de Bourg-lès-Valence est mort Paul Pholeros, 62, Australian architect.Paul Pholeros, architect who helped reduce Indigenous poverty, dies at 62 Jaime Powell, 63, Argentine paleontologist.Despiden a Jaime Powell, destacado paleontólogo Tom Pugh, 78, English cricketer.Farewell Tom Pugh – 13 March 1937 to 1 February 2016 Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Indian actor.Actor Kunigal Ramnath passes away K. O. Rosenberg, 96, American politician.Kenneth Orland Rosenberg Daisaku Shinohara, 82, Japanese actor.篠原大作さん死去 82歳 『3年B組金八先生』『太陽にほえろ!』などに出演 Thomas Tigue, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–2006), lung cancer.Former lawmaker Tigue dies Dušan Velkaverh, 72, Slovenian lyricist.Legendary Slovenian chanson lyrics author Velkaverh dies Sir Peter Whiteley, 95, British general in the Royal Marines, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1979–1984).Former Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, General Sir Peter Whiteley, has died

2 Robert Beiner, 65, American television sports director.Rob Beiner Heinz Bohlen, 80, German microwave electronics and communications engineer (Bohlen–Pierce scale).Bohlen-Pierce Seth Cardew, 81, English studio potter.Seth Cardew (1934–2016) Abram Cohen, 91, American Olympic fencer (1956).Abram Cohen Bob Elliott, 92, American comedian (Bob and Ray) and actor (Get a Life), throat cancer.Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92 Jim Goode, 71, American restaurateur.Jim Goode An Appreciation Dag Gundersen, 88, Norwegian linguist and lexicographer.Nekrolog: Dag Gundersen Halling, 24, American racehorse.Halling the champion racehorse dies Intizar Hussain, 92, Pakistani writer.Veteran fiction writer Intizar Hussain dies at 92 Chris Kenny, 78, Irish-born New Zealand boxing coach. Luiz Felipe Lampreia, 74, Brazilian diplomat, Minister of External Relations (1995–2001).El excanciller brasileño Luiz Felipe Lampreia fallece a los 74 años Aldo Bufi Landi, 92, Italian actor (Four Flies on Grey Velvet, The Magliari, The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo).Morto l'attore Aldo Bufi Landi, una vita tra Eduardo e Shakespeare Sture Landqvist, 91, Swedish Olympic runner.Sture Landqvist Gérald Laniel, 91, Canadian politician, MP for Beauharnois—Salaberry (1962–1984). Rebecca Masika Katsuva, 49, Congolese women's rights activist.Dispatches: Remembering Masika, One of Congo's Heroes Mubeen Mughal, 23, Pakistani cricketer.Mubeen Mughal Yasushi Nirasawa, 52, Japanese concept designer and illustrator (Kamen Rider Kabuto, Hellboy, Soulcalibur), kidney failure.Creature Designer Yasushi Nirasawa Passes Away Mike Oehler, 78, American author.David Michael Oehler Dana Raphael, 90, American medical anthropologist.Dana Louise Raphael (1926–2016) Harriet Spanel, 77, American politician.Harriet Spanel Manuel Tenenbaum, 81, Uruguayan historian, President of the Latin American Jewish Congress (1978–2007).Manuel Tenenbaum, Latin American Jewish Congress Head for 30 Years, Dies at 81 Marcus Turner, 59, New Zealand folk singer and television presenter.Death notices: Marcus William Turner

3 Ernesto Alais, 86, Argentine Olympic sports shooter. Joe Alaskey, 63, American voice actor (Looney Tunes, Rugrats, Casper), cancer.Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck Voice Actor Dead Big Kap, 45, American hip hop DJ (Tunnel), heart attack.DJ Big Kap Dies of Heart Attack Mark Farren, 33, Irish football player (Derry City), brain cancer. Richie Giachetti, 76, American boxing trainer.Richie Giachetti, renowned boxing trainer, dies at 76 John Hirst, 73, Australian historian.Public intellectual has last argument: John Hirst dies at 73 Balram Jakhar, 92, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989).Former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar passes away Michał Janiszewski, 89, Polish politician and army officer.Zmarł gen. Janiszewski, najbliższy współpracownik W.Jaruzelskiego Brandon Astor Jones, 72, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.Georgia Executes Its Oldest Death Row Inmate József Kasza, 70, Serbian politician and economist.Meghalt Kasza József Suat Mamat, 85, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray, national team).Eski Futbolcu Suat Mamat Hayatını Kaybetti K. S. Paripoornan, 83, Indian judge, multiple organ failure.Former SC Judge Justice K S Paripoornan no More Valery Postnikov, 70, Russian ice hockey player and coach.Тренер до последней секунды Mercedes Richards, 60, Jamaican astronomer and physicist. John P. Riley Jr., 95, American ice hockey player (national team) and coach (1960 Olympic Champions US national team).Hockey Legend Jack Riley ’44 Passes Away at 95 Herb Selwyn, 90, American attorney and businessman.Herbert E. Selwyn Edith Skom, 86, American novelist.Northwestern Writing Professor Edith Rosen Skom Dies Alba Solís, 88, Argentine singer and actress.Murió la cantante Alba Solís Saulius Sondeckis, 87, Lithuanian violinist and conductor.Mirė dirigentas Saulius Sondeckis Andy Thompson, 91, Canadian politician, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (1964–1966).Senator Andrew Thompson Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, 90, Norwegian politician.Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal er død

4 Leslie Bassett, 93, American composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music (1966). Sonia Borg, 85, Austrian-born Australian screenwriter (Women of the Sun, Storm Boy).Vale: Sonia Borg Marlow Cook, 89, American politician, Senator from Kentucky (1968–1974), complications from a heart attack.Marlow Cook, a former GOP Senator Kentucky, dies at 89 Don Davis, 82, American gun shop owner.Gun shop owner, pitchman for Don's Guns dies at 82 Joe Dowell, 76, American pop singer ("Wooden Heart"), heart attack. William Gaskill, 85, British theatre director.William Gaskill obituary Harry Glasgow, 76, Scottish footballer (Clyde).Harry Glasgow Harry Harpham, 61, British politician, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (since 2015), cancer.Labour MP Harry Harpham dies of cancer aged 61 Bob Harrison, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).Robert L. "Bob" Harrison Obituary Jimmie Haskell, 79, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, Big, Land of the Lost).Dr. Richard Niles remembers composer/arranger JIMMIE HASKELL Paddy Kehoe, 93, Irish Gaelic football and hurling manager and player.Death of Wexford dual legend Paddy Kehoe Galina Leontyeva, 74, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1968, 1972).Умерла двукратная олимпийская чемпионка по волейболу Галина Леонтьева Katie May, 34, American model, stroke.Katie May dead Playboy model and ‘Queen of Snapchat’ dies aged 34 Kristine Miller, 90, American actress (I Walk Alone, Jungle Patrol, Too Late for Tears).Kristine Miller, Hollywood Starlet of the 1940s, Dies at 90 (death announced on this date) Dave Mirra, 41, American BMX rider, X Games winner (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005), suicide by gunshot.BMX legend Dave Mirra dead at 41 Edgar Mitchell, 85, American astronaut (Apollo 14).Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, 85, dies in West Palm Beach Sir Jeremy Morse, 87, British banker and crossword compiler.Sir Jeremy Morse, banker Miguel Roa, 72, Spanish conductor.Muere Miguel Roa, uno de los grandes embajadores de la zarzuela Axl Rotten, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW), heroin overdose.Axl Rotten passes away at 44 Haro Senft, 87, German filmmaker (Kahl).Deutscher Autorenfilmer Haro Senft gestorben David Sloan, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Scunthorpe United, Oxford United, Walsall).Scunthorpe United pay tribute to former player David Sloan who has died Ulf Söderblom, 85, Finnish conductor.Ulf Söderblom in memoriam Howard G. Swafford, 96, American politician.Swafford, Howard G. (Jasper) Dimitris Tsaloumas, 94, Greek-born Australian poet.A fond farewell for Australian Greek poet Dimitris Tsaloumas Lorna Jorgenson Wendt, 72, American women's equality advocate.UW-Madison alumna and women's equality advocate dies Edgar Whitcomb, 98, American politician, Governor of Indiana (1969–1973).Former Governor Edgar Whitcomb passes away at 98 Maurice White, 74, American songwriter and musician (Earth, Wind & Fire), complications from Parkinson's disease.Maurice White, Earth, Wind & Fire Singer and Co-Founder, Dead at 74

5 Markand Bhatt, 87, Indian theatre director and actor.Veteran Gujarati theatre artist Markand Bhatt dies Bill Birchfield, 80, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives for the 21st district (1971–1974).William O. 'Bill' Birchfield, 1935–2016 Advocate for Dames Point bridge, Skyway Ciriaco Cañete, 96, Filipino martial artist, prostate cancer.Martial arts supreme grandmaster Cacoy Cañete dies at 96 Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, 86, American judge, District Court for the Southern District of New York (1986–1998), stroke.Judge who presided over Martha Stewart trial dies at 86 Ray Colcord, 66, American film and television composer (Boy Meets World, The Facts of Life, Dinosaurs), pancreatic cancer.Ray Colcord, ‘Boy Meets World’ and ‘Simpsons’ Composer, Dies at 66 Leo Foley, 87, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (1997–2011).Leo T. Foley Valerie Lloyd-Chandos, 82, British Olympic diver.Valerie Lloyd-Chandos Bodil Malmsten, 71, Swedish poet and novelist.Författaren Bodil Malmsten död John Lewis Mitchell, 97, British Royal Air Force pilot.Air Commodore John Mitchell - obituary Nicholas Orzio, 87, American photographer.Nicholas Orzio Bill Perkins, 76, American football player (New York Jets) and defense attorney.William Perkins Tayeb Saddiki, 77, Moroccan playwright.Moroccan Playwright Tayeb Saddiki Dies at 77 Narender Singh, 46, Indian Olympic judoka, suicide by hanging.Narender Singh C. V. Subramanian, 91, Indian scientist.Chirayathumadom Venkatachalier Subramanian (1924–2016) Carl E. Wang, 85, Norwegian politician.Wang, Carl E. (1930–2016)

6 Milton V. Backman, 88, American historian.Milton Vaughn Backman Jr. Alastair Biggar, 69, Scottish rugby union player (national team, British and Irish Lions, London Scottish), cancer.Scotland winger Biggar dead at 69 Jules Boes, 88, Belgian Olympic basketball player.Jules Lugnuts Luciano Conati, 65, Italian racing cyclist.È morto Conati, vinse una tappa al Giro ‘76 David John de Laubenfels, 90, American botanist.David J. de Laubenfels