February 21st
183 Notable deaths
Mart Stam
Dutch architect (1899–1986).
Born August 5th, 1899 in Purmerend. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1986 at 86 years old in Goldach. [ref]
Hilde Zadek
German operatic soprano.
Born December 15th, 1917 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2019 at 101 years old in Karlsruhe.
Nadja Tiller
Austrian actress (1929–2023).
Born March 16th, 1929 in Vienna.
Died February 21st, 2023 at 93 years old in Hamburg, Augustinum Hamburg. [ref]
Zlatko Saračević
Croatian handball player.
Born July 5th, 1961 in Banja Luka.
Died February 21st, 2021 at 59 years old in Krapina (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eugène Tisserant
French cardinal.
Born March 4th, 1884 in Nancy. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1972 at 87 years old in Albano Laziale (myocardial infarction). [ref]
María Luisa Alcalá
Mexican actress.
Born March 26th, 1943 in Mexico City.
Died February 21st, 2016 at 72 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Tilla Durieux
Austrian actress and art collector who fled nazis (1880-1971).
Born August 18th, 1880 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1971 at 90 years old in Berlin (sepsis). [ref]
Hasse Jeppson
Swedish footballer (1925-2013).
Born May 10th, 1925 in Kungsbacka.
Died February 21st, 2013 at 87 years old in Rome.
Petro Grigorenko
Ukrainian soviet dissident, general.
Born October 16th, 1907 in Borysivka.
Died February 21st, 1987 at 79 years old in New York City.
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Russian mathematician.
Born March 30th, 1929 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2009 at 79 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 183
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney