Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1902 Gustaaf rolin-jaequemyns: Belgian lawyer/interior minister, 

1904 Alfred richard: Cricketer (6 & 0 in only test for s af 1895-96), 

1908 Abraham goldfaden: Us yiddish stage performer (shulamis), 

1911 Edwin arthur jones: Composer, 

1918 Émile reynaud: French scientist (b. 1844) 

1923 Katherine mansfield: Nz/british writer (dove's nest), 

1927 Houston s chamberlain: British/german race theorist, 

1929 Heiner muller: Writer, 

1930 Edward w buck: Dutch/us editor (la 

1931 Claude anet [jean schopfer]: French writer (la fille perdue), 

1936 John gilbert: Actor (love, downstairs), 

1939 Johann strauss: Austrian conductor/royal ball director, 

1941 Ko boezeman: Dutch resistance fighter, 

1943 Robin g collingwood: English philosopher (roman britain), 

1945 Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890) 

1946 Countee cullen: Us poet (black christ, one way to heaven), 

1947 Karl mannheim: Sociologist (diagnosis of our time), 

1949 Amilcare zanella: Composer, 

1953 Hans aanrud: Norwegian author (storken), 

1957 Mary carr moore: Composer, 

1958 Paul fechter: German writer/historian (god's magician), 

1959 Paul malengreau: Composer, 

1960 Elsie j. oxenham: British children's author (b. 1880) 

1961 Emily greene balch: American writer, nobel peace prize laureate (b. 1867) 

1962 Leroy b shield: Us pianist/composer (union pacific suite), 

1964 Halide edib adevar/salih: Turkish feminist (handan), 

1966 Haro levoni step'anyan: Composer, 

1968 Kokichi tsuburaya: Japanese marathoner (oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide 

1969 Ladislav vycpalek: Composer, 

1971 Giannis christou: Greek composer (b. 1926) 

1972 Ted shawn: Us dancer, 

1975 John slater: Actor (deadlock, 3 on a spree), 

1977 Alexey kozlovsky: Composer, 

1978 Eddie gilbert: Cricket (aboriginal qld quick got don for a duck), 

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