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February 11th
191 Notable deaths
Jacqueline Auriol
French aviator.
Born November 6th, 1917 in Challans. [ref]
Died February 11th, 2000 at 82 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Desanka Maksimović
Serbian writer (1898-1993).
Born May 16th, 1898 in Divci. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1993 at 94 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
George Coyne
American astronomer.
Born January 19th, 1933 in Baltimore.
Died February 11th, 2020 at 87 years old in Syracuse (cancer). [ref]
Shirley Strickland
Australian hurdler and sprinter.
Born July 18th, 1925 in Northam.
Died February 11th, 2004 at 78 years old in Perth (myocardial infarction, stroke).
Allen J. Bard
American electrochemist.
Born December 18th, 1933 in New York City.
Died February 11th, 2024 at 90 years old in Austin. [ref]
Louis Beel
36th prime minister of the netherlands (1902-1977).
Born April 12th, 1902 in Roermond. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1977 at 74 years old in Utrecht (leukemia). [ref]
Joseph Vilsmaier
German film director.
Born January 24th, 1939 in Munich. [ref]
Died February 11th, 2020 at 81 years old in Munich. [ref]
Frank Piasecki
American aerospace engineer.
Born October 24th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died February 11th, 2008 at 88 years old in Haverford. [ref]
Marie-Dominique Chenu
French historian (1895-1990).
Born January 7th, 1895 in Soisy-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1990 at 95 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Paul Carus
American philosopher.
Born July 18th, 1852 in Ilsenburg. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1919 at 66 years old in LaSalle. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 191
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir