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February 21st
255 Notable deaths
Eric Melrose Brown
British aviator, royal navy officer, test pilot, author (1919–2016).
Born January 21st, 1919 in Leith.
Died February 21st, 2016 at 97 years old in Redhill (pneumonia).
Gustave Caillebotte
French painter (1848–1894).
Born August 19th, 1848 in Paris.
Died February 21st, 1894 at 45 years old in Gennevilliers (stroke).
Kenneth Arrow
American economist (1921–2017).
Born August 23rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died February 21st, 2017 at 95 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Emperor Ninkō
Emperor of japan (1800-1846).
Born March 16th, 1800 in Kyoto.
Died February 21st, 1846 at 45 years old in Kyoto.
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Seventh yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak, fourth chief minister of sarawak.
Died February 21st, 2024 at 87 years old in Kuala Lumpur. [ref]
Colin Ireland
British serial killer (soho strangler).
Born March 16th, 1954 in Dartford.
Died February 21st, 2012 at 57 years old in HM Prison Wakefield (disease). [ref]
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Nicaraguan revolutionary (1895-1934).
Born May 18th, 1895 in Niquinohomo.
Died February 21st, 1934 at 38 years old in Managua.
Howard Florey
Australian pathologist (1898-1968).
Born September 24th, 1898 in Adelaide.
Died February 21st, 1968 at 69 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction).
Simone Segouin
French resistance fighter (1925–2023).
Born October 3rd, 1925 in Thivars. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2023 at 97 years old in Courville-sur-Eure. [ref]
Fali Sam Nariman
Indian politician.
Born January 10th, 1929 in Yangon.
Died February 21st, 2024 at 95 years old in New Delhi.
Louis Hayward
British actor born in south africa.
Born March 19th, 1909 in Johannesburg.
Died February 21st, 1985 at 75 years old in Palm Springs (cancer, lung cancer).
Khalil Fong
Hong kong singer (1983–2025).
Born July 14th, 1983 in Kauai County.
Died February 21st, 2025 at 41 years old in Dali. [ref]
Kurt Eisner
German politician and journalist (1867-1919).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 51 years old in Munich (gunshot wound).
Kenneth Nichols
United states army officer and engineer.
Born November 13th, 1907 in Cleveland.
Died February 21st, 2000 at 92 years old in Bethesda.
Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984).
Born May 24th, 1905 in Kruzhilin.
Died February 21st, 1984 at 78 years old in Vyoshenskaya (laryngeal cancer).
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015).
Born December 14th, 1920 in St. Louis.
Died February 21st, 2015 at 94 years old in Pine Bluff (diabetes).
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999).
Born January 23rd, 1918 in New York.
Died February 21st, 1999 at 81 years old in Chapel Hill.
Harvey Kurtzman
American cartoonist (1924–1993).
Born October 3rd, 1924 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1993 at 68 years old in New York City (liver cancer). [ref]
Evan Mecham
American politician and businessman (1924-2008).
Born May 12th, 1924 in Duchesne.
Died February 21st, 2008 at 83 years old in Phoenix (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Gershom Scholem
German-israeli philosopher (1897–1982).
Born December 5th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1982 at 84 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Pamela Salem
British actress (1944–2024).
Born January 22nd, 1944 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2024 at 80 years old in Surfside. [ref]
Johannes Steinhoff
German world war ii fighter pilot and general of the bundeswehr (1913–1994).
Born September 15th, 1913 in Bottendorf.
Died February 21st, 1994 at 80 years old in Pech.
Magic Slim
American blues musician (1937–2013).
Born August 7th, 1937 in Yalobusha County.
Died February 21st, 2013 at 75 years old in Philadelphia.
Gwen McCrae
American soul musician and singer.
Born December 21st, 1943 in Pensacola.
Died February 21st, 2025 at 81 years old in Miami. [ref]
Aranmula Ponnamma
Indian actress (1915–2011).
Born April 8th, 1915 in Aranmula.
Died February 21st, 2011 at 95 years old in Thiruvananthapuram. [ref]
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks