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February 6, 2002 Guy Stockwell, actor, Beau Geste, dies at 67 February 6, 2000 Deborah Laake, writer, Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, dies at 47 February 6, 1998 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 February 6, 1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/President (1961-63), dies February 6, 1998 [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40 February 6, 1998 Carl Wilson, rock 'n' roller, Beach Boys, dies at 51 February 6, 1998 Falco, singer, Rock Me Amadeus, dies at 40 February 6, 1996 Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74 February 6, 1996 Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85 February 6, 1996 Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76 February 6, 1995 Arthur S Taylor Jr, U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65 February 6, 1995 James Ingram Merrill, U.S. poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68 February 6, 1995 James Merrill, American Poet February 6, 1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84 February 6, 1994 Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Capt America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76 February 6, 1994 Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88 February 6, 1994 Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74 February 6, 1993 Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77 February 6, 1993 Arthur Ashe, American Athlete February 6, 1992 Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37 February 6, 1992 Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62 February 6, 1991 Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79 February 6, 1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies February 6, 1990 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94 February 6, 1990 John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies February 6, 1989 Andre Cayatte, dies February 6, 1989 Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77 February 6, 1988 Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64 February 6, 1988 Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies February 6, 1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies February 6, 1985 Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53 February 6, 1985 Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78 February 6, 1982 Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87 February 6, 1979 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 February 6, 1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68 February 6, 1976 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 February 6, 1973 Ira S Bowen, U.S. physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 February 6, 1972 Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 February 6, 1970 Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78 February 6, 1968 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 February 6, 1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 February 6, 1966 Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79 February 6, 1965 Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68 February 6, 1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 February 6, 1964 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. NZ 1930), dies February 6, 1964 Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino Statesman February 6, 1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies February 6, 1963 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77 February 6, 1961 Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 February 6, 1960 Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash February 6, 1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich February 6, 1954 Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet February 6, 1952 George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 February 6, 1952 King George VI, British Royalty February 6, 1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 February 6, 1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82 February 6, 1947 Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61 February 6, 1947 Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician February 6, 1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed February 6, 1945 Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed February 6, 1943 HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71 February 6, 1942 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 February 6, 1941 Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82 February 6, 1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 February 6, 1930 Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17 February 6, 1927 Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71 February 6, 1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 February 6, 1923 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist February 6, 1919 Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81 February 6, 1918 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 February 6, 1917 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 February 6, 1916 Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 February 6, 1914 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 February 6, 1899 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 February 6, 1897 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies February 6, 1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 February 6, 1881 Pieter Mijer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 February 6, 1865 John Pegram, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 February 6, 1859 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 February 6, 1812 Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 February 6, 1807 John Reid, composer, dies at 85 February 6, 1804 Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 February 6, 1798 Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 February 6, 1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 February 6, 1785 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 February 6, 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 February 6, 1725 Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 February 6, 1699 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies February 6, 1695 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies February 6, 1617 Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 February 6, 1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) February 6, 1497 John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 February 6, 1140 Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies February 6, 891 Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies February 6, 743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 |