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Deaths 1 - 115 of 115

498 - Anastasius II, Pope (496-8) dies. Referred to by Dante in his Inferno XI, 8-9
1272 - David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies
1316 - Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies
1389 - Dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39
1472 - Joannes/Basilius Bessarion, archbishop of Nicaea, dies
1478 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
1492 - Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
1495 - Alfonso II, king of Naples (1494-95), dies
1557 - Bona Sforza, Queen of Sigismund I of Poland (b. 1494)
1577 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
1630 - Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
1649 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b. 1576)
1665 - Nicholas Poussin, French painter, dies
1672 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
1682 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (b. 1619)
1692 - Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies
1692 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright
1703 - Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies
1719 - Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64
1723 - Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
1772 - William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
1773 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b. 1722)
1785 - Bernard de Bury, composer, dies at 65
1795 - Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 62
1798 - Theobald W Tone, Irish nationalist, dies
1804 - Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
1822 - Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
1825 - Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34
1828 - Franz P Schubert, Austria composer (That Schone Mullerin), dies at 31
1850 - Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician (b. 1780)
1854 - Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46
1868 - Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
1880 - Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74
1887 - Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38
1897 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b. 1810).
1899 - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55
1908 - Albert Dietrich, composer, dies at 79
1911 - Ramon Caceres, President (Dominican Republic), murdered
1915 - Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
1915 - Solomon Schechter, theologist, dies at about 64
1917 - Basil Grieve, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests England v South Africa 1889), dies
1923 - French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59
1924 - Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
1924 - Thomas Ince, American film director (b. 1882)
1928 - Achille Simonetti, composer, dies at 71
1929 - Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies
1931 - Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74
1931 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (b. 1897)
1932 - Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies
1933 - Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84
1935 - F S Gough-Calthorpe, cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies
1936 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
1938 - Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b. 1866)
1942 - Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76
1942 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (shot) (b. 1892)
1943 - Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85
1949 - James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89
1950 - Thomas Wood, composer, dies at 57
1954 - Walter Bartley Wilson, founding member of Cardiff City F.C. (b. 1870)
1956 - Francis L Sullivan, actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53
1959 - Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism), dies
1959 - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83
1959 - Joseph Charbonneau, archbishop of Montreal (b. 1892)
1960 - Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
1963 - Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50
1967 - Charles J. Watters, US Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
1971 - Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1973 - Cyril Allcott, cricketer (6 Tests for NZ, 113 runs & 6 wickets), dies
1974 - George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
1975 - Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b. 1902)
1976 - Sir Basil Spence, British architect (b. 1907)
1981 - Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered
1982 - Erving Goffman, US, sociologist (Asylums), dies at 60
1983 - Peter Coffield, Ill, actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
1983 - Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
1984 - George D Aiken, (Sen-R-Vt, 1941-75), dies at 92
1985 - Lall Singh, cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies
1985 - Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Penny], 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83
1987 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1988 - Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37
1990 - Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (b. 1900)
1991 - Reggie Nalder, actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
1992 - Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52
1992 - Diane Varsi, actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
1992 - Dorothy Walker Bush, mother of Pres George Bush, dies at 91
1993 - Dorothy Revier, actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89
1994 - Dedrick Gobert, US actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22
1994 - Julian Gustave Symons, writer, dies at 82
1994 - Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82
1994 - Li Yuan Artist-chia, , dies at 65
1995 - Bruce Trent, singer, dies at 83
1995 - Gwen Swire, socila worker, dies at 61
1995 - Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94
1995 - Shirley Bergeron, singer/guitarist, dies at 62
1996 - Denis Jenkinson, journalist, dies at 74
1996 - Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76
1996 - Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant, dies at 73
1996 - Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat, dies at 90
1997 - Christina Corrigan, obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13
1997 - Durlyn Eddmonds, murderer, executed at 45
1997 - Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer, dies at 62
1997 - Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42
1998 - Ted Fujita, Japanese-born American meteorologist (b. 1920)
2001 - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
2003 - Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
2004 - Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
2004 - Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
2004 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
2004 - John Robert Vane, British pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927)
2005 - Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
2007 - Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
2007 - Mike Gregory, English rugby league footballer (b. 1964)
2007 - Dick Wilson, American actor (b. 1916)
2010 - Pat Burns, Canadian hockey coach (b. 1952)
2011 - Michael Hastings, British playwright, dies at 74

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