Deaths in February 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2013.

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 2013

1

*Barney, 12, American Scottish Terrier, First Dog of President George W. Bush (2001–2009), lymphoma.
* Gertrude Berman, 88, American politician.
* Rudolf Dašek, 79, Czech guitarist.
*Carol Brewster, 85, American actress ('' Untamed Women'', ''Cat-Woman of the Moon'', ''The Barkleys of Broadway'') and model.
* Gisèle Guillemot, 90, French writer and a member of the French Resistance.
*Helene Hale, 94, American politician, Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (2000–2006).
* John Hamber, 81, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor.
* Rocky Harris, 80, Australian cricket umpire.
* Sir Paul Holmes, 62, New Zealand broadcaster, prostate cancer and heart problems.
*Ed Koch, 88, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1969–1977), Mayor of New York City (1978–1989), television judge (''The People's Court''), heart failure.
* Shanu Lahiri, 85, Indian painter.
* Bert Long, Jr., 72, American chef, painter, photographer and sculptor, pancreatic cancer.
*Louis Luyt, 80, South African rugby union administrator and politician.
*Tony Palomo, 81, American Guamanian politician, historian and journalist.
*Robin Sachs, 61, English actor ('' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Galaxy Quest'', ''Babylon 5''), heart attack.
*Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, 86, Norwegian musicologist and composer.
* Milan Vápenka, 69, Czech Olympic volleyball player.
* Vladimir Yengibaryan, 80, Armenian light welterweight boxer, Olympic gold medallist (1956) for the Soviet Union.

2

*Arlene Ackerman, 66, American educator and public schools superintendent, pancreatic cancer.
* Michael D. Cohen, 67, American academic.
* Winston Derrick, 62, Antiguan journalist.
* Edith Houghton, 100, American baseball player and scout, first female scout in Major League Baseball.
*Abraham Iyambo, 52, Namibian politician, Minister of the Fisheries and Marine Resources (1997–2010); Minister of Education (since 2010), stroke.
* John Kerr, 81, American actor ('' South Pacific'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'').
*Chris Kyle, 38, American author and Navy SEAL sniper, most lethal in U.S. military history, shooting.
*Sirajul Haq Memon, 79, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar, cardiac arrest.
* Necdet Menzir, 68, Turkish bureaucrat and politician, Minister of Transport (1997–1998), respiratory failure.
*Lino Oviedo, 69, Paraguayan politician and general, 2008; 2013 presidential candidate; leader of the National Union of Ethical Citizens, helicopter crash.
*Pepper Paire, 88, American AAGPBL baseball player, inspiration for ''A League of Their Own''.
* Tarjei Rygnestad, 58, Norwegian physician.
*P. Shanmugam, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry (2000–2001), head injuries from a fall.
*Jack Singer, 95, Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
* Frank Stirrup, 88, English rugby league player.
*Walt Sweeney, 71, American football player ( San Diego Chargers), pancreatic cancer.
* Kenneth W. Thompson, 91, American academic.
* Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, American architect, lead designer of the World Trade Center.

3

*Wolfgang Abraham, 71, German footballer.
* Jadin Bell, 15, American bullying victim, suicide.
* B. H. Born, 80, American basketball player (University of Kansas).
*Cardiss Collins, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1973–1997).
* John Michael D'Arcy, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1985–2009), lung and brain cancer.
* Steve Demeter, 78, American baseball player ( Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians), heart disease.
* Deng Wei, 53, Chinese photographer.
*Matija Duh, 23, Slovenian speedway rider, head injuries.
*Joseph Egerega, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Bomadi (1997–2009).
* Luigi Falco, 61, Italian politician and doctor.
*Oscar Feltsman, 91, Russian composer.
*Peter Gilmore, 81, British actor (''The Onedin Line'', ''Carry On'', '' Doctor Who'').
* Ragnar Heurlin, 84, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer.
* Ichikawa Danjūrō XII, 66, Japanese Kabuki actor, pneumonia.
* James Muri, 93, American World War II pilot.
* David Oates, 50, British sports commentator (BBC Sport).
*Zlatko Papec, 79, Croatian footballer.
* Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena, 77, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kara (1996–2009).
*Mike Schwartz, 63, American anti-abortion activist, ALS.
* Kåre Syrstad, 73, Norwegian farmers' union leader.
* Robert Anthony Welch, 65, Irish author and academic, cancer.
*Jam Mohammad Yousaf, 58, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (2002–2007), cardiac arrest.

4

* Kaarina Autio, 71, Finnish Olympic gymnast.
* Dirk Ballendorf, 73, American-born Guamanian historian.
* Donald Byrd, 80, American jazz trumpeter.
* Darlan, 5, British Thoroughbred racehorse, injuries sustained during a race.
*Margaret Frazer, 66, American historical novelist, breast cancer.
* Joe C. Gardner, 68, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2007).
*Richard E. Geis, 85, American science fiction writer.
* Des Raj Goyal, 83–84, Indian journalist, academic and author.
* Pat Halcox, 82, British jazz trumpeter.
* John Baptist Liu Jingshan, 99, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ningxia (1984–2009).
* Anthony Legge, 73, British archaeologist and academic.
* M. Bhanumathi, 66–67, Indian stage and film actress.
*Leonard Marsak, 88–89, American scholar.
* Achilla Orru, 53, Ugandan musician, heart disease.
*Theresia van der Pant, 88, Dutch sculptor ( Equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina).
* Vernon Robert Pearson, 89, American jurist, Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (1981–1989), hip surgery complications.
* John M. Peters, 86, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1953–1955).
*Reg Presley, 71, British singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around"), lung cancer.
* Mohammad Ali Shah, 66, Pakistani surgeon and politician, Sindh Minister of Sports, heart attack.
* Stewie, 7–8, world's longest domestic cat, cancer.
* P. W. Underwood, 81, American football coach (Southern Mississippi).
*Essie Mae Washington-Williams, 87, American schoolteacher.

5

*Antonino Dos Santos Baptista, 79, Portuguese cyclist.
*Nel Büch, 81, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).
* Stuart Freeborn, 98, English make-up artist ('' Star Wars'', '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', '' Superman'').
*Reinaldo Gargano, 78, Uruguayan politician, Senator (1985–2005, 2008–2010), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2010), heart failure.
* Harrison T. Groutage, 87, American painter and educator.
*Gerry Hambling, 86, English film editor (''Pink Floyd – The Wall'', '' Midnight Express'', ''In the Name of the Father'').
* Egil Hovland, 88, Norwegian composer.
* Paul Gordon Jarvis, 77, British ecologist.
* Kenneth Jernstedt, 95, American fighter pilot.
*Charles Longbottom, 82, British politician, MP for York (1959–1966).
*Tom McGuigan, 91, New Zealand politician, MP for Lyttelton (1969–1975).
* Marshall Miles, 86, American bridge player and author, complications from a heart attack.
*Leda Mileva, 93, Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat.
* Marguerite Perrou, 96, French Olympia

*Bazy Tankersley, 91, American newspaper publisher and horse breeder.
* Paul Tanner, 95, American trombonist, one of the last surviving members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, complications from pneumonia.
* Adrianus Taroreh, 46, Indonesian Olympic boxer.
* Shelby Whitfield, 77, American sports announcer and author.
*Klaus Wyrtki, 87, American oceanographer.
*Derek Yalden, 72, British zoologist.

6

*Ronnie Allen, 74, American pool player.
*Chokri Belaid, 48, Tunisian politician, assassination by shooting.
*Menachem Elon, 89, Israeli jurist, justice on the Supreme Court (1977–1993).
*Arthé Guimond, 81, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan (2000–2006).
* Joseph Madec, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon (1983–2000).
* Alden Mason, 93, American artist.
*Mo-Do, 46, Italian musician ("Eins, Zwei, Polizei"), suicide.
* Walter Nowick, 87, American teacher of Rinzai Zen.
* Ira Rubin, 82, American professional bridge player.
* Yahya Sulong, 84, Malaysian comedian and actor.
*Betty Twarog, 85, American biochemist.
* René Vestri, 74, French politician, Senator for Alpes-Maritimes (since 2008) and Mayor of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (since 2002).
* Adrián Villagómez García, 61, Mexican politician, MP for Nuevo León (2003–2006).
* Douglas Warren, 93, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes (1967–1994).

7

* William Anthony Hughes, 91, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Covington (1979–1995).
* L. Brent Kington, 78, American blacksmith and educator.
* Nic Knudtzon, 90, Norwegian telecommunications engineer.
*Howard Lassoff, 57, American and Israeli basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
*Like-A-Butterfly, 18, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, colic.
*John Livermore, 94, American geologist.
* Niki Marangou, 65, Cypriot writer and painter, traffic collision.
* José Moustache, 80, Guadeloupean politician, President of the Regional Council (1983–1986).
*Amedeus Msarikie, 81, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moshi (1986–2007).
* K. K. Nair, 82, Indian politician.
*Aki Orr, 81, German–born Israeli politician and writer.
*Krsto Papić, 79, Croatian screenwriter and film director (''My Uncle's Legacy'').
*Peter Steen, 77, Danish actor.
* Elvi Svendsen, 93, Danish Olympic swimmer.
* József Tóth, 72, Hungarian geographer and academic, rector of the University of Pécs.
*Jürgen Untermann, 84, German linguist.

8

* Elizabeth Alley, 58, American actress ('' Sunset Beach''), brain aneurysm.
* Sam Boaz, 95, American politician, member of Tennessee House of Representatives (1963–1967).
*Ralph Braun, 72, American businessman, founder and CEO of Braun Corporation.
*Chris Brinker, 42, American producer (''The Boondock Saints'') and director, aortic aneurysm.
*Giovanni Cheli, 94, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations (1973–1986), natural causes.
* Claude Covassi, 42, Swiss criminal and spy, drug overdose.
*James DePreist, 76, American conductor, complications from heart attack.
*Herbert C. Dessauer, 91, American biochemist.
*Maureen Dragone, 93, American journalist and author.
*Jan Ellis, 71, South African rugby player, cancer.
* Ron Hansell, 82, English footballer.
*Kjell Hjertsson, 90, Swedish footballer.
*Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, 90, American academic and author.
* Patricia Hughes, 90, British radio announcer.
* K. Daniel Haley, 83, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1971–1976).
* György Kézdy, 76, Hungarian actor.
* Lyle Lahey, 81, American political cartoonist.
* Ian Lister, 66, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic).
* Joseph Ma Xue-sheng, 89, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhoucun (since 1997).
* Mervyn McCord, 83, British army officer.
*Des McGovern, 84, Australian rugby league footballer.
*Jack Dale Mengenen, 91, Australian indigenous artist.
* Motsapi Moorosi, 67, Lesotho Olympic sprinter.
* John Morris, 76, Australian politician, Senator for New South Wales (1985–1990).
* Knut Nesbø, 51, Norwegian footballer ( Molde, Lyn, Stabæk), guitarist (Di Derre) and sports reporter, cancer.
* Funmilola Ogundana, 32, Nigerian sprinter, died while giving birth.
* Renato Olivieri, 87, Italian giallo novelist.
*Rushdi Said, 92, Egyptian geologist.
* Dieter Schütte, 89, German publisher ( M. DuMont Schauberg).
*Nevin S. Scrimshaw, 95, American nutritionist.
* Yodtong Senanan, 75, Thai Muay Thai master and trainer.
*Alan Sharp, 79, Scottish screenwriter ('' Rob Roy'', '' Night Moves'').
* Bill Smith, 88, American Olympic swimmer.
* Alfred Sosgórnik, 79, Polish Olympic athlete.
* Jim Sweeney, 83, American football coach (Fresno State).
* Elvie Villasanta, 85, Filipino comedian ( Mommy Elvie's Problematic Show), breast cancer.

9

*Richard Artschwager, 89, American painter, sculptor and illustrator, stroke.
* Robert Ashton, 88, British historian.
* Gérard Asselin, 62, Canadian politician, MP for Charlevoix (1993–2004) and Manicouagan (2004–2011).
* Mike Banks, 90, British mountaineer and Royal Marines officer.
*Enar Edberg, 76, Swedish Olympic weightlifter.
*Bremer Ehrler, 98, American politician, Secretary of State of Kentucky (1988–1992).
* Keiko Fukuda, 99, Japanese-born American martial artist.
* Afzal Guru, 43, Indian Islamist terrorist ( 2001 Indian Parliament attack), execution by hanging.
*H. Palmer Hall, 70, American poet, fiction writer, essayist, editor, and librarian.
* Bill Irwin, 92, Canadian Olympic skier.
* Miles J. Jones, 60, American forensic pathologist.
* Colin Laverty, 75, Australian doctor and art collector.
* Mark Linz, 77, German publisher.
* Leonardo Polo, 87, Spanish philosopher.
*Phil Remington, 92, American motorsports engineer.
* Jimmy Smyth, 82, Irish hurler ( Clare).
* Richard Twiss, 58, American educator and author, heart attack.
*Kåre Valebrokk, 72, Norwegian journalist, editor and television executive ( TV 2).

10

*Cornelis Bas, 85, Dutch mycologist.
*W. Watts Biggers, 85, American novelist, creator of ''Underdog''.
* Sara Braverman, 95, Romanian-born Israeli Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine member, co-founder of the IDF Women's Corps.
* Marianne Brenton, 79, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1992–1998).
*Pery Burge, 57, English artist, cancer.
*Marie-Pierre Castel, 64, French actress ('' The Nude Vampire'', '' The Shiver of the Vampires'', '' Requiem for a Vampire'').
*Norman Crowder, 86, English priest, Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1985–1993).
* Frank Farrelly, 81, American psychologist.
*Baron Fielakepa, 51, Tongan government minister.
*Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, 68, British soldier and aristocrat.
* David Hartman, 81, American-born Israeli rabbi and philosopher.
* Boris Jacobson, 75, Swedish Olympic sailor.
*Lolong, Filipino-born saltwater crocodile, largest in captivity, pneumonia and cardiac arrest.
*Bill Roost, 88, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
*Thierry Rupert, 35, French basketball player, complications of a heart attack.
* Jake Thies, 86, American baseball player ( Pittsburgh Pirates).Baseball Almanac – Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2013
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*Eugenio Trías Sagnier, 70, Spanish philosopher.
* Ikuzo Sakurai, 68, Japanese politician.
*Petro Vlahos, 96, American visual effects inventor and designer.
*Zhuang Zedong, 72, Chinese table tennis player, involved in ping-pong diplomacy.

11

*Tom Aspell, 62, New Zealand-born American foreign correspondent (NBC News), lung cancer.
*Jim Boatwright, 61, American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv), liver cancer.
* Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez, 70, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (2008–2012).
* Esther Buckley, 64, American educator, member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1983–1992), traffic collision.
* Wayne Chernecki, 63, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, lung cancer.
*Mark Dalby, 75, British prelate, Archdeacon of Rochdale (1991–2000).
* Kelefa Diallo, 53, Guinean general, Army chief of staff, plane crash.
* William R. Eadington, 67, American economist.
*Jack Eskridge, 89, American professional basketball player.
* Kevin Gray, 55, American musical theatre actor (''The Phantom of the Opera'', ''The King and I''), heart attack.
*Yasuko Hatoyama, 90, Japanese political financier, MODS.
* Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys, 81, British peer and landowner.
*Rick Huxley, 72, English musician (The Dave Clark Five).
* Vi Lloyd, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1973–1981).
* Teodor Lucuță, 57, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București), stroke and heart failure.
* William D. Metz, 98, American historian.
* Krzysztof Michalski, 64, Polish philosopher.
*Kevin Peek, 66, Australian musician (Sky), melanoma.
* Erik Quistgaard, 91, Danish engineer, director general of the European Space Agency (1980–1984).
* Mark Scott, 89, British rower.
*Brooke E. Sheldon, 81, American librarian.
* Zoe Țapu, 78, Romanian agronomist.
* Chrysler Thomas, 78, Grenadian politician, MP and Minister of Agriculture (1973–1979).
*Rem Viakhirev, 78, Russian businessman, Chairman of Gazprom (1992–2001).
* Pavlo Vigderhaus, 87, Ukrainian architect.
* D. Vinayachandran, 66, Indian Malayalam poet.
* Matthew White, 55, American basketball player (University of Pennsylvania), stabbing.
* Alfred Zijai, 52, Albanian footballer ( Flamurtari Vlorë).

12

*Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 72, Saudi royal, Governor of Riyadh Province (since 2011).
* Bill Bell, 81, English businessman, Chairman of Port Vale F.C. (1987–2002).
*Marion Bryden, 94, Canadian politician, MPP of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Beaches—Woodbine (1975–1990).
*Barnaby Conrad, 90, American author, heart failure.
*Mal Couch, 74, American theologian.
*Christopher Dorner, 33, American murderer, suicide by gunshot.
*Bobby Gore, 76, American gang leader and activist.
*Brian Langford, 77, English cricketer (Somerset).
* Jimmy Mulroy, 72, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, member of the Seanad Éireann (1987–1989).
* Richard Orton, 72, British composer and academic.
* C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao, 86, Indian civil servant.
* Kurt Redel, 94, German musician and conductor.
* Rita Ridley, 66, British middle-distance runner and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, cancer.
* Frank Seator, 37, Liberian footballer.
* Tarmizi Taher, 76, Indonesian naval officer and politician, Minister of Religious Affairs (1993–1998).
* Yasushi Takahashi, 88, Japanese theoretical physicist.
* Reginald Turnill, 97, British aerospace correspondent (BBC
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