The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2017. For notable deaths of other months in 2017, please see "Months".
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February
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1
- E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014) and MP for Malappuram (since 2009), cardiac arrest.[1]
- Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection.[2]
- Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (Jordskott, Skilda världar), spinal cancer.[3]
- Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.[4]
- Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10) and broadcaster (The Music Goes Round), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[5]
- Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian and journalist.[6]
- Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High).[7]
- Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer (Ajax).[8]
- Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, President of Morrisons (since 1956).[9]
- Edward Tipper, 95, American World War II veteran (Easy Company), subject of Band of Brothers.[10]
- Étienne Tshisekedi, 84, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1992–1993, 1997), pulmonary embolism.[11]
2
- José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer.[12]
- Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997).[13]
- Bertram Kostant, 88, American mathematician, complications from a stroke.[14]
- Max Lüscher, 93, Swiss psychotherapist and writer, inventor of the Lüscher color test.[15]
- Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and political activist.[16]
- Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager (national team) and sports executive, lung cancer.[17]
- Miltos Papapostolou, 81, Greek football player and manager (AEK Athens, national team).[18]
- Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer.[19]
- Elliot Sperling, 66, American historian.[20] (death announced on this date)
3
- Dritëro Agolli, 85, Albanian writer and politician, lung disease.[21]
- Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[22]
- Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock musician (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget).[23] (death announced on this date)
- Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (1992–1993), multiple organ failure.[24]
- John M. Hayes, 76, American geochemist, pulmonary fibrosis.[25]
- Hassan Joharchi, 48, Iranian actor, cardiac arrest.[26]
- Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, Brazilian trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.[27]
- Richard Lyon, 93, American admiral and politician, Mayor of Oceanside, California (1992–2000).[28]
- Shumon Miura, 91, Japanese Third Generation author, pneumonia.[29]
- Benny Perrin, 57, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), suicide.[30]
- Lou Rowan, 91, Australian Test cricket umpire.[31]
4
- Basil Hetzel, 94, Australian medical researcher.[32]
- Hans van der Hoek, 83, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, SC Enschede, ADO).[33]
- John Howes, 92, American professor of Asian studies.[34]
- Steve Lang, 67, Canadian rock guitarist (April Wine).[35]
- Bano Qudsia, 88, Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh).[36]
- Marc Spitz, 47, American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist (Spin).[37]
- Georgi Taratorkin, 72, Russian actor (Sofiya Perovskaya, A Very English Murder, Dyuba-Dyuba).[38]
5
- Sonny Geraci, 69, American musician (The Outsiders, Climax).[39]
- Luis Gómez-Montejano, 94, Spanish football executive, President of Real Madrid (2006).[40]
- Björn Granath, 70, Swedish actor (Madicken, Pelle the Conqueror, The American).[41]
6
- Ivar Aronsson, 88, Swedish rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[42]
- Boy Asistio, 80, Filipino politician, Mayor of Caloocan (1980–1986, 1988–1995).[43]
- Irwin Corey, 102, American comedian (The Steve Allen Show) and actor (Car Wash, Doc, Thieves).[44]
- José Gea Escolano, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ibiza (1976–1987) and Mondoñedo-Ferrol (1987–2005).[45]
- Neil Gehrels, 64, American astronomer.[46]
- Inge Keller, 93, German actress (The Last Year, Aimée & Jaguar, Lola and Billy the Kid).[47]
- Djelloul Khatib, 80, Algerian independence activist and politician.[48]
- Alec McCowen, 91, English actor (A Night to Remember, Frenzy, Gangs of New York).[49]
- Raymond Smullyan, 97, American mathematician and philosopher.[50]
- Roger Walkowiak, 89, French road bicycle racer, Tour de France winner (1956).[51]
- Joost van der Westhuizen, 45, South African rugby union player (Bulls, Blue Bulls, national team), complications from motor neuron disease.[52]
- Ritchie Yorke, 73, Australian music journalist, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[53]
7
- Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist.[54]
- Valeriu Bularca, 85, Romania wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1964).[55]
- Sotsha Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, Prime Minister (1986–1989), complications from a fall.[56]
- Smail Hamdani, 86, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1998–1999), heart attack.[57] (body discovered on this date)
- Richard Hatch, 71, American actor (All My Children, Battlestar Galactica, The Streets of San Francisco), pancreatic cancer.[58]
- Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter, respiratory infection.[59]
- Antonín Přidal, 81, Czech writer (Všechny moje hlasy, Sudičky) and translator, stroke.[60]
- Hans Rosling, 68, Swedish academic, professor of International Health and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, pancreatic cancer.[61]
- John Salt, 75, British Anglican bishop, Diocese of St Helena (1999–2011).[62]
- Tzvetan Todorov, 77, Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher and essayist.[63]
- Richard B. Wright, 79, Canadian novelist (Clara Callan), complications from a fall.[64]
8
- Sir Peter Mansfield, 83, English physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003).[65]
- Brendan McGahon, 80, Irish politician, TD (1982–2002).[66]
- Mohamud Muse Hersi, 79, Somali politician, President of Puntland (2005–2009).[67]
- Ólöf Nordal, 50, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior (2014–2017), pancreatic cancer.[68]
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, 45, British socialite and television presenter, perforated ulcer.[69]
- Tom Raworth, 78, British poet and visual artist, complications from prostate cancer.[70]
- Alan Simpson, 87, British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Comedy Playhouse, Steptoe and Son), lung disease.[71]
- Steve Sumner, 61, English-born New Zealand footballer (Christchurch United, Manurewa, national team), prostate cancer.[72]
- Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, Ukrainian DPR separatist commander in the war in Donbas, rocket launcher explosion.[73]
9
- Serge Baguet, 47, Belgian racing cyclist (Lotto), colon cancer.[74]
- Radu Gabrea, 79, Romanian movie director (Călătoria lui Gruber) and screenwriter.[75]
- Packy, 54, American-held Asian elephant, euthanized.[76]
- André Salvat, 96, French Army World War II-colonel, recipient of the Legion of Honour and Order of Liberation.[77]
10
- Wiesław Adamski, 69, Polish sculptor.[78]
- Bradley Ayers, 81, American soldier and CIA operative.[79]
- Edward Bryant, 71, American science fiction and horror writer.[80]
- Mike Ilitch, 87, American businessman and sports owner (Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers), founder of Little Caesars.[81]
- Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), lung cancer.[82]
- Hal Moore, 94, American lieutenant general and author (We Were Soldiers Once… And Young), complications from a stroke.[83]
- Yuriy Poyarkov, 80, Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).[84]
- Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, 78, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960), pneumonia.[85]
11
- Barbara Carroll, 92, American jazz pianist.[86]
- Chavo Guerrero Sr., 68, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA, WWE), liver cancer.[87]
- Harvey Lichtenstein, 87, American arts administrator (Brooklyn Academy of Music), complications from a stroke.[88]
- Fab Melo, 26, Brazilian professional basketball player (Boston Celtics), suspected heart attack.[89]
- Jarmila Šuláková, 87, Czech folk singer.[90]
- Jiro Taniguchi, 69, Japanese manga artist (A Distant Neighborhood).[91]
12
- Dave Adolph, 79, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders).[92]
- Sara Coward, 69, British actress (The Archers), breast cancer.[93]
- Damian, 52, British pop singer, cancer.[94]
- Åsleik Engmark, 51, Norwegian comedian, actor, singer, director and stage writer.[95]
- Al Jarreau, 76, American jazz and R&B singer ("Moonlighting", "Since I Fell for You", "We Are the World"), seven-time Grammy winner, respiratory failure.[96]
- Sione Lauaki, 35, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union player (Chiefs, New Zealand national team).[97]
- Yitzhak Livni, 82, Polish-born Israeli media executive and writer.[98]
- Quentin Moses, 33, American football player (Miami Dolphins), house fire.[99]
- Bobby Murdoch, 81, English footballer (Liverpool).[100]
- Ren Xinmin, 101, Chinese rocket scientist and educator (University at Buffalo), designer of the Long March 3.[101]
- Clint Roberts, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district (1981–1983), COPD.[102]
- Krystyna Sienkiewicz, 81, Polish actress and singer.[103]
13
- e-dubble, 34, American rap artist (Freestyle Friday), blood infection.[104]
- Ricardo Arias Calderón, 83, Panamanian politician, Vice President (1990–1992).[105]
- Harold Denton, 80, American public servant, Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (1988–1998), complications from Alzheimer's disease and COPD.[106]
- Jan Grabowski, 66, Polish speedway rider.[107]
- Aileen Hernandez, 90, American union organizer and women's rights activist, President of the National Organization for Women (1970–1971).[108]
- Kim Jong-nam, 45, North Korean politician, poisoned.[109]
- Bruce Lansbury, 87, English-American television producer (Murder, She Wrote, The Wild Wild West, Knight Rider) and screenwriter, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[110]
- Lucky Pulpit, 16, American-trained racehorse, heart attack.[111]
- Seijun Suzuki, 93, Japanese director (Tokyo Drifter, Zigeunerweisen, Yumeji), screenwriter and actor (Cold Fever, EM Embalming, Matouqin Nocturne), COPD.[112]
14
- Cipriano Chemello, 71, Italian cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[113]
- Siegfried Herrmann, 84, German Olympic long-distance runner (1956, 1964).[114]
- Jiří Lanský, 83, Czech high jumper, European championship silver medalist (1954, 1958).[115]
- Elisabeth Lichtenberger, 91, Austrian geographer.[116]
- Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975) and Nha Trang (1975–2009).[117]
- Gelek Rimpoche, 77, Tibetan-American Buddhist teacher, heart failure.[118]
- Hans Trass, 88, Estonian botanist.[119]
15
- Bengt Gustavsson, 89, Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, Atalanta, national team) and manager (Åtvidabergs FF).[120]
- Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, 67, Portuguese royal.[121]
- Manfred Kaiser, 88, German football player and manager (Wismut Gera).[122]
- Stuart McLean, 68, Canadian radio broadcaster (The Vinyl Cafe), melanoma.[123]
- José Solé, 87, Mexican actor and director, cardiac arrest.[124]
- Loren Wiseman, 65, American game designer (Game Designers' Workshop), heart failure.[125]
16
- Josef Augusta, 70, Czech ice hockey player and coach, Olympic silver medalist (1976), pancreatic cancer.[126]
- Dick Bruna, 89, Dutch author and illustrator (Miffy).[127]
- Jannis Kounellis, 80, Greek-Italian artist.[128]
- George Steele, 79, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood), renal failure.[129]
- Ep Wieldraaijer, 89, Dutch politician, member of House of Representatives (1963–1974).[130]
17
- Alan Aldridge, 73, British graphic designer (The Who, Elton John).[131]
- Nicole Bass, 52, American bodybuilder and professional wrestler (WWF, ECW, NWA), heart attack complicated by a stroke.[132] (life-support removed on this date)
- Warren Frost, 91, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld).[133]
- Börge Hellström, 59, Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström), cancer.[134]
- Erland Kops, 80, Danish badminton player, European championship silver medalist (1970).[135]
- Theodore J. Lowi, 85, American political scientist.[136]
- Robert H. Michel, 93, American politician, U.S Representative from Illinois's 18th district (1957–1995) and House Minority Leader (1981–1995), pneumonia.[137]
- Michael Novak, 83, American Catholic theologian and political writer (The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism), complications from colon cancer.[138]
- Tom Regan, 78, American philosopher and animal rights advocate, pneumonia.[139]
- Andrew Schneider, 74, American journalist (Pittsburgh Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986, 1987), heart failure.[140]
- Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter ("You're a Lady", "Hard Times", "Hold on to Love") and priest, brain cancer.[141]
- James Stevenson, 87, American cartoonist (The New Yorker) and author (What's Under My Bed), complications from pneumonia.[142]
- Magnus Wenninger, 97, American mathematician (Polyhedron model).[143]
18
- Omar Abdel-Rahman, 78, Egyptian Muslim leader and convicted terrorist, diabetes and coronary artery disease.[144]
- Ivan Koloff, 74, Canadian professional wrestler (WWWF, NWA), liver cancer.[145]
- Norma McCorvey, 69, American political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, heart failure.[146]
- Sir Michael Ogio, 74, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General (since 2010).[147]
- Richard Schickel, 84, American movie critic (Time), complications from a stroke.[148]
- Lawrence F. Snowden, 95, American military officer.[149]
- Pasquale Squitieri, 78, Italian movie director and screenwriter.[150]
- Clyde Stubblefield, 73, American drummer (James Brown), kidney failure.[151]
- Dan Vickerman, 37, South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (Brumbies, Waratahs, national team).[152]
19
- Alejandro Atchugarry, 64, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2002–2003), aneurysm.[153]
- Kaci Kullmann Five, 65, Norwegian politician, Storting (1981–1997) and Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (since 2015), breast cancer.[154]
- Larry Coryell, 73, American jazz guitarist, cardiac arrest.[155]
- Roger Hynd, 75, Scottish football player (Rangers, Birmingham City) and manager (Motherwell).[156]
- Altamas Kabir, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2012–2013), kidney disease.[157]
- Jørgen Kieler, 97, Danish Resistance member during World War II.[158]
- Igor Shafarevich, 93, Ukrainian-born Russian mathematician.[159]
- Danuta Szaflarska, 102, Polish actress (Zakazane piosenki, The Impossible Goodbye, Aftermath).[160]
- John S. Wold, 100, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large congressional district (1969–1971).[161]
- Marilyn B. Young, 79, American historian.[162]
- Roman Zhuravskyi, 68, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv), pancreatic cancer.[163]
20
- Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations (since 2006), Ambassador to Belgium (1994–1998) and child actor (A Mother's Heart), heart failure.[164]
- Mildred Dresselhaus, 86, American nanotechnologist (Carbon nanotubes) and first female professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respiratory failure.[165]
- Steve Hewlett, 58, British journalist (The Guardian) and radio presenter (The Media Show), oesophageal cancer.[166]
- Sofía Ímber, 92, Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist and philanthropist, founder of the Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas, congestive heart failure.[167]
- Suthan Suthersan, 60, Sri Lankan-born American environmental engineer.[168]
21
- Leah Adler, 97, American pianist.[169]
- Kenneth Arrow, 95, American economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1972).[170]
- Brunella Bovo, 84, Italian actress (Miracle in Milan, The White Sheik, Revenge of a Crazy Girl), pneumonia.[171]
- Jeanne Martin Cissé, 91, Guinean teacher and politician, President of the United Nations Security Council (1972–1976) and Minister of Social Affairs (1976–1984).[172]
- Douglas Coe, 88, American evangelical leader, complications from a heart attack.[173]
- Desmond Connell, 90, Irish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin (1988–2004).[174]
- Ion Croitoru, 53, Canadian professional wrestler (SMW, AWA, WWF) and convicted criminal, suspected heart attack.[175]
- Sir Cosmo Haskard, 100, Irish-born British colonial administrator, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1964–1970).[176]
- Edwin Kessler, 88, American atmospheric scientist, helped develop Doppler weather radar.[177]
- Stanisław Skrowaczewski, 93, Polish-American conductor and composer.[178]
22
- Frank Delaney, 74, Irish author (Ireland, Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea) and journalist.[179]
- Ricardo Dominguez, 31, Mexican welterweight boxer, colon cancer.[180]
- Eni Faleomavaega, 75, American Samoan politician and attorney, Delegate of American Samoa to the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–2015), Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (1985–1989).[181]
- Ed Garvey, 76, American labor attorney, NFLPA executive director and counsel (1970–1983).[182]
- John McCormack, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).[183]
- Aleksei Petrenko, 78, Russian actor (Agony, World War II: Behind Closed Doors, The Barber of Siberia).[184]
23
- Alan Colmes, 66, American political commentator (Fox News) and television presenter (Hannity & Colmes), lymphoma.[185]
- Sabine Oberhauser, 53, Austrian physician and politician, Austrian Minister for Health and Women (since 2014), member of the Austrian National Council (since 2006), abdominal cancer.[186]
- David Waddington, Baron Waddington, 87, British politician, MP (1968–1974, 1979–1990), Home Secretary (1989–1990), Leader of the House of Lords (1990–1992), Governor of Bermuda (1992–1997).[187]
- Leon Ware, 77, American musician, record producer, and songwriter ("I Want You", "I Wanna Be Where You Are"), complications from prostate cancer.[188]
24
- Daryl, 61, American magician, hanging.[189]
- Gustaw Lutkiewicz, 92, Polish actor (Nikodem Dyzma, A Year of the Quiet Sun, Syzyfowe prace).[190]
25
- Hassan Al-Jundi, 78, Moroccan actor (The Message, Al Qadisiyya, Omar) and author.[191]
- Neil Fingleton, 36, English basketball player, actor and stuntman (Game of Thrones, 47 Ronin, Avengers: Age of Ultron), heart attack.[192]
- Toshio Nakanishi, 61, Japanese musician (Plastics), esophageal cancer.[193]
- Bill Paxton, 61, American actor (Apollo 13, Aliens, Big Love), stroke complicated by heart surgery.[194]
- Jack Pope, 103, American judge, attorney and author, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1982–1985).[195]
- Boaz Vaadia, 65, Israeli-born American sculptor, pancreatic cancer.[196]
26
- Ludvig Faddeev, 82, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician.[197]
- Eugene Garfield, 91, American linguist and businessman, founder of Histcite, heart attack.[198]
- Ned Garver, 91, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics).[199]
- Preben Hertoft, 89, Danish sexologist.[200] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Gerald Kaufman, 86, British politician, MP for Manchester Ardwick (1970–1983) and Manchester Gorton (since 1983), Father of the House (since 2015).[201]
- Joseph Wapner, 97, American judge and television personality (The People's Court, Judge Wapner's Animal Court), respiratory failure.[202]
27
- John Harlan, 91, American radio and television personality (Name That Tune).[203]
- Carlos Humberto Romero, 92, Salvadoran politician, President (1977–1979).[204]
28
- Leone di Lernia, 78, Italian radio host (Lo Zoo di 105), singer (Leone di Lernia contro tutti), actor (Mario) and composer, liver cancer.[205]
- Paul Kangas, 79, American broadcaster (Nightly Business Report), complications from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer.[206]
- Peter Mathews, 65, Irish politician, TD (2011–2016), oesophageal cancer.[207]
- Vladimir Petrov, 69, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1972, 1976) and silver medalist (1980).[208]
- Elisabeth Waldheim, 94, Austrian political figure, First Lady (1986–1992).[209]
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