Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 17
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1903 Joseph parry: Composer, 

1905 Serge alexandrovich: Gov-gen moscow, murdered 

1907 Henry olcott: Co-founder (theosophical society-madras), 

1908 Geronimo: Apache chief, 

1912 Aloys von aerenthal: Foreign minister (austria-hungary), 

1917 Edmund bishop: English secretary of thomas carlyle, 

1918 Wilfrid laurier: Canadian pm (1896-1911), 

1924 Oskar merikanto: Composer, 

1929 John read: Cricketer (batted in 17 tests for eng for 463 runs), 

1932 Frans gailliard: Belgian painter/graphic artist (egina), 

1933 Henri[cus a] viotta: Dutch composer (handbook of music), 

1934 Albert i lcmm von saksen-coburg: King of belgium (1909-34), 

1936 Erich schaeder: German theologist (theozentrische), 

1939 Willy hess: German violinist (b. 1859) 

1943 Armand j. piron: American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888) 

1944 Fausto agnelli: Swiss painter, 

1951 Nikoghayos fadeyi tigranyan: Composer, 

1954 Evert gorter: Children artist (kindergeneeskunde), 

1955 Otto j gombosi: Hungarian/us musicologist, 

1958 Hugh mccrae: Australian writer (b. 1876) 

1959 Kathryn adams: Actress (meet the chump, 5th avenue girl), 

1961 Nita naldi: Actress (dr jekyll & mr hyde), 

1962 Bruno walter: Symphony conductor (ny philharmonic), 

1966 Frank pettingell: Actor (becket, up the creek), 

1968 Donald wolfit: Actor (lawrence of arabia), 

1970 Agnon: [sj czaczkes], hebrew writer (nobel 1966), 

1971 Teddy hart: Actor (3 men on a horse), 

1972 Gavril nikolayevich popov: Composer, 

1976 Jean servais: Belgian actor (every man is my enemy), 

1977 Quincy howe: Newscaster (cbs weekend news), 

1979 William gargan: Actor (rain, bells of st mary), 

1980 Graham sutherland: Painter, 

1982 Lee strasberg: Acting coach/actor (and justice for all), 

1984 Lucille benson: Actress (lilly-bosom bud 

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