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Deaths on February 25

1247 : Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
1495 : Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
1601 : Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
1602 : Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51
1634 : Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50
1634 : Van Friedland/Mecklenburg, general-admiral, dies at 50
1643 : Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60
1682 : Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37
1713 : Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
1719 : Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66
1723 : Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90
1819 : Filinto El¡sio, [do Nascimento], Portuguese poet, dies at 84
1826 : Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60
1851 : Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53
1852 : Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies
1865 : Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47
1894 : James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51
1899 : Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies
1901 : Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71
1902 : Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77
1906 : Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44
1914 : John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
1915 : George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies
1920 : Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73
1922 : Henri-D‚sir‚ Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52
1925 : Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81
1934 : Daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67
1934 : John J McGraw, manager (NY Giants), dies at 60
1942 : Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61
1945 : M rio R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian poet/folklorist, dies at 51
1947 : Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82
1953 : Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49
1955 : Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59
1957 : Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76
1957 : Mark Aldanov, [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70
1960 : Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51
1962 : Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81
1964 : Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies
1967 : John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57
1968 : Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96
1969 : Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates
1970 : Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
1975 : Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78
1978 : Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
1982 : J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
1983 : John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84
1983 : Tennessee Williams, writer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
1987 : James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
1988 : Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
1990 : Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30
1992 : Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79
1992 : John E Allen Jr, actor (1 2 3), dies
1992 : Ollie O'Toole, dies after long illness at 79
1993 : Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75
1993 : Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
1993 : Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch PM (social dem, 1965-69), dies
1993 : John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies
1993 : Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45
1994 : Baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42
1994 : Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (170 wickets for S Afr in 37 Tests), dies
1994 : Jersey Joe Walcott, boxer, dies at 80
1994 : Wladyslaw Sila Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki, dies at 80
1994 : Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44
1995 : Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73
1995 : Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies
1995 : Terence Weil, cellist/teacher, dies at 73
1996 : Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45
1996 : Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett, dies at 59
1996 : Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94
1997 : Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71
1997 : Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51
1998 : Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90
1998 : Umberto Mastroianni, Italian sculptor, dies at 87

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