Deaths February 6 | History by KabAstro

Charles II (1630-1685)

King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54

1695 Ahmed II, 21st Sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies at 51
1699 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies of smallpox at 6
1725 Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque organist and composer, dies at 75
1740 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40) who despite ill health and total blindness (1732) unsuccessfully stemmed decline of papal influence, dies at 87
1775 William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)
1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English landscape architect who designed over 170 parks, dies at about 67
1785 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch colonial governor of Ceylon (1765-85), dies at 48
1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and librettist (Belisario, Servant of Two Masters), dies at 85
1798 Niels Schiørring, Danish musician and composer, dies at 54

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)

English chemist, theologian and author who discovered oxygen and carbonated water, dies at 70

1807 John Reid [Robertson], British Army General, composer, and founder of the chair of music at the University of Edinburgh, dies at 85
1811 Samuel McIntire, American woodcarver and architect (architect of Old Salem), dies at 54 [1]
1816 Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
1825 William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (1823-25), dies at 71
1833 Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (first detailed classification of crustaceans and insects), dies at 70
1834 Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer, dies from his injuries sustained by a musket ball at 29
1855 Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor, dies at 63
1859 Johannes Josephus Viotta, Dutch composer, dies at 45
1865 John Pegram, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 33
1881 Pieter Mijer, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
1896 Abraham van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
1899 Alfred Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, dies at 24 in mysterious circumstances
1899 Leo von Caprivi, German politician (Chancellor of Germany 1890-94), dies at 67
1910 Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)
1914 Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), dies at 69
1916 Isla van Diest, Belgian physician, 1st female doctor and 1st female university graduate in Belgium, dies at 73
1916 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867)
1917 Édouard Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
1918 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and cartoonist, dies at 55
1919 Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg, German-Dutch sculptor and architect of church interiors, dies at 81
1923 Edward Emerson Barnard, American astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
1927 Daniel François Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist and banker, dies at 71
1927 Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
1930 Eva Strittmatter, German writer (Tinko), dies at 17

Motilal Nehru (1861-1931)

Indian lawyer and freedom fighter, dies at 69

1938 Marianne Von Werefkin, Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter, dies at 77
1941 Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82
1942 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, and writer (Something About Word Formation), dies at 78
1943 Hendrik Seyffardt, Dutch general who collaborated with the Nazi regime, assassinated by the Dutch resistance at 71
1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed in Hoogkarspel in retribution for the unrelated killing of a Dutch Nazi guard, at 27
1945 Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 Robert Brasillach, French author and journalist (editor in chief of the fascist weekly Je Suis Partout), controversially executed for treason by firing squad at 35
1947 Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurist composer (The Art of Noises), dies at 61
1950 Frank Speck, American anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans), dies at 68
1950 Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)

George VI (1895-1952)

King of the United Kingdom (1936-52), dies of a coronary thrombosis at 56

1955 Rosey Rowswell, American MLB broadcaster (Pittsburgh Prates 1936-54), dies from uremic poisoning at 71
1958 Billy Whelan, Irish soccer forward (4 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United 79 games), dies Munich air disaster at 22
1958 Charles Morgan, English writer (Fountain), dies at 64
1958 David Pegg, English soccer outside left (1 cap; Manchester United 127 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 22
1958 Eddie Colman, English soccer winger (Manchester United 85 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 21
1958 Frank Swift, English soccer goalkeeper and journalist (19 caps; Manchester City 376 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 44
1958 Geoff Bent, English soccer fullback (Manchester United 12 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 25
1958 Mark Jones, English soccer defender (Manchester United 103 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 24
1958 Roger Byrne, English soccer fullback (33 caps; Manchester United 245 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 28
1958 Tommy Taylor, English soccer striker (19 caps; Manchester United 166 games), dies in Munich air disaster at 26
1958 Walter Crickmer, English soccer executive and manager (Manchester United), dies in Munich air disaster at 58
1960 Jesse Belvin, American pop singer, piano player (Mr. Easy), and songwriter (Earth Angel), dies in a car crash after a concert in Little Rock, Arkansas at 27
1961 Archibald T Davison, American musicologist and composer, dies at 77
1963 Abd el-Krim [Mohamed ibn Abdelkrim El-Khattabi], Moroccan political and military leader (Republic of the Rif), dies at 85
1963 Charles "Specs" Wright, American jazz drummer (Dizzy Gillespie; Cannonball Adderly; Red Garland), dies at 35
1963 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77

Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)

1st President of the Philippines (1899-1901), dies of coronary thrombosis at 94

1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
1964 W L "Tich" Cornford, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 8 dismissals; Sussex CCC), dies at 63
1965 Jack Wagner, American actor (The Razor's Edge, Under Two Flags, Jive Junction), dies from a heart attack at 68
1966 Algot Haquinius, Swedish pianist, and composer, dies at 79
1966 Narcisa de León, Filipino film mogul, dies at 88
1967 Hans Jacob Nielsen, Danish boxer (Olympic gold lightweight 1924), dies at 67
1967 Martine Carol [Maryse Mopurer], French actress (Lola Montèsm, Trente et quarante), dies of a heart attack at 46
1968 C. Montague Shaw, Australian actor (Buck Rogers; Zorro's Fighting Legion), dies at 85
1970 Roscoe Karns, American actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
1972 Julian Steward, American anthropologist (cultural ecology), dies at 70
1973 Ira S Bowen, US physicist and astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
1976 Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam), dies at 50
1976 Vince Guaraldi, American jazz pianist and composer ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind"; Peanuts TV specials), dies of a heart attack at 47
1979 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, and museum director (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1959-75), dies at 68
1981 Frederica of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece, dies at 63
1981 Hugo Montenegro, American composer, arranger, and orchestra leader, dies of emphysema at 55
1982 Ben Nicholson, English painter and sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
1985 Charles Briggs, American actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
1985 James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906)
1986 Dandy Nichols [Daisy Sander], British actress (Till Death Us Do Part, Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
1986 Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th Salvation Army General, dies at 86
1986 Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (World Trade Center, NYC), dies of stomach cancer at 73
1988 Barclay Plager, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (NHL All-Star 1970, 71, 73, 74 St. Louis Blues) and coach (St. Louis Blues 1977-83), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 46
1988 Lee Goodman, American comedian and stage and screen actor (Imitation of Life), dies of tuberculosis at 64
1988 Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies at 72
1989 Andre Cayatte, French filmmaker, dies at 80
1989 Barbara Tuchman, American historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
1989 Chris Gueffroy, East German attempted defector (b. 1968)
1989 King Tubby [Osbourne Ruddock], Jamaican sound engineer and record producer, shot to death outside his home at 48
1989 Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer, dressage instructor, author ('baroque' or 'classical' style), dies at 63
1990 Jane Novak, American silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94

Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990)

American Acadeny and Emmy Award-winning composer and songwriter ("All The Way"; "Love & Marriage"; "Come Fly With Me"), dies following a stroke at 77 [1]

1990 John Merivale, Canadian-British actor (Caltiki), dies at 72

Danny Thomas (1912-1991)

American actor, comedian and TV host (Danny Thomas Show), dies of a heart attack at 79

1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies
1991 Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist (Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 78
1992 Wayde Preston [William Erksine Strange], American actor (Man Called Sledge; Colt .45), dies at 62

Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)

American tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1970, Wimbledon & WCT Finals 1975; Davis Cup 1963, 68, 69, 70), dies of AIDS related pneumonia at 49

1993 Frances Hunt, American actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
1994 Gwendoline "Gwen" Watford, British actress (Present Laughter, Cleopatra, Taste the Blood of Dracula), dies from cancer at 66
1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish-American pianist, conductor, composer, dies at 84

Jack Kirby (1917-1994)

American cartoonist (X-Men; Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America), dies at 76

1994 Joseph Cotten, American actor (Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Airport 77, Hearse), dies from pneumonia at 88
1994 Norman Del Mar, British conductor and writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
1995 Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (Bud Powell, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd), bandleader (Taylor's Wailers), and writer (Notes and Tones), dies at 65
1995 James Ingram Merrill, American poet (Braving the Elements; Scripts for the Pageant) and author, dies of a heart attack at 68
1996 Guy Madison [Robert Moseley], American actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies of emphysema at 74
1996 Ronald Fletcher, British broadcaster (Barbara with Braden, Bomber Harris), dies at 85
1997 Anne Wadman, Dutch critic and writer who wrote in Frisian (Fioele & faem, Smearlappen), dies at 77
1998 Carl Wilson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Beach Boys), dies of lung cancer at 51
1998 Falco [Johann Hoelzel], Austrian singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
1998 Haroun Tazieff, French vulcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/pres (1961-63), dies
2001 Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
2001 Fulgence Charpentier, French Canadian journalist, dies at 103
2001 Jack Hyles, Independent Baptist pastor (First Baptist Church of Hammond 1959-2001), dies at 74
2002 John R. Farndon, British surgeon and professor, dies at 53
2002 Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
2003 Peter Saunders, English theater producer (created The Mousetrap - world's longest play), dies at 91
2004 Jørgen Jersild, Danish composer and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1953-75), dies at 91
2005 Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
2005 Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (Budapes,t 3rd place - 1956), dies at 74
2006 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), dies at 80
2007 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], American singer ("Jezebel"; "Rawhide"; "Blazing Saddles"), songwriter ("We'll Be Together Again"), and actor (Bring Your Smile Along), dies of heart failure at 93
2007 Lee Hoffman, American author (The Valdez Horses), dies at 74
2007 Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2007 Lew Burdette, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1957, 59; World Series MVP 1957; no hitter 1960; Milwaukee Braves), dies from lung cancer at 80
2007 Willye White, American athlete (Olympic silver long jump 1956, 4x100m relay 1964; Sports Illustrated 100 greatest women athletes of 20th century), dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
2008 Dieter Noll, German writer (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt), dies at 80
2008 John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
2008 Tony Rolt, English auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1953; British Empire Trophy 1939), dies at 89
2009 James Whitmore, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption, Give 'em Hell Harry), dies of lung cancer at 87
2009 Phil Carey, American actor (One Life to Live), dies at 83
2010 Albert Booth, British politician (Member of Parliament, 1966-83), and government minister, dies at 81
2010 Ernest van der Eyken, Belgian violist, composer, and conductor . (Youth and Music Orchestra of Antwerp, 1963-76), dies at 96
2010 John Dankworth, English jazz musician and composer, dies at 82
2011 Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist (Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman), dies at 58
2011 Kenneth H Olsen, American electrical engineer, and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, dies at 84
2012 Antoni Tapies, Spanish painter, sculptor and theorist (Dau al Set), dies at 88
2012 Billy Bean, American jazz guitarist (John Lewis; Herbie Mann; Bud Shank), dies at 79
2012 Janice Voss, American astronaut (shuttle radar topography mission), dies from breast cancer at 55
2012 Noel Kelehan, Irish pianist, conductor (RTÉ Concert Orchestra), and arranger (Eurovision; U2), dies at 77
2012 Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st African-American woman architect in NY & California, dies at 85
2012 Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), dies at 82

Ralph Kiner (1922-2014)

American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL HR leader 1946–52; 6×MLB All-Star; Pittsburgh Pirates) and sportscaster (NY Mets), dies at 91

2015 André Brink, South African writer (Kennis van die aand (Looking into Darkness); A Dry White Season), dies at 79
2015 Norm Drucker, American basketball referee (NBA Supervisor of Officials 1977–81; ABA Supervisor of the Officials 1969–73), dies at 94
2016 Dan Hicks, American singer and songwriter (Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks), dies at 74
2017 "Professor" Irwin Corey, American comedian (Car Wash: Doc), dies at 102
2017 Alec McCowen, English actor (Frenzy), dies at 91
2017 Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby union halfback (89 Tests; Bulls), dies of motor neurone disease at 45
2017 Roger Walkowiak, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1956), dies at 89
2018 Joe Knollenberg, American politician (Rep-R-Michigan 1993-2009), dies at 84
2019 Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist (The Shell Seekers), dies at 94
2019 Sam Baker, American gospel and soul singer ("I Believe in You"), dies at 77
2020 Jan Liberda, Polish soccer forward (35 caps; Polonia Bytom), dies at 83
2020 Lynn Evans [Carolyn Hargate], American pop vocalist (The Chordettes - "Mr. Sandman"; "Lollipop"), dies of a stroke at 95
2020 Nello Santi, Italian opera conductor (Opernhaus Zürich; NY Metropolitan Opera), dies of a blood infection at 80
2021 Bruce Taylor, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (30 Tests, 111 wickets, BB 7/74, 2 x 100, HS 124; Canterbury, Wellington), dies at 77
2021 Ezra Moseley, Barbadian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests; 9 ODIs, West Indies; Barbados; Glamorgan), dies in a road accident at 63

George P. Shultz (1920-2021)

American economist, and statesman (Secretary of State, 1982-89; Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74), dies at 100 [1]

2021 Ken McCaffery, Australian rugby league centre (12 Tests; North Sydney; Queensland), broadcaster (9 Network) and administrator (North Sydney DRLFC), dies at 91
2022 Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud, Algerian soccer defender (38 caps; USM Alger, USM Annaba), dies from COVID-19 at 66
2022 Frank McAtamney, New Zealand rugby union prop (1 Test; Otago 38 games), dies at 87
2022 George Crumb, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1968 - Echoes of Time and the River; Vox Balaenae), and educator, dies at 92 [1]
2022 Henry Thillberg, Swedish soccer midfielder (22 caps; Malmö FF), dies from heart failure at 91
2022 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer, dies at 92
2022 Ronnie Hellström, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (77 caps; Hammarby IF, 1. FC Kaiserslautern; Sweden Player of the Year 1971, 78), dies at 72
2023 Billy Thomson, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; St Mirren 206 games, Dundee United), dies at 64
2023 Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle, silver 4×100m freestyle 1948), dies at 95
2023 John Moeti, South African soccer midfielder (29 caps; Orlando Pirates FC, SuperSport United FC), dies at 55
2024 Anthony Epstein, English pathologist and virologist (co-discover of the Epstein–Barr virus), dies at 102 [1]
2024 Don McKay, New Zealand rugby union winger (5 Tests; Auckland RU), dies at 86
2024 Miguel Ángel, Spanish soccer goalkeeper (18 caps; Real Madrid 247 games), dies of ALS at 76