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February 19th
198 Notable deaths
David Watkin
British cinematographer (1925-2008).
Born March 23rd, 1925 in Margate. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2008 at 82 years old in Brighton (prostate cancer). [ref]
André Leroi-Gourhan
French archaeologist.
Born August 25th, 1911 in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1986 at 74 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Harold Johnson
American boxer (1928-2015).
Born August 9th, 1928 in Philadelphia.
Died February 19th, 2015 at 86 years old in Philadelphia.
Kihachi Okamoto
Japanese film director (1924–2005).
Born February 17th, 1923 in Yonago.
Died February 19th, 2005 at 82 years old in Kawasaki (esophageal cancer).
Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
Russian artist (1868-1945).
Born December 20th, 1868 in Belsky County. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1945 at 76 years old in Berlin.
David Boggs
American electrical engineer.
Born June 17th, 1950 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2022 at 71 years old in Stanford (heart failure). [ref]
Hamilton Harty
Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Born December 17th, 1880 in Royal Hillsborough.
Died February 19th, 1941 at 60 years old in Hove.
Fukushima Yasumasa
Japanese general (1852-1919).
Born May 27th, 1852 in Matsumoto.
Died February 19th, 1919 at 66 years old in Tokyo.
Otto E. Neugebauer
Austrian-american mathematician.
Born May 26th, 1899 in Innsbruck. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1990 at 90 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Frits Staal
Dutch indologist (1930–2012).
Born November 3rd, 1930 in Amsterdam.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 81 years old in Chiang Mai. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 198
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi