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Deaths on February 03

1399 : John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Le¢n, dies at 58
1451 : Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
1468 : Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies
1536 : Garc¡a de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
1558 : Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
1602 : Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62
1679 : Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
1697 : Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
1715 : Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70
1748 : Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49
1803 : Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79
1814 : Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75
1832 : George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77
1846 : Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79
1853 : August Kopisch, German writer (M„useturm), dies at 53
1862 : Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87
1875 : Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
1876 : Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83
1882 : Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55
1889 : Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40
1890 : Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
1900 : Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33
1902 : Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies
1903 : Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59
1909 : Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86
1921 : Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56
1922 : Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67
1924 : Woodrow Wilson, 28th pres (1913-21), dies at his home in Wash at 67
1925 : Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51
1931 : Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72
1938 : Armando Palacio Vald‚s, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84
1943 : Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns
1945 : Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61
1945 : Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies
1947 : Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
1947 : Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60
1950 : Karl Seitz, president of Austria, dies at 80
1958 : Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
1958 : Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 81
1959 : Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
1959 : Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22
1959 : Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17
1960 : Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80
1961 : Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54
1961 : Viscount Dunrossil, Gov-Gen of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67
1962 : Werner Bock, writer, dies
1966 : June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1967 : Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1967 : Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72
1969 : Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered
1971 : Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72
1972 : John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
1973 : Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
1975 : Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52
1976 : Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies
1977 : Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76
1979 : Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
1984 : Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies
1984 : Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England
1989 : John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59
1991 : Nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1993 : Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69
1995 : John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72
1995 : Turner Fodrell, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1996 : Audrey Meadows, actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69
1996 : Broderick Vernon Chinnery Photographer-Haldane, dies at 83
1996 : Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84
1996 : Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property Developer, dies at 81
1996 : Tibor Reich, textile designer, dies at 79
1996 : Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at 61
1997 : Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator, dies at 84
1997 : Bohumil Hrabal, writer, dies at 82
1997 : William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert, dies at 79
1998 : Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38

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