Deaths in February 1995

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 1995. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

February

Tikvah Alper
1909 – 1995

Fred Perry
1909 – 1995

Donald Pleasence
1919 – 1995

Nicolás Lindley López
1908 – 1995

Patricia Highsmith
1921 – 1995

Roel Wiersma
1932 – 1995

Xia Yan
1900 – 1995

James Merrill
1926 – 1995

Maruja Mallo
1902 – 1995

Roy S. Benson
1906 – 1995

Kalpana Datta
1913 – 1995

David Wayne
1914 – 1995

J. William Fulbright
1905 – 1995

Jesús Garay
1930 – 1995

Alberto Burri
1915 – 1995

Ischa Meijer
1943 – 1995

John Howard
1913 – 1995

István Bárány
1907 – 1995

Melvin Franklin
1942 – 1995

Hideko Maehata
1914 – 1995

Willie Johnson
1923 – 1995

Ann Ayars
1918 – 1995

1

• Richey James Edwards, 27, Welsh musician
• El Perich, 53, Spanish caricaturist
• Lajos Balthazár, 73, Hungarian fencer
• Róbert Antal, 73, Hungarian water poloist
• Yngve Gamlin, 68, Swedish actor
• Karl Gruber, 85, Austrian politician

2

• Tikvah Alper, 86, South African physicist
• Fred Perry, 85, British tennis player
• Donald Pleasence, 75, English actor
• André Frossard, 80, French journalist

3

• Nicolás Lindley López, 86, President of Peru

4

• Patricia Highsmith, 74, American novelist
• Elena Mikhailovskaya, 45, Soviet draughts player
• Roel Wiersma, 62, Dutch footballer
• Scott Smith, 46, American LGBT-rights activist
• Godfrey Brown, 79, British olympic athlete

5

• Doug McClure, 59, American actor
• Jimmy Allen, 85, English footballer

6

• Art Taylor, 65, American jazz drummer
• Gustav Rödel, 79, German aircraft pilot
• Mira Lobe, 81, Austrian writer
• Xia Yan, 94, Chinese playwright
• James Merrill, 68, American poet
• Maruja Mallo, 93, Spanish painter

7

• Roy S. Benson, 88, American submariner
• Massimo Pallottino, 85, Italian archaeologist

8

• Józef Maria Bocheński, 92, Polish philosopher
• Ole Torvalds, 78, Finnish-Swedish journalist
• Kalpana Datta, 81, Indian revolutionary

9

• David Wayne, 81, American actor
• J. William Fulbright, 89, United States Senate

10

• Jesús Garay, 64, Spanish footballer

11

• Harry Merkel, 77, German motorsports racing driver

12

• Rachid Mimouni, 49, Algerian writer

13

• Alberto Burri, 79, Italian visual artist
• Li Zhisui, 75, Chinese physician
• Phil Besler, 81, Canadian ice hockey player

14

• Ogdo Aksyonova, 59, Russian poet
• U Nu, 87, Prime Minister of Myanmar
• Achille Piccini, 83, Italian footballer
• Michael V. Gazzo, 71, American playwright
• Ischa Meijer, 52, Dutch journalist

15

• Sergio Bertoni, 79, Italian footballer

17

• Mirosław Żuławski, 82, Polish writer

18

• Zair Azgur, 87, Belarusian sculptor

19

• John Howard, 81, American actor

20

• Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, 84, Israeli jewish rabbi
• Robert Bolt, 70, English playwright

21

• István Bárány, 87, Hungarian swimmer
• Juhan Viiding, 46, Estonian poet
• Paul L. Bates, 86, United States Army officer

22

• Ed Flanders, 60, American actor
• Emmanuel Roblès, 80, French writer

23

• Melvin Franklin, 52, American bass singer
• James Herriot, 78, British veterinary surgeon
• Margaret Woodbridge, 93, American swimmer
• Don Heck, 66, American visual artist

24

• Hideko Maehata, 80, Japanese breaststroke swimmer
• Roberto Ago, 87, Italian jurist

25

• Mariam Vattalil, 41, Indian social worker
• O Jin-u, 77, North Korean soldier

26

• Willie Johnson, 48, American guitarist
• Jack Clayton, 73, British film director

27

• Ann Ayars, 76, American soprano

28

• Max Rudolf, 92, German conductor
• Walter Allen, 84, English literary critic

Months

• January

Other websites

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries