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Deaths on February 18

1950 : Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56
1951 : Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85
1956 : Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95
1957 : Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies
1959 : Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65
1959 : Eric Zeisl, composer, dies at 53
1959 : Jaroslav Kvapil, composer, dies at 66
1963 : Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73
1963 : Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56
1966 : Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94
1966 : Casimir von Paszthory, composer, dies at 79
1966 : Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 31
1967 : Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74
1967 : Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62
1968 : Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79
1969 : Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76
1970 : Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94
1973 : Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82
1975 : Chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66
1975 : Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, dies
1975 : Raymond Moley, US advisor to pres Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88
1975 : Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), dies
1976 : Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81
1976 : Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81
1976 : Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), dies at 88
1977 : Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at 71
1977 : Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Cura‡ao), dies at 87
1977 : Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77
1978 : Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84
1978 : Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at 71
1978 : Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies at 49
1980 : Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at 58
1982 : Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ detective writer/producer, dies at 82
1982 : Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
1985 : Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58
1990 : Hulk, fictional character in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC, dies
1993 : Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
1993 : Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
1993 : Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
1993 : Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1994 : Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at 76
1995 : Calder Willingham, US scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at 72
1995 : Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51
1995 : Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82
1995 : John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter, dies at 83
1995 : Yank Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
1996 : Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48
1996 : Jack Thieuloy, writer, dies at 64
1996 : Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at 89
1996 : Richard Leslie Hill, historian, dies at 94
1997 : Emily Hahn, writer, dies at 91
1997 : Enrique Peralta Azurdia, milt pres of Guatemala in (1963-66), dies
1997 : Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90
1998 : Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
1998 : Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69
1998 : Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
1217 : Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59
1397 : Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56
1455 : Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies
1478 : Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel
1535 : Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48
1535 : Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, physician/theologian, dies
1546 : Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62
1564 : Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88
1587 : Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]
1660 : Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried
1683 : Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62
1712 : Duke of Bourgondi‰, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1745 : Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67
1790 : Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67
1799 : Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52
1803 : J W L Gleim, writer, dies
1807 : August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53
1807 : S von Laroche, writer, dies at 75
1817 : Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
1829 : Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77
1830 : Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67
1833 : Georg Johann Schinn, composer, dies at 64
1833 : Ignac Ruzitska, composer, dies at 55
1846 : Giovanni Liverati, composer, dies at 73
1861 : Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74
1878 : Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76
1885 : Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61
1890 : Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66
1895 : Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77
1898 : Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58
1899 : M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56
1905 : Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75
1906 : Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85
1911 : Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v S Africa Test
1917 : Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
1925 : James Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75
1932 : Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66
1933 : James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies
1938 : Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
1938 : Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81
1938 : Louis JM de la Vall‚e-Poussin, (The Way to Nirvana), dies at 69
1939 : Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89
1943 : Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74
1949 : Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71

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