http://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2016/february

Feb 2 Intizar Hussain, Pakistani and Urdu writer and columnist, dies in his early 90s

Feb 2 Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life), dies at 92

Feb 4 Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire), dies at 74

Feb 4 Dave Mirra, American BMX rider, commits suicide at 41

Feb 4 Edgar Whitcomb, American politician and Governor of Indiana (1969-73), dies at 98

Feb 4 Edgar Mitchell, american NASA astronaut (Apollo 14), dies at 85

Feb 4 Leslie Bassett, American classical composer (Variations for Orchestra - Pulitzer Prize 1966), dies at 93

Feb 6 Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter (Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks), dies at 74

Feb 8 Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, dies at 82

Feb 8 John Disley, Welsh athlete (co-founded London Marathon), dies at 87

Feb 9 Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister of Nepal (2014-2015), dies at 76

Feb 12 Johnny Lattner, American football player, dies at 83

Feb 13 Antonin Scalia, American 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-2016), dies at 79

Feb 14 Steven Stucky, American composer (Los Angeles Philharmonic), dies of cancer at 66

Feb 15 Denise Matthews "Vanity", singer (Prince protege) and actress (52 Pick Up), dies at 57

Feb 15 George Gaynes, actor (Tootsie, Punky Brewster), dies at 98

Feb 16 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992- 96), dies at 93

Feb 17 Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indian batsman who scored 112 in his only Test innings 1948), dies at 95

Feb 17 Tony Phillips, American MLB player (Oakland Athletics), dies at 56

Feb 19 Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and writer (Name of the Rose), dies at 84