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February 2, 2004 Alan Bullock, British Historian February 2, 2002 Claude Brown, American Writer February 2, 1997 Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40 February 2, 1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92 February 2, 1996 Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at 83 February 2, 1996 Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at 77 February 2, 1996 Shamus Culhane, animator, dies at 87 February 2, 1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Conde, French prince/Russian, dies at 47 February 2, 1995 Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80 February 2, 1995 David Kindersley, alphabet Designer/Cutter, dies at 79 February 2, 1995 Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75 February 2, 1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85 February 2, 1995 Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies February 2, 1995 Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32 February 2, 1994 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62 February 2, 1994 Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75 February 2, 1994 Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89 February 2, 1994 Zilner T Randolph, jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95 February 2, 1993 Francois Reichenbach, Fren director (L'Amerique Insolite), dies at 70 February 2, 1992 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77 February 2, 1992 Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at 78 February 2, 1992 Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89 February 2, 1992 Maurice L Kusell, dies February 2, 1990 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79 February 2, 1990 Aaron Copland, American Composer February 2, 1989 John Cassavetes, U.S. actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59 February 2, 1988 Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51 February 2, 1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit February 2, 1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78 February 2, 1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78 February 2, 1987 Alistair Maclean, Scottish Novelist February 2, 1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide February 2, 1983 Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies February 2, 1982 Stringfellow Barr, U.S. educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85 February 2, 1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88 February 2, 1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89 February 2, 1981 Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies February 2, 1980 William H Stein, U.S. biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68 February 2, 1980 William Howard Stein, American Scientist February 2, 1979 Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31 February 2, 1978 Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65 February 2, 1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies February 2, 1976 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 February 2, 1976 Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at 80 February 2, 1974 Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80 February 2, 1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70 February 2, 1972 Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67 February 2, 1972 Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author February 2, 1970 Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97 February 2, 1970 Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at 76 February 2, 1969 Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81 February 2, 1969 Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83 February 2, 1965 Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61 February 2, 1965 Richard Wurz, composer, dies at 79 February 2, 1963 Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor and playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77 February 2, 1961 Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 February 2, 1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56 February 2, 1960 Jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84 February 2, 1957 Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75 February 2, 1957 Julia Morgan, American Architect February 2, 1956 Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86 February 2, 1954 Theodor Rogalski, composer, dies at 52 February 2, 1953 Gustav Strube, composer, dies at 85 February 2, 1952 Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72 February 2, 1952 Johann Babtist Thaller, composer, dies at 79 February 2, 1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 February 2, 1941 Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78 February 2, 1934 Ernesto Nazareth, composer, dies at 70 February 2, 1931 Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71 February 2, 1929 Albert Steinruck, German actor (Golem), dies at 56 February 2, 1925 Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57 February 2, 1921 Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72 February 2, 1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55 February 2, 1918 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 February 2, 1909 Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 February 2, 1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 February 2, 1902 Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42 February 2, 1882 Fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63 February 2, 1881 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59 February 2, 1864 Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet February 2, 1852 Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49 February 2, 1828 Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78 February 2, 1827 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62 February 2, 1822 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79 February 2, 1804 Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62 February 2, 1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 February 2, 1789 Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 February 2, 1779 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 February 2, 1769 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75 February 2, 1750 Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65 February 2, 1723 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66 February 2, 1704 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 February 2, 1685 Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54 February 2, 1673 Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56 February 2, 1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45 February 2, 1660 Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51 February 2, 1597 Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61 February 2, 1594 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68 February 2, 1563 Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54 February 2, 1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen February 2, 1491 Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40 February 2, 1435 Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61 February 2, 1032 Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies |