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Deaths on the 20th of February in history

Deaths
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20 Feb 0702 K'inich Kan B'alam II, Mayan king (b. 635)
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20 Feb 1054 Yaroslav I the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
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20 Feb 1154 Wulfric of Haselbury, English saint (b. 1080)
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20 Feb 1171 Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
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20 Feb 1194 Tancred, King of Sicily (b. 1138)
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20 Feb 1194 Tancredo of Lecce King of Sicily, dies
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20 Feb 1258 Al-Musta'sim, Iraqi caliph (b. 1213)
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20 Feb 1408 Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1342)
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20 Feb 1431 Pope Martin V (b. 1368)
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20 Feb 1431 Martinus V [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies
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20 Feb 1524 Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler (b. 1500)
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20 Feb 1569 Mark van Vaernewijck Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50
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20 Feb 1579 Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
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20 Feb 1595 Ernst archduke of Austria, dies at 41
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20 Feb 1618 Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
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20 Feb 1626 John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563)
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20 Feb 1628 Gregor Aichinger German composer/organist, dies at about 63
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20 Feb 1656 James Ussher Irish bible scholar/Anglican archbishop, dies at 76
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20 Feb 1667 David ben Samuel Halevi rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies
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20 Feb 1707 Aurangzeb Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies
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20 Feb 1731 Frederich Karl Erbach composer, dies at 50
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20 Feb 1737 Elizabeth Rowe poet, dies
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20 Feb 1746 Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
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20 Feb 1762 Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
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20 Feb 1771 Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
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20 Feb 1773 Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
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20 Feb 1773 Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71
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20 Feb 1778 Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)
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20 Feb 1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, dies at 70
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20 Feb 1788 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
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20 Feb 1790 Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
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20 Feb 1806 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
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20 Feb 1809 Johann Joseph Emmert composer, dies at 76
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20 Feb 1810 Andreas Hofer, Italian rebel leader (b. 1767)
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20 Feb 1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, dies at 57
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20 Feb 1817 Martin de Ron composer, dies at 27
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20 Feb 1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, dies at 57
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20 Feb 1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM: Prince of the Netherlands / General Major, dies at 29
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20 Feb 1851 Josef Alois Ladurner composer, dies at 81
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20 Feb 1855 Joseph Hume social reformer, dies
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20 Feb 1860 Henry Drummond English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
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20 Feb 1862 William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
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20 Feb 1871 Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
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20 Feb 1892 Hermann Kopp German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
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20 Feb 1893 P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
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20 Feb 1895 Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. 1818)
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20 Feb 1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze composer, dies at 83
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20 Feb 1907 Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
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20 Feb 1907 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54
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20 Feb 1910 Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
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20 Feb 1910 Boetros Ghali Egyptian premier, murdered
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20 Feb 1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov composer, dies at 56
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20 Feb 1911 Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer, dies at 76
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20 Feb 1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
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20 Feb 1920 Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
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20 Feb 1920 Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
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20 Feb 1920 Robert E Peary US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
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20 Feb 1936 Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
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20 Feb 1936 John Hope president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
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20 Feb 1937 "Barlow" Carkeek Australia cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
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20 Feb 1941 La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1894)
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20 Feb 1942 Guido Gasperini composer, dies at 76
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20 Feb 1946 Hugh Allen musician, dies
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20 Feb 1951 Howard Brockway composer, dies at 80
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20 Feb 1958 Thurston Hall actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
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20 Feb 1959 Ray McDonald dancer, dies of barbiturate overdose at 38
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20 Feb 1960 Leonard Woolley archaeologist, dies
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20 Feb 1961 Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
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20 Feb 1961 Otto E Huiswoud [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
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20 Feb 1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78
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20 Feb 1962 Halliwell Hobbes dies at 64
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20 Feb 1963 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
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20 Feb 1964 R T Stanyforth English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
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20 Feb 1966 Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
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20 Feb 1968 Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
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20 Feb 1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
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20 Feb 1969 Jack Ingram actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66
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20 Feb 1970 Albert Louis Wolff composer, dies at 86
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20 Feb 1972 Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
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20 Feb 1972 Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
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20 Feb 1972 Herbert Menges composer, dies at 69
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20 Feb 1973 Brigitte Reimann writer, dies at 39
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20 Feb 1973 Joseph Szigeti Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80
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20 Feb 1973 Maurice Dallimore actor (Collector), dies at 60
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20 Feb 1974 David Monrad Johansen composer, dies at 85
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20 Feb 1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild: Bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
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20 Feb 1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
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20 Feb 1975 Robert Strauss actor (Sergeant Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61
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20 Feb 1975 Lillian Fontaine actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88
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20 Feb 1976 Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (b. 1907)
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20 Feb 1976 René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
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20 Feb 1978 Vitorino Nem
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20 Feb 1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt: Youngest Daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
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20 Feb 1980 Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, dies in Washington DC at 96
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20 Feb 1981 Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)
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20 Feb 1983 James G Richardson (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident
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20 Feb 1983 Ray Vitte actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
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20 Feb 1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov composer, dies at 61
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20 Feb 1985 Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (b. 1904)
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20 Feb 1985 Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Indian poet and author (b. 1913)
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20 Feb 1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone composer, dies at 88
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20 Feb 1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58
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20 Feb 1987 Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905)
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20 Feb 1987 Ivan Brkanovic composer, dies at 80
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20 Feb 1992 Dick York, American actor and singer (b. 1928)
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20 Feb 1992 Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician (b. 1944)
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20 Feb 1992 A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)
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20 Feb 1992 Andrew Schenck conductor, dies of melanoma at 51
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20 Feb 1992 Joan Dixon actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66
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20 Feb 1993 Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
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20 Feb 1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
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20 Feb 1994 Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos: Soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
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20 Feb 1994 Derek Jarman English director (Last of England), dies at 52
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20 Feb 1995 John Humphreys Whitfield Italianist, dies at 88
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20 Feb 1995 Shlomo Averbach Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend
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20 Feb 1996 Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
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20 Feb 1996 Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
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20 Feb 1996 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill Test pilot, dies at 83
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20 Feb 1996 Michael Herford Wooller TV/film producer, dies at 69
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20 Feb 1996 Walter Charles Marshall scientist, dies at 63
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20 Feb 1999 Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (b. 1946)
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20 Feb 1999 Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
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20 Feb 2000 Anatoly Sobchak, Russian lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1937)
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20 Feb 2001 Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
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20 Feb 2001 Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
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20 Feb 2003 Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani air marshal (b. 1947)
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20 Feb 2003 Ty Longley, American singer and guitarist (Great White and Samantha 7) (b. 1971)
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20 Feb 2003 Orville Freeman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1918)
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20 Feb 2003 Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (b. 1907)
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20 Feb 2005 Thomas Willmore, English mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
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20 Feb 2005 Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
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20 Feb 2005 John Raitt, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
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20 Feb 2005 Sandra Dee, American actress and singer (b. 1944)
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20 Feb 2006 Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1920)
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20 Feb 2006 Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
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20 Feb 2008 Emily Perry, English actress and dancer (b. 1907)
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20 Feb 2009 Larry H. Miller, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
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20 Feb 2010 Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
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20 Feb 2010 Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924)
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20 Feb 2012 Sullivan Walker, Trinidadian-American actor (b. 1946)
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20 Feb 2012 S. N. Lakshmi, Indian actress (b. 1927)
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20 Feb 2012 Katie Hall, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
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20 Feb 2012 Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1960)
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20 Feb 2013 Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1928)
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20 Feb 2013 Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer (b. 1932)
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20 Feb 2013 David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936)
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20 Feb 2013 Kenji Eno, Japanese game designer and composer (b. 1970)
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20 Feb 2014 Garrick Utley, American journalist (b. 1939)
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20 Feb 2014 Reghu Kumar, Indian composer (b. 1953)
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20 Feb 2014 Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921)
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20 Feb 2014 Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923)
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20 Feb 2015 John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925)
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20 Feb 2015 Johanna Klink, German super-centenarian (b. 1903)
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20 Feb 2015 Ibrahim Biogradlić, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
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