Famous Deaths for 6th February 2020

1785 – Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1807 – John Reid [Robertson], British Army General and composer, dies at 85
1855 – Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor, dies at 63
1916 – Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
1927 – Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
1964 – Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines (1899-1901), dies of coronary thrombosis at 94
1976 – Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist and composer (Peanuts TV specials), dies at 43
1990 – Jimmy Van Heusen [Edward Chester Babcock], American composer and songwriter (All the Way, Love and Marriage), dies following a stroke at 77
2001 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
2012 – Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), dies at 82

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