Famous Deaths for 16th February 2019

1710 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
1825 – Georg Gerson, Danish composer, dies at 34
1910 – Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
1912 – St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
1950 – David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies
1951 – Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
1973 – Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
1985 – Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
1997 – Arthur Hewlett, British actor (The Pied Piper), dies at 89
2018 – Hubert Doggart, English cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950), dies at 92

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