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Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Jan 01 On this day in history helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 
Jan 02 Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died on this day in history.
Jan 04 John Gary, singer, dies at 65 in the year 1998.
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died on this day in history.
Jan 08 In the year 1998 michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
Jan 09 In the year 1998 kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
Jan 11 On this day in history klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
Jan 15 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 in the year 1998.
Jan 16 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 in the year 1998.
Jan 17 In the year 1998 emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
Jan 19 In the year 1998 carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
Jan 20 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies in the year 1998.
Jan 21 On this day in history death of jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
Jan 23 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies on this day in history.
Jan 24 In the year 1998 jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
Jan 25 In the year 1998 mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
Jan 26 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 29 On this day in history death of joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
Jan 30 In the year 1998 death of ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
Feb 03 In the year 1998 death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
Feb 05 Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34 on this day in history.
Feb 06 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 in the year 1998.
Feb 07 On this day in history carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
Feb 08 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 in the year 1998.
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 on this day in history.
Feb 10 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 on this day in history.
Feb 13 Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 on this day in history.
Feb 15 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89 on this day in history.
Feb 17 On this day in history ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
Feb 18 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 on this day in history.
Feb 19 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
Feb 22 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
Feb 23 Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 in the year 1998.
