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February 9th
184 Notable deaths
Nadira
Indian actress (1932-2006).
Born December 5th, 1932 in Baghdad.
Died February 9th, 2006 at 73 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction, stroke). [ref]
Reed Smoot
United states senator and lds apostle.
Born January 10th, 1862 in Salt Lake City.
Died February 9th, 1941 at 79 years old in St. Petersburg.
Howard Temin
American geneticist.
Born December 10th, 1934 in Philadelphia.
Died February 9th, 1994 at 59 years old in Madison (lung cancer).
Keiko Fukuda
Martial artist (1913-2013).
Born April 12th, 1913 in Kyōbashi-ku.
Died February 9th, 2013 at 99 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia). [ref]
Walter Heitz
German general (1878–1944).
Born December 8th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died February 9th, 1944 at 65 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Marcos Alonso Peña
Spanish football player and manager (1959–2023).
Born October 1st, 1959 in Santander.
Died February 9th, 2023 at 63 years old in Madrid. [ref]
O Kuk-ryol
North korean politician and general (1930–2023).
Born January 7th, 1930 in Onsong County.
Died February 9th, 2023 at 93 years old (heart failure).
Abd al-Karim Qasim
Iraqi army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of iraq after the fall of the monarchy.
Born November 21st, 1914 in Baghdad.
Died February 9th, 1963 at 48 years old in Baghdad (gunshot wound).
Philippe Ariès
French academic and historian (1914-1984).
Born July 21st, 1914 in Blois. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1984 at 69 years old in Toulouse. [ref]
Paul Levi
German politician (1883-1930).
Born March 11th, 1883 in Hechingen. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1930 at 46 years old in Berlin (falling). [ref]
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot