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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 |