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Deaths on February 14

1400 : Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33
1405 : Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68
1528 : Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
1571 : Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70
1571 : Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chƒtillon/count of Beauvais, dies at 53
1681 : Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77
1760 : Fran‡ois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69
1779 : James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian
1780 : William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56
1790 : Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
1818 : John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61
1820 : Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
1831 : Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
1841 : Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
1846 : Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
1857 : Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1857 : John B van Bree, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1873 : Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52
1891 : William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71
1901 : Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82
1908 : Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72
1916 : Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1937 : Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
1943 : David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81
1943 : Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz
1950 : Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1950 : Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44
1955 : Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77
1960 : Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedr„ktens Barn), dies at 77
1961 : Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78
1965 : Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84
1967 : James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85
1967 : Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82
1969 : Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71
1969 : Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72
1972 : Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
1974 : C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies
1975 : Heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87
1975 : Julian S Huxley, English scholar/dir-gen (UNESCO), dies at 87
1975 : Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93
1979 : Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
1982 : Henk Schaer, [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79
1987 : Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63
1987 : Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1988 : Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84
1990 : Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies
1990 : Jean Wallace, [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
1991 : Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90
1991 : John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies
1992 : Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48
1992 : Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61
1992 : Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies at 67
1993 : Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70
1994 : Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61
1994 : Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
1995 : Alberto Burri, Ital physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79
1995 : Ischa Me˜er, journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at 52
1995 : Michael Vincent Gazzo, US actor/playwright (Godfather 2), dies at 71
1995 : Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at 45
1995 : Patricia Highsmith, writer, dies at 74
1995 : Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
1995 : Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58
1995 : U Nu, PM of Burma (1948-56, 57-58, 60-62), dies
1996 : Bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77
1996 : Caroline Blackwood, writer, dies at 64
1996 : Eva Hart, Titanic survivor, dies at 90
1996 : Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at 64

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