Deaths in February 2015 Facts for Kids

This article is about people who passed away in February 2015. Many of them were famous for their work in sports, movies, music, or other important fields. It's a way to remember their lives and what they achieved.

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Remembering People from February 2015

Aldo Ciccolini (1925-2015) was a talented pianist.

Udo Lattek (1935-2015) was a well-known football manager.

André Brink (1935-2015) was a famous writer from South Africa.

Dean Smith (1931-2015) was a legendary basketball coach.

David Carr (1956-2015) was a respected journalist.

Gary Owens (1934-2015) was a popular TV announcer.

Louis Jourdan (1921-2015) was a French actor.

Steve Montador (1979-2015) was an ice hockey player.

Lesley Gore (1946-2015) was a famous singer.

Clark Terry (1920-2015) was a jazz trumpeter.

Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) was an iconic actor and director.

Boris Nemtsov (1959-2015) was a Russian politician.

February 1 - Aldo Ciccolini, 89, a French pianist known for his classical music performances.
February 1 - Ann Mara, 85, an American football team owner for the New York Giants.
February 1 - Udo Lattek, 80, a German football player and manager for teams like Bayern Munich and Barcelona.
February 1 - Monty Oum, 33, an American animator who created popular web series like Red vs. Blue and RWBY.
February 2 - Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, a Ukrainian singer from the band Skryabin.
February 2 - Stewart Stern, 92, an American screenwriter who wrote Rebel Without a Cause.
February 3 - Mary Healy, 96, an American actress and singer.
February 3 - Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, a British historian and biographer.
February 3 - Frank Borghi, 89, an American Hall of Fame soccer player for the national team.
February 3 - Charlie Sifford, 92, an American golfer who broke barriers in the sport.
February 4 - Eduardo Laborde, 47, an Argentine rugby player for the national team.
February 4 - Richard Bonehill, 67, a British actor and stuntman known for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
February 4 - Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, an American NASA research pilot.
February 4 - Wes Cooley, 82, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon.
February 5 - K. N. Choksy, 81, a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who was the Minister of Finance.
February 5 - Henri Coppens, 84, a Belgian footballer who won the Golden Shoe.
February 6 - Marisa Del Frate, 83, an Italian actress, singer, and TV personality.
February 6 - Assia Djebar, 78, an Algerian novelist, translator, and filmmaker.
February 6 - André Brink, 79, a South African writer.
February 6 - Kathrine Windfeld, 48, a Danish movie director.
February 6 - Norm Drucker, 94, an American basketball referee.
February 6 - Alan Nunnelee, 56, an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi.
February 6 - Pedro León Zapata, 85, a Venezuelan cartoonist, painter, and writer.
February 7 - Dean Smith, 83, an American Hall of Fame basketball coach for North Carolina.
February 7 - John C. Whitehead, 92, an American financier and civil servant who was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.
February 7 - René Lavand, 86, an Argentine magician and illusionist.
February 7 - Joe B. Mauldin, 74, an American bassist for the band The Crickets.
February 7 - Donald H. Clausen, 91, an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from California.
February 7 - Marshall Rosenberg, 80, an American psychologist who created Nonviolent Communication.
February 7 - Billy Casper, 83, an American golfer with many PGA Tour wins.
February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, 96, a Turkish singer.
February 9 - Øyvind Bjorvatn, 83, a Norwegian politician.
February 9 - Jorge Sassi, 64, an Argentine actor.
February 10 - Deng Liqun, 99, a Chinese politician.
February 10 - Naseer Aruri, 81, a Palestinian scholar and human rights activist.
February 11 - Roger Hanin, 89, a French actor and movie director.
February 11 - Bob Simon, 73, an American television journalist known for 60 Minutes.
February 11 - Ray Hathaway, 98, an American baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
February 11 - Anne Cuneo, 78, a Swiss author and movie director.
February 11 - Jerry Tarkanian, 84, an American Hall of Fame basketball coach for teams like UNLV and the San Antonio Spurs.
February 12 - Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, a Dutch resistance fighter.
February 12 - Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, an American physicist and professor.
February 12 - Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, a Malaysian politician.
February 12 - Tomie Ohtake, 101, a Japanese-Brazilian artist.
February 12 - Oliver Rackham, 75, a British landscape ecologist.
February 12 - Steve Strange, 55, a British musician from the band Visage.
February 12 - David Carr, 58, an American columnist for The New York Times and author.
February 12 - Gary Owens, 80, an American television announcer for Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and actor.
February 12 - Movita Castaneda, 98, an American actress.
February 12 - Richie Pratt, 71, an American jazz drummer.
February 13 - Kesava Reddy, 68, an Indian writer.
February 13 - Stan Chambers, 91, an American television reporter.
February 14 - Wim Ruska, 74, a Dutch judoka and Olympic gold medallist in 1972.
February 14 - Franjo Mihalić, 94, a Croatian long-distance runner and Olympic silver medallist in 1956.
February 14 - Philip Levine, 87, an American poet.
February 14 - Louis Jourdan, 93, a French actor known for movies like Gigi and Octopussy.
February 14 - Michele Ferrero, 89, an Italian businessman who led Ferrero SpA, a famous chocolate company.
February 14 - Pamela Cundell, 95, an English actress.
February 15 - Steve Montador, 35, a Canadian ice hockey player who played for teams like the Chicago Blackhawks.
February 15 - Haron Amin, 46, an Afghan diplomat and former Ambassador to Japan.
February 15 - Eileen Essell, 92, an English actress known for films like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
February 16 - Aleksandr Melentyev, 60, a Soviet Russian sport shooter and Olympic champion in 1980.
February 16 - John Davies, 76, a British historian.
February 16 - Uri Orbach, 54, an Israeli writer, journalist, and politician.
February 16 - R. R. Patil, 58, an Indian politician.
February 16 - Lesley Gore, 68, an American singer famous for her hit song "It's My Party".
February 16 - Heinrich Windelen, 93, a German politician.
February 17 - Andrzej Koszewski, 92, a Polish composer.
February 17 - Cathy Ubels-Veen, 86, a Dutch politician.
February 18 - Cass Ballenger, 88, an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
February 18 - Claude Criquielion, 58, a Belgian cyclist and world champion in 1984.
February 18 - Mark Fischer, 64, an American intellectual property lawyer.
February 18 - Jerome Kersey, 52, an American basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers.
February 19 - Harris Wittels, 30, an American television producer and writer for shows like Parks and Recreation.
February 20 - Henry Segerstrom, 91, an American entrepreneur.
February 20 - Ibrahim Biogradlić, 83, a Bosnian Yugoslav footballer and Olympic silver medalist in 1956.
February 21 - Sadeq Tabatabaei, 71, an Iranian politician.
February 21 - Clark Terry, 94, an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
February 22 - Kim Kyung-roul, 34, a South Korean professional billiards player.
February 23 - John Rowlands, 76, a Welsh author and novelist.
February 24 - Irving Kahn, 109, an American investor.
February 24 - Roger Cecil, 72, a Welsh painter.
February 24 - Donald Keough, 88, an American businessman and former President of The Coca-Cola Company.
February 24 - Maurice Hurley, 75, an American television writer and producer for shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation.
February 24 - Bertrice Small, 77, an American author.
February 25 - Terry Gill, 75, an Australian actor known for "Crocodile" Dundee and The Flying Doctors.
February 25 - Eugenie Clark, 92, an American ichthyologist (someone who studies fish).
February 26 - Fritz J. Raddatz, 83, a German essayist and biographer.
February 26 - Earl Lloyd, 86, an American basketball player and one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.
February 26 - Martha Cohen, 94-95, a Canadian community builder and philanthropist.
February 26 - Avijit Roy, an American writer born in Bangladesh.
February 26 - Theodore Hesburgh, 97, an American Roman Catholic priest and long-time president of the University of Notre Dame.
February 27 - Leonard Nimoy, 83, an American actor and director, best known for playing Spock in Star Trek.
February 27 - Boris Nemtsov, 55, a Russian politician.
February 27 - Richard Bakalyan, 84, an American character actor.
February 27 - Bohdan Tomaszewski, 93, a Polish sports commentator.
February 27 - Bob Benmosche, 70, an American executive who was the CEO of American International Group.
February 28 - Anthony Mason, 48, an American basketball player for the New York Knicks.
February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, 91, a Turkish author and recipient of the Légion d'honneur.

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