Famous Deaths on 24th January

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41 - Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 by Praetorian Guards. Known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism.
661 - Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered
772 - Stephen III/IV, Catholic Pope (768-72), dies. (b. 720)
817 - Stefanus IV, Pope (816-17), dies
1125 - David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
1336 - Alfonso IV, the Benignant, King of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
1376 - Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader
1473 - Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
1595 - Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529)
1626 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)
1639 - George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
1666 - Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77
1678 - Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
1709 - George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
1769 - François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)
1805 - Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50
1812 - Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
1851 - Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
3rd Roman Emperor Caligula (41) 1856 - Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)
1862 - James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33
1864 - Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54
1864 - Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36
1877 - Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)
1882 - Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)
1883 - Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70
1884 - Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
1885 - Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72
1895 - Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)
1901 - Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68
1904 - Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77
1911 - Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67
1911 - David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
1913 - Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47
1918 - George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)
1924 - Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80
1924 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
1929 - Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies
1932 - Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (b. 1842)
1939 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)
1940 - Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52
1943 - John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies
1947 - Felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies at 60
1948 - Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)
1948 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1901)
1950 - Bull Montana, actor (Son of Sheik), dies at 62
1953 - [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77
1955 - Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
1957 - Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies
1960 - John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66
1961 - Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82
1961 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American swimmer and inventor (b. 1884)
1962 - Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
1962 - Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster (b. 1877)
British war time Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1965) 1965 - Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 90
1966 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909)
1967 - Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49
1969 - Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78
1969 - Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72
1970 - James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
1970 - Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891)
1971 - Bill W., American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
1972 - Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
1973 - Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies
1973 - J Carrol Naish, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 73
1973 - Masao Ohba, world champion Japanese boxer (b. 1949)
1975 - Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72
1978 - Herta Oberheuser, German doctor (b. 1911)
1979 - Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
1979 - Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
1982 - Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president and dictator (b. 1918)
1983 - George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83
1986 - Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
1986 - L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74
1986 - Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)
1988 - Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
1988 - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
1989 - Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42
1989 - George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
1990 - Madge Bellamy, American actress, dies of heart failure at 90
1991 - George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
1991 - Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Phila Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40
1991 - John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931)
1992 - Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
1992 - John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
1992 - Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
1992 - Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
First Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1993) 1993 - Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
1993 - Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies
1994 - Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
1995 - Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
1995 - Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at 87
1995 - Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60
1996 - Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at 65
1996 - Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner, dies at 75
1997 - Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian, dies at 49
1998 - Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
2000 - Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2002 - Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956)
2002 - Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934)
2003 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921)
2004 - Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
2005 - June Bronhill, Australian singer (b. 1929)
2005 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1933)
2005 - Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929)
2006 - Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
2006 - Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician
2006 - Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
2007 - Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
2007 - Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
2007 - Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's Oldest Military Veteran (b. 1891)
2008 - Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
2009 - Reg Gutteridge, British Boxing Journalist (b. 1924)
2009 - Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942)
2009 - Gérard Blanc, French singer (b. 1947)
2010 - Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928)
2011 - Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director (b. 1949)
2011 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Musician, Bharat Ratna Laureate (b. 1922)
2012 - James Farentino, American actor, dies from heart failure at 73
2012 - Patricia Neway, American opera and musical theatre singer, dies at 83