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Deaths on February 16

1247 : Hendrik Raspe, [Papenking], count of Thringen, dies
1279 : Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
1391 : Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies
1538 : Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65
1653 : Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70
1754 : Richard Mead, physician, dies
1779 : William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
1791 : Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
1799 : Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74
1803 : Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
1823 : Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
1825 : George Gerson, composer, dies at 34
1829 : Fran‡ois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
1834 : Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
1851 : Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95
1857 : Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
1857 : Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37
1858 : Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
1864 : Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58
1892 : Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies
1899 : Fran‡ois F‚lix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
1900 : George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1907 : Giosu‚ Carducci, poet (Nobel 1906), dies
1910 : Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
1912 : Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1915 : Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies
1916 : Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79
1916 : [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot & Sien), dies at 57
1931 : Dirk Sch„fer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57
1933 : Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies
1934 : Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38
1936 : Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
1938 : Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
1939 : Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26
1944 : Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37
1945 : Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies
1945 : Rudolf V„rnlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45
1950 : David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies
1951 : Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
1952 : Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies
1957 : Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63
1963 : Laszlo Lajtha, composer, dies at 70
1966 : Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81
1967 : Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
1968 : Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87
1973 : Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
1979 : Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58
1979 : Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
1979 : William Gargan, actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane), dies at 73
1981 : Howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84
1984 : Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
1985 : Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
1986 : Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
1987 : Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1990 : Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31
1991 : Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
1992 : Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated
1992 : Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51
1992 : George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies
1992 : Janio Quadros, president of Brazil (1961), dies
1992 : Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78
1993 : Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61
1993 : Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
1995 : John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91
1995 : Martin Soames, traveller, dies at 91
1996 : Brownie McGhee, blues guitarist, dies at 81
1996 : Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47
1996 : Edmund G "Pat" Brown, politician, dies at 90
1996 : Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84
1996 : MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66
1996 : Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62
1996 : Susan Bosence, textile designer, dies at 82
1996 : Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
1998 : Martha Gellhorn, war reporter (Reuthers), dies at 89

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