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Deaths on February 05

1578 : Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies
1591 : Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
1658 : Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52
1679 : Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
1685 : Charles II, king of England (1660-85)/Nell Gwynns lover, dies at 54?
1705 : Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37
1721 : James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47
1738 : Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61
1745 : Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49
1754 : Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
1758 : Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45
1807 : Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80
1812 : Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74
1822 : Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77
1825 : Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64
1831 : John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29
1838 : Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
1867 : Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies
1881 : Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
1888 : Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49
1897 : Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
1907 : Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45
1911 : Petrus A Cronj‚, Transvaal Boer general, dies
1917 : Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41
1919 : Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62
1922 : Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67
1922 : James William Tate, composer, dies at 46
1924 : Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
1926 : Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69
1929 : Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70
1937 : Lou [Andreas-]Salom‚, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75
1943 : Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis
1944 : Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
1946 : George Arliss, actor/writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77
1947 : Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
1947 : Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53
1948 : Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64
1949 : Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer, dies at 50
1952 : Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies
1954 : Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77
1956 : Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1958 : Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
1959 : Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
1960 : Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies
1960 : Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81
1961 : Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73
1962 : Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71
1965 : Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71
1966 : Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (šber Ideenflucht), dies at 84
1967 : Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
1968 : Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80
1968 : Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36
1969 : Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63
1971 : M ty s R kosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78
1972 : Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
1973 : George Morrison, dies at 82
1973 : L C William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
1976 : Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
1977 : Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1978 : Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83
1978 : Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68
1979 : Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies
1981 : Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
1981 : Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
1982 : Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
1982 : Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
1982 : Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1983 : Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67
1989 : Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
1991 : Dean Jagger, US actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87
1991 : Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83
1992 : Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
1992 : Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83
1993 : Jack Young, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies
1993 : Joseph L Mankiewicz, US writer/director (All about Eve), dies at 83
1993 : Tip Tipping, [Tim], stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
1994 : Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63
1994 : Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler & Adenauer, dies at 92
1994 : Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
1995 : Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79
1995 : Doug Mcclure, US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59
1995 : Frans K”hler, Dutch painter, dies at 59
1995 : Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82
1995 : Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies
1995 : Kimberley Leston, journalist, dies at 35
1996 : Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74
1996 : Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86
1996 : Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84
1996 : W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84
1997 : John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
1997 : Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
1998 : Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
2000 : Richard Kleindist, US Attorney General, dies at 76

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