Died on This Day (21-Feb)
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Peter Tork | Peter Halsten Thorkelson , better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. | American musician | 77 | 1 |
Ronald Fiddler | British Isis suicide bomber | British Isis suicide bomber | 50 | 3 | |
Daniel Topolski | Daniel "Dan" Topolski was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. | Oxford rowing coach | 69 | 5 | |
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Glenn K. Otis | General Glenn Kay Otis was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from 1981 to 1983, and as Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group from 1983 to 1988. | Recipient of the Purple Heart medal | 83 | 7 |
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Bernard Nathanson | Bernard N. Nathanson was an American medical doctor and co-founder, in 1969, of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws , later renamed National Abortion Rights Action League. | American physician, pro-life activist and writer | 84 | 9 |
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante | Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. | Cuban writer | 75 | 15 |
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Art Kane | Art Kane was an American fashion and music photographer active from the 1950s through the early 1990s. | American fashion and music photographer | 69 | 25 |
Nathan Pritikin | Nathan Pritikin was an American inventor, engineer, nutritionist and longevity researcher. | Nutrionist | 69 | 35 | |
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Tom Carey | Thomas Francis Aloysius Carey was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball between 1935 and 1946. | American baseball player | 63 | 50 |
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Afonso, Duke of Porto | Infante D. Afonso of Braganza, Duke of Porto was a Portuguese Infante of the House of Braganza, the son of King Luis I of Portugal and his wife, Maria Pia of Savoy. | Prince of Portugal, Duke of Oporto | 54 | 100 |
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Billy Graham | William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. | American evangelist | 99 | 2 |
David Duffield | David Duffield was best known as a commentator on British Eurosport working mainly on the channel's professional cycling coverage for many years. | TV sports commentator | 84 | 4 | |
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John Strawson | Major General John Strawson CBE was a British Army officer, best known for his service during the Second World War in the Middle East and Italy, and afterwards in Germany and Malaya. | British Army general | 93 | 6 |
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Fay Kleinman | Fay Kleinman was an American painter. She was also known by her married names, Fay Skurnick, and then Fay Levenson. | American artist | 99 | 8 |
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Bob Doe | Robert Francis Thomas Doe, DSO, DFC & Bar was a British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. | British flying ace | 89 | 10 |
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Kenneth Nichols | Major General Kenneth David Nichols CBE , also known by Nick, was an officer in the United States Army, and a civil engineer who worked on the secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb during World War II. | United States Army officer and nuclear engineer | 92 | 20 |
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Irina Tasseva | Irina Taseva was a Bulgarian actress. She was born on July 22, 1910 in the town of Kiustendil, Bulgaria. | Theatre actor | 79 | 30 |
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Janet Vogel | The Skyliners are an American doo-wop group from Pittsburgh. | American singer | 38 | 40 |
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Eric Liddell | Eric Henry Liddell was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player, and Christian missionary. | Scottish athlete | 43 | 75 |
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Benjamin F. Prescott | Benjamin Franklin Prescott was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from Epping, New Hampshire, who served as the 36th governor of New Hampshire. | American politician | 61 | 125 |