Famous Deaths on 14th March

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840 - Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69
968 - Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)
1272 - Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies
1298 - Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies
1457 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21
1559 - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
1573 - Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies
1590 - Philip van Egmont, general/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at Ivry at 30
1612 - Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
1647 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 63
1648 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1584)
1680 - René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1682 - Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53
1696 - Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
1698 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)
1748 - George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1757 - John Byng, English Admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca
1760 - Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26
1768 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
1791 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1801 - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63
1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78
1805 - Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
1811 - August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75
1823 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
1861 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58
Communist Philosopher Karl Marx (1883) 1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
1884 - Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
1899 - Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
1903 - Johannes H Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88
1925 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
1932 - George Eastman, US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77
1933 - Balto, husky dog who brought back the antitoxin in 1925
1944 - Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66
1949 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1953 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56
1954 - Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72
1957 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1958 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64
1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
1968 - Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies
1969 - Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70
1973 - Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
1973 - Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
1975 - Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56
1976 - Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
1976 - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
1976 - Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies
1977 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
1980 - Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1981 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies
1982 - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59
1983 - Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55
1984 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75
1986 - Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81
1986 - Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74
1986 - Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73
1986 - Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
1989 - Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1989 - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
1991 - Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40
1991 - Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
1991 - Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
1991 - Robert Maroff, dies at 57
1991 - Margery Sharp, children's author (b. 1905)
1992 - C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 65
1992 - Ralph James, actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies at 67
1992 - Steven Brian Pennell, 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years at 34
1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
1994 - Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at 57
1995 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73
1995 - Johan W "Jo" van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70
1995 - William A Fowler, US nuclear/astro physicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83
1996 - Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at 57
1996 - Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69
1996 - Vic Marshall, chemist, dies at 74
1997 - Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89
1997 - John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58
1999 - Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
2002 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2003 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2006 - Ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1929)
2006 - Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
2007 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
2008 - Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)
2008 - Anthony Minghella, English Oscar winning film director (b. 1954)
2009 - Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. (b. 1947)
2009 - Altovise Davis, American entertainer, best known as Sammy Davis, Jr.'s third wife. (b. 1943)
2010 - Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (b. 1926)
2012 - Censu Tabone, President of Malta, dies at 98
2012 - Pierre Schoendoerffer, French Academy Award winning director and screen writer, dies from surgical complications at 83