February 28, 2016 Scientists Ranginui Walker New Zealand Māori academic Died on Monday February 29th 2016 Other scientistsNikolay Tsaturyan dead at age 81, Armenian theatre directorKhalifa Chater dead at age 90, Tunisian academic and historianKenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of JusticePatrick Arnold dead at age 59, American organic chemistWilliam V. Tamborlane dead at age 79, American pediatrician and academicBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerMary Lovelace O'Neal dead at age 84, American artist and arts educatorJosé Ballesta Spanish politician, mayor of Murcia, cancer dead at age 67Theo van Boven dead at age 91, Dutch juristMelo Freire Brazilian politician, deputy dead at age 99More from New ZealandKenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of JusticeMark Smythe dead, 53 New Zealand-born American composer, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseGeoff Stedman New Zealand physicist, Hector Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand dead at age 83Carla Van Zon New Zealand artistic director dead at age 74Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69Mark Carrington New Zealand cricketer dead at age 64Ned New Zealand snail diesCleighten Cornelius New Zealand cricketer and winemaker, myeloma dead at age 49Peter Lynn New Zealand engineer and kite maker, cancer dead at age 79Sir Alan Frampton New Zealand agricultural economist dead at age 96More from February 29, 2016Wenn V. DeramasNihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed UsmanVanyo TanovHannes LöhrJosefin NilssonPeter KamnitzerLouise RennisonJosé Parra MartínezGil HillAlice Arlen Tags 2016-02-29 29 February 2016 February 2016 February 29 New Zealand Ranginui Scientists Walker ←Raúl Sánchez Jack Lindquist→