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Deaths on February 12

1128 : Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
1242 : Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
1538 : Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57
1554 : Jane Grey, queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17
1554 : Lord Guildford Dudley, Jane Grey's husband, beheaded
1590 : Fran‡ois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65
1616 : John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
1684 : Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
1728 : Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1738 : James Sherard, composer, dies at 71
1762 : Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
1771 : Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
1787 : Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75
1799 : Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67
1804 : Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
1820 : Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71
1834 : Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65
1837 : Ludwig B”rne, writer, dies at 50
1861 : Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72
1886 : P J Edvard Backstr”m, Swedish writer, dies at 44
1889 : Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
1896 : Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
1896 : Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
1901 : Ram¢n de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Col¢n), dies at 83
1905 : Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
1915 : Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77
1916 : J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies
1920 : Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
1920 : Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
1920 : Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
1921 : Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies
1929 : Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Ger para-psychologist, dies at 66
1933 : Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
1942 : Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49
1945 : ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
1945 : Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah), dies
1945 : Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
1947 : Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72
1954 : Dziga Vertov, [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
1955 : Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
1957 : Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
1958 : Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
1959 : George Antheil, US pianist/composer (Ballet M‚canique), dies at 58
1960 : Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71
1965 : Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53
1969 : Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80
1970 : Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79
1971 : George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
1971 : James Cash Penney, US founder (J C Penney), dies at 95
1973 : Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
1976 : James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52
1976 : Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
1979 : Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
1980 : Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies
1981 : Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies
1982 : Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
1982 : Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
1982 : Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79
1983 : Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
1984 : Anna Anderson Manahan, [Grand Duchess Anastasia?], dies in Virginia
1984 : Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
1985 : Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
1986 : Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
1986 : Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
1987 : Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55
1989 : Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
1989 : Thomas Bernhard, Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies at 58
1991 : Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
1991 : Robert Wagner, mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies
1992 : Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies
1992 : Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
1992 : Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies at 74
1993 : James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys
1994 : Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65
1995 : Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66
1995 : L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
1995 : Rachid Mimouni, Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at 49
1995 : Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
1995 : Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at 54
1996 : Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51
1997 : Nora Beloff, journalist, dies at 78
1997 : Walter Ritchie, sculptor, dies at 77
2000 : Charles M. Schultz, cartoonist (Peanuts), dies at 77

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