Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1917 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1918 On this day in history gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 

1919 Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1923 On February - 06 edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 

1927 Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71 on this day in history. 

1930 Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17 on February - 06. 

1938 On this day in history marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 

1941 Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82 on February - 06. 

1942 On February - 06 wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 

1943 HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71 on this day in history. 

1945 Death of Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed on this day in history. 

1947 On this day in history albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82 

1948 On February - 06 robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 

1950 Death of Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884) on February - 06. 

1952 George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 on February - 06. 

1958 On this day in history death of 7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich 

1960 Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash on February - 06. 

1961 On this day in history archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 

1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies on February - 06. 

1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 on this day in history. 

1965 On February - 06 jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68 

1966 On February - 06 johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79 

1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 on February - 06. 

1968 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 on February - 06. 

1970 On February - 06 roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78 

1972 Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1973 Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 on February - 06. 

1976 On this day in history vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 

1979 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history. 

1981 On this day in history death of hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925) 

1982 Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87 on February - 06. 

1985 On this day in history charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53 

1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies on this day in history. 

1988 On this day in history lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64 

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