Famous Deaths on February 7

1799 Qianlong, Emperor of China, 6th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, dies at 87
1801 Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer, dies at 57
1823 Ann Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Romance of the Forest), dies at 58
1827 Franz Anton Dimmler, German composer, dies at 73
1830 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67

Gustav IV Adolf (1778-1837)

King of Sweden (1792-1809), dies of a stroke at 58

1839 Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
1857 Félix de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, dies at 65
1862 František Jan Škroup, Czech composer (Kde domov můj? - Czech national anthem), dies at 61
1865 John Henry Winder, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and provost marshal, dies at 64
1871 Henry Steinway [Heinrich Steinweg], German American piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons), dies at 73
1873 Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (The House by the Churchyard), dies at 58
1878 Pius IX, "Pio Nono" [Giovanni Ferretti], Italian Pope (1846-78), held First Vatican Council, lost control of Papal States, dies at 85
1881 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet, literary critic and nationalist, dies at 73
1897 Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 49
1901 Benjamin Edward Woolf, British-American violinist, composer (The Mighty Dollar), playwright, and journalist, dies at 64
1911 Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies at 40
1915 Władysław Górski, Polish violinist, composer and teacher, dies at 68
1918 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, dies at 68
1919 William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient who survived 31 days at sea in a small boat to seek help for the shipwrecked USS Saginaw, dies at 77
1920 Alexander Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian Imperial Navy Admiral, polar explorer, and anti-communist leader, dies at 45
1931 Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, dies at 67
1933 Albert Apponyi, Hungarian politician (Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary), dies at 86
1937 Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91

Harvey S. Firestone (1868-1938)

American manufacturer and founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, dies at 69

1939 Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1940 Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1894-95), dies
1942 Dorando Pietri, Italian athlete (Olympic-famous DQ gold marathon 1908), dies from a heart attack at 56
1942 Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator, dies at 65
1944 Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (b. 1874)
1948 Red McKenzie, American jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies at 48
1952 Pete Henry, American College/Pro Football HOF tackle (Washington & Jefferson; First-team All-Pro 1920–23, NFL C'ship 1922, 23; Canton Bulldogs), dies at 54
1954 Jan Maklakiewicz, Polish composer of choral music, dies at 54
1957 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, dies at 71
1958 Betty MacDonald [nee Bard], American humor writer (The Egg and I), dies of cancer at 50
1958 Walter Kingsford, British actor (Carefree, My Favorite Blonde), dies at 76
1959 Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-54) who began the implementation of apartheid, dies at 84
1959 Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones], American blues guitarist (The Things That I Used to Do), dies at 32
1959 Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, American Baseball HOF second baseman (Triple Crown 1901; AL batting champion 1901–04, 10; Philadelphia A's, Cleveland Naps), dies at 84
1960 Igor Kurchatov, Soviet-Russian nuclear physicist who directed the Soviet atomic bomb project, dies of a cardiac embolism at 57 likely caused by radiation poisoning during the catastrophe at Chelyabinsk-40
1962 Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (b. 1886)
1963 Arthur Carr, English cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 69
1963 Learco Guerra, Italian road racing cyclist, dies at 60
1964 Hermann A. J. Kees, German egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology), dies at 77
1964 Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 59
1965 Nance O'Neil, American actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90
1965 Viola Desmond, Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist (first woman on a Canadian banknote), dies at 50 [1]
1967 Henry Morgenthau Jr., US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45) who helped design the New Deal and Lend Lease programs, dies at 74
1968 Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), dies of a drug overdose at 36
1968 Stuart Foster, American singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49
1969 Bainbridge Crist, composer, dies at 85
1970 Abe Attell, American boxer known as "The Little Hebrew" and World Featherweight Champion (1906-12), dies at 86
1971 Morgan Lee "Dock" Boggs, American folk and blues singer and banjo player, dies on his 73rd birthday
1974 Arline Judge, American actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), dies at 61
1975 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54
1977 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and lawyer (suite of fifteen aspects), dies at 82
1979 Herbert "Peanuts" Holland, American swing jazz trumpeter, dies at 68
1979 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns
1979 Warren Giles, American Baseball HOF executive (President National League 1951-69; GM Cincinnati Reds 1937–51), dies at 82
1980 Ernst Kunz, Swiss composer, dies at 88
1980 Katherine Emery, American actress (Maze, Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
1980 Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer, dies at 75
1984 Brooks West, actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
1985 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher and theologist, dies at 83
1985 Matt Monro [Terence Parsons], English pop singer ("Softly As I Leave You"), dies from liver cancer at 54
1985 Uday Merchant, Indian cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies at 68
1986 Armand Preud'homme, Belgium organist and composer (Kempenland), dies at 81
1986 Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
1988 Lin[wood V] Carter, American sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
1989 Gilbert Simondon, French philosopher (On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects), dies at 64
1990 Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
1990 Dom Heider Camara, nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies
1990 Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
1991 Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920)
1991 Dick Winslow, American actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 75
1991 Gladys LaVerne, dies of heart problems at 87
1991 Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927)
1991 John Steinbeck IV, American author and journalist
1992 Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
1992 Jeanne Gerson, dies of cancer & pneumonia at 87
1993 W Sybout A Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
1994 Luc Peire, Belgian painter and graphic artist, dies at 77
1994 Richard Bissell, US under director of CIA (Pig's Bay), dies at 84
1994 Witold Lutosławski, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (Musique funèbre; Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux), dies of cancer at 81
1995 Helen Wallis, cartographer/Librarian, dies at 70
1995 Massimo Pallottino, Italian archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at 86
1995 William Harry "Billy" Jones, American rock guitarist (The Outlaws), dies of self-inflicted gunshot at 45
1996 George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, dies at 89
1996 Isian Kehinde I K Dairo, musician/academic, dies at 65
1996 Lydia Chukovskaya, Soviet writer and dissident (Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage), dies at 88
1996 Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
1996 Tiny Winters [Frederick Gittens], English jazz bassist and singer, dies at 87
1997 Danil Shafran, Soviet-Russian concert cellist, dies at 74
1998 Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 Hussein ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952-99), dies at 63
1999 José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
1999 King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency, Acapulco), dies of a heart attack at 80
2000 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), dies of complications from cancer at 56
2000 Big Pun [Christopher Rios], Puerto Rican-American rapper ("I'm Not A Player"), dies of a heart attack at 28
2000 Doug Henning, Canadian magician, dies at 52

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001)

American author and aviator (Gift from the Sea), dies of a stroke at 94

2001 Dale Evans, American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show), dies at 88
2001 Robert "King" Moody, American actor and comedian (Shtarker-Get Smart), dies at 71
2003 Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2003 John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
2005 Bob Turner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenseman (Stanley Cup 1956, 57, 58, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All Star), dies at 71
2006 Jack Montrose, American "cool jazz" tenor saxophonist and arranger, dies at 78
2006 Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
2006 Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 20 wickets; Combined Services, Bahawalpur), dies at 75
2007 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz and session drummer, and bandleader, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
2008 Leona Wood, American surrealist painter and ballet and folk dancer dies at 86
2008 Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell's Cargo), dies from natural causes at 97
2009 Betty Jameson, American golfer (US Open 1947, Western Open 1942, 54), dies at 89
2009 Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, dies of natural causes at 84
2009 Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
2012 Florence Holway, American rape victim and activist, dies at 96
2012 Patricia Stephens Due, African-American civil rights activist (FAMU jail-in), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 72
2012 Phil Bruns, American actor and writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "George Shumway"), dies of natural causes at 80

Billy Casper (1931-2015)

American golfer (US Open 1959, 66; US Masters 1970), dies of a heart attack at 83

2015 Dean Smith, American actor & relay runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 83
2015 Joe B. Mauldin, American rock double-bass player (The Crickets), songwriter, and recording engineer (Gold Start Studios), dies of cancer at 74
2015 Joseph M. Gaydos, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), dies at 88
2015 Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and multi-millionaire (St Ives Group), dies of a heart attack at 84
2017 Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica), dies of cancer at 71
2017 Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking" (The Swe-Danes), dies at 100
2018 John Perry Barlow, American lyricist (Grateful Dead - "Estimated Prophet"; "I Need A Miracle"; "Cassidy"), essayist, internet pioneer, and activist,, dies at 70
2018 Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (Home Improvement, Justified), dies at 76

Albert Finney (1936-2019)

English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), dies at 82

Frank Robinson (1935-2019)

American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder, manager (14 x MLB All-Star; NL MVP 1961; AL MVP 1966; World Series 1966, 70; Baltimore Orioles), dies of bone cancer at 83

2019 John Dingell, American politician (D-Michigan, 1955-2015), dies at 92
2020 Harold Strachan, South African writer, anti-apartheid activist, and explosives expert, dies of liver disease complications at 94
2020 Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm over COVID-19, dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan at 34
2020 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, dies at 86
2020 Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), killed in a traffic accident at 91
2020 Steve Weber, American psychedelic folk guitarist, (The Holy Modal Rounders - "Bird Song"; "You've Got the Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo"),dies at 76
2021 Elliot Mazer, American audio engineer and record producer (Chubby Checker; Neil Young), dies of a heart attack at 71
2021 Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold men's 4x400m relay 1952 WR 3:03.9), dies at 91
2021 Mario Osbén, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (36 caps; Unión Española, Colo Colo, Cobreloa), dies from a heart attack at 70
2021 Pedro Gomez, American sports journalist (ESPN 2003-21), dies at 58
2021 Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey center (6 x Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All-Star), dies at 83
2023 František Cipro, Czech soccer forward (SK Slavia Prague 232 games) and manager (SK Slavia Prague, SK Dynamo České Budějovice), dies at 75
2023 Friedel Lutz, German soccer full-back (12 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.), dies at 84
2023 Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), dies at 46