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Deaths on the 2nd of February in history

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02 Feb 0619 Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint
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02 Feb 1032 Rudolf III: Last independent King of Bourgundy
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02 Feb 1124 Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
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02 Feb 1218 Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
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02 Feb 1250 Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
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02 Feb 1294 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
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02 Feb 1435 Johanna II: Lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
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02 Feb 1448 Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372)
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02 Feb 1491 Martin Schongauer: German painter, dies at 40
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02 Feb 1512 Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
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02 Feb 1529 Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
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02 Feb 1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg: Gov / Viceroy of Frisia / Groningen
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02 Feb 1563 Hans Neusiedler: Hungarian / German luitist / author
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02 Feb 1580 Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1558)
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02 Feb 1594 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina: Italian composer, dies at 68
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02 Feb 1594 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)
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02 Feb 1597 Lucas van Valckenborch: Flemish painter, buried at about 61
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02 Feb 1648 George Abbot, English author and politician (b. 1603)
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02 Feb 1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
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02 Feb 1660 Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
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02 Feb 1661 Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
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02 Feb 1673 Kaspar Forster: Composer, dies at 56
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02 Feb 1675 Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
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02 Feb 1688 Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (b. 1610)
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02 Feb 1704 Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
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02 Feb 1712 Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
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02 Feb 1714 John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
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02 Feb 1723 Antonio M Valsalva: Italian anatomist, dies at 66
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02 Feb 1723 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
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02 Feb 1750 Johann Graf: Composer, dies at 65
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02 Feb 1768 Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
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02 Feb 1769 Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico]: Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
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02 Feb 1769 Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
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02 Feb 1779 Georg Philipp Kress: Composer, dies at 59
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02 Feb 1789 Armand-Louis Couperin: French Composer / Organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
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02 Feb 1793 William Aiton: English Botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
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02 Feb 1802 Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
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02 Feb 1804 George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
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02 Feb 1822 Jean-Baptiste Davaux: Composer, dies at 79
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02 Feb 1827 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher: Composer, dies at 62
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02 Feb 1828 Frederik Sigismund Earl of Bylandt: Vice-admiral, dies at 78
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02 Feb 1852 Francois MP Liberman: French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
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02 Feb 1881 Aleksej F Pisemski: Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59
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02 Feb 1882 Fabio Campana: Composer, dies at 63
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02 Feb 1902 Emanuil Mandlov: Composer, dies at 42
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02 Feb 1904 Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
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02 Feb 1904 William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician; 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
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02 Feb 1905 Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
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02 Feb 1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev: Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
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02 Feb 1907 Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
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02 Feb 1909 Adolf Stoecker: German anti-semite / Prime Minister, dies at 73
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02 Feb 1909 Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
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02 Feb 1913 Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
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02 Feb 1918 John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
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02 Feb 1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux: Composer, dies at 55
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02 Feb 1919 Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
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02 Feb 1921 Luigi Mancinelli: Composer, dies at 72
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02 Feb 1925 Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
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02 Feb 1925 Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
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02 Feb 1926 Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
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02 Feb 1931 Theodor Batthynyi: Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
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02 Feb 1932 Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
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02 Feb 1934 Ernesto Nazareth: Composer, dies at 70
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02 Feb 1939 Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
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02 Feb 1941 Johannes Schlaf: Writer, dies at 78
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02 Feb 1942 Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
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02 Feb 1942 Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
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02 Feb 1942 Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician; 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
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02 Feb 1945 Karl F Goerdeler: Mayor (Leipzig) / "July 20th plot", hanged at 60
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02 Feb 1945 Johannes Popitz, Prussian politician (b. 1884)
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02 Feb 1945 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
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02 Feb 1945 Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
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02 Feb 1948 Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
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02 Feb 1948 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
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02 Feb 1950 Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
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02 Feb 1952 Charles De Roche: Actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
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02 Feb 1952 Johann Babtist Thaller: Composer, dies at 79
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02 Feb 1952 Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
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02 Feb 1953 Gustav Strube: Composer, dies at 85
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02 Feb 1954 Theodor Rogalski: Composer, dies at 52
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02 Feb 1954 Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
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02 Feb 1956 Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
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02 Feb 1956 Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
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02 Feb 1956 Charley Grapewin, American actor and singer (b. 1869)
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02 Feb 1957 Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
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02 Feb 1960 Jeno Huszka: Composer, dies at 84
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02 Feb 1961 Adolf Vogl: Composer, dies at 87
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02 Feb 1961 Anna May Wong: Actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56
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02 Feb 1962 Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
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02 Feb 1963 Herman Bouber [Blom]: Actor / playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77
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02 Feb 1965 Richard P Blackmur: United States -- Critic / publisher (Good European), dies at 61
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02 Feb 1965 Richard Wurz: Composer, dies at 79
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02 Feb 1966 Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906)
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02 Feb 1968 Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
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02 Feb 1969 Giovanni Martinelli: Opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83
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02 Feb 1969 Boris Karloff, English actor and singer (b. 1887)
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02 Feb 1970 Jaroslav Vogel: Composer, dies at 76
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02 Feb 1970 Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
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02 Feb 1970 Lawrence Gray, American actor and singer (b. 1898)
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02 Feb 1972 Jessie Royce Landis: Actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
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02 Feb 1972 Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
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02 Feb 1973 Henry J Elias: Flemish Historian / Mayor of Gent, dies at 70
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02 Feb 1973 Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician; 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
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02 Feb 1974 Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
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02 Feb 1975 Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
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02 Feb 1976 Johan[nes A] Kaart: Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
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02 Feb 1976 Maurice Jacobson: Composer, dies at 80
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02 Feb 1978 Wendy Barrie: TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
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02 Feb 1979 Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
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02 Feb 1980 William H Stein: US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
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02 Feb 1980 William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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02 Feb 1981 Jan Donner: Dutch Chairman of High Council, dies at 89
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02 Feb 1981 Louise Lorraine: Actress (Adventures of Tarzan)
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02 Feb 1982 Stringfellow Barr: US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
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02 Feb 1982 Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
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02 Feb 1983 Roy Horb: Suriname sergeant / putschist, commits suicide
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02 Feb 1983 Sam Chatman: Elder Statesman of the blues
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02 Feb 1983 Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897)
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02 Feb 1986 Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
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02 Feb 1987 Alfred Lion: Record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
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02 Feb 1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes: British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
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02 Feb 1987 Alistair MacLean, Scottish-German author and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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02 Feb 1987 Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
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02 Feb 1988 Clive Epstein: Brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
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02 Feb 1988 G Mennen Williams: Supreme Court Justice, dies at 76 in Detroit, Michigan
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02 Feb 1988 Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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02 Feb 1989 Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician; 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (b. 1901)
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02 Feb 1989 Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
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02 Feb 1990 Joel Fluellen: Actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79
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02 Feb 1990 Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)
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02 Feb 1990 Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
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02 Feb 1992 Jack [John T] Aitken: British anatomist, dies at 78
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02 Feb 1992 Maurice J Hill: Writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
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02 Feb 1992 Maurice L Kusell
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02 Feb 1992 Bert Parks, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
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02 Feb 1993 François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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02 Feb 1994 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn: Blues guitarist / singer, dies at 62
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02 Feb 1994 Stephen Barclay: Actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
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02 Feb 1994 Willie Mae Ford Smith: Gospel Singer / Songwriter, dies at 89
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02 Feb 1994 Zilner T Randolph: Jazz Trumpeter / Arranger, dies at 95
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02 Feb 1995 David Kindersley: Alphabet Designer / Cutter, dies at 79
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02 Feb 1995 Donald Pleasance: English actor (Halloween), dies at 75
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02 Feb 1995 Phillip Borsos: Tasmanian / Canadian director (Mean Season)
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02 Feb 1995 Robert L Haller: Coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32
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02 Feb 1995 Donald Pleasence, English-French actor and singer (b. 1919)
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02 Feb 1995 Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player (b. 1909)
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02 Feb 1995 Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (b. 1917)
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02 Feb 1996 Ray McIntire: Chemical engineer, dies at 77
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02 Feb 1996 Shamus Culhane: Animator, dies at 87
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02 Feb 1996 Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
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02 Feb 1997 Chico Science Francisco Franca: Musician, dies at 40
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02 Feb 1997 Godfrey Baseley: British radio executive, dies at 92
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02 Feb 1997 Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
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02 Feb 1997 Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
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02 Feb 1998 Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914)
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02 Feb 1999 David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
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02 Feb 2002 Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937)
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02 Feb 2002 Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (Exodus) (b. 1960)
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02 Feb 2003 Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (b. 1917)
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02 Feb 2004 Bernard McEveety, American film director and producer (b. 1924)
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02 Feb 2005 Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
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02 Feb 2005 Birgitte Federspiel, Danish actress (b. 1925)
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02 Feb 2007 Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
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02 Feb 2007 Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
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02 Feb 2007 Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
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02 Feb 2007 Joe Hunter, American pianist (b. 1927)
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02 Feb 2007 Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939)
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02 Feb 2007 Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944)
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02 Feb 2008 Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)
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02 Feb 2008 Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
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02 Feb 2011 Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
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02 Feb 2011 Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (b. 1975)
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02 Feb 2012 James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (b. 1922)
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02 Feb 2012 Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
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02 Feb 2012 George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
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02 Feb 2012 Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920)
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02 Feb 2012 Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (b. 1913)
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02 Feb 2013 Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
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02 Feb 2013 Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
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02 Feb 2013 Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (b. 1974)
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02 Feb 2013 John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
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02 Feb 2013 Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
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02 Feb 2014 Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962)
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02 Feb 2014 Werner Husemann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
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02 Feb 2014 Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (b. 1948)
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02 Feb 2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)
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02 Feb 2014 Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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02 Feb 2014 Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (b. 1992)
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02 Feb 2014 Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
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02 Feb 2015 Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
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02 Feb 2015 Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1968)
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02 Feb 2015 The Jacka, American rapper and producer (Mob Figaz) (b. 1977)
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02 Feb 2015 Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)
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02 Feb 2015 Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
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