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Deaths on February 17

1600 : Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
1612 : Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
1612 : Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48
1652 : Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
1654 : Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
1673 : Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
1688 : Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
1715 : Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
1732 : Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63
1796 : James Macpherson, poet, dies
1803 : Louis R E prince de Rohan-Gu‚men‚, archbisp of Straatsburg, dies at 68
1804 : Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80
1815 : Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59
1827 : Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
1841 : Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70
1847 : William Collins, landscape painter, dies
1852 : Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
1854 : Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71
1856 : Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
1856 : John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81
1874 : [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
1875 : Lu¡s NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
1878 : Jos‚ Amador de los R¡os, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
1883 : Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76
1901 : Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38
1903 : Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61
1905 : Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered
1907 : Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies
1907 : Henry Steel Olcott, US co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74
1908 : Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79
1912 : Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57
1912 : L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1917 : Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
1918 : Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies
1924 : Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55
1929 : John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
1932 : Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
1933 : Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
1934 : Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
1936 : Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
1944 : Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
1951 : Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer, dies at 94
1954 : Evert Gorter, children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72
1955 : Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52
1959 : Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies
1959 : Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
1961 : Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63
1962 : Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
1962 : Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55
1966 : Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75
1966 : Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81
1966 : Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
1968 : Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65
1970 : Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81
1970 : Alfred Newman, US composer, dies at 69
1970 : Schmuel J Agnon, novelist (Nobel 1966), dies
1971 : Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73
1972 : Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer, dies at 67
1972 : Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), « ashes buried
1976 : Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65
1976 : Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
1977 : Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
1979 : William Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73
1980 : Graham Sutherland, painter, dies
1980 : Jerry Fielding, composer (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes), dies at 57
1982 : Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81
1982 : Theolonious S Monk, US, jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64
1984 : Lucille Benson, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69
1985 : Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67
1986 : Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90
1986 : Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies
1987 : Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies
1987 : Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies
1989 : Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80
1990 : Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84
1990 : Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39
1990 : Keith Haring, US graffiti-artist, dies at 31
1990 : Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies
1991 : Enrique Bermudez, commandant (Contra), dies
1993 : Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
1993 : George E Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
1993 : Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
1994 : Randy Shilts, US journalist (& the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41
1995 : Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
1995 : Thelma Hulbert, painter, dies at 81
1995 : Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52
1995 : Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at 80
1996 : Bentley Bridgewater, british Museum secretary, dies at 84
1996 : Henry Guinness, missionary, dies at 87
1996 : Jean Writer-Pierre Herve Bazin, dies at 84
1996 : Michael Raptis, writer/recolutionary, dies at 84
1996 : [Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
1998 : Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102

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