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February 19th
253 Notable deaths
Brenda Bruce
British actress (1918–1996).
Born July 7th, 1919 in Manchester.
Died February 19th, 1996 at 76 years old in London (disease).
Märta Torén
Swedish actress (1925-1957).
Born May 21st, 1926 in Stockholm.
Died February 19th, 1957 at 30 years old in Stockholm (cerebral hemorrhage).
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-born american virologist (1914-2012).
Born February 22nd, 1914 in Catanzaro.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 97 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Marcel Malherbe
French illustrator, designer, and photographer (1892–1972).
Born July 19th, 1892 in Nantes. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1972 at 79 years old in Jersey.
Charles-François Daubigny
French painter (1817–1878).
Born February 15th, 1817 in Paris.
Died February 19th, 1878 at 61 years old in Paris.
Hamilton Luske
American film director (1903-1968).
Born October 16th, 1903 in Chicago.
Died February 19th, 1968 at 64 years old in Bel Air (myocardial infarction).
Joaquín Cordero
Mexican actor (1923—2013).
Born August 16th, 1923 in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza.
Died February 19th, 2013 at 89 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernest Manning
Canadian politician (1908-1996).
Born September 20th, 1908 in Carnduff.
Died February 19th, 1996 at 87 years old in Calgary.
Donald Richie
American writer and film historian (1924–2013).
Born April 17th, 1924 in Lima.
Died February 19th, 2013 at 88 years old in Tokyo.
René Char
French poet (1907–1988).
Born June 14th, 1907 in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
Died February 19th, 1988 at 80 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Virginia Hamilton
American writer of children's books (1936–2002).
Born March 12th, 1936 in Yellow Springs.
Died February 19th, 2002 at 65 years old in Dayton (breast cancer).
Heather Couper
Astronomer (1949–2020).
Born June 2nd, 1949 in Wallasey.
Died February 19th, 2020 at 70 years old in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [ref]
E. Armand
French individualist anarchist (1872-1962).
Born March 26th, 1872 in Paris, 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 19th, 1962 at 89 years old in Rouen.
William Browder
American mathematician (1934–2025).
Born January 6th, 1934 in New York City.
Died February 19th, 2025 at 91 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Simón Díaz
Venezuelan musician (1928-2014).
Born August 8th, 1928 in Aragua.
Died February 19th, 2014 at 85 years old in Caracas (Alzheimer's disease).
Luigi Dallapiccola
Italian composer (1904–1975).
Born February 3rd, 1904 in Pazin.
Died February 19th, 1975 at 71 years old in Florence (edema).
Armen Alchian
American economist.
Born April 12th, 1914 in Fresno.
Died February 19th, 2013 at 98 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Richard Maurice Bucke
Canadian psychiatrist (1837-1902).
Born March 18th, 1837 in Methwold. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1902 at 64 years old in London.
Constantino Brumidi
Italian-greek-american historical painter (1805-1880).
Died February 19th, 1880 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
August Schmidhuber
German general (1901–1947).
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
Sergey Litvinov
Athletics competitor.
Born January 23rd, 1958.
Died February 19th, 2018 at 60 years old in Sochi (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Richard A. Whiting
American composer and songwriter (1891–1938).
Born November 12th, 1891 in Peoria.
Died February 19th, 1938 at 46 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho, Queen Mother of Tonga
Queen consort of tonga (1926–2017).
Died February 19th, 2017 at 90 years old in Auckland.
Ruth Barcan Marcus
American philosopher (1921-2012).
Born August 2nd, 1921 in The Bronx.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 90 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Vitaly Vorotnikov
Russian politician (1926-2012).
Born January 20th, 1926 in Voronezh.
Died February 19th, 2012 at 86 years old in Moscow.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran