February 1- Andy Gill 64- lead guitarist for Gang of Four- and record producer.
February 2- Ivan Kral 71- Czech born American composer-filmmaker, record producer-bass guitar player and singer-songwriter.
February 3- Willie Wood 83 -Hall of Fame defensive back for Green Bay Packers of the 60’s.
February 3- Gene Reynolds- 96- actor- writer- director and producer- one of the producers of M*A*S*H
February 4- Gil Coan 97 MLB player from 1946-56 was oldest living NY Giant at his death.
February 5- Kevin Conway 77 -actor- most famous role- Buster Kilrain in Gettysburg.
February 5- Kirk Douglas -103 -famed actor- Spartacus!
February 6- Roger Kahn-92 Author- wrote one of the most famous of all sports books- The Boys Of Summer about the 1950’s Brooklyn Dodgers.
February 7- Orson Bean 91- film. television stage actor, comedian, writer and producer.
February 7 Brian Glennie 73- NHL player 1969-79- Toronto and Los Angeles.
February 8- Robert Conrad- 84- actor- The Wild Wild West.
February 10- Efigenio Ameijeiras- 88 One of Castro’s military commanders back in the 50’s revolution.
February 10- Lyle Mays-66- jazz keyboardist- Pat Metheny Group.
February 11- Katsuya Nomura- 84 Japanese baseball star- catcher for 26 years and later a manager.
February 15- Tony Fernandez- 58- 5 time All-Star shortstop remembered most for his days with the Toronto Blue Jays.
February 16- Kellye Nakahara 72- Actress M*A*S*H
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February 17- Mickey Wright-85 -Legendary golfer- second most wins ever on LPGA tour.
February 17- Owen Bieber 90 a longtime president of the United Auto Workers Union.
February 17-Ja’Net Dubois ? Actress Good Times. Sources differ on her age somewhere between 1932-to 1945.
February 17-Andrew Weatherall 56 British record producer.
February 17- Charles Portis-86 Wrote True Grit.
February 19- Pop Smoke -20 Rapper
February 20- Jeanne Evert 62 From the tennis playing Evert family.
February 21- A.P. Indy-31 1992 Belmont Stakes Winner.
February 21- Phil Maloney-92 longtime NHL player and coach.
February 22- Mike Hughes 64- Daredevil.
February 24- Diana Serra Cary-101 last living star from the Silent Movie Era.
February 24- John Franzese-103 Mobster
February 24- Katherine Johnson- 101 – One of the Hidden Figures at NASA in the 60’s.
February 24- Ben Cooper 86- western actor.
February 24- Clive Cussler- 88 Writer of adventure novels.
February 26- Hosni Mubarak- 91 Egyptian president 1981-2011.
February 28- Johnny Antonelli 89 Successful MLB pitcher 1948-61.
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So many! Many lived to be pretty old. John Franzese is what I would call a successful mobster!
They let Franseze out of jail when he was 100- he was the oldest person in the US prison system.
OMG. I don’t care what the guy did, keeping him in prison until he was 100 highlights some of what’s wrong with our criminal justice system 😦 Of course some monsters should never be let out but they are the rare exception.
Over the years he had been thrown back in jail 6 times for parole violations. the last parole violation came when he was in his 90’s.. interesting. his own son testified against him- a first son of a new york mobster to testify against his father.
WOW! And the plot thickens!
He must have been in pretty good health to stay active like that into his 90s.
Roger Kahn’s book The Boys of Summer is one of my favorite baseball books.
I didn’t even know Portis was still alive! But I also don’t remember Kirk Douglas leaving us. There must just be too much going on…and these things get pushed to the back shelf….
The Douglas passing got press for a day or so- if you were busy I could see how you’d miss it.
Yeah. Hubby remembers, and he watches the news a lot more than I do.