Famous Deaths on 29th May

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1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 - Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
1500 - Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
1544 - Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
1546 - Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
1593 - John Penry, English congressionalist, executed
1629 - Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
1660 - Gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle
1660 - Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44
1660 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
1680 - Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
1691 - Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61
1750 - Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70
1788 - Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
1790 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
1814 - Josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies
1815 - Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64
1816 - Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
1829 - Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84
1833 - William Marshall, composer, dies at 84
1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
1862 - Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71
1866 - Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
1868 - Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
1869 - Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73
1877 - John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63
1882 - Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
1883 - Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73
1883 - WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies
1885 - Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63
1892 - Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74
1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
1899 - Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
1903 - Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845)
1905 - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
1910 - Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73
English Dramatist William Schwenck Gilbert (1911) 1911 - William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74
1919 - Robert Bacon, American politician (b. 1860)
1922 - Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 39
1924 - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies
1933 - Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies
1934 - Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
1935 - Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
1939 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
1942 - John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
1943 - Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72
1946 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905)
1948 - May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82
1951 - Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66
1951 - Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
1951 - Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer, dies at 91
1951 - Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85
1953 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
1955 - Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78
1956 - Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65
1956 - Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73
1957 - George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75
1958 - Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76
1961 - Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60
1967 - Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer, dies at 69
1970 - John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
1971 - Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83
1972 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902)
1972 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
1973 - Eric Applewhite, entertainer, dies
1973 - P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
1977 - Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66
1977 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
1979 - Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
1979 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
1982 - Romy Schneider, actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 43
1983 - Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
1985 - 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccer match
1985 - Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
1987 - Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40
1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
1991 - Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77
1992 - Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37
1992 - Karl Carstens, president of RFA (1979-84), dies
1992 - Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43
1992 - Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44
1993 - Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
1993 - Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68
1994 - Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81
1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94
1994 - Harry Levin, literary Scholar, dies at 81
1994 - Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92
1994 - Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78
1994 - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61
1995 - Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
1996 - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77
1996 - Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45
1996 - Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at 77
1997 - George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
1997 - Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30
1997 - John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84
1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
2002 - Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
2003 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
2004 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
2006 - Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
2006 - Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
2007 - Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2007 - Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927)
2007 - Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938)
2008 - Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
2008 - Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
2008 - Dianne Odell, American medical figure (b. 1947)
2009 - Karine Ruby, French snowboarder and Olympic champion (b. 1978)
2010 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936)
2011 - Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1931)
2011 - Bill Clements, Governor of Texas (b. 1917)
2011 - Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian president (b. 1949)
2012 - Doc Watson, American bluegrass musician, dies from complications following surgery at 89