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February 22nd
182 Notable deaths
Salvador Espriu
Catalan writer.
Born July 10th, 1913 in Santa Coloma de Farners. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1985 at 71 years old in Barcelona.
Jean Lecanuet
French politician (1920-1993).
Born March 4th, 1920 in Rouen. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1993 at 72 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Boris Vannikov
Politician (1897-1962).
Born September 7th, 1897 in Baku.
Died February 22nd, 1962 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Demond Mallet
American basketball player.
Born February 22nd, 1978 in Leesville.
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 0 years old
Safi Faye
Ethnologist and film director.
Born November 22nd, 1943 in Dakar.
Died February 22nd, 2023 at 79 years old in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Paul Léautaud
French writer.
Born January 18th, 1872 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 22nd, 1956 at 84 years old in Le Plessis-Robinson. [ref]
Ivan Dziuba
Ukrainian literary critic, social activist, russian philologist and soviet dissident (b. 1931).
Born July 26th, 1931 in Mykolaivka.
Died February 22nd, 2022 at 90 years old in Kyiv.
Mordechai Maklef
Israeli general.
Born January 19th, 1920 in Motza. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (disease).
Emmanuel Roblès
French writer.
Born May 4th, 1914 in Oran. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1995 at 80 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Ernest Palmer
American cinematographer (1885-1978).
Born December 6th, 1885 in Kansas City.
Died February 22nd, 1978 at 92 years old in Pacific Palisades.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 182
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