Famous Deaths on 27th May

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366 - Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
866 - Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
927 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
1039 - Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
1178 - Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1444 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)
1508 - Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1525 - Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
1541 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473) beheaded for treason in Tower of London by Henry VIII
1549 - Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
1564 - Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54
1569 - Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
1576 - Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
1580 - Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
1596 - Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
1610 - François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
1615 - Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1627 - Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
1638 - Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza (1508) 1652 - Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
1661 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
1675 - Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
1690 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
1702 - Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
1707 - Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
1708 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
1768 - Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
1781 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)
1790 - Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
1797 - Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36
1831 - Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
1840 - Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
1855 - Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
1863 - Edward Payson Chapin, Union Brigadier General, dies at 31
1876 - Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
1878 - Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
1887 - Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
1896 - Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies
1896 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
1902 - Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
1910 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies
1914 - Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
1916 - Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies
1918 - Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
1919 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848)
1925 - Ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia
1926 - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1934 - Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
1939 - Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
1941 - AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
1947 - Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1949 - Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
1951 - Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
1953 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868)
1954 - Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
1958 - Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1958 - Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
1960 - Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
1960 - George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
1960 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877)
1963 - Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
1964 - Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
1967 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
1968 - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
1969 - Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
1970 - Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
1971 - Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62
1975 - Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
1976 - Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
1983 - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
1985 - Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
1986 - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
1986 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
1987 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
1988 - Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79
1988 - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1988 - Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
1989 - Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
1989 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
1990 - Robert B. Meyner, American politician (b. 1908)
1991 - Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
1991 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
1992 - Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
1992 - Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
1992 - John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
1992 - Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86
1992 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
1993 - Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
1993 - Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85
1994 - Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87
1994 - Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66
1994 - Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95
1995 - C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
1995 - Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
1996 - Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
1996 - Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82
1996 - Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85
2000 - Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
2000 - Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
2000 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
2001 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929)
2003 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
2006 - Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
2006 - Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
2006 - Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928)
2006 - Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949)
2006 - Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
2007 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
2007 - Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919)
2007 - Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932)
2008 - Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)
2010 - Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (b. 1929)
2011 - Jeff Conaway, American actor (b. 1950)
2011 - Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974)
2011 - Gil Scott-Heron, American poet, musician and author (b. 1949)