Deaths in History in February 2006

  • Feb 1 Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)

Person of interestBetty Friedan

Feb 4 Betty Friedan, American writer and feminist, dies of congestive heart failure at 85

Writer Betty Friedan
Writer
Betty Friedan
  • Feb 7 Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914)
  • Feb 9 Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)

Person of interestPeter Benchley

Feb 11 Peter Benchley, American author, dies at 65

Jaws Novelist Peter Benchley
Jaws Novelist
Peter Benchley
  • Feb 13 Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)
  • Feb 20 Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
  • Feb 22 Hilde Domin [Hilde Palm], German writer and poet, dies at 96
  • Feb 24 Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
  • Feb 24 Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)
  • Feb 27 Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927)
  • Feb 27 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American General and Air Force pilot, dies at 97
  • Feb 28 Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (antiproton, Nobel-1959), dies at 85