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Deaths on the 6th of February in history

Deaths
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06 Feb 0743 Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Arab caliph (b. 691)
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06 Feb 0797 Donnchad Midi, High King of Ireland (b. 733)
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06 Feb 0891 Photius: Byzantine Theologist / patriarch of Constantinople / saint
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06 Feb 0891 Photios I of Constantinople (b. 810)
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06 Feb 1140 Thurstan: Archbishop of York
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06 Feb 1215 Hōjō Tokimasa, Japanese emperor (b. 1138)
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06 Feb 1378 Joanna of Bourbon (b. 1338)
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06 Feb 1497 John Ockeghem: Flemish singer / composer, dies at 79
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06 Feb 1497 Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1410)
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06 Feb 1515 Aldus Manutius, Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (b. 1449)
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06 Feb 1585 Edmund Plowden, English lawyer and scholar (b. 1518)
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06 Feb 1593 Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
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06 Feb 1593 Jacques Amyot, French author and translator (b. 1513)
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06 Feb 1612 Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)
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06 Feb 1617 Prosper Alpinus: Italian Physician / botanist, dies at 63
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06 Feb 1617 Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
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06 Feb 1685 Charles II of England (b. 1630)
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06 Feb 1695 Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
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06 Feb 1699 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria: Heir of Spanish King Carlos II
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06 Feb 1725 Johann Philipp Krieger: Composer, dies at 75
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06 Feb 1740 Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
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06 Feb 1775 William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
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06 Feb 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown: English Architect (Kew), dies at about 67
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06 Feb 1783 Capability Brown, English gardener (b. 1716)
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06 Feb 1785 Iman Willem Falck: Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
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06 Feb 1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
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06 Feb 1798 Niels Schiorring: Composer, dies at 54
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06 Feb 1804 Joseph Priestley: Engl / US Theologist / philosopher / chemist, dies at 70
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06 Feb 1806 Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)
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06 Feb 1807 John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
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06 Feb 1833 Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
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06 Feb 1834 Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
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06 Feb 1859 Johannes Josephus Viotta: Composer, dies at 45
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06 Feb 1865 John Pegram: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 33
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06 Feb 1881 Pieter Mijer: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
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06 Feb 1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk: Dutch art collector, dies at 82
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06 Feb 1897 Ebenezer C Brewer: British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable)
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06 Feb 1899 Georg Leo Earl von Caprivi: German chancellor, dies at 67
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06 Feb 1899 Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
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06 Feb 1899 Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
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06 Feb 1910 Alfonso Maria Fusco, Italian priest (b. 1839)
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06 Feb 1914 J Albert Neuhuys: Dutch Painter (Hague School), dies at 69
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06 Feb 1916 Anne C A I van Diest: Belgian Physician / feminist, dies at 73
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06 Feb 1916 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
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06 Feb 1917 Edouard A Drumont: French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
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06 Feb 1918 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
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06 Feb 1919 Friedrich W Mengelberg: German Sculptor / painter, dies at 81
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06 Feb 1923 Edward E Barnard: US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
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06 Feb 1929 Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
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06 Feb 1930 Eva Strittmatter: Writer, dies at 17
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06 Feb 1931 Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1861)
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06 Feb 1938 Marianne V von Werefkin: Russ / German / Swiss house painter, dies at 77
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06 Feb 1938 Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
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06 Feb 1941 Maximilien Luce: French painter, dies at 82
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06 Feb 1942 Wobbe de Vries: Dutch linguist, dies at 78
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06 Feb 1942 Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
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06 Feb 1943 HA Seyffardt: Dutch Lieutenant General / NSB "minister", dies at 71
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06 Feb 1945 Jan Bos: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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06 Feb 1945 Paul Bos: Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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06 Feb 1947 Albert JM Bakker: Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
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06 Feb 1947 Luigi Russolo: Composer, dies at 61
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06 Feb 1948 Robert Brasillach: French Author / Nazi collaborator, dies at 38
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06 Feb 1951 Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
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06 Feb 1952 George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
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06 Feb 1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United die in an aircrash at Munich
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06 Feb 1958 victims of the Munich air disaster (Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932), Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929), Eddie Colman, English footballer (b. 1936), Walter Crickmer, English footballer and manager (b. 1900), Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933), David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935), Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913), Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932))
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06 Feb 1960 Jesse Belvin: Rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
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06 Feb 1961 Archibald T Davison: Composer, dies at 77
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06 Feb 1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim: Morocco opposition leader
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06 Feb 1963 Werner Erich Josten: German Composer (Jungle), dies at 77
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06 Feb 1963 Abd el-Krim, Moroccan guerrilla leader (b. 1880)
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06 Feb 1964 Sophocles Venizelos: Premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
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06 Feb 1964 Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)
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06 Feb 1966 Johan Algot Haquinius: Composer, dies at 79
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06 Feb 1966 Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (b. 1877)
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06 Feb 1967 Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
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06 Feb 1968 C Montague Shaw: Actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
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06 Feb 1970 Roscoe Karns: Actor (Captain Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
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06 Feb 1972 Julian H Steward: US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
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06 Feb 1973 Ira S Bowen: US physicist / astronomer (Mt Wilson / Palomar), dies at 74
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06 Feb 1976 Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
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06 Feb 1976 Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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06 Feb 1979 Alain Teister: Dutch Sculptor / writer, dies at 47
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06 Feb 1981 Frederica of Hanover (b. 1917)
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06 Feb 1981 Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
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06 Feb 1982 Ben Nicholson: England, Painter / Sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
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06 Feb 1985 Charles Briggs: Actor (13 Frightened Girls, Captain Newman), dies at 53
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06 Feb 1985 James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906)
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06 Feb 1986 Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
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06 Feb 1986 Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
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06 Feb 1986 Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
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06 Feb 1987 Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929)
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06 Feb 1988 Lee Goodman: Actor (Imitation of Life), dies of tuberculosis at 64
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06 Feb 1988 Marghanita Laski: English Author (Victorian chaise-lounge)
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06 Feb 1989 Andre Cayatte
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06 Feb 1989 Barbara Tuchman: Historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
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06 Feb 1989 Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912)
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06 Feb 1989 King Tubby, Jamaican DJ, producer, and composer (b. 1941)
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06 Feb 1989 Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
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06 Feb 1989 Chris Gueffroy, German man, who attempted to climb the Berlin Wall (b. 1968)
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06 Feb 1989 André Cayatte, French director and lawyer (b. 1909)
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06 Feb 1990 Jane Novak: Silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of a stroke at 94
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06 Feb 1990 John Merivale: Actor (Caltiki)
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06 Feb 1990 Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
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06 Feb 1991 Marten Levendig: Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow
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06 Feb 1991 Danny Thomas, American singer, actor, and producer (b. 1914)
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06 Feb 1991 Salvador Luria, Italian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
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06 Feb 1992 Frank Wilson: Actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
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06 Feb 1992 Wade Preston: Actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
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06 Feb 1993 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1943)
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06 Feb 1994 Ignace Strasfogel: Polish / US pianist / conductor / composer, dies at 84
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06 Feb 1994 Norman Del Mar: Conductor / writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
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06 Feb 1994 Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
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06 Feb 1994 Joseph Cotten, American actor and singer (b. 1905)
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06 Feb 1995 Arthur S Taylor, Jr.: US drummer / Author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
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06 Feb 1995 James Ingram Merrill: US Poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
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06 Feb 1995 James Merrill, American soldier and poet (b. 1926)
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06 Feb 1996 Ronald Fletcher: Broadcaster, dies at 85
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06 Feb 1996 Rosemary Tsay: Drama critic / SOE operator, dies at 76
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06 Feb 1996 Guy Madison, American actor and producer (b. 1922)
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06 Feb 1997 Roger Laurent, Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1913)
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06 Feb 1998 [Johann Hoelzel] Falco: Singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
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06 Feb 1998 Nazim al-Kudsi: Syrian Prime Minister (1949, 1950-51) / President (1961-63)
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06 Feb 1998 Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (b. 1946)
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06 Feb 1998 José Marroquín Leal, Mexican actor and clown (b. 1933)
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06 Feb 1998 Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
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06 Feb 1999 Jimmy Roberts, American tenor (b. 1924)
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06 Feb 1999 Don Dunstan, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of South Australia (b. 1926)
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06 Feb 1999 Danny Dayton, American actor and director (b. 1923)
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06 Feb 2000 Phil Walters, American racing driver (b. 1916)
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06 Feb 2001 Filemon Lagman, Filipino theoretician and activist (b. 1953)
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06 Feb 2001 Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian soldier and journalist (b. 1897)
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06 Feb 2002 Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
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06 Feb 2004 Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and economist (b. 1920)
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06 Feb 2005 Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (b. 1913)
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06 Feb 2005 Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
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06 Feb 2006 Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, American actor and singer (b. 1925)
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06 Feb 2007 Willye White, American runner and long jumper (b. 1939)
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06 Feb 2007 Harry Webster, English engineer (b. 1927)
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06 Feb 2007 Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1913)
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06 Feb 2007 Len Hopkins, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1930)
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06 Feb 2007 Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
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06 Feb 2007 Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
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06 Feb 2008 Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
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06 Feb 2008 John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
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06 Feb 2009 James Whitmore, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
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06 Feb 2009 Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)
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06 Feb 2011 Gary Moore, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Skid Row and Thin Lizzy) (b. 1952)
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06 Feb 2012 Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1956)
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06 Feb 2012 Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
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06 Feb 2012 David Rosenhan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1929)
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06 Feb 2012 Nuri Otay, Turkish businessman (b. 1957)
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06 Feb 2012 Peter Breck, American actor (b. 1929)
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06 Feb 2013 Alden Mason, American painter and academic (b. 1919)
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06 Feb 2013 Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (b. 1923)
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06 Feb 2013 Chokri Belaid, Tunisian lawyer and politician (b. 1964)
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06 Feb 2013 Mo-Do, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
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06 Feb 2014 Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939)
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06 Feb 2014 Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925)
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06 Feb 2014 Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
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06 Feb 2014 Alison Jolly, American-English primatologist and zoologist (b. 1937)
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06 Feb 2014 Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak tailor and politician (b. 1917)
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06 Feb 2015 Pedro León Zapata, Venezuelan cartoonist (b. 1929)
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06 Feb 2015 Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1958)
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06 Feb 2015 Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (b. 1936)
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06 Feb 2015 Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (b. 1931)
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06 Feb 2015 André Brink, South African author and playwright (b. 1935)
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