Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06
Friday, 02 January 2026
1917 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 on February - 06. 

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

1919 On February - 06 friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81 

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

1927 On this day in history daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71 

1930 On this day in history eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17 

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 this day in history. 

1942 On this day in history wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 

1943 On this day in history hA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71 

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

1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 on this day in history. 

1950 On February - 06 death of georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884) 

1952 George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 on this day in history. 

1958 On February - 06 death of 7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich 

1960 On February - 06 jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash 

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

1963 On February - 06 mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies 

1964 On February - 06 sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 

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 On this day in history c Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 

1970 On this day in history roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78 

1972 Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 on February - 06. 

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

1976 On February - 06 vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 

1979 On this day in history alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 

1981 Death of Hugo Montenegro, American film music composer (b. 1925) on this day in history. 

1982 On February - 06 ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87 

1985 On February - 06 charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53 

1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies on February - 06. 

1988 Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64 on this day in history. 

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