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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Edward Stafford (politician)|Edward Stafford]], Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1819)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Edward William Stafford {{!}} New Zealand, Colonialism, Reforms {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-William-Stafford |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Lew Wallace]], American author, general, and politician, 11th [[Governor of New Mexico Territory]] (b. 1827) *[[1911]] – [[Theodor Escherich]], German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859) *[[1924]] – [[Lionel Monckton]], English composer (b. 1861) *[[1928]] – [[H. H. Asquith]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1852) *[[1932]] – [[Minnie Maddern Fiske]], American actress and playwright (b. 1865) *[[1933]] – [[Pat Sullivan (film producer)|Pat Sullivan]], Australian animator and producer, co-created ''[[Felix the Cat]]'' (b. 1887) *[[1939]] – [[Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin]], Russian painter and author (b. 1878) *[[1956]] – [[Vincent de Moro-Giafferi]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1878) *[[1959]] – [[Owen Willans Richardson]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1879) *[[1961]] – [[Laurence Owen]], American figure skater (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Skating hall to honor 1961 U.S. team | date=September 14, 2010 | publisher = United Press International | url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2010/09/14/Skating-hall-to-honor-1961-US-team/UPI-67101284491857/}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Nat King Cole]], American singer and pianist (b. 1919) *[[1966]] – [[Gerard Antoni Ciołek]], Polish architect and historian (b. 1909) * 1966 – [[Camilo Torres Restrepo]], Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929) *[[1967]] – [[Antonio Moreno]], Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887) *[[1970]] – [[Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding]], Scottish air marshal (b. 1882) *[[1973]] – [[Wally Cox]], American actor (b. 1924) *[[1974]] – [[Kurt Atterberg]], Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887) *[[1981]] – [[Mike Bloomfield]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943) * 1981 – [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], German organist and conductor (b. 1926) *[[1984]] – [[Ethel Merman]], American actress and singer (b. 1908) *[[1988]] – [[Richard Feynman]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1918) *[[1992]] – [[María Elena Moyano]], Peruvian activist (b. 1960) * 1992 – [[William Schuman]], American composer and academic (b. 1910) *[[1996]] – [[McLean Stevenson]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9602/stevenson_obit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013073924/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9602/stevenson_obit/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2005 |title='MASH' star McLean Stevenson dies |date=February 16, 1996 |work=CNN|access-date=March 18, 2012}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Martha Gellhorn]], American journalist and author (b. 1908) *[[1999]] – [[Henry Way Kendall]], American physicist and mountaineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1926) *[[2000]] – [[Angus MacLean]], Canadian commander and politician, 25th [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] (b. 1914) *[[2002]] – [[Howard K. Smith]], American journalist and actor (b. 1914) * 2002 – [[Kevin Smith (New Zealand actor)|Kevin Smith]], New Zealand actor (b. 1963) *[[2004]] – [[Jens Evensen]], Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Minister of Trade and Shipping|Norwegian Minister of Trade]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url =https://snl.no/Jens_Evensen|title= Jens Evensen|publisher= Store norske leksikon|author= Knut Are Tvedt|accessdate= 1 February 2018}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Pierre Bachelet]], French singer-songwriter (b. 1944) * 2005 – [[Sam Francis (writer)|Sam Francis]], American historian and journalist (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holley |first1=Joe |title=Conservative Writer Samuel T. Francis|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54866-2005Feb25.html |newspaper=Washington Post |page=B8 |date=February 26, 2005}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Walker Edmiston]], American actor (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news|title=Walker Edmiston|newspaper=Indiana Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2425463/indiana_gazette/|agency=Indiana Gazette|date=February 28, 2007|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 16, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Ray Evans]], American songwriter (b. 1915) *[[2008]] – [[Johnny Weaver]], American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[Jeanne M. Holm]], American general (b. 1921) *[[2012]] – [[Cyril Domb]], English-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1920) *[[2013]] – [[Sanan Kachornprasart]], Thai general and politician (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Ahmed Rajib Haider]], Bangladeshi atheist blogger<ref>{{cite news |date=23 February 2013 |title=Four killed in 'blasphemous bloggers' riot in Bangladesh |url=http://www.news.com.au/world/four-killed-in-blasphemous-bloggers-riot/story-fndir2ev-1226583945159 |work=news.com.au |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126041125/http://www.news.com.au/world/four-killed-in-blasphemous-bloggers-riot/story-fndir2ev-1226583945159 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Thelma Estrin]], American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Christopher Malcolm]], Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946) *[[2015]] – [[Haron Amin]], Afghan diplomat, [[Afghan Ambassador to Japan]] (b. 1969) * 2015 – [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]], American journalist and author (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Steve Montador]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979) *[[2016]] – [[George Gaynes]], Finnish-American actor (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/arts/television/george-gaynes-a-versatile-character-actor-dies-at-98.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/arts/television/george-gaynes-a-versatile-character-actor-dies-at-98.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98|date=February 16, 2016|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 17, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (b. 1959)<ref>Lenker, Margaret (February 15, 2016). [https://variety.com/2016/music/obituaries-people-news/vanity-dead-prince-denise-matthews-1201706763/ "Denise 'Vanity' Matthews, Singer and Protege of Prince, Dies at 57"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. Retrieved November 20, 2019.</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Stuart McLean]], Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stuart-mclean-dead-at-68-1.3984826 |title=Stuart McLean dead at 68 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=February 15, 2017 |access-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015142/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stuart-mclean-dead-at-68-1.3984826 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Lee Radziwill]], American socialite (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vogue.com/article/lee-radziwill-obituary| title = Lee Radziwill Is Dead at 85| last = Codinha| first = Alessandra| date = 16 February 2019| website = Vogue| publisher = Condé Nast| access-date = 16 February 2019| archive-date = 16 February 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190216171154/https://www.vogue.com/article/lee-radziwill-obituary| url-status = live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Caroline Flack]], English actress and TV presenter (b. 1979)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Youngs|first=Ian|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51542688|title=Will Caroline Flack's death be a turning point?|date=2020-02-18|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-18|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218150044/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51542688|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Bappi Lahiri]], Indian singer, composer and record producer (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Newsmakers 2022 |volume=72 |magazine=Filmfare |date=January 2023 |issn=0971-7277 |page=116 |first1=Tanisha |last1=Bhattacharya |via=Magzter}}</ref> * 2022 – [[P.J. O'Rourke]], American author, humorist, and journalist (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/p-j-orourke-dead-obit-1300786/ | title=P.J. O'Rourke, Celebrated Journalist and Conservative Satirist, Dead at 74 | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=15 February 2022 }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Raquel Welch]], American actress and singer (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |title=Raquel Welch, 1960s film star and sex symbol, dies at 82 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/15/actress-raquel-welch-dead/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[George Armitage]], American film director (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=February 21, 2025 |title=George Armitage, 'Grosse Pointe Blank' and 'Miami Blues' Director, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/george-armitage-dead-grosse-pointe-blank-miami-blues-1236143663/ |access-date=February 23, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 – [[Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa]], Portuguese businessman (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 15, 2025 |title=Former Porto president Pinto da Costa dies aged 87 |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/former-porto-president-pinto-da-costa-dies-aged-87-2025-02-15/ |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> *2025 – [[Muhsin Hendricks]], South African imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT activist (b. 1967)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bigg |first=Matthew Mpoke |date=February 17, 2025 |title=South African Imam and Gay Rights Advocate Is Shot Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/africa/south-african-imam-gay-rights-dead.html |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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