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February 15, 2004 Jan Miner, pitchwoman/stage actress, You're soaking in it, dies at 86 February 15, 2002 Howard K. Smith, TV journalist, dies at 87 February 15, 2002 Kevin Smith, actor, Xena, dies at 38 February 15, 1999 Henry W. Kendall, American Scientist February 15, 1998 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89 February 15, 1998 Martha Gellhorn, journalist, dies at 89 February 15, 1996 Bruno Ferenc Straub, Hungarian statesman, dies February 15, 1996 Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72 February 15, 1996 McLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry), dies at 66 February 15, 1996 Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58 February 15, 1996 Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54 February 15, 1995 Francis Taylor, builder, dies at 90 February 15, 1995 Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at 77 February 15, 1995 Lord Taylor of Hadfield, British President of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at 90 February 15, 1995 Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33 February 15, 1995 Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at 40 in jail February 15, 1995 Viscount Camrose, British large landowner/Conservative, dies February 15, 1994 Andrei Tsjikatilo, [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed February 15, 1994 Tiger Haynes, U.S. actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at 79 February 15, 1993 George Wallington, [Giacinto Figlia], Italian bebop-pianist/, dies February 15, 1992 William H Schuman, U.S. composer (Pulitzer)/President of Julliard, dies at 81 February 15, 1991 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack February 15, 1991 Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78 February 15, 1990 Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at 77 February 15, 1990 Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68 February 15, 1988 Frederick [Fritz] Loewe, composer, dies February 15, 1988 Gardiner Means, U.S. economist, dies at 91 February 15, 1988 Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83 February 15, 1988 Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 February 15, 1988 Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69 February 15, 1987 Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42 February 15, 1987 Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer, dies at 57 February 15, 1984 Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73 February 15, 1984 Ethel Merman, singer and actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76 February 15, 1984 Leamon Hunt, U.S. director-General in Sinai, killed by communists February 15, 1982 Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 86 February 15, 1981 Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36 February 15, 1981 Thomas Beversdorf, composer, dies at 56 February 15, 1979 Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 February 15, 1979 Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed February 15, 1978 Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72 February 15, 1975 Julian Huxley, biologist, dies February 15, 1975 Pelham G Wodehouse, writer, dies February 15, 1974 Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86 February 15, 1973 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 February 15, 1973 Wally Cox, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies at 48 February 15, 1972 Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 February 15, 1972 Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73 February 15, 1971 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63 February 15, 1968 Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 February 15, 1967 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor and director (It, Careers), dies at 79 February 15, 1967 William C Bullitt, 1st U.S. ambassador in U.S.S.R., dies at 76 February 15, 1966 Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies February 15, 1965 Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49 February 15, 1964 Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman for the Chicago Cubs, dies in plane crash at 22 February 15, 1962 Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at 72 February 15, 1961 Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 February 15, 1961 Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater 1932 Olympics silver, dies February 15, 1959 Owen W. Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69 February 15, 1955 S. Z. Sakall, actor, Dolly Sisters, Casablanca, dies at 71 February 15, 1943 Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38 February 15, 1943 William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73 February 15, 1942 Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91 February 15, 1942 Stanislav Binicki, composer, dies at 69 February 15, 1939 Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 February 15, 1939 Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies at 68 February 15, 1933 Anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami February 15, 1932 Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66 February 15, 1930 Giulio Douhet, Italian Soldier February 15, 1928 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 February 15, 1924 Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 February 15, 1923 Josephine B Willson Bruce, U.S. black theorist, dies at 69 February 15, 1922 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36 February 15, 1921 Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60 February 15, 1919 Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66 February 15, 1917 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 February 15, 1916 Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73 February 15, 1910 Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51 February 15, 1905 Lewis Wallace, U.S. diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 February 15, 1905 Lew Wallace, American Soldier February 15, 1904 Marcus A. Hanna, American Politician February 15, 1903 Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69 February 15, 1902 Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68 February 15, 1896 E J Nicholson, writer, dies February 15, 1891 William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies February 15, 1887 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies February 15, 1885 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 February 15, 1865 Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies February 15, 1864 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies February 15, 1864 William Dyce, painter, dies February 15, 1857 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies February 15, 1857 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, dies at 53 February 15, 1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 February 15, 1844 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, British premier (1801-04), dies at 86 February 15, 1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 February 15, 1835 Henry Hunt, British politican, dies February 15, 1832 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85 February 15, 1831 Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies February 15, 1820 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63 February 15, 1820 William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92 February 15, 1818 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69 February 15, 1781 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 February 15, 1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Saxon playwright/critic, dies February 15, 1780 William Blackstone, jurist, dies February 15, 1779 James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii February 15, 1778 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 February 15, 1761 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 February 15, 1759 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 February 15, 1744 Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49 February 15, 1744 John Hadley, inventor (sextant), dies February 15, 1713 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies February 15, 1709 John Philips, English Poet February 15, 1701 Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80 February 15, 1686 Mathias Rauchmuller, German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies February 15, 1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 February 15, 1680 John Swammerdam, anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43 February 15, 1660 Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72 February 15, 1637 Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58 February 15, 1621 Michael Praetorius, German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50 February 15, 1600 Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59 February 15, 1597 Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 February 15, 1580 Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies February 15, 1568 Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 February 15, 1503 Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies February 15, 1400 Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle February 15, 1152 Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 February 15, 1145 Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies February 15, 1043 Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 |