Famous People Who Died on February 6

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:

Ashe, Arthur (1993)

The first black man to win the U.S. Open in tennis
Guaraldi, Vince (1976)

The jazz pianist who wrote the music for Charlie Brown
King Charles II (1685)

The Restoration king after Cromwell's Commonwealth period
King George VI (1952)

The king of Great Britain during WWII
Klimt, Gustav (1918)

The Viennese painter of 1908's The Kiss
Priestley, Joseph (1804)

The Englishman credited with discovering oxygen
Shultz, George (2021)

United States Secretary of State, 1982-89
Thomas, Danny (1991)

Star of TV's Make Room For Daddy
Tuchman, Barbara (1989)

Author of The Guns of August
Yamasaki, Minoru (1986)

Designer of Manhattan's World Trade Center