May 2, 2015 Scientists Sir David Watson British academic and educationalist (University of Oxford) Died on Sunday February 8th 2015 Other scientistsJosé Ballesta Spanish politician, mayor of Murcia, cancer dead at age 67Melo Freire Brazilian politician, deputy dead at age 99Festus Mogae Motswana president and economist dead at age 86Pierre Chambon French biologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences dead at age 95Liviu Volconovici Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor, Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment dead at age 69Aimable Karasira Rwandan academic, YouTuber and dissident, drug overdose diesAlgis Jurgis Kundrotas Lithuanian physicist dead at age 75Anatoly Rusanov Russian chemist dead at age 94Georgy Golitsyn Russian scientist dead at age 91Shaikh Idrees Pakistani Islamic Scholar and politician, member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, shot dead at age 64More from BritainAtaur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84Ralph Ottey Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran dead at age 102Kevin Ndjomo Cameroonian sports journalist diesAuroras Encore public figure dead at age 23Jake Hall British actor, model and reality television star, head injury dead at age 35Dame Shirley Porter public figure dead at age 95Gary Lydon public figure dead at age 61Moslem Uddin Bangladeshi politician, MP dead at age 88Robyn Woodhouse Australian Olympic high jumper dead at age 82Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth British Anglican clergyman and life peer, bishop of Oxford and member of the House of Lords dead at age 89More from February 8, 2015John W. BaldwinOla BratteliStan CowanDavid CrewsKenji EkuanVincent Valentine EzeonyiaJesse FreitasDave HoydaDebra A. KempRauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde Tags 08 February 2015 2015-02-08 Britain February 2015 February 8 Scientists Sir Watson ←Thom Wilson Mario Vázquez Raña→