- Feb 1 Marjorie Reynolds [Goodspeed], American actress and dancer (Holiday Inn; Life of Riley), dies from congestive heart disease at 79
- Feb 2 Chico Science [Francisco Franca], Brazilian musician (manguebeat), dies in a car accident at 30
- Feb 3 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, English music scholar, dies at 84
- Feb 3 Esteban Sánchez, Spanish classical pianist and pedagogue (Badajoz Conservatoire, 1978-97), dies at 62
- Feb 4 Ross Lee Finney, American composer (Landscapes Remembered), dies at 90
- Feb 7 Danil Shafran, Soviet-Russian concert cellist, dies at 74
- Feb 8 Elroy Josephs, British jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
- Feb 9 Brian Connolly, Scottish rock singer (Sweet, 1968-79- "The Ballroom Blitz"), dies of heart failure at 51
- Feb 9 L.F. "Jack" Owen, American blues singer and guitarist ("It Must've Been The Devil"), dies at 92
- Feb 10 Lou Bennett, American bebop pianist, and jazz organist, dies at 70
- Feb 18 Eric Fenby, English composer and president (Delius Society), dies at 90
- Feb 19 Jarmil Burghauser [Mokrý], Czech composer, choirmaster, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 75
- Feb 20 Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack while trying to save a distressed swimmer in Miami Beach at 36
- Feb 23 Oscar Lewenstein, British theater impresario (Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera), and film producer (The Knack ...and How to Get It), dies of heart failure at 80
- Feb 23 Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51
- Feb 24 Isabelle Harriet Lucas, Canadian-born British actress and singer (Outland, Comics), dies at 69
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