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February 5, 2005 Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togolese Statesman February 5, 2004 John Hench, American Artist February 5, 2000 Todd Karns, actor/theater director and founder, It's a Wonderful Life, dies at 79 February 5, 1998 Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34 February 5, 1997 John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51 February 5, 1997 Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76 February 5, 1996 Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74 February 5, 1996 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86 February 5, 1996 Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84 February 5, 1996 W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84 February 5, 1995 Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79 February 5, 1995 Doug Mcclure, U.S. rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59 February 5, 1995 Frans Kohler, Dutch painter, dies at 59 February 5, 1995 Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82 February 5, 1995 Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies February 5, 1995 Kimberley Leston, journalist, dies at 35 February 5, 1994 Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63 February 5, 1994 Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at 92 February 5, 1994 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59 February 5, 1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83 February 5, 1993 Tip Tipping, [Tim], stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34 February 5, 1992 Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies February 5, 1992 Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83 February 5, 1991 Dean Jagger, U.S. actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87 February 5, 1991 Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83 February 5, 1989 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51 February 5, 1983 Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67 February 5, 1982 Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56 February 5, 1982 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide February 5, 1982 Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84 February 5, 1981 Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73 February 5, 1981 Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75 February 5, 1978 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83 February 5, 1978 Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68 February 5, 1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67 February 5, 1976 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69 February 5, 1973 George Morrison, dies at 82 February 5, 1973 L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral February 5, 1972 Marianne Moore, U.S. poet (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84 February 5, 1971 Matyas Rakosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78 February 5, 1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63 February 5, 1968 Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 February 5, 1968 Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36 February 5, 1967 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87 February 5, 1966 Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (šber Ideenflucht), dies at 84 February 5, 1965 Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71 February 5, 1962 Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 February 5, 1961 Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 February 5, 1960 Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81 February 5, 1959 Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies February 5, 1958 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84 February 5, 1956 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 February 5, 1954 Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77 February 5, 1949 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer, dies at 50 February 5, 1948 Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64 February 5, 1947 Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed February 5, 1947 Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53 February 5, 1946 George Arliss, actor and writer (Dr. Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77 February 5, 1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79 February 5, 1943 Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis February 5, 1937 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75 February 5, 1929 Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70 February 5, 1927 Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman February 5, 1926 Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69 February 5, 1924 Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83 February 5, 1922 Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 February 5, 1922 James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 February 5, 1922 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician February 5, 1919 Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62 February 5, 1917 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 February 5, 1911 Petrus A Cronje, Transvaal Boer general, dies February 5, 1907 Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 February 5, 1897 Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 February 5, 1888 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 February 5, 1881 Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 February 5, 1867 Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies February 5, 1838 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 February 5, 1831 John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 February 5, 1825 Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 February 5, 1822 Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 February 5, 1812 Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 February 5, 1807 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80 February 5, 1758 Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 February 5, 1754 Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 February 5, 1745 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 February 5, 1738 Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 February 5, 1721 James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 February 5, 1705 Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 February 5, 1685 Charles II, king of England (1660-85)/Nell Gwynns lover, dies at 54? February 5, 1679 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 February 5, 1658 Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 February 5, 1591 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies February 5, 1578 Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies |