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===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom]], Dutch chemist and academic (born 1854)<ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 1954 |title=Scientific Instruments from the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |language=en |volume=174 |issue=4434 |pages=775–776 |doi=10.1038/174775d0 |bibcode=1954Natur.174T.775. |s2cid=4195975 |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Hans Jæger]], Norwegian philosopher and activist (born 1854)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-29 |title=Hans Henrik Jæger {{!}} Norwegian Poet, Novelist, Critic |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Henrik-Jaeger |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[François Langelier]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (born 1838)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-28 |title=François Langelier |url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/j-l/LANGF.htm |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081128144052/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/j-l/LANGF.htm |archive-date=2008-11-28 }}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[George Formby Sr]], English actor and singer (born 1876)<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Formby |url=https://thompsong.domains.skidmore.edu/dept/courses/mu220/campus/03-bckgrnd/MusicHall/Formby/60br0311.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Skidmore College]]}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Peter Kropotkin]], Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (born 1842)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin {{!}} Russian Revolutionary & Anarchist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Alekseyevich-Kropotkin |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Theodor Curtius]], German chemist (born 1857)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bürklein - Ditmar |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |year=1957 |isbn=9783428001842 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Yordan Milanov]], Bulgarian architect, designed the [[Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church]] (born 1867)<ref>{{Cite web |title=История на Елена - архитект Йордан Миланов |url=https://history.elena.bg/arhitekt_yordan_milanov.htm |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=history.elena.bg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Йордан Миланов - гениален архитект и голям българин |url=http://www.bgnow.eu/news.php?cat=2&cp=3&newsid=84749 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=bgnow.eu |language=bg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Record#18674: Университета |url=https://sudigital.org/lib/record/18674?ln=en |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=SUDigital}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Eemil Nestor Setälä]], Finnish linguist and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (born 1864)<ref name="Chancellors">{{cite web |title=Chancellors of the University of Turku |url=https://www.utu.fi/en/university/traditions/history/Pages/chancellors.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022174029/https://www.utu.fi/en/university/traditions/history/Pages/chancellors.aspx |archive-date=22 October 2019 |access-date=22 October 2019 |website=[[University of Turku]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ministerikortisto |url=http://www.vn.fi/tietoa-valtioneuvostosta/hallitukset/vuodesta-1917/tulokset/fi.jsp?report_id=M2&selectedCriterion.ministeri_henkilo_id=483 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722034741/http://www.vn.fi/tietoa-valtioneuvostosta/hallitukset/vuodesta-1917/tulokset/fi.jsp?report_id=M2&selectedCriterion.ministeri_henkilo_id=483 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |access-date=2011-05-28 |publisher=[[Valtioneuvosto]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Etusivu |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/500 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Kansallisbiografia]] |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Charles Curtis]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Vice President of the United States]] (born 1860)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-23 |title=Charles Curtis {{!}} Native American, Kansas Senator, 31st VP |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Curtis |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Olga Taratuta]], Ukrainian Jewish anarchist (born 1876)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Savchenko|first=Viktor|date=March 2021|url=http://www.lukomor.mosk.mksat.net/index.php/lukomor/article/view/66|title=«Бабуся анархії». Ольга Таратута – феномен жінки у революційну добу (1903-1938)|trans-title=«Grandmother of Anarchy». Olha Taratuta – the Phenomenon of Women in the Revolutionary Era (1903-1938)|journal=Antiquities of Lukomorie|volume=2|issue=5|pages=100–107|language=uk|issn=2708-4116|doi=10.33782/2708-4116.2021.2.66|s2cid=233682518 |oclc=8974700808|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Italo Santelli]], Italian fencer and coach (born 1866)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Italo Santelli |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22737 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Olympedia]]}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Connie Mack]], American baseball player and manager (born 1862)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connie Mack {{!}} Baseball Manager, Hall of Fame, Philadelphia Athletics |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Connie-Mack |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Walther Bothe]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1891)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walther Bothe {{!}} Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear Physics, Nobel Prize |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walther-Bothe |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * 1957 – [[John von Neumann]], Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (born 1903)<ref>{{Cite web |title=John von Neumann {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, Inventions, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-von-Neumann |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[William J. Donovan]], American head of the [[Office of Strategic Services|Office of Strategic Services (OSS)]] (born 1883)<ref>{{Cite web |title=William J. Donovan {{!}} CIA Director, World War II, OSS |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-J-Donovan |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[J. L. Austin]], English philosopher and academic (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web |title=J.L. Austin {{!}} Biography, Contributions, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-L-Austin |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Giles Gilbert Scott]], English architect and engineer, designed the [[Red telephone box]] and [[Liverpool Cathedral]] (born 1880)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Giles Gilbert Scott {{!}} Gothic Revival, Red Telephone Box, Battersea Power Station |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giles-Gilbert-Scott |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[George Dolenz]], Italian-American actor (born 1908)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Istria on the Internet - Performing Arts |url=https://www.istrianet.org/istria/performing_arts/actors.htm |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=istrianet.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Jeremy |date=2023-09-13 |title=A piercing 'Mommy and Daddy' heart-to-heart chat with Monkee Micky Dolenz |url=https://medium.com/@jeremylr/a-piercing-mommy-and-daddy-heart-to-heart-chat-with-monkee-micky-dolenz-b7cb811a4005 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Ernst Kretschmer]], German psychiatrist and author (born 1888)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernst Kretschmer {{!}} German Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-Kretschmer |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=4 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Cahir Healy]], Northern [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] and anti partition politician (born 1877)<ref>{{cite report |date=November 2007 |title=Cahir Healy Papers |url=https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/healy-cahir-d2991.pdf |publisher=[[Public Records Office of Northern Ireland]] |page=3 |access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi|Kanaiyalal Munshi]], Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (born 1887)<ref name="Sheth1979">{{cite book |last=Sheth |first=Jayana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u969WD39ct8C |title=Munshi: Self-sculptor |publisher=[[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] |year=1979 |edition=1st |location=Bombay |pages=239–243 |oclc=568760494}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Markos Vamvakaris]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player (born 1905)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-10 |title=Markos Vamvakaris: The famous Greek rebetiko musician |url=https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/markos-vamvakaris-the-famous-greek-rebetiko-musici/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[The Greek Herald]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Markos Vamvakarēs (Μαρκος Βαμβακαρης) |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/110481/Vamvakares_Markos_ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Robert Robinson (organic chemist)|Robert Robinson]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born1886)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=Sir Robert Robinson {{!}} Organic Chemistry, Nobel Prize, Synthesis |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Robinson-British-chemist |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Eivind Groven]], Norwegian composer and theorist (born 1901)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eivind Groven |url=http://www.nts.live/artists/74031-eivind-groven |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[NTS Radio]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Dennis Gabor]], Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1900)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dennis Gabor {{!}} Inventor, Physicist, Nobel Prize |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dennis-Gabor |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Nikos Xilouris]], Greek singer-songwriter (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nikos Xylouris (1936 - 1980) |url=https://www.interkriti.org/crete/pg/?pg=1110440 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=interkriti.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nikos Xilouris |url=http://www.crete.gr/en/pages/xilouris.php |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=crete.gr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-30 |title=Nikos Xylouris |url=https://visitchania.gr/en/important-figures/nikos-xylouris/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=visitchania.gr |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[John Hay Whitney]], American financier and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (born 1904)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-13 |title=John Hay Whitney {{!}} Business Tycoon, Sportsman, Philanthropist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Hay-Whitney |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[William Lyons]], English businessman, co-founded [[Swallow Sidecar Company]] (born 1901)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Prins |first1=François |last2=Merrygold |first2=Tony |title=William Lyons {{!}} Jaguar's Founder |url=https://www.jaguarheritage.com/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=[[Daimler Company|Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Harriet E. MacGibbon]], American actress (born 1905)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harriet MacGibbon |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-8a0b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[NYPL Digital Collections]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ellenberger |first=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries A Directory |date=May 2001 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=9780786409839}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Del Shannon]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Del Shannon {{!}} Rock & Roll, Runaway & Keep Searchin' |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Del-Shannon |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Ernest Titterton]], British Australian nuclear physicist (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newton |first1=J.O. |title=AAS Biographical Memoirs - Ernest William Titterton 1916-1990 |url=http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/titterto.htm |website=[[Australian Science Archives Project]] |publisher=[[Australian Academy of Science]] |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=1992}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Stanley Armour Dunham]], American sergeant (born 1918)<ref name="Scott">{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Janny |date=March 14, 2008 |title=A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/us/politics/14obama.html |access-date=March 22, 2008}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Raymond Scott]], American pianist and composer (born 1908)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raymond Scott |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/104995/Scott_Raymond |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Del Ennis]], American baseball player (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Phillies Legends: Del Ennis |language=en |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/news/philadelphia-phillies-legends-del-ennis |access-date=2023-10-04}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Corey Scott]], American motorcycle stunt rider (born 1968)<ref>{{cite news |date=February 10, 1997 |title=Motorcyclist Killed in Stunt |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/10/sports/motorcyclist-killed-in-stunt.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211221173704/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/10/sports/motorcyclist-killed-in-stunt.html |archive-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Halldór Laxness]], Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1902)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halldor Laxness {{!}} Biography, Books, Nobel Prize, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Halldor-Laxness |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Enoch Powell]], English soldier and politician, [[Secretary of State for Health]] (born 1912)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Enoch Powell {{!}} British Unionist, Conservative MP |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enoch-Powell |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Julian Simon]], American economist and author (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilpin |first=Kenneth N. |date=1998-02-12 |title=Julian Simon, 65, Optimistic Economist, Dies |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/12/business/julian-simon-65-optimistic-economist-dies.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Iris Murdoch]], Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (born 1919)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iris Murdoch {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Iris-Murdoch |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Sid Abel]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1918)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lapointe |first=Joe |date=2000-02-10 |title=Sid Abel, 81, a Hockey Star On a Famed Red Wings Line |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/10/sports/sid-abel-81-a-hockey-star-on-a-famed-red-wings-line.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Derrick Thomas]], American football player (born 1967)<ref>{{cite web |date=February 10, 2000 |title=Blood Clot Killed Thomas, Doctors Say |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2000/02/09/obit_thomas_ap/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060532/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2000/02/09/obit_thomas_ap/ |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=August 26, 2013 |work=[[CNN/SI]] |publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Ivo Caprino]], Norwegian director and screenwriter (born 1920)<ref name="nbl">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ivo Caprino |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ivo_Caprino |access-date=5 August 2018 |last=Haddal |first=Per |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |language=no}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Ong Teng Cheong]], Singaporean architect and politician, 5th [[President of Singapore]] (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ong Teng Cheong |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_161__2008-11-24.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[National Library of Singapore]]}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Julius Schwartz]], American journalist and author (born 1915)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Eric |date=2004-02-12 |title=Julius Schwartz, 88, Editor Who Revived Superhero Genre in Comic Books |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/arts/julius-schwartz-88-editor-who-revived-superhero-genre-in-comic-books.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[A. Chandranehru]], Sri Lankan sailor and politician (born 1944)<ref name="BBC080205">{{cite news |date=8 February 2005 |title=Killing raises Sri Lanka war fear |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4245743.stm}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Elton Dean]], English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (born 1945)<ref name="indyobit">{{Cite news |date=13 February 2006 |title=Obituaries – Elton Dean |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elton-dean-466450.html |access-date=17 December 2010 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Thierry Fortineau]], French actor (born 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thierry Fortineau |url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/26013/thierry-fortineau |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Unifrance]]}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Akira Ifukube]], Japanese composer (born 1914)<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2006-02-10 |title=Akira Ifukube Is Dead at 91; Composed Score for 'Godzilla' |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/arts/music/akira-ifukube-is-dead-at-91-composed-score-for-godzilla.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Anna Nicole Smith]], American model and actress (born 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smith, Anna Nicole |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-anna-nicole |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Texas State Historical Association]] |language=en}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Ian Stevenson]], Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1918)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tanne |first=Janice Hopkins |date=2007-03-31 |title=Ian Pretyman Stevenson |journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal |volume=334 |issue=7595 |pages=700 |doi=10.1136/bmj.39141.529792.65 |issn=0959-8138 |pmc=1839221}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Ruby Garrard Woodson]], American educator and cultural historian (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/heraldtribune/103324740|title=Ruby Woodson Obituary (2008) - Herald Tribune|website=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-02-12 |title=Please Remember in Your Prayers Ruby G. Woodson, Mother of William Woodson |url=https://news.stthomas.edu/please-remember-in-your-prayers-ruby-g-woodson-mother-of-william-woodson/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=[[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[John Murtha]], American colonel and politician (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keck |first=Kristi |author2=Elizabeth Cohen |author3=Sabriya Rice |author4=Rebecca Sinderbrand |date=February 9, 2010 |title=Rep. John Murtha dies after surgery complications |newspaper=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/08/john.murtha.obit/index.html}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Tony Malinosky]], American baseball player and soldier (born 1909)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-09 |title=Tony Malinosky, Brooklyn Dodger who was oldest living major league baseball player, dies at 101 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/afterword/story/2011-02-09/tony-malinosky-brooklyn-dodger-who-was-oldest-living-major-league-baseball-player-dies-at-101 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Wando (singer)|Wando]], Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-08 |title=Morre, aos 66 anos, o cantor e compositor Wando |url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2012/02/morre-aos-66-anos-o-cantor-e-compositor-wando.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Jornal Nacional]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-08 |title=Cantor Wando morre em Nova Lima |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2012/02/08/interna_gerais,276747/cantor-wando-morre-em-nova-lima.shtml |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Estado de Minas]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Luis Alberto Spinetta]], Argentinian singer-songwriter (born 1950)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cantor-Navas |first=Judy |date=2012-02-10 |title=Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentine Rock Pioneer, Dead at 62 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/luis-alberto-spinetta-argentine-rock-pioneer-dead-at-62-1098959/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Giovanni Cheli]], Italian cardinal (born 1918)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-13 |title=Longtime Vatican Diplomat, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Cheli, Dead at 94 |url=https://thetablet.org/longtime-vatican-diplomat-italian-cardinal-giovanni-cheli-dead-at-94/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[The Tablet]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2013 – [[James DePreist]], American conductor and educator (born 1936)<ref>{{cite web |last=Dobrin |first=Peter | title=Conductor James DePreist memorialized in S. Phila. | work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date=March 5, 2013 | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/peter_dobrin/20130305_Conductor_James_DePreist_memorialized_in_S__Phila_.html | access-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Maureen Dragone]], American journalist and author (born 1920)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-02-15 |title=Maureen Dragone, HFPA historian, dies at 93 |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/maureen-dragone-hfpa-historian-dies-at-93-1118066238/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-02-10 |title=Maureen Dragone, Lifetime HFPA Member, Dies |url=https://goldenglobes.com/articles/maureen-dragone-lifetime-hfpa-member-dies/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=[[Golden Globes]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Nevin Scrimshaw]], American scientist (born 1918)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-11 |title=Nevin S. Scrimshaw, pioneer in nutrition research, dies at 95 |url=https://news.mit.edu/2013/nevin-s-scrimshaw-obituary-0211 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[MIT News]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Els Borst]], Dutch physician and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pascoe |first=Robin |date=2014-03-12 |title=Former minister was killed two days prior to her body being found |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2014/03/former_minister_was_killed_two/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=DutchNews.nl |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-02-11 |title=Dutch ex-minister Els Borst found dead in garage |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26133523 |access-date=2023-10-05}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Maicon (footballer, born May 1988)|Maicon Pereira de Oliveira]], Brazilian footballer (born 1988)<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2014-02-08 |title=Shakhtar Donetsk striker Maicon dies in car accident |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/08/shakhtar-donetsk-maicon-dies-car-accident |access-date=2023-11-09 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Nancy Holt]], American sculptor and painter (born 1938)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2014-feb-15-la-me-nancy-holt-20140216-story.html|title=Nancy Holt dies at 75; her art interacts with the land and sky|date=February 15, 2014 |last=Colker |first=David |website=[[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]]|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde]], Finnish physician and parapsychologist (born 1939)<ref>{{cite book |last=Partridge |first=Christopher Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-kkOBKTjK0C&dq=Rauni-Leena+Luukanen-Kilde+car+accident&pg=PA208 |title=UFO religions |publisher=[[Psychology Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-415-26324-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ramstedt |first=Tommy |date=January 2012 |title=Making sense of personal and global problems: an analysis of the writings and lectures of Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde |journal=Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |publisher=[[Donner Institute]] |volume=24 |pages=344–349 |doi=10.30674/scripta.67422 |via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Amelia Bence]], Argentine actress (born 1914)<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2016 |title=Adiós a Amelia Bence, la actriz de los ojos más lindos del mundo |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1869321-murio-amelia-bence-la-actriz-de-los-ojos-mas-lindos-del-mundo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209094829/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1869321-murio-amelia-bence-la-actriz-de-los-ojos-mas-lindos-del-mundo |archive-date=9 February 2016 |access-date=8 February 2016 |work=[[La Nacion]] |language=es}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Nida Fazli]], Indian poet and songwriter (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-02-08 |title=Noted Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist Nida Fazli passes away |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/noted-urdu-poet-and-bollywood-lyricist-nida-fazli-passes-away/articleshow/50905644.cms |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Margaret Forster]], English historian, author, and critic (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/08/margaret-forster-award-winning-author-dies |work=[[The Guardian]] |title=Margaret Forster, award-winning author, dies at 77 |first=Claire |last=Armitstead |date=8 February 2016 |accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Violette Verdy]], French ballerina (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Violette Verdy {{!}} Prima Ballerina, Ballet Choreographer & Teacher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Violette-Verdy |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Peter Mansfield]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Peter Mansfield {{!}} MRI pioneer, Nobel laureate |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Mansfield |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Rina Matsuno]], Japanese idol singer (born 1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=エビ中・松野莉奈さん、18歳で急死 7日のコンサートを体調不良で休む|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20170208/ido17020811570002-n1.html|date=8 Feb 2017|access-date=9 Feb 2017 |website=[[Sankei Sports]]|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/20180208-matsunorina|title=松野莉奈、鈴木裕乃、柏木ひなた主演短編映画、|website=Cinra.net|date=2018-02-08}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]], English scriptwriter (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news|last=Barker|first=Dennis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/feb/08/alan-simpson-obituary|title=Alan Simpson obituary|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 February 2017|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Robert Conrad]], American actor (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-08 |title=Robert Conrad, star of 'The Wild, Wild West,' dies at 84 |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-02-08/robert-conrad-star-of-the-wild-wild-west-dies-at-84 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Marty Schottenheimer]], American football player and coach (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30866875/nfl-coaching-legend-marty-schottenheimer-dies-77|title=Schottenheimer, top 10 in NFL wins, dies at 77|date=February 9, 2021|website=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], American singer (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-02-27|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=2021-02-10 |title=Mary Wilson, original member of Motown's chart-topping Supremes, dies at 76 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mary-wilson-dead/2021/02/09/6e8f4956-6add-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Arto Heiskanen]], Finnish professional hockey player (born 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/60772/arto-heiskanen|title=Arto Heiskanen|website=Elite Prospects|access-date=2023-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.is.fi/sm-liiga/art-2000009381099.html | title= Jääkiekkolegenda Arto Heiskanen, 59, on kuollut |last=Touru |first=Ville |date=8 February 2023 |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=[[Ilta-Sanomat]] |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-08 |title=Kuolleet {{!}} Ässälegenda Arto Heiskanen on kuollut |url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000009381076.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Satakunnan Kansa |language=fi}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Dick Jauron]], American football player and coach (born 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shribman |first=David |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Dick Jauron, Swampscott legend and former NFL player and coach, dies at 74 - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/08/sports/dick-jauron-swampscott-legend-former-nfl-player-coach-dies-74/ |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 – [[Sam Nujoma]], Namibian politician, 1st [[President of Namibia]] (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cowell |first=Alan |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Sam Nujoma, Founding President of Namibia, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/obituaries/sam-nujoma-dead.html |access-date=February 11, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Gyalo Thondup]], Brother of the 14th Dalai Lama (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Watkins |first=Ali |date=February 9, 2025 |title=Gyalo Thondup, Political Operator and Brother of the Dalai Lama, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/obituaries/gyalo-thondup-dead-dalai-lama-brother.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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