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Deaths on February 26

1076 : Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered
1154 : Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60
1266 : Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies
1324 : Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies
1538 : Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
1561 : Diana, dies at ñ40
1577 : Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
1630 : William Brade, composer, dies
1686 : Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
1726 : Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies
1766 : August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30
1770 : Fran‡ois Hanot, composer, dies at 72
1770 : Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
1810 : Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60
1813 : Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66
1823 : John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66
1827 : David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
1857 : Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88
1859 : Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64
1870 : Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched
1871 : Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
1901 : Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1901 : Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1903 : Richard J Gatling, US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
1906 : Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70
1909 : Caran d'Ache, [Emmanuel Poir‚], French illustrator, dies
1913 : Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77
1920 : Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38
1921 : Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81
1926 : Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
1926 : Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
1930 : Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64
1931 : Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
1933 : Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74
1939 : E Fernandez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75
1941 : Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
1947 : Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
1950 : Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75
1953 : Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies
1953 : Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58
1954 : William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93
1956 : Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72
1959 : Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
1960 : Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83
1961 : Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83
1961 : Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51
1962 : Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83
1963 : Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74
1965 : Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries
1966 : Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71
1967 : Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70
1968 : Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
1969 : Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86
1969 : Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies at 73
1970 : Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83
1971 : Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (S Afr in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
1971 : Fernandel, [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67
1971 : Joseph Berg, composer, dies at 43
1971 : Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67
1971 : Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76
1972 : Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50
1973 : Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
1977 : Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43
1977 : Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71
1981 : FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
1981 : Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
1981 : Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered
1982 : Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
1990 : Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53
1990 : Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies
1990 : Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
1990 : Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies
1992 : Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76
1992 : Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
1992 : S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-Calif), dies of a stroke at 85
1993 : Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
1993 : Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81
1993 : Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92
1994 : Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87
1994 : Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84
1994 : William "Bill" M Hicks, comedian, dies at 32
1996 : Audrey Angers, charity pioneer
1996 : Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76
1997 : David Doyle, actor (Charlie's Angels), dies at 67
1997 : Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82
1998 : J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54

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