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February 19th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on February 19th

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2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2011
  • American football player. He is also an Olympic medal holder in track and field events. He was also a fraternal twin. He played professional football from 1952 to 1966, setting a record for all-purpose play. He also set a league record in career touchdown returns and combined net yards. His two teams, the Rams and Cardinals, both won their seasons. …

2010
  • American pornographic actor, director (Born 1943).

  • American chairperson of Nottawaseppi Huron Band Of Potawatomi (Born in 1945).

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009
  • Electric Light Orchestra (Born 1945), bass guitarist and singer

20082007
  • British choreographer and dancer, she was the founder of the National Ballet Company of Canada. She was a member the Sadler's Wells company in her early career, and received kudos because of her performances. She was elected an officer of Canada in 1967. In 1985, the rank was raised to Companion. On February 19, 2007, she died at the Ottawa …

  • Janet Blair

    American actress. She was a professional violinist before her film debut in 1941 with "Three Girls About Town". She was a lively leading lady in the 1940s and made her stage debut in 1949 with "For Love Or Money." She was versatile and capable and worked as a nightclub entertainer and had a TV series called "The Smith Family" which …

2000
  • Austrian-New Zealand architect and painter, Waldspirale and Kuchlbauer Tower were designed by Kuchlbauer Tower (d. 2000).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

19991997
  • A Chinese politician, a thrice-purged patriarch of the Communist Party who had a profound impact on Chinese politics for three decades. His rule was marked by nepotism, corruption and major reforms for his people.

  • Writer/humorist (Joys of Yiddish), died at the age of 88.

  • Football player dies at the age of 76.

199619951994
  • British filmmaker known for being innovative and iconoclastic.

  • French political activist who joined the Organisation de l'armA (c)e secrA)te ["Organisation of the Secret Army"), a short-lived French far-right paramilitary organization during the Algerian War (1954aEUR")62. He was part of the group's plot to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle, 22 August 1962 in Petit-Clamart (France).

  • Speed-skater from the Netherlands, who dies in an auto-accident at the age of 19.

199319921990
  • American government employee, administrator, and well-known family member. Colin Powell, the Joint Chief of Staff's son, is Powell. In 1993, he received his BA and JD at Georgetown University. He joined the Army as a Pentagon Assistant to Japan in 1985-88. In 1994, he was a U.S. Court of Appeals clerk in 1988-90. Associate lawyer in 1994-96. In 1996-97, he …

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989
  • Journalist / cabaret performer (Hadjememaar)

  • Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies.

19881986
  • Adolfo Celi

    Italian stage actor and husky character actor. He was well-known on the Italian screen since the late '40s, and in international films since mid-'60s. He died in Rome, Italy on February 19, 1986 from a heart attack.

  • American politician (Senator-Democrat-Mississippi) dies at age 81.

19851984198319811980
  • Scottish musician and original lead singer of the heavy metal band "AC/DC". After an all-night drinking spree, he choked on his vomit and died, 2/19/1980 in London. This was apparently an occupational hazard for rock-fame.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

197719731972
  • American animator producer, screenwriter (d. 1972).

  • American business executive with Caterpillar tractor company since 1946. Married only once.

  • The founder and leader of the British documentary film movement, Scotland. He saw that motion pictures would influence the moral and cultural attitudes of the future, and the humanitarianism needed to promote the use of film in education. He contributed frequently to U.S. periodicals and wrote on education and public information issues. He was a specialist in propaganda psychology and …

1970

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

196919681967
  • Tappan Zee Bridge, New York: First casualty dies

19651962

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959
  • Canadian-American sailor Medal of Honor recipient (d.59)

1957
  • Italian-born French road bike racer. He is best known for his victory in the first Tour de France in 1903. In 1904, he was also stripped of his title in Tour de France 2.

1952
  • Actor (Bulldog Drummond) dies at 82

  • Norwegian poet, dramatist, and social critic. Hamsun is one of the greatest authors of the 20th Century. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1920.

19511950

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

19491945
  • Dutch resistance fighter executed at 26 years old.

194419421941

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1936
  • Born in France, an American military man who was the youngest ever General Staff officer and, by 1920, a Brigadier General. He was a skilled and heroic pilot and advocate for air power. He was the most well-known American aviator of World War I. In 1925, he was sentenced to prison for insubordination. In 1948, he received the Congressional Medal …

  • British historian (Born 1857).

  • Billy Mitchell

    Born in France, an American military man who was the youngest ever General Staff officer and, by 1920, a Brigadier General. He was a skilled and heroic pilot and was a lifelong advocate for air power. He was the most well-known American aviator of World War I. In 1925, he was sentenced to prison for insubordination. In 1948, he received …

1933

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

19271923

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 19th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1916
  • Austrian philosopher/physicist/psychologist dies at 78

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