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February 1st
194 Notable deaths
Friedrich Paulus
German general.
Born September 21st, 1890 in Guxhagen. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1957 at 66 years old in Dresden (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Richey Edwards
Welsh musician.
Born December 22nd, 1967 in Caerphilly County Borough.
Died February 1st, 1995 at 27 years old in Cardiff.
Don Cornelius
American television show host (1936-2012).
Born September 27th, 1936 in Chicago.
Died February 1st, 2012 at 75 years old in Sherman Oaks (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Monty Oum
American animator.
Born June 22nd, 1981 in Providence.
Died February 1st, 2015 at 33 years old in Austin (anaphylaxis).
Maximilian Schell
Film and stage actor (1930-2014).
Born December 8th, 1930 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 1st, 2014 at 83 years old in Innsbruck (pneumonia). [ref]
Clive Swift
British actor (1936-2019).
Born February 9th, 1936 in Liverpool.
Died February 1st, 2019 at 82 years old in London (respiratory failure). [ref]
John Vernon
Canadian actor (1932-2005).
Born February 24th, 1932 in Zehner, Saskatchewan. [ref]
Died February 1st, 2005 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (surgical complications). [ref]
Dennis Edwards
American singer (1943-2018).
Born February 3rd, 1943 in Fairfield.
Died February 1st, 2018 at 74 years old in Chicago (meningitis, complication). [ref]
Ilan Ramon
Israeli fighter pilot and later the first israeli astronaut.
Born June 20th, 1954 in Ramat Gan.
Died February 1st, 2003 at 48 years old in Texas.
William Desmond Taylor
Irish-american film director, actor and murder victim (1872-1922).
Born April 26th, 1872 in Carlow. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1922 at 49 years old in Westlake. [ref]
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz