Famous Deaths for 21st February 2026

1513 – Julius II, Italian Pope (1503-13) and patron of Michelangelo, Bramante and Raphael, dies at 69
1821 – Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat and jurist, dies at 64
1938 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (discovery of magnetic fields in sunspot), dies at 69
1971 – Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, dies at 79
1980 – Chester Lauck, American actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live), dies at 78
1986 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (“…And Ladies of the Club”), dies at 90
1992 – Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
1996 – Terence Edward Armstrong, British polar geographer, dies at 75
2015 – Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 94
2019 – Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin’ in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), dies at 94

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