Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990)
Feb 6 American Acadeny and Emmy Award-winning composer and songwriter ("All The Way"; "Love & Marriage"; "Come Fly With Me"), dies following a stroke at 77 [1]
- Feb 8 Del Shannon [Charles Westover], American rock musician and songwriter ("Runaway"), commits suicide at 55
- Feb 14 Tony Holiday, German singer, dies of complications from AIDS at 38
- Feb 24 Johnnie Ray, American singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
- Feb 26 Cornell Gunther, American musician (The Coasters - "Poison Ivy"), dies at 53
- Feb 26 Scott Jarvis, American theatrical actor and singer (1776; Here's Where I Belong), dies of AIDS at 48