Deaths in February 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 2019. 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.

February

Jeremy Hardy
1961 – 2019

Ursula Karusseit
1939 – 2019

Julie Adams
1926 – 2019

John O. Marsh
1926 – 2019

Matti Nykänen
1963 – 2019

Rudi Assauer
1944 – 2019

John Dingell
1926 – 2019

Albert Finney
1936 – 2019

Walter Munk
1917 – 2019

Tomi Ungerer
1931 – 2019

Walter B. Jones Jr.
1943 – 2019

Gordon Banks
1937 – 2019

Lyndon LaRouche
1922 – 2019

Bibi Ferreira
1922 – 2019

Bruno Ganz
1941 – 2019

Gene Littler
1930 – 2019

Ethel Ennis
1932 – 2019

Karl Lagerfeld
1933 – 2019

Stanley Donen
1924 – 2019

Peter Tork
1942 – 2019

Katherine Helmond
1929 – 2019

Antoine Gizenga
1925 – 2019

Donald Keene
1922 – 2019

Mitzi Hoag
1932 – 2019

Dennis Richardson
1949 – 2019

France-Albert René
1935 – 2019

André Previn
1929 – 2019

1

• Conway Berners-Lee, 97, English mathematician and computer scientist, developed Ferranti Mark 1.
• Alice Dye, 91, American amateur golfer and golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass).
• Jeremy Hardy, 57, English comedian, radio host and panelist (The News Quiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation), cancer.
• Ursula Karusseit, 79, German actress (Ways across the Country, KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra), heart disease.
• Lisa Seagram, 82, American actress (A House Is Not a Home, Caprice, The Beverly Hillbillies), dementia.
• Clive Swift, 82, English actor (The National Health, Keeping Up Appearances, The Old Guys) and songwriter, respiratory failure.

2

• Walter James Edyvean, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (2001–2014).
• Carol Emshwiller, 97, American writer (The Mount), Nebula Award winner (2005).

3

• Julie Adams, 92, American actress (Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Murder, She Wrote).
• Detsl, 35, Russian hip hop artist, heart attack.
• Carmen Duncan, 76, Australian actress (Harlequin, Another World, Turkey Shoot), cancer.
• Bob Friend, 88, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, New York Yankees), cardiac arrest.
• Jüri Pihl, 64, Estonian politician, Minister of the Interior (2007–2009).
• Kristoff St. John, 52, American actor (The Young and the Restless, The Champ, Generations), heart failure.
• Joe P. Tolson, 77, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2014), respiratory failure.

4

• Isacio Calleja, 82, Spanish footballer (Atlético de Madrid, national team).
• Sandrine Doucet, 59, French politician, Deputy (2012–2017), cancer.
• Bernard Lietaer, 76, Belgian economist and writer (The Future of Money).
• John Otho Marsh, Jr., 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th congressional district (1963–1971) and Secretary of the Army (1981–1989), congestive heart failure.
• Bruno Messerli, 87, Swiss geographer.
• Matti Nykänen, 55, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), complications from diabetes.
• Leonie Ossowski, 93, German children's novelist and screenwriter (Zwei Mütter).
• Véronique Schiltz, 76, French historian.
• Izzy Young, 90, American-Swedish folklorist and columnist (Sing Out!).

5

• Joe Presko, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers).
• Václav Vorlíček, 88, Czech movie director (Who Wants to Kill Jessie?, The End of Agent W4C, The Girl on the Broomstick), lung cancer.
• Vano Zodelava, 61, Georgian politician, Mayor of Tbilisi (1998–2004), car crash.

6

• Rudi Assauer, 74, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen) and manager (Schalke 04), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Edwin Barnes, 84, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richborough (1995–2002).
• John Cocks, 52, New Zealand television presenter (My House My Castle), kidney cancer.
• Paul Dewar, 56, Canadian politician, MP for Ottawa Centre (2006–2015), glioblastoma.
• Yechiel Eckstein, 67, American-Israeli rabbi and philanthropist, founder of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, heart attack.
• Manfred Eigen, 91, German biophysical chemist, Nobel Prize winner (1967).
• Todor Kavaldzhiev, 85, Bulgarian politician, Vice President (1997–2002).
• Rosamunde Pilcher, 94, British writer (The Shell Seekers), stroke.
• Tilly van der Zwaard, 81, Dutch Olympic athlete (1964, 1968), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

7

• John Dingell, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 12th, 15th, and 16th congressional districts (1955–2015), prostate cancer.
• Albert Finney, 82, English actor (Tom Jones, Erin Brockovich, Big Fish), respiratory infection.
• Rocky Lockridge, 60, American boxer, complications from a stroke.
• Jan Olszewski, 88, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992).
• Frank Robinson, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles) and manager (San Francisco Giants), bone cancer.
• Jörg Schönbohm, 81, German military officer and politician, Inspector of the Army (1991–1992) and Deputy Minister President of Brandenburg (1999–2009).

8

• Dick Kempthorn, 92, American football player (Michigan Wolverines) and businessman.
• Walter Munk, 101, Austrian-born American oceanographer, member of the Navy Electronics Laboratory.
• Wolfgang Rindler, 94, Austrian-born American physicist, (Event Horizon, Rindler coordinates), pneumonia.
• Robert Ryman, 88, American painter.
• Sergei Yursky, 83, Soviet-born Russian actor (Time, Forward!, The Golden Calf, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed), cardiac arrest.

9

• Salvatore Bellomo, 67, Belgian-Italian professional wrestler (WWF, ECW), stomach cancer.
• Cadet, 28, British rapper ("Advice"), car crash.
• Jerry Casale, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers).
• Shelley Lubben, 50, American pornographic actress and anti-pornography activist, suspected drug overdose.
• Ron W. Miller, 85, American businessman and football player (Los Angeles Rams), President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company (1978–1984), congestive heart failure.
• Tomi Ungerer, 87, French illustrator (Dr. Strangelove, Flat Stanley).

10

• Carmen Argenziano, 75, American actor (Stargate SG-1, Booker, Angels & Demons).
• Heinz Fütterer, 91, German sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Walter B. Jones Jr., 76, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd congressional district (since 1995), complications from a broken hip and ALS.
• Roderick MacFarquhar, 88, British politician, journalist and historian, MP (1974–1978).
• Maximilian Reinelt, 30, German rower, Olympic champion (2012) and silver medalist (2016), skiing accident.
• Daniel Silva dos Santos, 36, Brazilian footballer (Ventforet Kofu, Nagoya Grampus, Oita Trinita), lung cancer.
• Jan-Michael Vincent, 74, American actor (Airwolf, The Mechanic, Big Wednesday), cardiac arrest.
• Michael Wilson, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Etobicoke Centre (1979–1993) and Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009), cancer.

11

• Ricardo Boechat, 66, Argentine-born Brazilian journalist (O Globo, O Dia, Jornal do Brasil), helicopter crash.
• Ivan Irwin, 91, American-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens), pneumonia.
• Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, 93, Afghani politician, Acting President (1992).
• Lou Sossamon, 97, American football player (University of South Carolina, New York Yankees).

12

• Gordon Banks, 81, English footballer (Leicester City, Stoke City, national team), world champion (1966), kidney cancer.
• Rolf Böhme, 84, German politician, Deputy (1972–1982) and Mayor of Freiburg (1982–2002).
• Lyndon LaRouche, 96, American political activist, founder of the LaRouche movement and multi-presidential candidate.
• Olli Lindholm, 54, Finnish singer and guitarist (Appendix, Yö), seizure.
• Pedro Morales, 76, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWA, WWWF), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Christian Weber, 72, German politician, President of the Parliament of Bremen (since 1999).

13

• Idriz Ajeti, 101, Kosovar albanologist, member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.
• Prince Leonard, 93, Australian farmer, self-proclaimed monarch of the Principality of Hutt River (1972–2017), lung infection.
• Jack Coghill, 93, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1990–1994).
• Bibi Ferreira, 96, Brazilian actress (Leonora of the Seven Seas, The End of the River), heart failure.
• Eric Harrison, 81, English football player (Halifax Town) and coach (Manchester United).
• Connie Jones, 84, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.
• Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, 75, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, USSR national team) and manager (Granit Cherkasy).
• Opportunity, 15, American robotic rover (NASA), explored Mars (2004–2018), power failure. (declared mission complete on this date)
• Marisa Solinas, 79, Italian singer and actress (Boccaccio '70, La commare secca, Almost Blue), lymphoma.
• Dezső Tandori, 80, Hungarian poet and writer.

14

• Michel Bernard, 87, French middle- and long-distance runner, President of the French Athletics Federation (1985–1987).
• Chun-Ming Kao, 89, Taiwanese Presbyterian minister and political activist (Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go), liver failure.
• Andrea Levy, 62, English novelist (Small Island, The Long Song), breast cancer.
• Michael Nudelman, 80, Ukrainian-born Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1996–1999, 2003–2009), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Sergei Zakharov, 68, Russian singer, heart failure.

15

• Kofi Burbridge, 57, American rock multi-instrumentalist (Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Derek Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit).
• Al Mahmud, 82, Bangladeshi poet and novelist, pneumonia.
• Adriano Ossicini, 98, Italian politician, Senator (1968–1992, 1996–2001) and Minister for Family (1995–1996), complications from a fall.
• Lee Radziwill, 85, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
• Dave Smith, 78, American archivist (Walt Disney).

16

• Sam Bass, 57, American motorsports artist (NASCAR), sepsis complicated by diabetes and kidney disease.
• Don Bragg, 83, American pole vaulter, Olympic champion (1960), complications from dementia.
• Patrick Caddell, 68, American pollster and political commentator (Fox News), complications from a stroke.
• Bruno Ganz, 77, Swiss actor (Downfall, Wings of Desire, Nosferatu the Vampyre), small intestine cancer.
• Jeffrey Hart, 88, American cultural critic (The Dartmouth Review) and speechwriter (Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan), complications from dementia.
• Alberto Gutman, 60, Cuban-Born American politician and convicted fraudster, member of the Florida Senate (1992–1999).
• Li Rui, 101, Chinese historian, activist and politician, Vice Minister of Water Resources, multiple organ failure.
• Gene Littler, 88, American Hall of Fame professional golfer, U.S. Open winner (1961), complications from peripheral neuropathy.

17

• Eduardo Bauzá, 79, Argentine politician, Minister of Health (1989–1990) and Interior (1989–1990), Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (1995–1996) and Senator (1996–1999), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ethel Ennis, 86, American jazz singer ("Lullabies for Losers", "Have You Forgotten", "I Can Let Go Now"), stroke.
• Paul Flynn, 84, British politician, MP for Newport West (since 1987).
• Antons Justs, 87, Latvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jelgava (1995–2011).
• Šaban Šaulić, 67, Serbian pop-folk singer and television presenter (Zvezde Granda), car crash.

18

• Wallace Smith Broecker, 87, American geophysicist, created the term global warming, National Medal of Science recipient (1996).
• O'Neal Compton, 68, American actor (Deep Impact, Roadracers, Kill Me Later) and businessman.
• William Frates, 84, American war veteran and radiologist, natural causes.
• Richard N. Gardner, 91, American politician, Ambassador to Italy (1977–1981) and Spain (1993–1997).
• Peter Wells, 69, New Zealand movie director (Desperate Remedies) and writer (Iridescence), prostate cancer.

19

• Marie-Claire Bancquart, 86, French poet and literary critic, bone cancer.
• Dick Boushka, 84, American basketball player, Olympic gold medallist (1956), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Giulio Brogi, 83, Italian actor (Days of Fire, Morel's Invention. The Yes Man).
• Karl Lagerfeld, 85, German fashion designer (Chloé, Fendi, Chanel), pancreatic cancer.
• Don Newcombe, 92, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians).
• João Paulo dos Reis Veloso, 87, Brazilian economist, Minister of Planning (1969–1979) and President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (1969).
• Namvar Singh, 92, Indian writer (Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman, Dusari Parampara Ki khoj, Adhunik Sahitya Ki Pravrittyan), pneumonia.
• Ewald Weibel, 89, Swiss biologist.

20

• Chelo Alonso, 85, Cuban-born Italian actress (Goliath and the Barbarians, Morgan the Pirate, Run, Man, Run), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• William Broomfield, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 18th (1957–1973, 1983–1993) and 19th congressional district (1973–1983).
• Teotónio de Souza, 72, Portuguese historian, member of the Lisbon Geographic Society (since 2000), heart attack.
• Claude Goretta, 89, Swiss movie director (The Invitation, La provinciale, The Death of Mario Ricci).
• Francisco Mañosa, 88, Filipino architect (Coconut Palace, EDSA Shrine), prostate cancer.

21

• Sue Casey, 92, American actress (Camelot, The Beach Girls and the Monster, Catalina Caper).
• Stanley Donen, 94, American movie director (Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), heart failure.
• Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, 88, Maltese magistrate, Chief Justice (1990–1995) and member of the European Court of Human Rights (1992–1998), lung cancer.
• Alojzy Orszulik, 90, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Łowicz (1992–2004).
• Beverley Owen, 81, American actress (The Munsters), ovarian cancer.
• Peter Tork, 77, American bassist and singer (The Monkees) and actor (Head), throat cancer.
• Hilde Zadek, 101, German soprano.

22

• Jeff Adachi, 59, American attorney, San Francisco Public Defender (since 2003), heart attack.
• Frank Ballance, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district (2003–2004), complications from surgery.
• Victor J. Banis, 81, American author (The Man from C.A.M.P.), liver cancer.
• Clark James Gable, 30, American actor and television host (Cheaters), accidental fentanyl overdose.
• Brody Stevens, 48, American comedian and actor (The Hangover, Chelsea Lately, Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!), suicide by hanging.
• Morgan Woodward, 93, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Gunsmoke, Dallas), prostate cancer.

23

• Marella Agnelli, 91, Italian art collector and socialite.
• Nestor Espenilla Jr., 60, Filipino banker, Governor of the Bangko Sentral (since 2017), oral cancer.
• Katherine Helmond, 89, American actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?, Brazil), Golden Globe winner (1980, 1988), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Dorothy Masuka, 83, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer, complications from hypertension.

24

• Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, 88, German legal scholar.
• Antoine Gizenga, 93, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1960–1961, 2006–2008).
• Donald Keene, 96, American-born Japanese historian and writer (The Pleasures of Japanese Literature, Travelers of a Hundred Ages, Seeds in the Heart), heart failure.
• T. Jack Lee, 83, American engineer, Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (1989–1994), pancreatic cancer.
• Johnny Romano, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals).

25

• Janet Asimov, 92, American science fiction writer (Mind Transfer, Norby, the Mixed Up Robot) and psychoanalyst.
• Fred Gloden, 100, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Seahawks).
• John Herron, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1990–2002) and Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See (2003–2006).
• Mark Hollis, 64, English singer-songwriter ("Life's What You Make It", "It's My Life") and musician (Talk Talk).
• Paulo Nogueira Neto, 96, Brazilian environmentalist and politician, Secretary of the Environment (1974–1986), pneumonia.
• Jeraldine Saunders, 96, American writer and astrologer, creator of The Love Boat, complications from kidney stone surgery.

26

• Christian Bach, 59, Argentine-Mexican actress (Bodas de odio, De pura sangre, El secreto), respiratory failure.
• Mitzi Hoag, 86, American actress (We'll Get By, Bonanza, The Facts of Life).
• Ivar Nilsson, 85, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1960, 1964).
• Dennis Richardson, 69, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2003–2015) and Oregon Secretary of State (since 2017), glioblastoma.

27

• Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, 49, Nepalese politician, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (since 2018), helicopter crash.
• Milton Morris, 94, Australian politician, member of New South Wales Parliament (1956–1980) and New South Wales Minister for Transport (1965–1975), complications from a stroke.
• Edward Nixon, 88, American businessman and political campaigner (Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign), brother of President Richard Nixon.
• France-Albert René, 83, Seychellois politician, President (1977–2004) and Prime Minister (1976–1977), respiratory failure.

28

• Xabier Arzalluz, 86, Spanish priest, lawyer and academic, President of PNV (1980–1984, 1987–2004) and Deputy (1977–1980).
• María Ignacia Benítez, 60, Chilean politician, Minister of the Environment (2010–2014), pancreatic cancer.
• Ed Bickert, 86, Canadian jazz guitarist, lung cancer.
• Norma Paulus, 85, American lawyer and politician, Oregon Secretary of State (1977–1985), complications from vascular dementia.
• André Previn, 89, German-born American composer (Gigi, Elmer Gantry, My Fair Lady), Oscar winner (1959, 1960, 1964, 1965).
• Stanley Price, 87, British screenwriter (Arabesque, Gold, Shout at the Devil) and television writer (A Royal Scandal).

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