Famous Deaths for 8th February 2026

1691 – Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect and composer, dies at 79
1750 – Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (Tragedy of Zara), dies at 65
1772 – Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, dies at 52
1910 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist as leader of the Kristiania Bohemians, dies at 55
1924 – Gee John, Chinese-American gangster (1st person in US to be executed by lethal gas in Nevada), executed at 29
1973 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), dies at 83
1993 – N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
2007 – Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American parapsychologist and reincarnation expert, dies at 88
2015 – Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81
2019 – Robert Ryman, American minimalist painter and visual artist known for his white-on-white works, dies at 88

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