February 4th
167 Notable deaths
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
American photojournalist and magazine editor.
Born October 28th, 1875 in Constantinople. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1966 at 90 years old in Cape Breton Island. [ref]
Frederick Lorz
American distance runner.
Born June 5th, 1884 in Manhattan.
Died February 4th, 1914 at 29 years old in The Bronx (pneumonia).
Brock Chisholm
Doctor and soldier (1896-1971).
Born May 18th, 1896 in Oakville.
Died February 4th, 1971 at 74 years old in Victoria.
Camara Laye
Guinean writer.
Born January 1st, 1928 in Kouroussa. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1980 at 52 years old in Dakar (kidney disease). [ref]
Edgar Whitcomb
American politician (1917-2016).
Born November 6th, 1917 in Hayden.
Died February 4th, 2016 at 98 years old in Rome (heart failure). [ref]
Alan Baker
English mathematician.
Born August 19th, 1939 in London.
Died February 4th, 2018 at 78 years old in Cambridge (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Miguel Covarrubias
20th-century mexican artist (1904-1957).
Born November 22nd, 1904 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1957 at 52 years old [ref]
Henri Deterding
Dutch entrepreneur, (1886-1939) chairman of the combined royal dutch/shell oil company.
Born April 19th, 1866 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1939 at 72 years old in St. Moritz. [ref]
Brett Halliday
American novelist (1904-1977).
Born July 31st, 1904 in Chicago.
Died February 4th, 1977 at 72 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
Mikhail Frinovsky
Great purge perpetrator (1898-1940).
Born February 7th, 1898 in Narovchat.
Died February 4th, 1940 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 167
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)