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Deaths on February 11

1141 : Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
1503 : Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
1543 : Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle
1554 : Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
1622 : Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64
1650 : Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1685 : David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
1762 : Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
1797 : Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83
1806 : Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51
1841 : J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55
1868 : L‚on Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
1870 : Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
1870 : Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66
1879 : Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
1879 : Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
1882 : Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65
1892 : Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63
1894 : Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
1899 : George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1901 : Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56
1903 : Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67
1907 : Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
1911 : Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1922 : Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
1931 : Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
1931 : Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies
1939 : Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
1940 : John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
1941 : Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
1944 : Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
1945 : Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1945 : J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
1948 : Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
1961 : Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
1961 : Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
1963 : Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
1968 : Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 : James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 : Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
1971 : Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 : Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1973 : Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1974 : Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
1976 : Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
1976 : Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
1976 : Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1977 : Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
1978 : James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1982 : Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
1982 : Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
1982 : Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
1985 : Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 : Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1985 : Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
1986 : Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
1989 : George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 : Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
1992 : Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1993 : George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
1993 : Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 : Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1994 : Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1994 : Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
1994 : William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
1996 : Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65
1996 : Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
1996 : Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
1996 : Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
1996 : Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
1997 : Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84

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