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Deaths on February 04

1189 : Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies
1222 : Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies
1503 : Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies
1505 : Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40
1553 : Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37
1590 : Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73
1617 : Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76
1640 : Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies
1714 : Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1746 : Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46
1781 : Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43
1781 : Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59
1815 : Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77
1815 : Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58
1816 : Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63
1834 : Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66
1844 : Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49
1854 : Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66
1869 : Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60
1894 : Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79
1895 : Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71
1896 : Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73
1911 : Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75
1921 : Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1927 : Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74
1928 : Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74
1939 : Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
1939 : Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72
1941 : Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79
1943 : Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies
1946 : Margarete Boie, writer, dies
1953 : Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60
1954 : Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72
1956 : Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56
1956 : Peder Gram, composer, dies at 74
1957 : Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66
1957 : Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies
1958 : Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46
1959 : Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78
1964 : Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71
1965 : U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33
1966 : Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90
1968 : Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70
1968 : Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New), dies at 67
1969 : Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63
1974 : Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at 79
1976 : Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62
1978 : Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73
1982 : Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack
1983 : Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68
1983 : Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32
1983 : Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
1987 : Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
1989 : Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69
1991 : Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64
1992 : Fred Slyter, dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56
1992 : John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76
1994 : Han Jansen, Dutch painter, dies at 62
1994 : Harold Schneider, US producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55
1994 : Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84
1994 : Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at 79
1995 : Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
1995 : Patricia Highsmith, [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss, dies at 74
1995 : Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62
1997 : James Friell, political cartoonist, dies at 84

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