Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 09
Friday, 12 December 2025
1918 Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30 on this day in history. 

1924 Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53 on this day in history. 

1932 Death of Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered on February - 09. 

1935 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61 on February - 09. 

1936 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57 on February - 09. 

1938 Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies on this day in history. 

1940 Death of Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857) on this day in history. 

1943 On February - 09 death of ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance 

1945 On February - 09 george J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau 

1948 On this day in history karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65 

1949 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 on February - 09. 

1951 On this day in history death of eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910) 

1952 Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies on February - 09. 

1957 On this day in history miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88 

1960 Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1961 Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1964 On this day in history willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55 

1966 Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 on February - 09. 

1968 Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 on February - 09. 

1969 Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68 on February - 09. 

1973 Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53 on February - 09. 

1974 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1975 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1976 On February - 09 death of percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908) 

1977 On this day in history denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92 

1978 Death of Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12 on this day in history. 

1979 On February - 09 c I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies 

1980 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 on this day in history. 

1981 Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 on February - 09. 

1984 On February - 09 balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras 

1989 Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928) on this day in history. 

1991 Death of James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931) on this day in history. 

1993 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1994 Arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79 on this day in history. 

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