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2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dies in Vlodrop, Netherlands, alert in yoga posture, at 90
2005 Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togolese Statesman
2004 John Hench, American Artist
2000 Todd Karns, actor/theater director and founder, It's a Wonderful Life, dies at 79
1998 Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
1997 John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
1997 Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76
1996 Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74
1996 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86
1996 Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84
1996 W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84
1995 Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79
1995 Doug Mcclure, U.S. rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59
1995 Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82
1995 Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies
1994 Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63
1994 Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at 92
1994 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83
1993 Tip Tipping, Tim, stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
1992 Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
1992 Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83
1991 Dean Jagger, U.S. actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87
1991 Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83
1989 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
1983 Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67
1982 Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
1982 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
1982 Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1981 Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
1981 Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
1978 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83
1978 Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68
1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1976 Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
1973 George Morrison, dies at 82
1973 L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
1972 Marianne Moore, U.S. poet (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
1971 Matyas Rakosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78
1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63
1968 Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80
1968 Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36
1967 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
1966 Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (ober Ideenflucht), dies at 84
1965 Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71
1962 Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71
1961 Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73
1960 Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81
1959 Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
1958 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
1956 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1954 Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77
1949 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer, dies at 50
1948 Johann Blaskowitz, German General (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64
1947 Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
1947 Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53
1946 George Arliss, actor and writer (Dr. Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77
1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
1943 Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis
1937 Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75
1929 Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70
1927 Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman
1926 Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69
1924 Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
1922 Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67
1922 James William Tate, composer, dies at 46
1922 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician
1919 Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62
1917 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41
1911 Petrus A Cronje, Transvaal Boer general, dies
1907 Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45
1897 Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
1888 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49
1881 Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
1867 Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies
1838 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
1831 John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29
1825 Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64
1822 Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77
1812 Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74
1807 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80
1758 Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45
1754 Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
1745 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49
1738 Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61
1721 James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47
1705 Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37
1685 Charles II, king of England (1660-85)/Nell Gwynns lover, dies at 54?
1679 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
1658 Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52
1591 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
1578 Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies
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