"Deaths in February 2018"

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1 February
Dennis Edwards, 74, American singer of the soul and R&B, member of The Contours, The Temptations, from meningitis complications.
Fidelito Castro, 68, firstborn son of Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro, suicide.
Cliff Baurland, 97, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist (1948 at 4X400 meters relay).
Stavros Economou, 89, Greek from the founders of the Cyprus Football Organization of England (KOPA).
Vangelis Romnios, 36, Greek actor and playwright.
Edward Ferran, 52, French politician, MEP (since 2014).

2 February
George Kouzas, 60, Greek wheelchair basketball coach, UCITS president (1999-2016).
Dave Barrett, 87, Canadian politician, Prime Minister of British Columbia (1972–75), from Alzheimer's disease.
Takis Linas, 58, Greek journalist, from a heart attack.
Babis Levadas, 69, Greek footballer (Apollon Patras)
Lakis Skoutaris, 80, Greek actor of theatre and cinema ("The harpoons", "The knight of the lakouva"), cancer.

3 February
Vangelis Markakis, 82, Greek neurosurgeon, the first to perform surgery for epilepsy.
Caroli Palotai, 82, Hungarian footballer, gold medalist (1964) and referee.
Leon "Edugu" Chunkler, 65, American jazz and pop drummer ("Billie Jean"), from prostate cancer.

4 February
Kostas Kotoulas, 79, Greek songwriter and radio producer, from respiratory causes.
John Mahoney, 77, British American actor (Frasier, In the Line of Fire, Say Anything. ..from esophageal cancer complications.
Alan Baker, 78, British mathematician, honored with the Fields Medal (1970).

5 February
Antonis Theodorou, 79, former mayor Eretrias, from a stroke.
Ladislav Katsani, 86, Slovak footballer (Czechoslovakia national 1953–62, 1954 World Cup) and coach (Inter Bratislava 1967–70, 1971–72 Czechoslovak national footballer).
Kostas Bakalis, 76, Greek actor of theatre, cinema ("Trohonomos Varvara", "Basic Evening Your" etc.) and television.

6 February
Constantine Serpetin, 67, Greek sculptor, known as Grande, from a heart attack.

7 February
Petros Alivizatos, 76, Greek politician, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism (2011-12) and MP of Kefalonia- Ithaca (2004-07 with the NW).
Andreas Anagnostopoulos, for several years alderman of Ioannina.
Valtround Kretsmar, 70, German world champion of handball (1971, 75 , 78), silver medalist (1976 – 3rd in 1980).
Jill Mesik, 50, American film producer (Mean Girls, Frieda) and talent manager (rose McGowan), suicide.
John Perry Barlow, 70, American writer and songwriter (Grateful Dead) and internet activist co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Nabi Sensoy, 72, Turkish diplomat, ambassador to the US (2006–09).
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