Famous Deaths on 23rd March

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1103 - Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
1169 - Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies
1237 - Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
1361 - Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)
1369 - Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered
1548 - Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen
1555 - Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
1559 - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)
1596 - Henry Unton, English diplomat
1606 - Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58
1618 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
1658 - Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79
1669 - Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54
1680 - Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)
1742 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
1747 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)
1748 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63
1754 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)
1756 - Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57
1783 - Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67
1786 - Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia (1796-1801) is struck with a sword, strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle aged 46
1806 - George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20
1809 - Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
1816 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95
1818 - Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42
1819 - August v Kotzebue, writer, dies
1821 - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56
1832 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41
1842 - Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59
1862 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81
1869 - Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60
1880 - Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
1881 - Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45
1906 - Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v South Africa 1892), dies
1907 - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79
1914 - Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62
1914 - Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
1918 - Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27
1919 - Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45
1925 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76
1927 - Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)
1931 - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters
1935 - Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)
1937 - Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66
1943 - Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72
1943 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
1944 - O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash
1946 - Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62
1947 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
1950 - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
1952 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
1953 - Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France
1955 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
1957 - L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
1958 - Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76
1960 - Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
1961 - A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies
1961 - James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
1961 - Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24
1962 - Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80
1962 - Val Paul, producer (F-Man), dies at 73
1963 - Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship
1964 - Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59
1964 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66
1965 - Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75
1966 - Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
1967 - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
1968 - Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49
1969 - Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87
1970 - Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894)
1971 - Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67
1971 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
1973 - Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at 77
1978 - Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63
1979 - Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71
1979 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
1980 - Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928)
1982 - Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85
1983 - Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62
1985 - Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85
1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60
1985 - Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
1985 - Richard Beeching, chairman of British Railways (b. 1913)
1985 - Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (b. 1908)
1987 - Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29
1991 - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1991 - Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at 65
1991 - Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88
1991 - Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
1992 - Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92
1993 - Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
1994 - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80
1994 - Giulietta Masina, Italy, wife of Federico Fellini/(La Strada), dies at 74
1994 - Jim Moloney, dies of Parkinson's disease
1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
1995 - Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash
1995 - Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61
1995 - Davie Cooper, soccer star, dies at 39
1995 - Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81
1995 - Ripley L. Ingram, singer, dies at 65
1995 - Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72
1995 - Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74
1996 - Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73
1996 - Peter Baer, artost/printmaker, dies at 72
1999 - Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. ?)
2001 - Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
2002 - Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
2002 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
2003 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b. 1926)
2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
2006 - David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
2006 - Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
2006 - Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
2007 - Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)
2007 - Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer (b. 1973)
2009 - Raúl Macías, A famous Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor (2011) 2011 - Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932)
2012 - Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia, dies from liver failure at 77