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August 13, 2004 Julia Child, French Chef, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dies at 91 August 13, 2003 Ed Townsend, American Musician August 13, 1996 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, soldier/polititican, dies at 86 August 13, 1996 Antonio de Spinola, general of Portugal, dies August 13, 1996 Christopher John Gray, priest, dies at 42 August 13, 1996 David Randall, priest, dies at 49 August 13, 1996 David Tudor, composer, dies at 70 August 13, 1996 Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46 August 13, 1996 W Gordon Smith, playwright, dies at 67 August 13, 1995 Alison Hargreaves, mountaineer, dies at 33 August 13, 1995 Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84 August 13, 1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63 August 13, 1995 Per-Jakez Helias, Writer/teacher, dies at 81 August 13, 1994 Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 August 13, 1994 Elias Canetti, Swiss Author August 13, 1992 Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40 August 13, 1992 Clifford Allison, U.S. stock-car racer, dies in an accident August 13, 1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia August 13, 1992 Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], poet (Geen letterheren), dies August 13, 1991 Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65 August 13, 1991 James Roosevelt, American Politician August 13, 1991 Richard Snelling, American Politician August 13, 1990 Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86 August 13, 1989 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS August 13, 1988 Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 August 13, 1987 Vincent Persichetti, U.S. composer (Sibyl), dies at 72 August 13, 1986 Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies August 13, 1985 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 August 13, 1984 Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92 August 13, 1982 Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 August 13, 1982 Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77 August 13, 1982 Joe Tex, [Joseph Arrington Jr], singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49 August 13, 1977 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies August 13, 1975 Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist (What is Culture?), dies at 81 August 13, 1974 Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76 August 13, 1973 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75 August 13, 1972 George Wiess, General Manager (New York Yankees), dies at 78 August 13, 1971 King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], U.S. musician, murdered at 37 August 13, 1970 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 August 13, 1967 Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 August 13, 1961 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 August 13, 1959 Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 August 13, 1954 Hermann W. S. Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 August 13, 1953 Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 August 13, 1951 Emmet Fox, American Author August 13, 1948 Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 August 13, 1947 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies August 13, 1946 H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 August 13, 1946 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer, dies at 33 August 13, 1946 H. G. Wells, English Author August 13, 1940 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 August 13, 1933 Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80 August 13, 1928 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74 August 13, 1927 James Curwood, U.S. journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 August 13, 1924 Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56 August 13, 1916 Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 August 13, 1915 George Joseph Smith, British Criminal August 13, 1913 F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies August 13, 1912 Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 August 13, 1912 Jules Massenet, French Composer August 13, 1910 Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 August 13, 1908 Ira D Sankey, U.S. evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67 August 13, 1897 Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63 August 13, 1896 John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 August 13, 1895 Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies August 13, 1886 Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62 August 13, 1865 Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47 August 13, 1860 Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies August 13, 1841 Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 August 13, 1841 Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer, dies August 13, 1808 Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 August 13, 1787 Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies August 13, 1762 John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 August 13, 1749 J E Schlegel, writer, dies August 13, 1674 Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 August 13, 1667 Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman August 13, 1637 Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies August 13, 1278 Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 August 13, 1191 Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies August 13, 1134 Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies August 13, 900 Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 August 13, 662 Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies August 13, 587 Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies |