Famous Deaths for 18th February 2026

999 – Gregory V [Bruno], 1st German Pope, dies
1799 – Maurus Haberhauer, Czech composer, dies at 52
1829 – Jan K?titel Kucha?, Czech organist, harpsichordist, mandolin player, composer, and opera conductor, dies at 77
1833 – Georg Johann Schinn, German composer, dies at 64
1899 – Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continuous symmetry), dies at 56
1938 – Alida Tartaud-Klein, Dutch actress and performance artist (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
1964 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, French Canadian businessman and inventor of the Bombardier snowmobile, dies of cancer at 56
1973 – Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (The Prime Minister of the Underworld), dies of a heart attack at 82
2013 – Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, Scottish actress (4 Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tokyo), dies at 83
2023 – Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian soccer forward (44 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, CSKA Sofia), dies at 78

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