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January 2, 2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress, A League of Their Own, dies at 76
January 2, 2004 Larry Buchanan, American Director
January 2, 2003 Sydney Omarr, astrologer, dies at 76
January 2, 2001 George Carman, English Lawyer
January 2, 2000 Patrick O'Brian, author of sea-faring novels, Aubrey-Maturin series, dies at 85
January 2, 1998 Frank Muir, English Writer
January 2, 1997 Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
January 2, 1997 Randy California, [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45
January 2, 1996 Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
January 2, 1996 Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82
January 2, 1996 Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman
January 2, 1995 Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77
January 2, 1995 Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
January 2, 1995 Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies
January 2, 1995 Nancy Kelly, U.S. actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
January 2, 1995 Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84
January 2, 1994 Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
January 2, 1994 Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79
January 2, 1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
January 2, 1994 Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
January 2, 1994 Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician
January 2, 1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
January 2, 1991 Edmond Jabes, writer, dies
January 2, 1991 Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
January 2, 1990 Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71
January 2, 1990 Belcampo, [Herman Schonfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87
January 2, 1990 Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
January 2, 1988 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman
January 2, 1986 Una Merkel, U.S. actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
January 2, 1983 Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66
January 2, 1983 Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
January 2, 1983 Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
January 2, 1981 David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
January 2, 1980 Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
January 2, 1977 Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
January 2, 1974 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
January 2, 1970 Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85
January 2, 1970 Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman
January 2, 1969 Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
January 2, 1968 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
January 2, 1967 Francis Cardinal Spellman, American Clergyman
January 2, 1965 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63
January 2, 1963 Dick Powell, actor and director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
January 2, 1963 Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
January 2, 1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
January 2, 1960 Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
January 2, 1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
January 2, 1960 Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Sturgkh, dies at 80
January 2, 1958 Marie Carmichael Stopes, Scottish Author
January 2, 1955 Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated
January 2, 1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
January 2, 1945 Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
January 2, 1941 Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42
January 2, 1937 Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
January 2, 1931 Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businesman
January 2, 1929 Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
January 2, 1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64
January 2, 1918 Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
January 2, 1917 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
January 2, 1916 Carmen Sylva, Romanian Royalty
January 2, 1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
January 2, 1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
January 2, 1908 Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55
January 2, 1904 James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
January 2, 1892 George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
January 2, 1879 Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat
January 2, 1863 Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35
January 2, 1861 Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
January 2, 1860 Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian
January 2, 1803 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69
January 2, 1801 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
January 2, 1801 Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian
January 2, 1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies
January 2, 1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68
January 2, 1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
January 2, 1763 John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
January 2, 1740 Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
January 2, 1726 Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
January 2, 17 Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies



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