Deaths February 10 | History by KabAstro

Temür Khan (1265-1307)

Second Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (1294-1307), grandson and successor to Kublai Khan, dies at 41

1482 Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
1543 Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, dies a 56
1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered
1576 Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
1588 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant and regent, dies at about 82
1657 Sebastian Stosskopf, German still life painter, dies at 59
1678 Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
1686 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies at 80

Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722)

Welsh pirate known as Black Bart who raided over 470 prize ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719-22, killed by grapeshot in the Battle of Cape Lopez at 39

1755 Montesquieu, French philosopher and writer (Letters Persanes), dies at 66
1758 Thomas Ripley, English architect (Old Admiralty) dies (b. 1682)
1772 Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein and general, dies at 75
1774 Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, dies at 44
1782 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 79
1783 James Nares, British organist, harpsichord player and scared music composer, dies at 67
1816 Jean Paul Égide Martini, German-French Classical composer, dies at 74
1822 Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, dies at 83
1825 Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist and philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
1829 Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
1832 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, dies at 84
1836 Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), dies at 78
1837 Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and writer (Eugene Onegin), killed in a duel at 37
1852 Samuel Prout, British water color painter, dies at 68

David Thompson (1770-1857)

English-Canadian explorer (Columbia River, mapped more Canadian territory than anyone else), dies at 86

1861 Francis Danby, Irish painter, dies at 67
1865 Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)
1868 David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope), dies at 86
1876 Johan August Söderman, Swedish composer, dies at 43
1876 Reverdy Johnson, American politician and jurist (Dred Scott v. Sandford), dies at 79
1878 Claude Bernard, French physiologist involved in the founding of modern physiology (blind experiments), dies at 64
1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
1887 Pieter Jan Baptist Carel Robidé van der Aa, Dutch Indologist and geographer, dies at 54
1891 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)
1902 Johann Nepomu Krieger, German Selenographer (lunar maps), dies at 37
1904 John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
1905 Ignacy Krzyzanowski, Polish composer, dies at 78
1906 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, dies at 78
1907 William Howard Russell, Irish war pioneering correspondent, dies at 87
1908 Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Egyptian lawyer, journalist, Nationalist and a founder of Egyptian National Party, dies at 33

Joseph Lister (1827-1912)

British surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic surgery), dies at 84

1913 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek athlete (Olympic gold standing long jump, bronze high jump 1912, 2 x silver 1908), dies from meningitis at 24
1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
1917 Émile Pessard, French pianist, concert and comic opera composer, and teacher (Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert), dies at 73
1917 John William Waterhouse, British painter, dies of cancer at 67
1918 Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), dies at 75

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833-1918)

Italian journalist, soldier and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907), dies at 84

Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923)

German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901), dies of cancer at 77

1927 Laura Netzel (née Pistolekors), Finnish-Swedish pianist, composer, concert organizer, and humanitarian, dies at 87

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)

English novelist, playwright and journalist (The Terror, The Four Just Men) who created King Kong, dies of diabetes at 76

Pius XI (1857-1939)

Italian 259th Pope (1922-39), dies at 81

1944 Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870)
1945 Anacleto Diaz, Filipino jurist (b. 1878)
1948 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), dies at 59
1950 Armen Tigran Tigranyan, Armenian music composer and conductor, dies at 70
1950 Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (b. 1872)
1951 Joseph Bovet, Swiss composer and conductor (Fribourg folk music), dies at 71
1952 Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1880)
1954 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist and linguist (Anthropos), dies at 86

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)

American author (Little House on the Prairie), dies at 90

1958 Billy Vine, American actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
1960 Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
1961 Velma Middleton, American jazz vocalist (Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups), dies from complications of a stroke at 43
1962 Willem Paerels, Dutch-Belgian painter and graphic artist, dies at 83
1964 Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)

Billy Rose (1899-1966)

American theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66

1968 Pitirim Sorokin, Russian-American sociologist (Social mobility), dies at 79
1975 Dave Alexander, American rock bassist (The Stooges, 1967-70), dies of pneumonia exacerbated by alcoholism at 27
1975 Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)
1977 Grace Williams, Welsh composer (1st British woman to score a feature film), dies at 70
1982 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), dies at 70
1983 Eduard Franz, American actor (Zorro), dies at 80
1983 Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria), dies at 69
1984 David Von Erich, American professional wrestler, dies at 25
1985 Johnny Mokan, American MLB player (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 89
1986 "Uncle" Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Academy of Country Music Award), dies at 96
1986 Brian Aherne, British actor (I Confess, Titanic, Juarez), dies at 83
1987 Ray Colignon (sometimes none as "Coco"), Belgian jazz and easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and bandleader, dies at 80
1987 Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, dies at 56
1988 Don Patterson, American jazz organist (Hip Cake Walk; Holiday Soul), dies at 51
1988 Paolo Renosto, Italian composer, dies at 52
1989 Dan Kelly, Canadian-born NHL sportscaster ("He shoots, he scores!"), dies of cancer at 52,
1991 Walter Klien, Austrian pianist, dies of cancer at 62

Alex Haley (1921-1992)

American writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70

1992 Florence Tarlow, American actress (Arthur), dies of cancer at 70
1992 Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
1992 Meade Roberts, American screenwriter who worked with Tennessee Williams, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
1992 Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies at 42
1992 Wim Ramaker, Dutch director and writer (On Death Track), dies
1993 Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
1993 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
1993 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (1957), dies
1993 Rip Repulski, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1956; World Series 1959), dies at 64
1995 Kenton Kilmer, American writer, dies of cancer at 85
1995 Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
1996 Hugh Francis Lamprey, British ecologist, dies at 67
1997 Lou Bennett, American bebop pianist, and jazz organist, dies at 70
1997 Matthew Eappen, American child involved in the Louise Woodward court case, dies at 8 months
1997 Milton Cato, 1st Prime Minister of San Vincent and the Grenadines (1979-84), dies at 82
1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
1998 Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-73), dies at 86
2000 Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail; Hey Vern: The Beverly Hillbillies movie), dies of lung cancer at 50
2000 Ronald Roseman, American oboist, composer, and music professor, dies of cancer at 66
2001 Abraham Beame, American politician (Mayor of New York City, 1974-44, 1st Jewish mayor), dies at 94
2001 George "Buddy" Tate, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 87
2001 Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show; Book of Love), dies at 65
2002 Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer and songwriter, dies at 65
2002 Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler, dies at 81
2003 Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose, California (b. 1908)
2003 Bengt Edlén, Swedish Astrophysicist who specialized in spectroscopy and discovered the source of unidentified emission lines in solar spectrum, dies at 86
2003 Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), dies at 80
2003 Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler, dies at 44
2003 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer, dies at 92
2003 Ron Ziegler, American White House press secretary to Richard Nixon, dies at 63
2004 Guy Provost, Quebec stage and screen actor ( La Famille Plouffe), dies at 79
2004 Margaret Stacey, English sociologist who helped shape the distinctively British genre of empirical sociology, dies at 81

Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

American playwright (Death of a Salesman; The Crucible), dies of heart failure while battling bladder cancer at 89

2006 Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington), dies from pneumonia at 58
2006 J. Dilla [James Dewitt Yancey], American rapper and producer (Donuts), dies of a heart attack at 32
2006 Norman E. Shumway, American pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon (1st US adult human to human heart transplantation), dies at 83
2007 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., American businessman (President of Walgreens), dies at 100
2007 Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
2007 Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
2008 Roy Scheider, American actor (Jaws, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion), dies at 75
2008 Steve Gerber, American comics writer (b. 1947)
2009 Jeremy Lusk, American freestyle motocross racer (b. 1984)
2010 Carl Braun, American basketball player (NY Knicks), dies at 82
2010 Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
2010 Fred Schaus, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1925)
2010 Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), dies at 77
2011 Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher, dies at 62
2011 Trevor Bailey, English cricket all-rounder, writer and broadcaster (61 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 134no, 132 wickets; BBC), dies in a fire in his retirement flat at 87
2012 Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver, dies at 88
2012 Geoffrey Cornish, Canadian golf course architect, dies at 97
2012 Jeffrey Zaslow, American author and columnist, dies in a car accident at 53
2013 Eugenio Trías Sagnier, Spanish philosopher, dies at 70
2013 W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (The Man Inside) and animator (Underdog), dies of a heart attack at 85

Shirley Temple (1928-2014)

American actress and diplomat, famous 1930s child star (Bright Eyes, Heidi), dies of natural causes at 85

Mike Ilitch (1929-2017)

American businessman (founded Little Caesars Pizza, owner Detroit Red Wings, Tigers), dies at 87

2018 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (61 Tests; 3448 runs @ 32.22, 7 x 100; 59 wickets), dies at 79
2019 Jan-Michael Vincent, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie), dies of cardiac arrest at 74
2020 Claire Bretécher, French cartoonist (Les Frustrés), dies at 79
2020 George Colerick, English music writer and publisher (Romanticism and Melody; From The Italian Girl to Cabaret), dies at 94
2020 Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan's inaugural Test squad), dies at 87
2021 Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella], Argentine-American exotic dancer famous for her involvement in a sex scandal with US Congressman Wilbur Mills, dies at 84

Larry Flynt (1942-2021)

American magazine publisher (Hustler), dies of heart failure at 78

2021 Pachín, Spanish soccer defender (8 caps; Real Madrid) and manager (Osasuna, Levante, Granada), dies at 82
2022 Nikolai Manoshin, Russian soccer midfielder (8 caps; FC Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Somalia, Yemen, Mali), dies at 83
2022 Olsen Filipaina, New Zealand rugby league five eighth (28 Tests; Auckland RL, Balmain RLFC, Eastern Suburbs RLFC, North Sydney DRLFC), dies from kidney failure at 64
2022 Stefan Żywotko, Polish soccer coach (JS Kabylie; 7 x Algerian league titles, African Cup Of Champions 1981, 90; Algerian Cup 1986), dies at 102
2023 Carlos Saura, Spanish film director ("Cría Cuervos"; "Carmen", "Tango"), dies at 91
2023 Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), dies at 86 [1]
2024 Bob Edwards, American Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist (NPR - "Morning Edition", 1979-2004; Sirius XM - "The Bob Edwards Show", 2004-15), dies of complications from bladder cancer at 76
2024 Bob Moore, American food entrepreneur (Bob's Red Mill), and philanthropist, dies at 94 [1]