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February 19th
175 Notable deaths
Mancur Olson
American economist.
Born January 22nd, 1932 in Grand Forks. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1998 at 66 years old in College Park. [ref]
Ivan Sidorenko
Soviet sniper.
Born September 12th, 1919.
Died February 19th, 1994 at 74 years old in Kizlyar.
Altamas Kabir
39th chief justice of india.
Born July 19th, 1948 in Kolkata.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 68 years old in Kolkata (kidney failure). [ref]
Arturo Di Modica
Italian-american sculptor (1941-2021).
Born January 26th, 1941 in Vittoria.
Died February 19th, 2021 at 80 years old in Vittoria (cancer). [ref]
Nobutake Kondō
Japanese admiral (1886-1953).
Born September 25th, 1886 in Osaka.
Died February 19th, 1953 at 66 years old
Tan Malaka
Indonesian politician (1897-1949).
Born June 2nd, 1897 in Pandam Gadang. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1949 at 51 years old in Selopanggung.
John Howard
American actor (1913-1995).
Born April 14th, 1913 in Cleveland.
Died February 19th, 1995 at 81 years old in Santa Rosa (heart failure, myocardial infarction).
Samuel Willenberg
Polish-born sculptor and holocaust survivor, participant at the revolt and escape at treblinka extermination cap (1923-2016).
Born February 16th, 1923 in Częstochowa.
Died February 19th, 2016 at 93 years old in Tel Aviv (stroke). [ref]
Yegor Letov
Soviet-russian musician, poet, and painter (1964–2008).
Born September 10th, 1964 in Omsk.
Died February 19th, 2008 at 43 years old in Omsk (heart failure).
al-Tayyib Salih
Sudanese writer.
Born July 12th, 1929 in Sudan, Al Dabbah. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2009 at 79 years old in London (kidney failure). [ref]
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling