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Deaths on February 22

1071 : Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle
1076 : Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]
1078 : Johannes van F‚camp, Italian mystic writer, dies
1078 : John of F‚camp, Italian mystic writer, dies
1213 : Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies
1371 : David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46
1478 : Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies
1512 : Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60
1674 : John Wilson, composer, dies at 78
1687 : Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer
1690 : Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70
1727 : Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58
1731 : Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92
1750 : Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71
1770 : Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution
1788 : Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63
1816 : Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92
1822 : Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66
1824 : John Davy, composer, dies at 60
1829 : Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53
1832 : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany
1836 : John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65
1838 : Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
1846 : Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77
1846 : Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [OS]
1849 : Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28
1875 : Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
1878 : Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
1896 : Thomas Hughes, politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Brighton
1903 : Frederick William Farrar, writer/dean (Canterbury 1895-1903), dies
1903 : Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at 42
1912 : Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76
1913 : Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55
1913 : Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mex pres, assassinated in milt coup at 39
1913 : Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
1925 : Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72
1925 : Nina David, [Mrs Radcliffe N Salomon], poet/author, dies
1925 : Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist, dies at 88
1930 : Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66
1934 : Willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78
1936 : Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
1943 : Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies
1943 : Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24
1943 : Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded
1949 : Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
1956 : Paul L‚autaud, [Maurice Boissard], Fr writer (Petit ami), dies at 84
1957 : Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72
1958 : Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash
1959 : Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36
1960 : Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86
1961 : George de las Cuevas Bustillo y Teheran, Chilean marquis, dies at 75
1964 : Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at 84
1966 : Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist/folklorist, dies at 74
1967 : Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies at 53
1967 : Joe Forte, actor (Horwitz-Life With Luigi), dies at 70
1968 : Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71
1971 : Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81
1971 : Matt McHugh, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast), dies at 77
1971 : Rudolf Mauersberger, composer, dies at 82
1972 : Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65
1973 : Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 73
1973 : Katina Paxinou, actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies at 72
1973 : Winthrop Rockefeller, US governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
1976 : Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
1976 : Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32
1976 : Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84
1977 : Edith Barrett, actress (Molly & Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64
1977 : Jack O'Connor, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England 1929-30), dies
1978 : Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74
1978 : Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at 72
1980 : Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66
1980 : Oskar Kokoschka, Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93
1980 : Richard Kallman, actor (Verboten, Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at 46
1982 : Murray "the K" Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60
1983 : Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
1983 : Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70
1984 : David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12
1985 : Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71
1985 : Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95
1987 : Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58
1987 : David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 66
1987 : Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at 85
1989 : Joan Woodbury, actress (Super Sleuth, Northwest Trail), dies
1990 : Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies
1992 : Richard Sheldon, dies at 59
1993 : Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
1993 : Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63
1994 : "Papa" John Creach, US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76
1995 : Ed Flanders, actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60
1995 : Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80
1995 : Lembarek Boumaarafi, Algerian murderer of Pres Boudiaf, dies
1996 : Helmut Schoen, soccer coach, dies at 80
1996 : Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician, dies at 79
1997 : Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor, dies at 85
1997 : Frank Launder, director/scriptwriter, dies at 91
1998 : Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
1998 : Jose Maria de Areilza, Sp minister of foreign affairs (1975-76), dies
1998 : Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28

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