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Deaths on February 06

1140 : Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
1497 : John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
1612 : Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1617 : Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
1695 : Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
1699 : Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
1725 : Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
1783 : Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
1785 : Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1793 : Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
1798 : Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54
1804 : Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
1807 : John Reid, composer, dies at 85
1812 : Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
1859 : Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
1865 : John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1881 : Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
1896 : Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
1897 : Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies
1899 : Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
1914 : J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69
1916 : Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
1917 : Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
1918 : Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55
1919 : Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81
1923 : Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
1927 : Dani‰l F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
1930 : Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17
1938 : Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
1941 : Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82
1942 : Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
1943 : HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71
1945 : Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 : Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1947 : Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
1947 : Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61
1948 : Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
1952 : George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56
1958 : 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich
1960 : Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1961 : Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77
1963 : Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies
1963 : Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
1964 : Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
1964 : W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
1965 : Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68
1966 : Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79
1967 : Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
1968 : C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
1970 : Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
1972 : Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
1973 : Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
1976 : Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
1979 : Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
1979 : Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
1982 : Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
1985 : Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
1985 : Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
1986 : William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
1988 : Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
1988 : Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
1989 : Andre Cayatte, dies
1989 : Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
1990 : Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
1990 : John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies
1991 : Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
1991 : Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies
1992 : Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
1992 : Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
1993 : Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
1994 : Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
1994 : Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk), dies at 76
1994 : Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88
1994 : Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
1995 : Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
1995 : James Ingram Merrill, US poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
1996 : Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74
1996 : Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85
1996 : Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76
1998 : Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
1998 : Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/pres (1961-63), dies
1998 : [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
2000 : Carl Albert, former US House Speaker, dies at 91

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